Cockenzie Primary School Nursery

We have had a lovely week welcoming parents/carers into the nursery to spend some time with us. Please leave a comment if you enjoyed your visit.

In nursery we spend lots of time talking about and learning to recognise our emotions and how to deal with them. Like the school we use the zones of regulation to help us understand how different emotions make us feel. This week we have had an extra focus on activities which can help us feel positive and improve our mental health. We already know that exercise and fresh air make us feel better so we have spent lots of time outside playing on an obstacle course, we have been gardening and preparing our vegetable bed for planting. We have done yoga both inside and outside and we have been learning about breathing techniques.

At the end of January the RSPB held their Big Garden Bird Watch event, which we joined in with. We set up a den in the nursery office with blacked out windows and used binoculars to see how many birds we could spot. We made bird feeders to hang from the trees to encourage the birds. We took it in turns to watch out of the window and record our findings first on our own sheet and then on the whole nursery bird board. This experience helped us with our sorting and counting skills. It helped us learn how to handle data by recording the birds we spotted. Our vocabulary grew as we explored the names of different species of birds and we then shared our new information with adults and other children. Our interest in birds led to nests being built in the garden, birds being made in our creative area. We also used water colours to reproduce a picture of a Blue Tit.

The children enjoyed searching for signs of spring in our nursery garden. They were delighted with the newly emerging daffodils and the birds nest in our tree.

The yellow group were helping to prepare snack. They helped make the food, write the menus, empty the dishwasher and ring the bell.

See below flyer for a virtual Signalong session for parents and carers on Tuesday 14th March at 10.30-12.00pm

The whole nursery sat together to enjoy a burn supper of haggis, neeps and tatties. As you can see from the pictures, it was met with a mixed reception!

Nursery Mini Kickers Football Classes Available to Book from 6pm on Wed 1^st Feb

Nursery Mini Kickers Football classes will be available to book from 6pm on Wednesday 1^st February. These beginner Football sessions offer an ideal opportunity to give Football a go and start to learn the fundamentals and develop their agility, balance and coordination skills, all while getting active and having fun with friends.

Classes start at Port Seton Community Centre on Thursday 9^th February.

Activity	Age	Time	Dates	Venue	Activity Leader	Cost
Football Mini Kickers	Nursery (Age 3+)	3:45-4:30pm	9th Feb—23rd Mar (off 16th Feb)	Port Seton Community Centre Sports Hall	Susan Stewart	£12

Online booking will open from 6:00pm on Wednesday 1^st February

• All activities can be booked online using our Active Schools Booking Page.
• Please note that spaces for each activity are limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Concessions for Access to Leisure members apply and are available at the point of booking on paid activities – please select ‘Concession’ when booking online.
• All paid activities are free to children who are care experienced, young carers, and/or registered for free school meals with East Lothian Council. More information below.

Please click here for full details and online booking: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/ActiveSchoolsPrestonpans

Free Access to Paid Activities

All Active Schools activities are free to all. Active East Lothian activities have a fee, however, are free to children who are care experienced, young carers, and/or registered for free school meals with East Lothian Council. All support is delivered confidentially.

To confirm you qualify and to receive your promo code for free access to paid activities, please email ssands@elcschool.org.uk. Your promo code should be used when booking paid Active East Lothian activities online at checkout. If you have previously received a promo code, this is still valid and can be used for new bookings.

Free School Meals application forms are available to download at www.eastlothian.gov.uk/FreeSchoolMeals or contact East Lothian Council by email at educationenquiries@eastlothian.gov.uk or by phone at 01620 827 827.

Please note, promo codes should not be shared – incorrect use of your code may result in the offer of a place being withdrawn.

If you have any questions, please contact Stewart Sands, Active Schools Coordinator, at ssands@elcschool.org.uk

Stewart Sands
Active Schools Coordinator | Prestonpans Primary School Cluster, Gullane Primary & Aberlady Primary