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We noticed that a lot of rubbish had blown into our garden, so some of the children got the litter pickers out to tidy it up. Well done! 👏

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After shaking the cream for about 15 mins the butter milk separated from the fat . We then washed the butter and popped it in the fridge for later in the week .

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We had a meeting with our gardening committee a couple of weeks ago and we discussed what we could grow in the garden . Some suggested that we could grow butter. This started a discussion about where we get butter from / how do we make it.

We order some cream and made our own fresh butter today.

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Can we respectfully request that parents/carers do not enter the nursery whilst dropping off or collecting your child whilst using your mobile devices.  Our priority is to safeguard the children in our setting and the use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited. Staff will request you end your call before entering the setting.

Thank you for your co-operation.

The Nursery Team

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We were trying out our new paper potter this afternoon. We used paper from our recycling box , cut and rolled the paper round the potter to make wee individual pots .

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This morning we did sowed some more Sweetpeas in our toilet roll tubes . Hopefully we will have lots of Sweetpeas for our new sensory garden.🌸

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After sorting out all our seeds today we chose to sow some cress .

Fingers crossed it will be ready 7- 10 days 🪴

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Please help yourself to any of our spare seeds at the front door🪴

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If you are looking to switch your child's placement pattern for session commencing August 2026, please email Nursery Secretary Jenny Baird at jennifer.2.baird@currie-pri.edin.sch.uk with your request by Friday 6th March. Offer letters for August 2026 placement changes will be issued at the beginning of April.

If you are happy with your child's placement pattern and are not looking to switch, you do not need to let us know.

As a reminder we offer the following placement patterns at the nursery:

Term Time: Monday-Thursday 8.30am-3pm & Friday 7.45am-11.45am
Full Year: Monday & Tuesday/Wednesday & Thursday + flexi-Friday 8am-6pm
Full Year: AM - Monday-Friday 8am-12.35pm
Full Year: PM - Monday-Friday 1.35pm-6pm

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There are still spaces for our stay and play sessions.  This is a fantastic opportunity for you to spend 45 minutes with your child in nursery whilst they are engaged in learning.

The sign-up sheet is in the nursery reception.

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We took the children to play in the school playground yesterday. They loved running around, playing with the bats and balls, they loved the challenge of completing the trim trail and going on the slide.

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Happy Lunar New Year to all our families celebrating today.

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The children enjoyed making pancakes and having them for breakfast snack. Yummy😋

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Thank you to everyone that came along to our January Bookbug. Im looking forward to our next one on the 27th of February.

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There are still places available for our stay and play session on Tuesday 24th February, 9.30-10.15am.

Add your name if you are keen to stay and play with your child.

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If you have any Nursery clothes at home please return them as we are running low. All nursery clothes are marked with an N going forward so you are able to identify our spare supply more easily.

We are looking for donations of girls pants and socks and boys socks and trousers/shorts.

Please ensure your child has a good supply of spare named clothes in their bags.

Thank you!

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The children helped make a wonderful Chinese Dragon- so colourful and long!

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We have been busy in the kitchen this week, we have made some strawberry jam, granola, bread sticks and hummus. The children have helped make this and enjoyed trying it at snack times.

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The children have made Love heart pictures for someone they love in their family.

They were able to express themselves by telling everyone why they love that person.

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Some children have been making some Chinese dragons by folding paper and creating a head and a tail. Each one is unique and so much fun!

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Even in the rain we are busy composting our leftover salad from lunch .

The children are learning about what we can compost and why we do it. Hopefully in the spring we will have some extra , homemade compost for our garden. 🪴 🪱🐛

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The children have been very interested in all things under the sea! We have talked about all the different things and animals that live under the sea. Some of the children have been asking for pet fish in the nursery so we got a couple of robo-fish! Introducing fish finger and chicken nugget! The children are already taking great care of them and love watching them swim!

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Out next PEEP sessions start on Thursday 26th of February.

The sessions start ant 9am and finish around 10am, each Thursday for 6 weeks.

It doesn’t need to be your child’s day attending nursery.

We will be focussing on numeracy, literacy, health and well-being in a fun way, with songs, stories and fun activities.

There are still 3 spaces available and we would love to do you there.

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We were very excited to receive some potatoes through the post today from the Grow your own Potatoes scheme.

We have 2 different types to grow and we will start chitting them after the February holidays . 🥔

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Some children were interested in Chinese writing so we looked up our names. The children were amazing at writing their names, taking their time, concentrating and paying attention to the details.

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Some of the children helped dig the wood chip , put into buckets and emptied in the polytunnel, to help lay the pathway . Great work ! 💪

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After learning about Lunar NewYear at the assembly, the children wanted to create their own lanterns. This was a great way to develop our cutting skills. After creating the lantern we thought of lord of creative ways to decorate them.

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Today in the garden the children were using the stepping stones. They worked well together to build a bigger obstacle course and practised balancing skills, using their own ideas and problem solving.

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We were practising our dancing before going to our lunar new year assembly this morning.

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Some children made some dragon masks for Lunar New Year. Great for their fine motor skills with colouring and cutting. Such a variety of patterns and colours!

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This week the children were enjoying going around on bikes and scooters, they were using the zebra crossing and were taking turns to be the lolly pop person. Today we visited Currie Library and this was a great opportunity to go over being safe outside when crossing roads. The children were all very good at looking left and right and listened to see if it was safe to cross or not.

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This week we have been in the garden encouraging the children to join in with group games. This encourages teamwork, communication, gross motor skills and coordination. They all had lots of fun playing games in the garden and they started to play the game inside the nursery too.

