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Welcome back to Fantastic Friday where we showcase the amazing work and play done in the nursery each week! This week at nursery we have been continuing to discuss summer, the creatures we might find at the beach and we were inspired to explore pirates as well! We made some beautiful beach paintings in art, using rollers to examine the textures we might find on the beach. We also created our own sea creatures and discussed their patterns, shapes and different habitats. We designed our own treasure maps and talked about what obstacles we would have to navigate to get to the treasure. We also discussed the different patterns on shells and what creatures might use them.

We enjoyed playing a summer matching game and talked about the different things we might use on holiday and in the sun. We enjoyed finding and hiding treasure in our sand pit and we helped to bake some delicious fish shaped biscuits for snack. We are still very engaged with our small world castles and have come up with some amazingly detailed stories in our games!

Some of the children were asking to watch gymnastics videos on the smart board and this inspired some beautiful, impressive gymnastic dance routines! We also practised some more elaborate gymnastics like rolls and handstands in our soft play room. We have been doing some brilliant construction in the brick area and have been problem solving how to make our buildings sturdier. We have been reading lots of beach and sea life stories and have been learning about words that rhyme. We have played some fun listening games, trying to identify environmental and animal sounds. We have enjoyed some sunny weather in the garden; riding our bikes, making meals in the mud kitchen, showing off our climbing and balancing skills and blowing bubbles.

We hope you have a great weekend and would love to see some pictures of what you get up to on your Learning Journals! 😄

Welcome back to Fantastic Friday where we showcase the amazing work and play done in the nursery each week. This week we have been focusing on the seasonal change to summer and continuing to discuss the transition to school. We have been talking about why we need sun cream and the importance of drinking lots of water to keep cool in the hot weather. We have also been talking about the different sea creatures and the different things we do at the beach. We have also visited “ Royal Mile Beach” and some of us went swimming, paddling, and even took some time to relax with a story. We also made some yummy shortbread for snack.

In the art area we have been busy creating pictures of “ sandals”, different flavoured ice cream and flowers. We have spent a lot of time outdoors this week and have a new art easel in which we can paint and use chalk . In nursery we really wanted to play with the castles, King, Queen and knights and have been enjoying playing all together and sharing.

We hope you have a great weekend and please upload any fun weekend activities of your child on the Learning Journals.

Welcome back to Fantastic Friday where we showcase the amazing work and play done in the nursery each week. It has been another busy week at the nursery, continuing to find out about people who help us, transitioning to school and having Sports Day!

In the story corner we have been continuing the camping role play. The children made a paper maché fire to put the tea lights In and added even more blankets to make it extra cosy. In the house corner, the children have been roleplaying as teachers, setting writing tasks for their friend and pretending to be at work/pupils.
In snack, the children have been very good at the fire engine and ambulance puzzles, using the photos as references when they get stuck. The children chose to make red and purple play dough this week and have been experimenting with different recipes to try and make slime.
In art, we have been making bonfire handprint pictures, lollipop crossing sticks and fire collages. We have a new easel in the garden for painting and drawing with whiteboards pens. We also set some more of our butterflies free.

We finished the week off with a very successful sports day (despite the iffy weather!). We started off with a warm up, talking about why it is important to do so before breaking into our groups. The children have been practising the races and waiting their turn for a while and it definitely showed – everyone did so well! We would like to thank all the grown ups who came along to watch and support us, it is very much appreciated and we hope you had fun. 

We hope you enjoy your weekend and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday! Please continue to post your lovely photos of all the fun you have at home on the Learning Journals!

Welcome back to Fantastic Friday where we showcase the amazing work and play done in the nursery each week. This week we continued to discuss people who help us. In the art corner we have been identifying and making our own road signs. We have also been experimenting in the water tray with what materials and objects can float; creating our own boats and rafts and examining what makes them sink and what keeps them afloat.

In the puzzle area we have been playing a fun uniform matching game. We are still enjoying the small world police station and roleplaying different scenarios in which the police can help us. In the construction area we have been transporting the police cars to create ramps and police stations and houses.

We have been very excited to see some of our cocoons have hatched and become butterflies which we released into the garden! We have been talking a lot about the life cycle of butterflies and have enjoyed seeing it in real life.

In the story corner there was lots of talk about camping so we created a campsite with a cosy tent and a small “campfire”. We used sticks and cotton wool to “toast marshmallows” on the “fire”.

To support our pre-schoolers who are moving up to Primary 1 after the summer, we have set up a classroom in the house corner, we have enjoyed dressing up in school uniforms and role-playing as teachers and pupils. We have also been reading lots of books about going to school.

We are very excited about our upcoming sports day and have been practicing all the races. We demonstrated some amazing athletic skills and brilliant team work! We look forward to joining our families at Dunbar’s close for our sports day on Thursday 26th June!

We hope you enjoy your weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday! Please continue to post photos on the Learning Journals of all the fun you get up to at home!

Welcome back to Fantastic Friday, where we showcase the amazing work and play done in the nursery each week. This week in nursery, we are continuing with our people who help us theme. Over the week, we have been discussing who we can go to for help and what each emergency service does.

The children have been taking part in lots of art activities such as designing and researching different fire engines, police cars and ambulances and discussing what should be in our first aid bags/boxes.

The children have been enjoying our makeshift dentist, we have been discussing why we brush our teeth, wash when to brush them, who helps us look after them and what tools they use. We have our Dental Nurse visiting on Monday and to support us in this topic.We also have a few other people who help us coming to visit the playroom in the next few weeks!

Some of the children went to Dunbar’s close to practice the sports day races and look at the beautiful flowers. Some children also walked all the way through Prince’s Street gardens; looking at the different shops, admiring the statues, looking at the trains, rolling down the hill and had so much fun playing in the park.

Today we will be going to support the school children at their sports day! We hope you enjoy your weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday! Please post pictures on the learning journals of all the fun you get up to!