Last week was another busy week in the Nursery as Christmas rapidly approaches!

A huge 'Well Done' to all our little Grumpy sheep.

We are very proud of you all. 

They did an amazing job of learning the lyrics and looking very grumpy!

Here are some of the children getting ready for the Nativity last week.

We practiced our very Grumpy faces!

We also needed to practice our very smiley face for the end of the performance!

Here are some very 'Smiley' sheep. Don't they look good.

We don't know what of earth has happened to these sheep but they look very grumpy!

'....what a very smiley sheep, a very smiley sheep....'

'....He grumped all day, he grumped all night......'

Here are some of the whole day children enjoying their Christmas Lunch last week too.

Not long until party day now! 

The Nursery Party is on Friday between 10.00 and 11.30. Please feel free to pop back at 11.15 if you would like to meet a very special visitor. 

Look back soon for some Christmas Party Updates :-)

Decoration Day in Stromness Nursery

Stromness Early Learning and Childcare 

Decoration Day

12th December 2017

 The children and grow ups get stuck in to some of the craft activities on offer

We are always grateful to see so many willing grown ups help out too, many thanks to all the parents, carers and family members who turned up today with their helping hands at the ready!

  

Helping each other, interacting with others and working independently

 Crafting and socialising!

Card making and tree decorating

Bauble decorating and stained glass window painting

Paper chain making and Christmas colouring

Snowman decorating and Candy Cane bead threading

Glitter bread and snowman making

Great job everyone, the nursery looks fabulously sparkly and we are ready for Christmas!

Over the last couple of weeks the builders has continued to be a very popular place to play.

The children have been interested in the new hospital and have been busy building it here in the nursery too.

Outside, using crates and real tools the children were keen to continue their hospital play.

Here are some of the children busy at work constructing the new hospital!

We set up a display table outside the nursery for the grown up's to see.

On it we placed some of our joinery work.

Here is one of the children very busy writing signs to tell people not to touch the models.

Sensory Paint fun in the art room.

Look at those happy faces!

Time for the Dental Inspections too!

And of course.... time to enjoy the SNOW!!

We are loving to investigate ice both inside and outside of the nursery.

Over the last two weeks we have also been very busy listening to the Bookbug Picture Book Award Books.

We really enjoyed 'The fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee' and following many of the children's interests in babies, babies and baby bumps have been appearing everywhere!

We have been further developing both our pencil grip and fine motor skills at the writing table and during small group activity times.

Here are some of the children very busy designing baby vests for the baby in the Bonniest Baby in Dundee to wear to the competition.

Some of the children also designed their own rosettes to give to the baby when he came 4th. We had lots of discussions about 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th etc...

We were very excited to invite one of our mummies and her baby bump in to see us.

We looked at the scan pictures and were very interested to know the length and size of the baby at the different stages.

We loved having some real babies to visit too!

We talked about how to look after the babies and enjoyed lots of baby cuddles too.

Mrs Tulloch came to visit us with her baby bump too.

We were very excited to see her scan pictures and find out all about her baby bump too.

One of the other Book Bug Picture Books was Gorilla loves Vanilla!

We really enjoyed this story too.

Here are some of the children enjoying ice cream in the sensory tray!

They had great fun and only a little bit was eaten ;-)

Look back soon again to see the nursery being transformed for CHRISTMAS!!