Our latest policy is Care Inspectorates ‘Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019, which comes into effect from the 1st April 2024. Below, I have attached a short clip summarising the act along with a poster which you can also find in the Nursery cloakroom.
Category Archives: ELC 23/24
World book day celebrations in nursery 7.3.24
We had a wonderful day celebrating all things reading in Nursery today. Some children shared their favourite stories, and lots of us came dressed in our pyjamas as the theme this year was “read and relax.” The staff had set up some wonderful play activities today based around favourite books such as the gingerbread manContinue reading “World book day celebrations in nursery 7.3.24”
Stay and Play 5.3.24
Thank you to all of you for joining us for two fantastic stay and play sessions yesterday in Nursery. We hope you enjoyed seeing what the children have been learning and achieving. The children and staff really enjoyed welcoming so many of you, and we are really looking forward to the next opportunity. Keep anContinue reading “Stay and Play 5.3.24”
Trauma Document
We found this document surrounding trauma informed practice and thought it would be nice to share with parents as well. Although it is titled ‘Survival in Primary School’, this very much relates to the early years and further as well.
Nursery Updates
Stay and Play We would love to invite parents and carers to our “stay and play” sessions on the 5th of March. Please see image below for times. Safety in Nursery Our nursery is very busy at the moment and the safety of our young people is our priority. The cloakroom and corridor area isContinue reading “Nursery Updates”
Keeping healthy in Nursery!
We had a lovely visit from the Childsmile team today in Nursery. The children enjoyed helping to brush the teddy’s teeth and learning all about the importance of keeping your teeth clean.
ELC is the place to be!
Have a look at what we have been up to! We have enjoyed developing gross motor skills including mobility, control and balance by visiting the adventure playground. We have been investigating animal habitats using natural materials. The animals had a super time hiding and we were thinking about what they would eat, where they wouldContinue reading “ELC is the place to be!”
ELC 29th of Jan – 2nd of Feb
It’s been another wonderful week of play and learning in Inshes Nursery. Here are just a few highlights from this week.
26.1.24
Today one of the activities on offer allowed children to develop fine motor skills such as cutting and folding as they made some beautiful crafty flowers. There was lots of discussion about colours too.
25.1.25
Another busy day of fun and learning in Inshes Nursery. Today the children developed descriptive vocabulary as they investigated and described Jelly! Oliver thought it was soft and wobbly, Marcie thought it was wet, Mia and Lottie thought it was freezing cold and Gracey loved squishing and squeezing it with her hands. The children enjoyedContinue reading “25.1.25”