Graduation

We graduated from nursery today! Fortunately it doesn't mean I have to stop going. I'll keep going until I start school but we had a nice show for all the parents with songs and a proper ceremony where we dressed up and got our scrolls from the big boss lady.

I also took part in a display of the french class and the Yogabugs class - I was really busy!

A lot of the teachers and parents were in tears during and after it and apparently I was the direct cause of at least two of them (and they weren't Mummy and Daddy!).

Gymnastics Display

I don't think I've mentioned it on here before but I attend a gymnastics class on a Saturday morning. It plays havoc with Mummy and Daddy's plans but it'll be worth it in a few Olympics time!

We had our annual display at the weekend and our class was in it. We did our normal class routine and a wee assault course. The older kids did some very fancy displays with tumbling and carrying two people and stuff. Mummy says I'll be able to do that when I get bigger. I'm pretty sure I can do the climbing up folk and standing on their shoulders now - I do it to Daddy all the time!

Loch Morlich

We're just back from a few days at Granny and Grandpa's. The weather was... Changeable! But we got a really nice day when we went to Loch Morlich. It's a really lovely place with what's now a Seaside Award winner even though I'm not sure you can get much further away from the coast!

I paddled about for ages, the water was lovely. But Daddy, the big wimp, he came in and claimed the water was so cold his legs went numb and he got a sore head. Thankfully Mummy isn't so soft and was available to come to my rescue when I overestimated the length of my legs and ended up almost waist deep and not sure which way to move for fear of making things worse. Thank you Mummy for saving me, especially since although your legs are longer, you trousers didn't go up as high and you got pretty wet too!

Final nursery report

This is the contents of my final nursery report. This one goes to school to warn the school teachers what kind of kid I am. I know there are a few teachers read this blog so if you could leave comments with translations of the code you guys use so that I know what they're really saying I'd appreciate it.

Personal and Social Development
Edan is a happy, confident child who enjoys nursery. He is very independent. He shows great curiosity and is intrinsically motivated to learn and thus often takes the lead in directing his own learning. He follows the rules and routines within the playroom well and perseveres at both self selected and adult directed tasks. He is a sociable child and has many positive relationships with children and adults alike.

Communication and Language
Edan is an effective communicator with both children and adults. He speaks clearly and with confidence. He is comfortable when asked to share his thoughts and ideas with others and demonstrates good listening skills when listening to others. He has contributed positively to many planning discussions and has influenced the learning opportunities within the playroom. Edan enjoys reading and listening to stories. He has very good decoding skills and interprets a picture well. He is now applying these skills to the written word recognising both familiar words and sounding out others. Edan has good pencil control and his written marks are now forming legible words.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Edan has a good grasp of numbers to 100 both in number recognition and 1-1 counting. He has an excellent understanding of early mathematical concepts in Shape, Pattern, Measurement, Time and Information Handling. Edan is very inquisitive, and shows a great deal of interest and curiosity in the world around him by observing and asking questions to gain knowledge and understanding of everyday happenings. He has particularly enjoyed our Eco initiatives and has contributed many ideas to our Spring Planting and Waste Minimisation activities.

Expressive and Aesthetic Development
Edan can often be found engrossed in imaginative play in the Dolls' House or demonstrating his understanding of the world around him in role-play in the house corner. He participates well at daily music time and enjoys all musical activities e.g. playing an instrument for The Band Song, or being an elephant for the Elephant Song. Although Edan enjoys manipulating the playdough and can often be found creating a variety of shapes, he does require adult encouragement to involve himself in other tactile activities such as gluing, painting and model making.

Physical Development and Movement
Edan often comments on snack and whether or not the foods on offer are healthy or not. He has a good awareness of what food types should be eaten to keep a body healthy.
When outdoors Edan prefers to participate in group games e.g. "Duck, Duck, Goose" and "What's the Time Mr. Wolf?" however with encouragement he will use the physical apparatus and large wheeled toys. Edan's fine motor skills have developed well and he can complete jigsaws and construct with small Lego pieces with ease.


So, teachery-types. If you were getting this kid in your class, what would you be thinking now?

New Veg Plot

Mummy's extending her greenfingers and has invested in a raised vegetable plot. She let Daddy build it and he managed to break one of the posts (but blamed Mummy). She also made him fill it though! But I helped to tramp it down (making more work for Daddy!).

I also helped Mummy write the name-tags for the vegetables we planted. This is me writing Carrots.

And then I helped to plant them.

I also helped to water them and managed to get more water on Daddy than the plants but unfortunately there's no photos of that! Oh. And Mummy says please ignore the falling down fence in the background. It has now been replaced with a rather nice new one.