Nursery – Page 8 – St Ninian's Primary School

NURSERY NEWS

What a spooky Halloween filled week we have had !!!

Welly Wednesday was great fun on the Spooky Welly Walk, children had such an adventure hunting for Pumkins and running around in the leaves. Thank you all so mush for your support in this fundraiser for the Nursery. Could we please ask that sponsor forms are returned by the 14th of November.

Children had fun dressing up in the nursery all week.

We even had a visit from a black cat !!!

Pumkins were carved for our Halloween Party.

The party was great fun!!!

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND EVERYBODY SEE YOU ALL BACK ON MONDAY MORNING FROM THE NURSERY TEAM XX

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY

MONDAY – Carwyn first day in PM session.

TUESDAY – LIBRARY 10.30 and 2.30

WEDNESDAY – NO WELLY WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK

PARENTS APPOINTMENTS – 5-8 PM (times will be handed out on Monday).

THURSDAY – PARENTS APPOINTMENTS 3.15 – 5.15.

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Welcome back to term 2!!

Lots of fun events await us this term and we cant wait to share them all with you.

This week saw the launch of our word boost initiative with the children. The story we read this week was “The Selfish Crocodile”.

The boost words that you can work speak about and encourage with your children are;

creep

creature

Brave

Astonished

Welly Wednesday was great fun this week as the children were rolling down the hill through the leaves and collecting leaves to build a fire pit.

Thank you to our parents who stayed behind for our first Breakfast blether and Noon Natter on Thursday. This is a time for you to have a break and get to know other Parents and guardians in the nursery Staff room, free of staff. We hope this provided a little bit of sanctuary in your day. The next one will be in November.

Halloween is a focus in the nursery at the moment, the children have been recording their ideas and memories in our Talking Floor Book.

Have a great weekend everybody!!! from the Nursery Team xx

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY-

TUESDAY-

WEDNESDAY- SPOOKY WELLY WEDNESDAY!!CHILDREN TO WEAR A WITCHES HAT AND WELLIES AS WE GO ON A PUMPKIN HUNT.

THURSDAY- NURSERY HALLOWEEN PARTY IN THE NURSERY SESSION, CHILDREN CAN COME DRESSED UP, BUT NO MASKS PLEASE.

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The children in the Nursery this week have been so excited to meet parents and include them in our Numeracy learning. Thank you so much to each parent and grandparent who gave up their time to join in our fun and learning experiences around numeracy.

We welcomed 2 new children into our family this week. Welcome to Nursery Blossom and Alisha!!

Our student Miss Jamieson brought in her pet giant African land snails for the children to see during our Mini Beast topic of learning. Children had great fun watching them eat and crawl very slowly.

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Clay was very popular this week !! A lovely medium to investigate shape, texture and pattern, but maybe more importantly how to look after your own needs and wash your hands !!

WEEK BEGINNING 21.10.19

MONDAY- New child starting, Umar.

TUESDAY- WORD BOOST LAUNCH

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, please dress your child in clothing appropriate for the outdoors.

THURSDAY -PARENT BREAKFAST BLETHER/NOON NATTER 8am and 1.15pm, come into the nursery staff room and have a space to chat to other parents.

FRIDAY – NO PEEPs

Enjoy your October break !! Lots of happiness and love from the Nursery Team xx

All children resume on Monday 21st of October.

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We are fast approaching the October break, but it hasn’t slowed the learning pace down!

This week we observed an abundance of fine motor development in Nursery. Children have opportunities to write using different media. Here we can see a child using a stick of chunky chalk to experiment with on a slate. Another child practices her cutting skills as she creates a beautiful border around her house she had drawn.

Mrs Beattie and Mrs Audsley introduced musical instruments on Tuesday. The children were developing listening skills and how to keep a beat to the music. All the children had a ball !!

It was our first Welly Wednesday of the session. The children loved running up and down the leaf covered hill and looked for signs of Autumn , we also had a look at the tree,s naming the parts of it with some help. They all listened to instructions and kept themselves safe on the walk there and back.

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY

MONDAY- COME BACK AND COUNT

TUESDAY – COME BACK AND COUNT

WEDNESDAY- INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

THURSDAY – COME BACK AND COUNT

FRIDAY – PEEPS 3

ALL FINISH FOR THE OCTOBER BREAK AND ALL RESUME MONDAY 21/10/19

Have a lovely weekend !!!

from the Nursery Team xxx

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We hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend!

This week in nursery found us outdoors having great fun using open ended resources to create risky play and fun experiences to develop our gross motor skills, social development and our thinking.

Tyres and drain pipes were very popular. Some piling them high to make a” Tyre chimney”. This provided a great way of experimenting with sound and echo.

Others used them to roll and crawl inside for fun. The tubing was a great media to experiment with size and measurement. The children found items small and big to fit inside the tubes and roll down to the bottom.

Inside the nursery children were making “pizza” this week using the magnetic triangle shapes. Great discussion then started as to what they like on there Pizza and what shapes were created whilst adding them together. This was a great mathematical experience for the children including counting, fractions and shape recognition. The children then had the experience of going out into the community to buy Pizza for snack from the local shop. We had to keep ourselves safe on the walk there and look around the shelves for what wee needed. We then gave money to the cashier to pay for our items.

The children were gathered around to discuss the shape and how many pieces we would have if we kept cutting it into slices. The best part had to be getting to eat it !!

Invitations were given out this week for our McMillan coffee morning next week. You are all invited back to share a coffee and cake to raise money for this great cause on Thursday at 11.30 for AM children and 1.15 for the PM children. Full day children cn come along on either of the session that suit best.

