Derby Street Nursery
Glasgow
June 2014
Newsletter 48
General News
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attended the Pre-School children’s Leavers Concert.
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The concert was a great success, hardly a dry eye in
your Boat” with Miss Denise focusing
the house! Well done to the children and Miss
will be busy exploring the colour red through our
Pamela and Miss Victoria for organizing the concert.
senses.
We wish all the children happy times at primary
We had lots of fun with sand and water with Miss
school…please keep in touch.
Shadab and will be looking at a new story for the
Could we please ask that parents/carers do not
month.We also enjoyed our creative play with Miss
open the front door for other people as we have had
Lauren; creating a beach with many different
a few instances where individuals not known to the
creatures. Miss Lauren will continue our
Nursery have been allowed to enter. The buzzer
summer/beach theme in the sand and water area.
system is in place to ensure the safety of all within
We would like to say a big thank you to Miss Laura
the Nursery.
and Miss Lauren for organising a very successful
The Nursery annual refurbishment starts on Friday
Sports Day. A big thank you to all parents/carers
the 11th of July; new carpets will be fitted in the
who came along. Well done to all the Bluebell Room
Bluebell, Daffodil and Thistle Rooms. The Daffodil
children for competing in gymnastics and a big well
Room will also be painted and new safety treads will
done to Walter for winning the Bluebell Room race.
be fitted on the staircase.
To all parents/carers going on summer holidays;
please remember to inform your child’s key worker
During the month of June we have had lots of fun
of your holiday dates. We wish you all a lovely
making pictures for our summer wall. We have been
summer!
very creative making pictures of crabs, lobsters and
summer collages. We have also been enjoying
listening to “The Gruffalo” story; we have chosen
The Daisy Room would like to say farewell to Shay
this to be our new book of the month.
who has moved to the Bluebell Room. We would
We have been very busy building with the Lego; we
also like to welcome Fraser to the Daisy Room.
have built houses, cars and big towers. We also had
During the month of June our song of the month
fun with the Lego helicopters and cars.
was Tommy Thumb. We also had lots of fun making
We have been dressing up in the people who help
our beach wall.
us costumes; we have been police officers,
This month our song of the month will be ‘Row your
firefighters and doctors, it has been another busy
Boat’. We will be carrying out lots of activities that
month. The Daffodil Room children never stop
you do when at the beach such as sand and water
having fun!
play.
In the coming month we will continue to create our
summer wall. We are also planning to transform our
book corner into the Gruffalo’s forest and continue
to read the story.
Firstly we would like to welcome Shay and Mattias
We are hoping that Mr Sunshine will make an
to the Bluebell Room; we look forward to having lots
appearance and we will be able to play in the
of fun together. Also a big farewell to Eva-Mae and
garden and enjoy walks to the park.
Elena who have moved to the Daffodil Room, we
After the fun we had at our Sports Day we are very
wish you many happy times.
much looking forward to the noise and colour that
This month we have been learning about animals
the Commonwealth Games will bring to our city. We
that live in the zoo with our story of the month
can’t wait for July.
“Peeping at the Zoo” with Mr Dean. We also look
Finally we would like to welcome Freya, Eva-Mae
forward to singing our song of the month.
and Elena to the Daffodil Room. We wish Daniel and
We have been making scented paintings and bags
Stella many fun times in the Thistle Room.
with Miss Laura, experiencing a variety of smells.
Daffodil Room
Buttercup and Daisy Room
Bluebell Room
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Thistle Room
We would like to welcome Stella and Daniel to the
Thistle Room, we look forward to fun times with our
new friends. This month we have been learning about
woodland animals. We have been researching their
habitats and which animals are nocturnal. We have
enjoyed trips to the Mitchell Library to find information
books about the animals and we have been on nature
walks to the park looking for woodland animals. We
have also been learning about the Commonwelath
Games and the World Cup. We had lots of fun
participating in our Commonwealth themed Sports Day
in the park. We have also been exploring the topic of
summer which we will continue in the coming month.
Eco Schools
It has been a very exciting month for Eco-Schools. We
all had lots of fun at our coffee morning playing the
tombola, getting our faces and nails painted and having
lots of nice cakes and food. We raised an excellent total
of £300. This money will be used to buy resources for
our garden to encourage the birds and wildlife. We have
also set up our monthly sponsorship. We would like to
thank everyone very much for their participation and
support at our coffee morning. We would not have
raised such a great total without your wonderful
support. Again if you would like to be involved please
see Miss Hazel in the Daffodil Room.
Reminder to parents/carers and upcoming
events
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Chef Belinda’s Recipe
Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
Ingredients:
Carrot
Red onion
Vegetable stock
Sweet potato
Garlic
Peel the carrots, onions and sweet potato
(keep a medium sized onion and sweet
potato aside). Cup the peeled vegetables
roughly and place in a large saucepan.
Cover with water and bring to the boil. Once
boiling reduce the heat to a simmer and add
the vegetable stock and peeled garlic. Cook
until the vegetables are soft. Once soft
blend and add water and stock until you are
happy with consistency.
Dice the onion and sweet potato previously
put aside and add to the pot. Cook until
tender. Serve with crusty bread.
Children’s Quotes of the Month
DAV ”When I’m older I want to
be a hair cut man”
CGM informed staff that she had
went to “Old McDonalds”
(McDonalds) at the weekend
If you would like to order a Derby Street
Nursery sunhat please return your order
form to the office. Samples are available
DP when we were in the park D
for your purusal.
saw a poodle that had its legs
Thistle Room Parents Evening will be on
shaven with fluffy bits around its
the 29th of July from 5.15pm.
paws. D said “Look that dog has
Please remember to bring appropriate
shoes on”Events
Upcoming
clothes for outings to the park during the
sunny weather.
Daisy, Bluebell and Daffodil Room
Parents Evenings will be in the new
term. Information regarding each
playroom will follow.