North Berwick Nursery School

We have been enjoying learning our sounds. We have been playing a game where you have to fish for a sound and match it to a picture that starts with that sound. It is lots of fun!

All the children took their presents home for their loved ones today. We hope you like the crocus bulbs and star photo frames with photos.

It was very exciting this morning… the North Berwick High School’s torch came to the nursery. We got the chance to run alongside it. Thank you for visiting us!!! It is now on it’s way to Direlton.

We sang “The torch is on its way!” and cheered as everyone ran. To get a copy of the words, click here and to hear the song, click here

This morning we all had a picnic to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

We decorated biscuits to enjoy at our picnic.

Jenna and her family had been very busy at home making 3 cakes for us to also enjoy. Thank you very much, they were delicious!

Three cheers, hip hip hooray!!

Our animated film based on the four seasons, created by children in the morning group at North Berwick Nursery School. We were helped to make our film by Simone & Jonathan from http://www.hippotrix.com

Also a big thanks goes to Calum, a work experience pupil from the high school, who helped out and of course musician Dave Trouton for the fantastic score!

Here it is……(click full screen for best effect)

Don’t forget there are also lots of other great videos on our YouTube channel that give an insight into the nursery, check them out >>> http://www.youtube.com/user/NorthBerwickNursery

The much anticipated animation created by the morning children will be viewed by the children and released on YouTube tomorrow morning!!! You will be able to view it on our YouTube page >>> http://www.youtube.com/user/northberwicknursery
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A big thank you to Saskia’s parents Jonathan & Simone (animators – www.hippotrix.com); Calum, a work experience pupil from the high school; and Dave Trouton for the fantastic music!!!

Last week we were very lucky to have the police come to nursery and talk to us about keeping safe.  PC Laura and PC Colin came to each class and told us about their jobs and how to stay safe when we are out.   In the afternoon they came back with their police car and we got to hear the loud sirens!  Here are some photos from their visit.

Last week the pre-school children in the morning took part in creating an animation.  The animation featured the four seasons of the year and each class took responsibilty for making the props needed to create the animation.  Room 1 were busy painting and making flowers to create Spring.  Room 2 were working very hard making bees and butterflies for Summer and room 3 painted and cut out trees and leaves for Autumn.  When we had finished making the backgrounds and props Jonathon and Simone Charles came to nursery with their equipment and cameras to film the animation.  We worked together in small groups to film the animation.  We had to move pieces of the picture very slightly and take a photo each time.  Then we got to watch a little bit of the animation as we worked on it.  It was great seeing our pictures coming to life!  Here are some pictures of us creating the animation.

….AND our favourite book is ‘Apple Pie ABC’ by Alison Murray.

We participated in the Scottish Booktrust Book Awards voting last week. After reading the three short listed books (‘Apple Pie ABC’ by Alison Strathie, ‘The Loon On the Moon’ by Chae Strathie and Emily Golden & ‘Dear Vampa’ by Ross Collins) we voted for our favourite book within our classes.

On Tuesday we all gathered together to count up the total votes to see which was the overall favourite. ‘Apple Pie ABC’ won with 38 votes, compared with 24 for ‘The Loon On The Moon’ and 22 for ‘Dear Vampa’.

We all enjoyed reading and talking about the books. Why not watch the videos of the authors reading their stories and answering some questions about their books, click here

For the morning Christing Singing videos, click here