We have had problems with the blog over the last few weeks, thankfully this appears to be sorted now. We have now managed to upload some of our learning in the summer.
We are also going to be using twitter going forward, watch this space for more information.
We have been busy painting in the nursery. We have been doing life paintings of sunflowers using the vase of flowers as the stimuli. We have been talking about the different colours that were on the flowers and what the names of the different parts of the flowers were called. We are going to display our paintings in the nursery art gallery.
We also used different resources to make sunflowers. We have used pipe cleaners for the stems, green leaves were attached to the stem and tissue paper used to make the flowers heads.
In the nursery garden the children have been busy with construction.
In the mud we have been creating pathways for the water to flow moving it from one area of the mud pit to another. By digging channels in the mud the water was redirected and channels were closed off by the creating of dams to stop the water flow.
The foam building bricks have been used effectively to build towers and bridges. The girls happily worked together to create their bridge changing the direction of the brick by placing them long and short ways. Once they were finished they walked along their bridge and were happy to allow others to use their bridge. Another child used the blocks to build a tower.
The children have had lots of fun today at nursery. We have been playing with water pistols. They thought it was funny soaking Miss Kitchin as she was filling up the water balloons. Some of the children were using the water pistols to wash the windows.
We used hula hoops as targets for the water balloons. The children all stood behind the red line and threw the water balloons into the different sized hoops. We were able to identify the hoops by size and talked about the distance we had thrown them We recorded on the chalk board which hoop the water balloon had ‘splatted’ in. 
After all the fun and excitement we enjoyed cooling off in the paddling pools on the cool grass.
Lets hope we get more nice weather where we can enjoy more days like this at Deans ELC!!!
With the weather forecast to be hot again tomorrow we are hoping to have some fun with water play. Can you please send a change of clothing in with your child in case they get wet. Thank you.
Due to the amber weather warning of very high temperatures over the next few days we are asking parents/carers to apply sun cream to their child prior to them coming to nursery and to also supply us with sun cream, in their bag, with their names on the bottle. We are unable to apply sun cream to any child who does not provide their own cream and/or has not had the relevant permissions signed. New permission slips are available from tomorrow morning if you require one. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Nursery Lunches
Over the school summer holidays there will be a change to the lunch provision for all West Lothian Nursery children. During this time the children will not have access to a hot school meal in the mornings and lunches will not be pre-ordered using the ipay system. When you are dropping of your child in the morning your child will be given the choice of sandwiches available that day and they will be provided with a lunch bag, as they currently do on a Friday morning. This will still be eaten in the nursery prior to them leaving nursery at the normal pick up times. Normal arrangements will resume at the start of the new school session, 16th August 2022, with you continuing to use the ipay system to pre-order your child’s lunches.
At the start of the new school session all afternoon children will have the option of a hot lunch which will be served to them between 12.45 and 1pm in the dining hall. This is a change in time as well due to food hygiene regulations. There is only a short window of time that we are able to serve these lunches, sandwiches will also be available to pre order if your child would prefer these to a hot meal. You will need to order your child’s lunch using the ipay system so that the catering staff know how many lunches to prepare. As your child will be having a lunch early in the session they probably will not require a lunch prior to coming to nursery.
From August we will no longer be able to order for your child, all ordering must be done by the parents/carers using the ipay system that you have received login details for. If you need any help accessing this please contact the school office who will be happy to assist.
As you are aware Deans ELC will remain open over the summer holidays for the children to attend. West Lothian Council have asked that we send out a survey to all parents/carers to gather information on whether you will be using the service over the period of the school summer holidays.
This is the link to the survey
https://forms.office.com/r/rWPEHVDgAF
Can you please respond to the survey by tomorrow evening, 03/06/2022.
Thank you.
This is our Conformation of Insurance documents
Certificate of Employers Liability Insurance
Care Inspectorate Certificate of Registration
Duty of Candour
We have been doing lots of work around our nursey values, Nurtured, Safe and Respected, in nursery and the children are able to demonstrate a good understanding of what each of our values mean to them. While exploring resources that will continue to support the children’s understanding of these I have come across the NSPCC website and in particular the section on personal safety “Lets Talk About Pants”. This is a really good resource with a book that can be purchased, a song for the children to learn and a game that you can download for free. There is also a section for parents/carers where there are useful ideas on how to approach this subject with younger children. I have printed out some of the parent guidance if you would like a copy please collet it from the nursery (between the two doors where we review your child’s care plans) when you are collecting or dropping off your child.
The link to this website is
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/pants-book-shops/
Please do not hesitate in asking any of the nursey staff if there are any other topics you would like information on.
