Health and Wellbeing – Page 6 – St Ninian's Primary School

NURSERY NEWS

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.

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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.

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We are fast approaching the end of May !!! and what a week we’ve had!

Pond visits, Library visits and Parent consultations all go go go.

Monday was a holiday and we landed straight into Tuesday with a visit to the Lanthorn Library. The children sit and listen to a book then have the opportunity to choose a book of their own to have a look at. Children are then invited to share their learning and stand up in front of the group to talk about what they have read. On the way home from the pond we popped over to check on our baby Cygnets. They were in the water already!!

Our teaching student Miss Young joined us this morning for a two week placement, I’m sure she will love her St Ninian’s Nursery experience as much as we do.

On Wednesday we had another visit to the Swans, but this time we took them some sweet corn. We had to be very quiet and very respectful as the Swans were very anxious with us beside the Cygnets.

Parent Consultations were very well attended and a great success. Thank you all so much for your continued support and kindness over the last session.

Thursday is P.E day with Mr McCurdy, today we were practicing throwing a bean bag and the correct stance needed to throw them a long way.

Friday gave us the chance to watch the mini glee club perform their latest songs. We all had great fun listening and watching the children sing so beautifully!!

Have a great weekend everyone lots of smiles and laughter from the Nursery Team xxx

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MONDAY – TRANSITION TO P1, THE CHILDREN WILL BE OUT FOR PLAYTIME TODAY CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A SMALL HANDHELD SNACK.

TUESDAY –

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY

TRANSITION CHILDREN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FOOTBALL SESSION WITH THEIR BUDDY TODAY.

THURSDAY – P.E

FRIDAY – ASSEMBLY PEEPs

Nursery News

What a pleasure it is to work in this Nursery and provide such a warm educational environment for your children. This week has welcomed children to our setting and children back from holiday. ALL of them have settled back so comfortably and have been engaged in quality learning experiences.

MONDAY – saw three children join us in the nursery, the children were so welcoming and responsible as they helped these children to fit in with the Nursery routines.

TUESDAY – Education Scotland paid a visit to our school and Nursery today to ask staff, children and parents about our wonderful Head Teacher and the impact she has made to St Ninian’s Primary School. The children had an extra P.E session this week with the P.E students. They were amazing and provided a great athletics session up on the field.

WEDNESDAY – Welly Wednesday gave the children the opportunity to see the Swan on her nest. Lots of discussion followed about Cygnets and how many babies she will have. We will revisit her each week to see!! Some of the ducks were following us on the path, I think they though of bag of sticks was a bag of bread. This gave the children to see the birds up close and identify the colours and differences in the feather patterns.

THURSDAY – Following on from yesterday’s experiences with the ducks some children were engaged in hand painting Swans. We decided to look in our birds book to find out what the ducks were called. They are Mallard ducks. The female has the brown feathers and the male has green feathers on his head. P.E with Mr McCurdy involved the High Jump. Children were encouraged to run along the benches and jump over the elasticated rope. A great Athletic experience thank you Mr McCurdy.

FRIDAY – lots of outdoor play and investigation outside today as the children helped to look after our resources. The quality of play is amazing as the children risk assess and use open ended resources to build frames and constructions.

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!!! Love from the Staff Team x

Nursery returns on Wednesday 8th of May

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WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY Waterproof clothing suitable for the weather thanks!!

THURSDAY – P.E with Mr McCurdy.

FRIDAY – PEEPs

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WHAT A WEEK!!!

This week was so fun filled and eventful from Monday all the way through to Friday 🙂

Monday gave us two birthdays, Chloe and Harvey from the morning group both turning 4.

Tuesday was our achievement assembly in school. Two children from the nursery given accolade from the whole school during this. Kian for now being able to ride his bike, well done Kian!! and Sophia M who achieved a new belt in tiger cubs, Well done Sophia!!

Wednesday was our trip to the five sisters zoo. All the children were so well behaved and had such a fun time looking at the animals and handling some of them too!! After lunch all the children had the chance to burn off some steam in the soft play area and then it was time to get on the bus for home. What a fantastic place to visit and I hope your child has shared some of their experiences from the day.

