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November 16,2018

Building site

This week the children on the second floor have been very interested in the building site across the road. we have had a fabulous vantage point to see all the changes. The huge mound of rubble is being taken away and the ground is almost flat. We decided to chat to the builders and ask […]

November 14,2018

Campfire fun

The Tweenie children enjoyed exploring in the wild woods this week. Chloe and Bethan made a campfire and we had a chat about how to stay safe around the fire. Chloe cooked some hotdogs for us to taste and we toasted some marshmallows, it was very yummy. We had lots of fun

November 01,2018

Pumpkin fun

This week the children at Teddy Bear House have been exploring their senses. We have used different coloured sawdust with pumpkins, we have made pumpkin prints, we pretended to make pumpkin soup in the water tray. We extended this by using apples and peppers to make prints as well.

October 31,2018

Pumpkins

By Gillian Mustard
Turret towers
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fun, linlithgow, nursery, tasting, vegetables

Some of the Tweenie children have been sharing experiences from home about carving pumpkins. We decided to visit Tesco and buy some pumpkins for the room. The children explored the pumpkins in the water tray, scooping them out and looking at the seeds, we spoke about the colours and texture. We prac

October 26,2018

Special visitor

This week the older boys and girls had a special visitor. Our friend, Lily the park ranger, came to tell us all about the animals in Autumn. We learned about frogs and hedgehogs who hibernate. The squirrels who have naps then wake up to snack on the food they have stored and the birds that […

October 19,2018

Fun with leaves

By Gillian Mustard
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autumn, fun, leaves, linlithgow, nursery

The children on the second floor had a walk to the peel this week. They have been watching the changes to the trees and wondered how much they had changed since they had last looked, which wasn’t a lot. Some of the trees still has lots of leaves on them even although they were all […]

October 17,2018

3 little pigs

The children in the Tweenie Room have been interested in the Three little Pigs this week. They were especially interested in the houses and how they were built. We have had lots of discussion about the different types of houses that the pigs built and about the type of houses that we stay in. The [&

October 12,2018

nursery rock

Well done to everyone who found the Nursery rock this week – it was beside the Burgh beautiful poppy garden. Our nursery rock is having a little break but will be back in a couple of weeks.

October 12,2018

Our Pumpkin

The 2nd floor children have been very excited about the pumpkin growing in our nursery garden. They have been checking it’s progress everyday – watching it getting bigger and change colour. Last week we brought it into nursery and left it beside the window so it could get lots of sunshine! Now i

October 10,2018

Apple Juice

By Gillian Mustard
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apples, fun, linlithgow, nursery, tasting

Today we did some apple pressing with Corinne, the nursery gardener. The children took turns to wash the apples for Corinne to chop up into smaller pieces. We then had a turn at turning the handle to squeeze the juice out of the apples. Everyone had a taste of some delicious fresh apple juice. It [&