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1st week back 08/26 Nursery Outdoor Play

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1st week back 08/26 Nursery Outdoor Play

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Children enjoyed their first week back to our playground.

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Purple group class of 2026 officially signing out 😭!

Good luck to our children heading of to P1 and to our returners we will see you in August 💜

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End of term celebrations

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End of term celebrations with the Green group 💚

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End of term celebrations with the Green group 💚

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I hope everyone has a great summer holidays!

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 “ Have a lovely Summer Holiday “ from Orange Group to you all

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 “ Have a lovely Summer Holiday “ from Orange Group to you all

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Scotland World Cup celebration day🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Scotland World Cup celebration day🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Green group💚

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Our trip to Muiravonside farm. A great day had by everyone.

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Green & Silver Groups.

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Castle view Nursery Trip 2026 - Muiravonside Country Park

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Nursery Trip 2026 - Muiravonside Country Park - Orange & Red Groups 

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Nursery Trip 2026 - Muiravonside Country Park - Orange & Red Groups 

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Castleview Nursery Trip 2026 - Muiravonside Country Park

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Children continue to enjoy making recycled paper. This week, they sorted colours from the recycling bin and created white, blue, orange and green paper. Through this experience children are beginning to understand that recycling means transforming something old into something new. We are also continuing to discuss how we can use our resources wisely and the importance of reducing waste by reusing and recycling materials whenever possible.

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Nursery trip

Monday 15th June- silver, orange, green and red groups

Tuesday 16th June- yellow , pink, purple, blue

Friday 12th June- New P1’s stay&play event 1:30-2:30pm

Friday 19th June- New P1’s meet the teacher picnic 1:30-2:30pm

Wednesday 24th June- End of term celebration 1:30pm

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We had some more primary one transition visits this week.

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Our focus has been sustainability and we have been discussing how we can use paper responsibly. This led to the children becoming curious about where paper comes from and what happens to the paper we place in our recycling bins. We talked about recycling and explored how materials can be reused instead of thrown away. To extend their learning we decided to make our own recycled paper.

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We have been talking about litter that can be found on beaches. The children shared that they do not like visiting dirty beaches and that they always put their rubbish in a bin. To extend their learning we began sieving the play sand in our room and were surprised by how much rubbish we found hidden in it. This led to discussion about how litter found on beaches can be dangerous to people and animals.

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Sustainability - Where does our breakfast come from?

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Sustainability - Where does our breakfast come from?

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Children become aware of where our delicious and health food come from.

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Exploring Primary 1

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We have started our Primary 1 transition visits and the children are enjoying exploring their new surroundings.

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We would love to invite you and your child to come along to Greengables on Wed 17th June @9.15 -10.15am to find out more about P1 and join in with some fun interactive learning experiences.

Any questions please chat to Miss Alana

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Children continue to enjoy pretend play in the shop area, taking the roles of shopkeepers, customers and delivery drivers. We discussed how money is used to pay for goods and services and some children showed an understanding that the money is taken to the bank at the end of the day. The children have been learning to recognise bank notes and coins, and match the correct notes to the price of items.

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This week we had a visit from the dental nurses who spoke to the preschool children about the importance of bringing healthy snacks when they start Primary 1. The children learned about keeping themselves hydrated by drinking water and how fruit is a great snack to bring. They also learned that sugary treats should be kept to a minimum and only enjoyed after lunch or dinner at home. Most importantly they were reminded to brush their teeth twice a day to help keep their smiles healthy.

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Well done RED group on cheering each other on and making everyone feel INCLUDED and ACHIEVING!

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Some snaps from sports day for the pink group! They all did so well 💜

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children learning on shapes through sticking shapes by using glue and match with exact shapes developing problems solving and fine motor skills

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Children have been very busy outdoors this week. They independently decided to tidy around the sand area to see the turf again. Working together as a team, they used different tools to remove the sand. While cleaning they discovered lots of little bugs, which led to discussion about the importance of keeping our playground free from rubbish as this can harm the creatures living in our garden. We talked how keeping the garden clean helps to protect and keep the bugs safe.

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well done blue Group

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Castleview Nursery Sports Day - Orange Group - 19/05/2026

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Massive well done to the purple group for all their individual and group efforts at sports day today. You are all AMAZING!! 

Miss Nikki

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Such a great effort from all the boys and girls in the Green group today! We are very proud of you all💚 Well done from Miss Lauren and Mrs Laing 

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So proud of you Silver Group, you are all Super Stars!!

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We had great fun at Sports Day! Go the GREENS!!!!

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Well done to the Green Group!

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Sports day 2026

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We are continuing to explore shapes in different areas of the nursery. During snack time, we named our cafe “Shapes Cafe” and explored and discussed the shapes we could find in our snacks. We also named our tables “rectangle”, “oval” and “pentagon” to support the children in identifying and recognising these trickier shapes.

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Children have been exploring how to use money during snack time. With the children’s help, we created a menu with prices, and the children were challenged to identify the correct bank notes to use to ‘buy’ their snack.

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Nursery Closed Monday 18th May

Nursery Sports Day - Tuesday 19th 9:15am

Nursery coffee morning - Wednesday 27th from 8:30am

For P1 transition events please refer to letter below for times/dates

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Learning and consolidating theirs shapes skills through different play experiences.

