Over the past few weeks our children have been busy taking part in the @rspbscotland.bsky.social “Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2026”🐦‍⬛ While exploring out in the garden, they carefully observed, identified and tally-counted the birds they spotted sparking curiosity about nature & the world around them.🦉🦅🦢📊

Creativity is a part of the five dimensions that support child development and is explored in Section 3 of Realising the Ambition: Being Me (RtA). 'Creativity is vital for all learning.' (RtA, Pg24) Thank you for sharing. #BeingMe

This week has been full of; Firefighters and safety, Sea creatures and researching. Creating our own versions of Van Gough's Starry night using a range of techniques. Learning all about the emotions of 'LOVE'. And practicing number counting through songs and rhyme! #curioisty #inquiry #learning

Some of our children have been busy designers!✂️🧵 From the first sketch to final detail, their focus, creativity and pride in their work is evident. So much patience, resilience and imagination in one experience. #SewingSkills #ChildLedLearning #BeingMe

I am so impressed and proud of our creative children. Our practitioners give them the opportunity to be inquisitive through experiences that challenge and provoke their thinking. Most of all we have fun learning together, I also tried out the human Spirograph 😃 it was great fun #LearningIsFun

Our children have been creating their interpretations of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’. Children were intrigued by the swirls and have gone on to research the word swirl. They have been exploring different ways to make swirls 🍥 from a human Spirograph, wax, sand and a variety of techniques #YoungArtists

I love seeing these happy smiling faces, it had been fantastic to have everyone back filling the nursery with love laughter and fun 🥰 #Friendships

It has been lovely welcoming back our children & families after the festive break. We have been hearing all about their fun & exciting Christmas stories.🎄🎅🏼 We’re looking forward to a new term filled with play, learning & plenty of exciting experiences as we settle back into our routines together.🥰

We are delighted for our colleagues at @kinnairdwaters.bsky.social who were the ELC winners of Maths Week Scotland: Finn’s Wild Maths Adventure. Huge congrats to all the children, staff and families for this fantastic achievement. Click on the link to find out more mathsweek.scot/news/finns-w...

Huge thanks to the team and @karenweir.bsky.social for her amazing ideas and filming skills 🎄🎅🏻 Merry Christmas everyone 🥰

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This Christmas, @kinnairdwaters.bsky.social is not Home Alone!🎄🎬 We’re excited to share our annual Christmas video, inspired by the festive favourite Home Alone. Created with lots of laughter, creativity and Christmas cheer.🎊 Wishing everyone a joyful festive season!🎄🎅🏼🎉 youtu.be/E_aWRcJtEFM?...

Another opportunity to start the New year with a new position - we are looking for an experienced EYO @kinnairdwaters.bsky.social closing date 4th January 2026 - don't miss out myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/fal...

In the quiet room learners have continued their interest in flags. As well as making their own interpretations of their favourite flag, educators provided flag puzzles to complete. Lots of problem solving, perseverence, matching and sorting. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇳 🇦🇺

Outdoors this week our learners have been exploring the forces push and pull. Describing how each different force feels using mathematical language. Our learners have also noticed the change in weather and have been predicting how ice is made. ❄️🥶

At the block side learners have continued their interest in forces. Using blankets learners noticed their hair standing up. Educators provided balloons for learners to rub on their hair. We then experimented with tissue paper to see how many we could lift up with the balloon.

In the music room learners have been exploring the nursery rhyme 5 little monkeys, singing songs, role play and mark making their own monkeys 🐒🎵🎤

In the Quiet Room we have began exploring flags of the world. Learners have been identifying different colours, shapes and patterns that make each flag special. They have been drawing their own interpretations of their favourite flag. 🇮🇳 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you for joining us at our Scottish themed Bookbug. We enjoyed a Hairy Maclary story and sang some Scottish songs. 🎶 📕

These photos are awesome. Such engagement in foubdational mathematics and showcasing early mathematical thinking. Fab. 👏 👏👏👏@fcsthomson.bsky.social

The learners in the music room have continued to explore the song 1,2,3,4,5 through making their own fish to act out the song as well as exploring their left and right 🐟🐠🎣

Thank you for joining us at our water/rain themed bookbug today. We enjoyed the story Tip Tap Crab and heard some lovely singing. 🦀 ☔️

In the big room block side the learners have been exploring forces through using magnets and predicting what might happen. The educators provided materials and the learners have been using their problem solving and curiosity skills to decide what was magnetic and what wasn’t. 🧲😊 #forces

In the big room children have been developing their interest in patterns and sequencing. Children have also been using different resources to create their own space ships and participating in discussions about space.🪐☄️🔭🛸