Thursday gave the children the chance to make invitations for our Grandparents celebration next week and the pm children made a very special gift for their Mummies for Mothers Day on Sunday.

Friday was fun packed and flew past quickly with the am children making their gifts and getting the chance to play outdoors to end the week.

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MONDAY – New children enrolling 3pm.

TUESDAY – GRANDPARENTS DAY 10am and 2pm. Grandparents or a special person are invited to the nursery to have a visit and a cuppa.

WEDNESDAY – EASTER EGG HUNT FOR WELLY WEDNESDAY, The children will be joined at the woods for an Easter egg hunt. P1B am and P1D pm.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – LAST DAY OF TERM….. ALL RESUME 23/4/19

Have a lovely weekend with your families and friends. Happy Mothers Day on Sunday!!

from all the staff team xx

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The new furniture and resources have been well received by the children in the nursery. The atmosphere is very calm and the children are embracing the new learning experiences and life skills available to them. Children are now responsible for their own snack and wash their own dishes when they are finished snack. This promotes independence and confident individuals.

Transition this week gave each child making the move to school the experience of playing in the P1 classrooms. The children interacted with the P1 children and were all very comfortable in their new surroundings.

Welly Wednesday was fun this week, we were litter picking and taking care of our local environment. We also had the chance to look for signs of Spring in out local woods. We found Daffodils growing and a bumble bee!

Natural resources and independence of thinking is preparing our children to be responsible citizens of the future and successful learners at school.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!!!

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY, If your child has achieved any awards or certificates please bring them in so we can celebrate their success with the whole school.

WEDNESDAY – FIVE SISTERS ZOO TRIP!! ALL CHILDREN (AM AND PM) ARE ALL GOING TOGETHER. PLEASE COME TO NURSERY FOR 9AM WITH A PACKED LUNCH, CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND CLOTHING SUITABLE FOR THE WEATHER.

PACKED LUNCH SUGGESTIONS

SANDWICH
FRUIT
DRINK
SNACK

ALL CHILDREN (AM AND PM) SHOULD BE COLLECTED AT 2pm from the nursery.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – PEEPs

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A fun packed week this week in the nursery. Children were busy busy all week. We have new dishes in the snack area, the children now have china cups and plates to have their food on each day. Any donations of small side plates and little cups would be great receives as we move away from plastic to a more Froebelian approach to nursery.

Transition started this week, all of the children moving on to P1 this August had the chance to visit the P1 classrooms and see where they hang their coats etc. Everyone was so excited and happy to have a look around. For world book day the children from each session visited for a story.

We celebrated pancake day on Tuesday, children had pancakes for snack and had the opportunity to toss the pancake at the end of the sessions.

On Wednesday the weather was vert wet and the children remembered the word boost word soggy as we splashed through the puddles and played Pooh Sticks at the Lanthorn bridge. Primary 3 visited us on Wednesday to share their fabulous bedtime stories with us and Thursday and Friday was World Book Day for our children we were all in our pyjamas and went to visit primary one to share a story they had bought from Waterstones the book shop.

fantastic learning experiences!!

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MONDAY – MEET THE BUDDIES

TUESDAY- LIBRARY VISIT, DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE WEATHER

WEDNESDAY- WELLY WEDNESDAY, WATERPROOF CLOTHING PLEASE

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY- PEEP SESSION 4

Have a wonderful weekend !! from the nursery team xx

P2/3 Weekly Update

This week the children in P 2/3 want to share their highlights of their learning adventure.

Wiktoria” I liked playing football in P.E.”

Mark D ” I liked doing handwriting this week”

Poppy ” I liked doing my bidding prayer at our Class Mass.”

Blake ” I liked doing multiplication in maths.”

Abigail” My favourite this week was P.E. and maths.”

Rafay ” Playing with my friends at break was my favourite.”

Abu Bakr ” This week I liked doing maths and spelling.”

