Friday Fun !

Good afternoon everyone ,

and happy Friday to you all :-)
We had  a quality assurance visit from our Pre-school development officer this morning . These visits are to ensure that Partner providers of pre-school education are delivering the Curriculum for Excellence(CfE) and providing quality learning opportunities for the children . The focus today was on literacy and numeracy . Whilst here , she was treated to an enthusiastic rendition of Bear Hunt with all the sunflowers joining in. The children are continuing to enjoy this theme and the bear cave is expanding daily!
The sunflowers have also had great fun with some new resources - some have  been camping in their tent,  others looking at shapes , patterns and colour viewing a variety of objects on the light box , and  they have all been intrigued by the kaliedescopes and bug-eye viewers.
The schoolhouse children have extended their role play area with new appliances- the Henry  hoover has been particularly popular- they are all very keen to use this - hope they do the same at home!
We are all making the most of the mild weather and spending a lot of time outdoors , both at the nursery and walks around the village , along the old railway line and visits to the local parks . Birds are continuing to be attracted to our garden by the feeders the children have made , along with the feeding tables and the children have become very good at identifying them , although one sunflower told me yesterday that there hadn't been any magpies or owls spotted yet :-)

Some breaking news : the government are today publishing films of parents, teachers and children talking about the impact the CfE has had . They will be available to view  from today at   www.engageforeducation.org/cfefilms


Hope you all have  a lovely weekend- remember to stock up for Pancake Day!