As learners continue to explore Room on the Broom, they wanted to make the witches spell. Educators provided ingredients for learners to choose from. We made lots of colourful, smelly, fizzing potions with learners recalling the magic words ‘iggety, ziggety, zaggety, ZOOM 🪄

Learners continue to explore stories in the quiet room. We have been enjoying experiences focussing on Room on the Broom. Learners have been using props to act out the story and even made their own broom 🧹 📕🧙‍♀️

Thank you to everyone who came today to join in with our Bookbug session all about being kind to ourselves and each other. 📚🐛☺️

In the Big Playroom children have been developing their interest in patterns and sequencing. Using various resources, children are predicting what will come next in a range of two and three colour pattern sequences with some beginning to create their own. 🔴🟡🔴🟡🔴🟡 🟢🔵🟢🔵🟢🔵

In the music room the learners have been exploring the song “1,2,3,4,5” the learners have been focusing on number sequences through fishing as well as using their hands to represent numbers 🐟🎣

We had a Spooktacular Bookbug today singing lots of Halloween songs rhymes and a story all about trick or treating monsters. 🎃🧛🏼👻

In the garden we have explored forces by flying our kites, finding autumnal objects, using mathematical language to explore measuring and making lots of yummy treats in the mud kitchen.

In the quiet room we have been exploring The Leaf Man, where the learners have created their own interpretation using a storyboard format 🍂🍃🌿🍁🧡

In the music room children have enjoyed doing YMI, children have also used there creativity to make a giant clock and using there bodies to show the correct time, also enjoying using different animals to re enact the rhyme.

*NURSERY* We were so excited to receive special mail today. We took guesses as to who it could be from. One of our wee ones exclaimed ‘I think it’s from @kinnairdwaters.bsky.social’ Thank you so much for the special gift, we can’t wait to display your homemade paper in our playroom. 😀🌳 #partnerships

In the music room children have continued their interest in Hickory Dickery Dock, children have used their creativity to stand on the correct numbers of the clock and create there own mice to re enact the rhyme.

In the big room blockside we have investigated other ways to measure ourselves and objects. We have baked delicious blueberry and apple pies in our home corner.

In the garden this week our learners have been continuing to explore mathematic language using transient art and Big and Small! Our leaners have been exploring their forces using their bodies and objects. We have also been developing our self help skills when putting on suits, wellies and jackets☔️😁

Learners have continued their interest in the story ‘Leaf Man’ by drawing their own leaf men using the illustrations from the book to give them ideas. The learners have been noticing the different colours and shapes of the leaves throughout the story and have been discussing this between each other.

In the main playroom (door side) the learners continued to further develop their directional language by using beebots. We have researched maps and town planning, creating their own interpretations

Following the continuing interest in Autumn and the book, Leaf Man the learners have been for a Autumn walk to collect resources to make their own Leaf Man.🍁🍂Also some learners have been exploring the book, Paper Chase and made their very own paper. 🌳🗒

In the big room block side we have been exploring Big Maths Week Scotland promoting mathematical and numeracy skills by measuring and discussing wholes and halves.

The learners in the main room (door side) have continued their interest in learning directions, forwards and backwards using Beebots, a road jigsaw and maps of Kinnaird.

In the music room children have continued their interest in traditional nursery rhymes with a particular focus, this week, on Hickory Dickory Dock. Children have used their creativity to make their own clock and use these props to re-enact the rhyme.

This week outdoors we have been celebrating maths week, we have used natural resources, been out in the community and explored different number concepts ☺️ #mathweekscot

In the big room the learners continued their interest by looking at the houses that we stay in by using positional and directional language and exploring our local community. We have also used different types of technology to support their interests 🚶 🗺️ ⬅️⬆️⬇️➡️

We had our first book bug session today. We enjoyed singing about autumn and a lovely story about the ‘Leaf Thief’.

In the big room block side we have been exploring measurements making our own matching game, creating our own shops and serving up delicious food.

In the music room learners have been exploring traditional nursery rhymes through our ‘what’s in the basket’ experience. We have also engaged in YMI sessions both with Ashley and Helen and the learners have continued to explore the ‘5 current bun’ props independently 👩🏼‍🍳✨🚣🐑🕷.

In the Garden the learners have been continuing to use their autumn finds to match/ sort into groups or grouping the conkers to the corresponding number, some of the learners have also been looking for numbers in the local community ☺️

In snack we are continuing to settle our new learners in and helping them establish snack routines. Learners are making their own choices around what they choose to eat, promoting independence. We’ve had some amazing helpers to chop our vegetables to make healthy soup.