Paul ” I loved Free Writing Friday.”

Isla ” Learning my times tables was my favourite.”

Casper ” Free Writing Friday and using the magnets at Smart Start was brilliant.”

Bernice ” I liked everything this week.”

Mark K ” I love FUN 31″

Abby ” Going out in the garden to learn about plants as this is our new topic.”

Aiden ” I liked Mighty Writer at Smart Start as I wrote a fabulous story with Bernice.”

Joshua ” I liked construction and magnets at Smart Start.”

Freda ” I liked P.E. and Free Writing Friday.”

Daniel ” My favourite was P.E. and FUN 31.”

Rutendo ” My favourite was P.E. and R.E. this week.”

Oliver ” I liked learning about all the parts of a plant.”

Lloyd ” I like going to the park after our Class Mass.”

Mirren ” I liked every single thing this week.”

Marcel ” My favourite was learning about multiplication and doing the Daily Mile.”

Nathan ” I loved the magnets.”

Mrs Caskie and Mrs Keegan were very proud of the class at their Class Mass on Tuesday. They behaved so well and sang beautifully.

Have a lovely weekend.

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Friday again!! where do the weeks go when you’re having fun? Busy busy again this week, in with the new and out with the old as we took delivery of new furniture. The children had great fun playing in the boxes !! Welly Wednesday was wonderful as we looked around the environment for different things. We saw snow drops, crocus and a birds nest. In the afternoon we counted the ducks and climbed a fallen tree. All experiences to promote curiosity, investigation and life skills. 3 birthdays were celebrated this week, the children get to make their own cake and celebrate with their friends as we sing Happy Birthday to them. Friday has been so mild!! a little taste of Spring in the air, we were out in our garden and had story in the shed to finish off the week.

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – Mrs Docherty will be in the nursery to speak to parents at 10.45 and 12.00 about Sleep and the benefits of a good bedtime routine.

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, PLEASE REMEMBER WATERPROOF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR.

Have a fantastic weekend everybody!! from the nursery team xx

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Fun filled freezing week, but what have we learned this week?

Children have been investigating the properties of water. They found a block pf ice in the garden and we brought it indoors to see how it would melt and break up. Children used their problem solving skills and curiosity to explore different ways to melt the ice. Some tried scissors, others’ tried sticks or our plastic dinosaurs. We then decided to do an experiment. What would happen if we put some items in water and left them outside? Great discussion and investigation on Friday as we found our items frozen in the ice!! The afternoon children will find their items on Monday.

Tooth brushing started on Monday each child has their own toothbrush and follows the Childsmile programme, they are learning to identify their own name on the list to be able to find their own brush.

From our Chinese New Year display in nursery children have been attempting to write in Chinese .Parker could see that the writing has straight lines and tried to copy them himself.

P.E this week was Gymnastics. The full hall gym equipment was out as the children developed balancing skills, climbing skills, jumping skills and remembered to have squashy knees as they jumped down onto the mat.

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

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (CHINESE SNACK) AND SAFER INTERNET DAY.

WEDNESDAY- WELLY WEDNESDAY BEGINS AGAIN TODAY PLEASE COME DRESSED IN WATERPROOF CLOTHING.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – PEEP block 3

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Our week began with 2 P7 boys cooking their award winning egg and ham pie with the children. The children had a great time preparing and weighing the ingredients and the best part was the tasting. Thank you so much to Lewis and Lucasz you two are stars of the future!!

We also began a Big Garden Birdwatch this week. The children made bird cake and bird houses for our garden birds. We have tick sheets and an iPad beside the window to record birds that visit us.

The weather was so cold during the week that we decided to go out and look for signs of Winter. I think we lasted 15 minutes before coming back in, but everything was covered in the most beautiful crisp frost.

The week ended with a celebration of a very important Scottish man, Rabbie Burns. The children discussed his life and who he was, we then listened to some of his music and tried to keep the beat. Some children made the Scottish flag to symbolise this event.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!!

From the nursery team x

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NOTHING TO REPORT JUST MORE FUN EVERY DAY