Story of the Week

Good morning everyone! Hope you are all safe and well and enjoying our home learning activities.  Each Wednesday we will post a story of the week with some ideas to extend learning linked to the story.

This week our story is Blown Away by Rob Biddulph,  follow the link below for story and activities.

08_Blown_Away_EYT_7.pdf (piota.co.uk) 

Please remember these are only ideas, there is no pressure to complete these tasks. Everyday tasks are good learning opportunities. Play and talk is all you need!

 

 

 

 

Numeracy Activity

Good Morning,

Below you will find an easy yet effective numeracy task. All you need is a piece of paper, a pen and some items from around the house to use as counters. The following numeracy activity will provide fun and a hands on way of teaching your child numbers and one-to-one correspondence. The following activity also will help with number recognition and counting. You can challenge your child further by adding on greater numbers maybe to 20.

 

We would love to hear some feedback and you can also send some photos to your child’s keyworker too. Continue reading

Accessing Digital Technology (GOOGLE MEETS) – Parent Tutorials and Information

If you are accessing Google Classroom / GSuite or Google meets from a mobile device you are required to sign in with the secure email address – this may be different to the other GLOW email address given.  This is your child’s glow username followed by (username)@mc.glow.scot

Please see these Tutorials and information for parents created by Midlothian Digital Learning Team.

https://sites.google.com/mc.glow.scot/distancelearning-parentcarer/

 

 

 

Ice Block Sculptures

Hello Everyone!! The weather is still very cold and almost every morning I’m waking up to see frost, sometimes snow out in my garden!! I know some of you will have been looking at your footsteps in the snow, maybe writing your name in the snow and I bet there have been a few snowmen standing over the past few weeks!  If you watch the weather this week with a grown up you could hear them say we are expecting snow again!

Did you know you could make your own beautiful ice block sculpture to leave out in your garden and you won’t need a lot of help from your grown up!

What you will need is;  a plastic cup (or empty yoghurt pot … something that shape you can fill with water!),  some small leaves, berries, small twigs that will fit nicely inside your pot or cup, water and a cold outdoors space.

Fill your container with water and items that you’ve found maybe in your garden or out on a walk and leave your container outside overnight!  In the morning if the temperature has been cold enough you should be able to see the water has now frozen!  And like you would a sandcastle, turn your container upside down and see your frozen ice block sculpture!

We would love to see pictures!  Why don’t you take a picture for us!

Remember your gloves when playing out in the cold!  This is a great opportunity for you to practice putting your gloves on, this is a tricky skill to master!!

 

🏠 P1 Home learning 18.1.21

Information for week 2 of home learning will be found on SeeSaw including the timetable below.

🏠 P1 online learning 18.1.21

Activities that require SeeSaw will be scheduled on the morning of their day on the timetable.💻

The hard work that parents and pupils have shown in 1 week of Home Learning has blown me away.  A huge pat on the back to everyone.

As always, more communication, information and messages will go through Seesaw.

Mrs H

Happy new year

Happy new year to all our lovely families! Not the start to the year we were hoping for. We hope everyone is staying safe.
We are missing all the children. But we have been lucky to see some of our nursery children while their parents are busy being keyworkers. Some of the staff are busy working in the nursery , while some are busy working from home. Parents can contact us via email .

We plan to share some ideas and activities weekly on the website and hope you will share your learning with us too.

As the snow is here again, we would like to share some fun ideas you could try.
Playing in the snow is such a great opportunity for children to spend time outdoors being creative.
There is lots of opportunities for learning too.

Maybe you could explore the footsteps in the snow – how many footprints can you count ?? Can you find the footprints that match a member of your family? Who has the biggest , smallest footprint? Can you find any unusual prints in the snow ? Who do they belong to?

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Or can you use your finger or find a stick to make marks in the snow , maybe you can make a letter from your name,  number , pattern or picture?
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Here is a link to our favourite way to wind down and relax in the nursery (why not get the whole family to join in) . This is a great way to teach the importance of mindfulness and making time to relax and unwind every day.

This link is to a lovely winter story.

Remember reading to your child will open their imagination and help them understand the world , develop their listening and language skills. Take some time to read every day if you can.

A great skill to work on with your children while at home is being able to put their own coat on by them self .Watch this video for a catchy song and great trick to teach them in a fun way.

We would love to see some photographs of the children having fun in the snow or any other home learning, please send them to us .

A reminder you can also follow us on twitter . Loanhead Nursery (@NurseryLoanhead)
https://twitter.com/NurseryLoanhead?s=03
We hope to see you all soon.
Take care
Love from all the nursery staff