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This week we had fun exploring shapes hidden in the shaving foam. We talked about the shapes we found and also enjoyed sorting and matching them by sticking them onto the window.

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Children have been busy in the garden using gutters and loose parts to build tracks for cars and balls. They are learning about force, movement and speed while working together and problem solving.

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Craigmillar Books for Babies Library Journey poster

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Thank you to all the parents who joined us for our Stay and Play session, where we explored how children learn through play. Please feel free to like and share your thoughts in the comments.

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A little friend from the Botanic Garden

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Outdoor Parental Engagement Program - May/26

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Outdoor Parental Engagement Program - May/26

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Our sessions are full of sun, clouds, nature, birds singing around, with a little tour around Edinburgh city centre, and a lovely parental engagement on children’s learning.

Children are like tiny flowers: They are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.

Friedrich Frobel

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This week in the baking area, we explored mushrooms and basil. We use our senses to investigate their texture, smell and taste. Children made connections saying mushrooms “smell like clouds” and basil “taste like pizza”. We used these ingredients to make our own pizza, encouraging everyone to try something new, some children gave thumbs up, while others decided it wasn’t for them.

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Monday holiday - Monday 4th May

Inservice day- Tuesday 5th May

Children return to nursery Wednesday 6th May

Monday 18th May - nursery closed

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Nursery Stay and Play Monday 27th April & Thursday 30th April 8:30-9:30am- Focus on what children learn through play.

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We had a lovely time. Thank you all for coming!

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Welcome Castleview Nursery Butterflies 🦋 

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Welcome Castleview Nursery Butterflies 🦋 

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The children have been engaging in lots of fun Easter activities this week. Face painting, Bonnet and calendar making and our spring activity. 

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Castleview Nursery Easter Bunny’s Parade 2026

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Castleview Nursery Easter Bunny’s Parade 2026

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Castleview Nursery Easter Bunny Parade 2026

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April Holidays:

Nursery closed Friday 3rd-Monday 20th April. Nursery re-opens Tuesday 21st April.

Enjoy your Easter Break

Easter Break provision with Mrs Katie & Mrs Watson: Tuesday 7th-Friday 10th April 9:30-11am

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Photos of the green group participating in Easter experiences today and also meeting the Easter bunny.

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We are so lucky in having the Easter bunny coming to our nursery today.

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Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, families & carers who managed to attend the event. Just click and enjoy the pictures.

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Green group spring activity 2026!

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Great to see so many parents at our spring activity today.

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We are waiting for you!! Spring Activity 

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We are waiting for you!! Spring Activity 

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Children have been exploring size and measurement in the garden this week. They sorted objects as big, medium and small. We also measured the objects to identify which were the biggest and smallest and used non standard units such as ourselves to measure space.

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As our focus story is goldilocks and the three bears, the children have taken an interest in bringing their learning into different areas of the nursery. Some of the children have been acting out the story, we acted out the story multiple times meaning all the children had a chance to be a different character. Using their imagination they found three different size boxes to use as the bears beds, three sized bowls for the porridge and three size chairs for goldilocks to sit in. It has been lovely to see the children taking lead to further their learning through play.

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Nursery 'Spring activity session' - Monday 30th March 8:30-9:30am, come along for some fun experiences.  

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Nursery 'Spring activity session' - Monday 30th March 8:30-9:30am, come along for some fun experiences.  

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This week, we explored different things we could make using oats, and we chose a flapjack recipe. It was a great experience as we talked about how digital scales work. The children took turns watching the numbers change and understand the concept of weight. The flapjacks were a big hit, and all the children said they were “just right”.

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Big/Small, Heavy/Light, Full/Empty, Hot/Cold ….

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Big/Small, Heavy/Light, Full/Empty, Hot/Cold ….

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Through simple games and practical experiences children were developing their comparison & opposite mathematical concepts, vocabulary and critical thinking skills. They were confident to challenge themselves and happy and proud to show their skills .

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Children have been busy at the sewing corner making their own bags. This experience supports their creativity, problem solving and perseverance, while also developing their fine motor control. It was lovely to see them taking pride in their work.

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We would like to welcome Miss Alana to Castleview, who is our full time Equity & Excellence Lead.

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So lovely to see the children being creative in the art area, having fun exploring all the different resources and enjoying the process of making their own art. We talked about how we can use different sizes of brushes (big, medium and small) and explored different sizes of paper for our artwork.

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Thursday 4th March- world book day- your child may dress up for world book day- this is optional.

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Two weeks ago some of the children were curious about growing their own beanstalk. We carefully placed the beans inside ziplock bags with damp cotton wool then put them on the window to get sunlight and warmth. We were so excited this week to see the beanstalk beginning to grow!

Next week we will plant them outside in the soil and watch to see how tall they grow.

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Children have been demonstrating their understanding of Jack and the beanstalk by creating their own books and their own version of the story.

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Our focus story is Jack and the beanstalk. Children have been enjoying hiding the golden egg around the nursery. They have been using and practicing positional language such as “the egg was under the table, the egg was inside the box, the egg was beside the wooden block”.

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Your child’s Pre-school Orthoptist vision screening will take place on Thursday 26th February

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Excellent opportunity for local baby massage classes …..

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Excellent opportunity for local baby massage classes …..

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Learning shapes and positional languages through sewing experiences

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Learning shapes and positional languages through sewing experiences