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March 22,2019

Tweenie Snacks

By Gillian Mustard
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foods, fun, healthy, linlithgow, nursery

Over the last few weeks the children in the Tweenie room have been helping to plan their snacks for the following week. Statistics have shown that the younger the children are when they learn about healthy eating the better it is for their future. This has been a great experience for the children of

February 20,2019

Junk Modelling

We would like to thank all our parents who have handed in lots of resources for our junk modelling. This has helped to promote the children’s creativity, imagination and fine motor skills. Look in your children’s boxes for their models to take home.

February 15,2019

Museum fun

The older children have had a very busy week! Lots of love was in the air for Valentines Day and we all made cards for our mummies and daddies. We also received a special card from our sponsored donkey Eeyore. We sent some lovely messages back to him at the donkey sanctuary. The pre-school children

February 08,2019

Fun in the Wild Woods

By Gillian Mustard
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fun, garden, ice, linlithgow, nursery, outdoors

The older children have chosen to play in the wild woods this week. There has been lots of fun and learning. Children have followed their own interests – some choosing to join the ‘ fire crew’ – building fires to keep warm and learning about personal safety. Others have explored safety by �

February 06,2019

chinese new year

By Gillian Mustard
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The Tweenie children have been enjoying learning about Chinese New Year. We had a look on the smartboard for some dragon dancing, the children then tried to copy the dance. We listened to some dragon stories and Chinese music. We visited Tesco to but some Chinese foods to do some food tasting. The c

February 01,2019

Space

By Gillian Mustard
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fun, ice, linlithgow, nursery, planets, space

The older children have been learning all about space and the planets with Bethan and Vanessa this week. They then went on to make a space themed book room. The children have been dressing up as astronauts, making space helmets from boxes and building rockets. It has also been a very cold week! The

January 31,2019

Sensory Play

The children at Teddy Bear House this week have had fun experimenting with the ice and frost in the garden. We have been mark making on the frost in the garden and made ice lollies to taste. We then moved onto sensory play with shaving foam and play dough, we used apple hair conditioner to […

January 30,2019

Block play and loose parts

By Gillian Mustard
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block play, curiosity, fun, linlithgow, loose parts, nursery, problem solving

This week the children have been showing some curiosity and problem-solving skills in the block play area using loose parts. They have been positioning various sized objects through the holes in the cable drums and then looking at different ways to retrieve the items.

January 25,2019

Burns Day

By Gillian Mustard
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Burns Day, foods, linlithgow, nursery, tasting

Today the children have been celebrating ‘Burns Day’. We have looked at different types of tartan and some of the children went on to weave their own tartan with card. We did some food tasting – shortbread, haggis and vegetarian haggis. We looked at some Burn’s poems and tried to learn them

January 25,2019

The Weather

The children on the second floor have been taking an interest in the weather this week as it’s been so cold. They have been learning about plus and minus temperatures and looking at what the weather is like in other countries just now. They have been talking to Hazel, Louise’s sister who stays i