Wee Deans – Page 27 – Deans Nursery Class

What a busy week!!!

This week there have been lots of different things going on in the nursery.

On Tuesday some of the afternoon children went out into the woods with Mrs Whatcott and Mrs Mitchison. They had lots of fun exploring the area, climbing the trees, making dens, listening to a story and eating snack. Some of the morning children will be doing this next Tuesday we look forward to seeing their photographs.

s In the nursery we have started to make some Christmas decorations that we will be selling at our Sing-a-Long in December. The children were using their fine motor skills as they rolled out the salt dough and used the cutters to cut out the shapes. After they had been baked in the oven the children decorated them using coloured glitter. Hopefully some of the parents will buy them.

We were being little scientists again this week and have been trying to launch our own rockets in the nursery garden. We used vinegar and baking soda to create a reaction in the bottle and waited for the “blast off”. Unfortunately like other scientists we were not successful but we had lots of fun trying. We will look at others ways we can make rockets next week and maybe try again to launch our own.

General information

Free Books

We are still collecting the vouchers in the Scottish Sun for the free books. We need to collect 17500 vouchers to receive £250 worth of free books. Could you please ask relatives, neighbours and work colleagues to keep their vouchers for us.

Christmas Hamper

We are trying to raise some funds to buy new nursery resources. To help with this we have decided to make up a hamper which we will raffle. We have put a box in the cloakroom area of the nursery and are looking for donations of non-perishable foods or toiletries to make this up. Any donations are greatly appreciated.

Christmas Sing-a-long

This will take part on the 11 December at 11AM for the morning children and 2.30PM for the afternoon children. We have sent home a copy of the words so you can practice for the occasion. Can children please wear something Christmas related for this event.

Christmas Party

The special visitor will be arriving at 11.30AM and 3.30PM.

On this day only the children who are in for the full day will be having lunch in the nursery. Please do not send your child with a lunch if they only attend in the morning.

Nursery photographs

The photographer will be in nursery tomorrow, Tuesday 26 November, to take the children’s photos. She will start at 8.50AM for the morning children with siblings and then will take individual photos when these are finished. In the afternoon the children with siblings photos will be started at 1.15PM. If your child does not attend nursery tomorrow you are welcome to bring them along at the start of the sessions to have their picture taken. If you do not want your child’s pictures taken please inform a member of staff when dropping your child off.

General information and important dates

Events taking place next week.

There will be a taster session with our outdoor learning walks to the woods. There will be 8 children going on the walks which will take place this Tuesday afternoon (26th November) and Wednesday 3rd December for the morning children. Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the walk including warm jumpers, gloves, hats etc. The nursery will provide the jacket and water resistant trousers but a change of clothes may be advisable just in case.

The school photographer will be in the nursery on Tuesday 26 November for all children. If your child does not attend nursery on that day please speak to a member of staff if you want your child’s picture taken so we can arrange a time for you to bring your child along. Children with siblings will be done at the start of the sessions so please bring siblings along at 8.50AM for the morning children and 1.15PM for the afternoon so this can happen.

Dates for your diary

Christmas events

We are hoping to make up a Christmas Hamper to raffle at the Christmas sing-a-long there will be a box left in the cloakroom for any donations you would like to make.

Christmas sing-a-long will take place in the nursery on 11 December at 11AM and 2.30PM. There will be tea, coffee and nibbles for the parents during this event. We will also be selling some of the Christmas items your child has been making in nursery during these times.

The Christmas party will be on the 19 December. Times for our “special visitor” will arrive at 11.30AM and 3.30PM parents are welcome to come to take photos at this time.

Again if your child does not attend on these days please speak to a member of staff to arrange a time for your child to come along.

WE ARE BACK ON THE BLOG!!!!!

We have had a busy week in nursery learning all about “ice” and “rockets”.

The children have taken an interest in the ice they have seen out in the garden due to the falling temperatures over the last two weeks. Maya found a dish in the garden that had flowers and water that had frozen over night and asked the question “How do we get the flowers out?”. This has developed into a full investigation into how water can change state due to temperature. Reuben also told us that “salt melts ice” which then lead to an experiment to see what melted the ice quicker, the warmth or the salt. Prior to carrying out the experiment we predicted what we thought the result should be and recorded these on a graph. Ask your child what the outcome was and they could share their learning.

The children have also been making rockets using junk modelling and at the craft table. There is more to follow on this next week with another experiment to capture the children’s attention. I’m sure NASA will be interested in our little scientists!!!!

Last Day of Nursery

Thursday 27th June (PM) and Friday 28th June (AM)

We would like to make the last day of this year a little extra special and fun for all of the children. We will be playing games and dancing throughout the sessions and also will be offering a movie and popcorn experience for snack time.

We will be showing ‘Sing’.

If you would prefer your child does not watch this movie, please speak to a member of the nursery team.

Bear and Buddy Picnic

This week our children had a lovely Teddy Bears Picnic with their buddies, we played games, read books and had a lovely picnic treat. It really was great fun.

Sports Day

Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t kind to us on Sports Day but we made the most of it and had a great time in the gym hall. We even managed to persuade some adults into running. So much fun was had by all!

Remember, remember

The last weeks of term are the busiest so we have lots of reminders for your diary:

Wednesday 12 June – this is our Sports Day here in nursery, weather permitting we will be able to use the field if not it will in the gym hall. AM Sports Day is at 10.15am and PM is 2.30pm.

Wednesday 19 June – Nursery lunch, it you have booked a place to have lunch with your child this will take place in the dinner hall at 11.30am.

Thursday 20 June – Bear and Buddy Picnic – this is for your child and their buddy only, please remember to bring a teddy or soft toy with you.

Friday 21 June – Open Day, this is for children starting in nursery between August and December. This will take place between 12.15pm – 1.15pm.

Magic Muddles and Graduation

We had a very special day in nursery last Friday, firstly by having Magic Muddles here to entertain us. I think we can safely say by the noise in the hall everyone had an amazing time. Secondly it was time to celebrate our big boys and girls graduating from nursery as they are set to leave us to be a big Primary 1. We also had our little ones graduating to be pre-schoolers. The lovely day was finished with a tasty picnic in the hall. Good luck to everyone, we hope you have a fantastic summer.