PLEASE BE AWARE WE HAVE A CHILD JOINING OUR NURSERY FAMILY THIS WEEK WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES. PLEASE BE VIGILANT IN WHAT FOODS ARE IN THEIR LUNCH BOXES AND BAGS. ANY FOODS MUST NOT CONTAIN- NUTS, ALL DAIRY, CARROT, BANANA, LENTILS, YELLOW SPLIT PEAS, PEAS, CELERY OR EGG.

If you have any concerns or questions relating to this please contact a member of the Nursery Team who will be happy to assist.

Have a lovely weekend everybody from the Nursery Team!!

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY –

TUESDAY – LIBRARY VISIT- am and pm. Please come dressed in clothing appropriate for the weather conditions.

WEDNESDAY –

THURSDAY – McMILLAN COFFEE MORNING, all families welcome at 11.30 am or 1.15 pm in the Nursery. Any donations most gratefully received.

FRIDAY – PEEP SESSION 1 at 11 am with Mrs Beattie.

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week beginning 9.9.19

Nursery life this week included children preparing their own snack. Chopping fruit and spreading butter., washing dishes and cleaning up spillages.

Children have been investigating size and measurement in the use of our wooden blocks. Mathematical language such as bigger, smaller, taller and shorter could be heard in conversation.

Outdoor play this week included catching spider webs and hunting for mini beasts.

Mr McCurdy introduced balancing with bean bags on our heads and following instructions in the large gym hall.

Thank you so much to all the families who were able to attend our Meet the Family event on Thursday Evening.

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY

MONDAY – HOLIDAY

TUESDAY – NORMAL SESSION 8-6

WEDNESDAY –

THURSDAY – PARENT COUNCIL MEETING 6PM

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND !! FROM THE NURSERY TEAM XXX

Aldi’s Kit for Schools

From 6th September to 3rd November we will be joining in with this event. Families can collect their Team GB stickers when they spend over £30 in Aldi stores. These stickers can be sent into our school office to be added to our school poster. We are aiming to collect 300 stickers which would earn us an exclusive free sports kit and would also enter us into a prize draw to win £20,000.

Please support us if you can!

Thank you

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What a quick week !!

This week was the first week our full day children joined us. They’ve all had great fun meeting the morning and the afternoon children.

The children learn through play in our nursery and they have had great fun exploring and investigating all of the learning experiences available to them both indoors and outdoors.

Roleplay in our mud kitchen

Gross motor and balancing skills

Quantity, measurment and weight in the sand.

Have a great weekend everybody!!

from the Nursery Team xx

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What a fabulous week !!

Tuesday was our Sports Day 🙂 the sun shone and we all had the best time. Our buddies joined us as well as our parents and great fun times were had.

On Wednesday we had our last visit to our pond to see the Swans and Cygnets. Only 3 left, but they are bigger than the ducks now!! We found some feathers in the grass and tried to fly back to the nursery 🙂

On Thursday we tried some hot food for snack and played with the parachute.

Friday was great fun playing party games in the hall and learning the Hokey Cokey !

All finished off with a PEEPs party.

• Next week is jam packed in nursery.

Monday- as normal.

Tuesday -our leavers ceremony at 10am and 2pm for children moving up to P1 this year.

Wednesday- party in the park, children and parents are all invited to join us at the park in Murieston beside the scout hall for a picnic and fun. We aim to set off at 9am and 12.30pm. We will provide a small snack, but you can bring your own too 😊

Thursday- garden party for the children. Pm children’s last day of the session.

Friday- last day of term x

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Cant believe we are into June already but what a week we have had to kick June off!

MONDAY -Children who are moving to school after the holidays were given a playtime out in the school playground to experience having snack on the go with their Buddies. Today was our last word boost story ‘The Dance of the Dinosaurs’. This has been a great success in the nursery, the statistics and improvement in language has been phenomenal.

TUESDAY – Our second NYCOS lesson was very popular, the children who took part were swinging Buzz light year around to great chuckles and laughter. The children moving on to school had a chance to be in P1 for the day and meet their new teacher.

WEDNESDAY- Children had a second day at P1. The weather put off our Welly Wednesday today, but it didn’t take our smiles.
MRS PURDIE WON HEAD TEACHER OF THE YEAR TODAY !!! A great achievement, but she’ll always be Head Teacher of every year to us x

THURSDAY – P.E was indoors, the children were to balance balloons on different body parts. This took great concentration and ‘soft hands’.

Friday – The sunshine paid us a visit so we had snack outdoors and played until it was time to celebrate Lucy’s birthday.

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY IS HEALTH WEEK CHILDREN SHOULD COME IN P.E CLOTHING ALL WEEK

MONDAY – BLUE GROUP LUNCHES, PLEASE RETURN TO THE SCHOOL FOR 11.45 THIS IS FOR YOUR CHILD TO SAMPLE A SCHOOL LUNCH. Parents can sit in the TLC room in school and meet the teachers whilst waiting.
MINDFULNESS MONDAY.

TUESDAY – RED GROUP LUNCHES AT 11.45. RELAXING STRETCHES FOR OUR CHILDREN TODAY. TRY IT TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY – NO LUNCHES TODAY. PARENT AND CHILD BOOT-CAMP ON THE PLAYING FIELD AT 8AM. THERE IS ALSO A BIKE SERVICING CLINIC ALL DAY TO PREPARE BIKES FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. WALKING WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY – GREEN GROUP LUNCHES TODAY AT 11.45. DANCE CLASSES FOR THE CHILDREN. THANKFUL THURSDAY

FRIDAY – NO PEEP CLASS TODAY. FRUITY FRIDAY.