Welcome to Kinmylies
Nursery
The Team!
Early Years Practitioners
Oak Room
Miss Leanne Robertson
Mrs Heather Hayes
Ms Geraldine Gill
Mrs Julie Edwards
Miss Claire Stimpson
2 x Vacancies tbc
Beech Room
Mrs Lorna Fair
Miss Devon MacKenzie
Mrs Florica Stewart
Miss Jacqueline Stocks
Vacancy tbc
School Management
Head Teacher
: Miss Fiona Kelly
Depute Head
: Mrs Julie Fraser
Childcare Manager : Miss Susan MacDonald
What are the children
learning?
How does all this “play” relate to
the curriculum?
‘Play’ is the process and means by which
things are taught and how children
learn.
It is through a variety of play
opportunities that children broaden
their range of learning experiences and
become confident, eager and
enthusiastic learners, developing the
four capacities ……
Successful learners
Responsible citizens
Confident individuals
Effective contributors
Eight Curricular Areas
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Health and Wellbeing
Literacy
Numeracy and Mathematics
Social Studies
Sciences
Technologies
Expressive Arts
Religious and Moral Studies
What do we do on a
typical Nursery day?
Arriving at Nursery…
• When we arrive we:
- find our peg
- hang up our coat
- change into our indoor shoes
- find our names to register in nursery
Free Play
During Free Play time, we have all
sorts of activities to choose from.
These change frequently depending on
the needs and interests of the children.
They include:
Role play
This varies depending on
the children’s interests
- house/kitchen
- flower shop
- supermarket
- Vet surgery
- Police station
- Doctors surgery
Art and Craft
This includes:
- painting
- printing
- clay
- junk modelling
Sensory
- Water/ice/snow
- broth mix and
flour
- shaving foam
- gloop
- lentils
- Playdough
- Exploring
outdoors
Book Corner & Library
- storybooks
- nursery rhyme
books
- number and shape
books
- information books
- comics
ICT
• computer programmes
which include number,
shape, colour, etc..
• Bee bot
• Remote control car
• Torches
• Digital camera
• Smartboard
• Supervised use of the
internet for
investigation
Writing Table
With:
• paper of various
colours
• crayons and chalks
• pencils and pens
• scissors
• glue
• envelopes and stamps
• paper clips
• paper punch
• sticky tape etc.
Numeracy and Maths
We ensure we have numeracy opportunities
throughout the nursery such as;
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numbers, shapes, pattern games
Money, size, measurement, weight
number matching games
memory game
picture matching games
number counting games
Climbing frame
Seesaw
Large wooden
blocks
Tricycles
Trim Trail
Physical Play
Snack Time
A social experience where children share
food together and sometimes make food.
Sometimes we have snack all together.
Sometimes snack is open when children can
choose when they would like to come for snack.
Children post their names once they have had
snack so we can monitor who has had snack.
We also offer special snacks to celebrate various
festivals/occasions;
Diwali – Indian food
Burns Night - Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
Chinese New Year – Noodles
All together time
We will do all together time everyday, this may be used for
• News time
• Show and tell
• Mind mapping
This helps us practise our listening and talking skills
Outdoor Play
Anything offered
inside could be
outside alongside
specific outdoor
resources e.g. bikes,
cars, hoops etc
Toothbrushing
With your permission your child will
brush their teeth during the nursery
session.
We follow the guidelines given to us
from Childsmile.
We also use the gym hall
Home time
• We put on our own shoes and jackets
• The children are encouraged not to leave
until their name is called.
• Sign in / Sign out sheets – please contact
if there is a change to pick up name.
• Flexible hours children who are being
collected out of session times are to be
collected at the office.
How do I keep up to
date with what’s
happening in Nursery?
• Nursery Handbook
• Please make time to read the Parents’
Noticeboard in the cloakroom area. It
shows our planning overview, photographs
and community information.
• Nursery Blog which is updated regularly
you can find it at;
https://kinmyliesnursery.wordpress.com/
sign up to follow our blog to receive
notifications.
• Our policies and inspection reports are
available here too.
How Can I Be Involved In
Nursery?
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Nursery blog
by helping your child at home
parent helper in Nursery and on trips
stay and play/open afternoons
Parents evening/afternoon
sharing your own knowledge/interests
Parent Council
Speak to staff!
Learning Journey
The folder will contain the following
sections:
• ‘All About Me’
• ‘Steps on my Learning Journey’ (3 core curriculum
areas)
• Evidence of learning (including observations)
across the 8 curricular areas
Formal Report at end of year
Being prepared
• Indoor shoes
• Suitable clothing for being indoors and
outdoors
• Change of clothing
• Sun cream applied in the morning
• ALL items labelled
• Discourage own toys
Thank you for coming along.
Please feel free to go down to nursery and have a
look round the nursery rooms, meet the staff. Feel
free to ask any questions.
Nursery Induction Day is Monday 19th June.
For children allocated a AM session or flexi session
please come along from 10 – 11 am
For children allocated a PM sessions please come
along from 1.30 – 2.30 pm.
School opens -Tuesday 15th August