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We were lucky enough to watch a virtual Pantomime this week on the big projector in the hall. It was Jack & The Beanstalk and we thought it was really funny…especially when one of the characters kept getting cream on their face!

The boys and girls have loved singing a selection of Christmas songs for the past few weeks and wanted to share them with you! Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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This year our Christmas parties are taking place on different days, so that we can ensure all children are able to join in the fun!

The morning and full day children will have their party on Monday morning.

The afternoon and full day children will have their party on Wednesday afternoon.  This party will start at 1.30pm so can we please ask that all children arrive before this. The party snack will be served first so no need for the children to have a big lunch before coming on this day!

Children that get collected at the same time as school children, on this day can you please collect siblings first, as we have a special arrival happening at 2.45pm which may run over a little!

*Please note that once children are in nursery with their party clothes on, we are unable to change them, so please ensure you don’t send them in something too precious!*

Here is the link to our second Wordboost story! Join in with your children to see if you can hear our new Boost words!

Some of our children have been very busy doing PeeP at home with their parents.

From November

Elsie enjoyed making playdough at home. She followed the recipe that had been sent home and enjoyed measuring out all the ingredients exploring different way to measure including using spoons and cups.

From  December

Sam has enjoyed making a space rocket at home. He is really proud of his achievements, look at his big smile. Well done Sam!!!!!

Here is our first Word Boost story that we have been reading this week in nursery. Have a listen along and help your children identify this weeks BOOST words!

During group time the green group have been making collage pictures of poppies. During the activity there was a discussion about why people wear poppies and what they represent. We spoke about how they were to help us remember the men and women who helped protect us and our country and that we wear them out of respect. We also spoke about the 2 minute silence where we stop doing what we are doing and stand for 2 minutes to remember these people.

There has been some fantastic work with nursery rhymes going on this week! A lot of children have enjoyed using props to create different nursery rhymes independently or together with their friends.

Nursery rhymes are great for a variety of literacy skills, but most importantly reading skills! Nursery rhymes help children hear the rhythm of our language and the syllables within our words which in turn help us learn to read.

Over the next few weeks the children will have the opportunity to explore different foods and drinks using their senses.

This weeks focus was on taste, where some of the children tasted some sour fruits/drinks and talked about what they thought of them. This activity has been a great way for the children to deepen their understanding of what sour actually means/tastes like and widen their descriptive language.

Please feel free to ring in or preferably email, photographs of any fabulous crafts you have made or with you and your child working on any of our Peep activities to: wldeans.-ps@westlothian.org.uk We look forward to seeing all your hard work.