The children in the Nursery were thrilled when the snow appeared this week. We have had fabulous fun exploring what we can do and make in the snow! We have enjoyed sledding, snowball fights, making snow angels, mark-making and making footprint paths, painting with ice, as well as building ice castles and snowmen!
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Learning Focus – Winter
Over the next few weeks our learning in nursery will focus on….
People Around the World
Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the people, places and cultures which are part of our nursery community and the world. We have been lucky to have such enthusiastic volunteers who came in and shared some of their language, stories, food, songs, Christmas traditions, and photos from their home country. WeContinue reading “People Around the World”
Magnificent Mark-making
We have been busy in the nursery this week. The children have enjoyed experimenting with a variety of materials to create writing and drawings inside and outside in the garden. Some of the highlights include: inventing a mega car with a transformer button which changes it into anything it needs to be, helping to tickContinue reading “Magnificent Mark-making”
Learning Focus November
Over the next few weeks in nursery our learning will focus on….
We’re going on a shape hunt…
In nursery we have been learning all about shapes. We have enjoyed making shapes with playdough, pinboards and bands. We created shape pictures using paper shapes and on the computer with help from our buddies in P6. We used 3D objects to build castles, robots and bridges. We also went on a shape hunt. WeContinue reading “We’re going on a shape hunt…”
Halloween Party
We had a fabulous time at our Halloween party! We made magic potions in the cauldron, carved and decorated our pumpkin, played spooky party games and enjoyed making and eating our Haloween themed snack.
Learning Focus – October 2017
Here is what our learning will focus on in nursery for the next few weeks.
Forest Walk
The morning nursery children had a fantastic time on their forest walk last week! They enjoyed exploring the space for the first time and had fun climbing trees, swinging from branches, balancing along logs and playing together outdoors in the lovely sunny weather!
P2 Holyrood Palace Trip
Primary 2 took a trip to Holyrood Palace to learn more about Mary Queen of Scots and life in the past. We had the opportunity to handle different objects and become detectives to discover why and how these objects were used in the past. We also got a tour around the palace.