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This week we have enjoyed making our own sweet bread. The children were able to follow the recipe, measure out the ingredients, carefully kneed the dough and then we got creative making lots of animals faces before putting it in the oven. It was very tasty!

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We have 2 students from Currie Community High School currently visiting the nursery 1 day per week to gain some experience in early learning and childcare. Please welcome Evie and Charlie to the nursery, the children are enjoying having them in the nursery.

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The children have been developing their fine and gross motor skills while developing their confidence at the work bench. They have shown excellent concentration while planning and implementing their plans.

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At keys group today we had a trip to the sensory room in the school. We had great interactions and communication. Our new game was ‘tickle grandads toes’!

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The owls group enjoyed putting the numbers in the right order, saying which numbers are bigger than others and matching the number cards and objects.

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Today at Keys group we went to the sensory room in the school. We played our new game ‘tickle Grandads toes’ and had great fun with lots of good conversations and interactions.

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The children have enjoyed counting with our small animals and practising their number skills .

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A feedback form has been emailed to everyone about Bookbug. I'm looking for some feedback to make sure Bookbug is the best it can be. Could anyone that’s been to a Bookbug session complete a form and send it back. It will take a minute or two to complete.

Your support with this is much appreciated.

Thanks 😊

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Stay and play dates are out in the reception area. Spaces are limited, however run monthly. This is a good opportunity to see around the nursery and see your child engaged in their learning for 45 minutes.

Add your name to fill a space.

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Thanks you to everyone that came along to our first Bookbug of 2026.

We are looking forward to the next one on 27th of February.

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Today a group of children helped seal the bench in polytunnel with some PVA glue. We discussed how the glue was like putting a waterproof coat on in the rain. The group did great team work and helped each other out !

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Bookbug is on this Friday at 9.30am.

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We finished our voting for the colour of the polytunnel bench today and then set to work !

Everyone did a great job and the bench looks fabulous. Rafiya said’ the table is blue now’ and Ethan said’ My dad is a painter’ 😊

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Today we finished off our tartan bunting. Some of the children punched holes in the bunting , threaded the ribbon and chose where to display .

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This week we have been doing some cooking. We had a look through some cook books and chose a few recipes that looked good. Lucie and Sophie helped with dipping the fish into the flour, the egg and then the breadcrumbs. Lots of children had them at afternoon snack.

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This week we have been doing some cooking. We had a look through some cook books and chose a few recipes that looked good. Some children helped with dipping the fish into the flour, the egg and then the breadcrumbs. Lots of children had them at afternoon snack.

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5th March - PEEP - 9am-10am

12th March - PEEP - 9am -10am

19th March - PEEP - 9am -10am

24th March - Stay and Play - 9.30-10.15

26th March - PEEP - 9am - 10am

26th March - Stay and Play -2pm -2.45pm

27th March - Bookbug - 9.30-10am

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We are continuing our Scottish theme and making some tartan bunting. The children chose the colours they liked and measured the strips of paper on the bunting .

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Fern and Lucie noticed how tall the Sweetpeas had grown in 2 weeks . They gave them a wee water and discussed what plants need to grow .

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The term time February holiday this year is Monday 16th February - Friday 20th February 2026.

Full year children - can you please let us know if your child will be attending nursery during this week or if they will be on holiday.

Term time children will return to nursery on Monday 23rd February.

As a reminder, additional hours cannot be used during the school holidays.

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Mrs Anstruther has had a baby boy, born 21/1/26, TJ weighs 6lb 5oz both mum and baby well. Congratulations from us all we can't wait meet him.

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We have been busy doing some weaving. The children have the opportunity to choose colours and learn to move the materials over and under. Great for fine motor control and concentration. They look amazing too!

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As part of our Burns day celebrations we have been exploring lots of poems. We had fun creating our own rhyming words and creating amazing poems with them.

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This week we have enjoyed going to the gym hall to try some Scottish Highland dancing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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This week we have been doing some taster sessions for anyone to come along and try some haggis and neeps.

Most of the children came along and tried it. Some loved it and some didn’t like it “mmmm this yellow stuff is nice” “yuck, this is yucky”.

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Our next PEEP Sessions will be starting on Thursday 26th to February for another 6 week block. If you want to sign up for it, there is a sign up sheet just inside the nursery door.

Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.

If anyone has any questions please speak to either Miss Shanks or Mrs McGurk.

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Today we used rulers to print with and make our tartan pictures for Burns Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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P1 this morning 😊

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We had great fun at p1 this morning 😊

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Fern was watering our Sweet peas this morning and noticed they have started to shoot already ! 🌸

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If anyone has a coffee machine at home and wants to recycle the coffee pods, we can help.

The coffee is great for the garden and the children enjoy scooping coffee out and using pods for making their models

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A group of children asked if we could make pizza for snack. Yesterday the children enjoyed making their pizza base and were very good at kneading and rolling the dough. The pizza was provided for afternoon snack.

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Our music area has had a make over, it’s more inviting to the children with song spoons, instruments, nursery rhyme books and dressing up. We have been listening to Scottish music and dancing to bagpipes.

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Today we talked about our emotions, played pop up pirate and Simon says, listened to a story and had to guess the animal sounds.

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Lots of colourful painting on the outdoor table

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This morning some of the boys and girls have been working hard filling our bed in the polytunnel. We added a thin layer of compost, then a layer of leaves and a final layer of compost on top.

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In nursery today we made some orange and pineapple juice to go with afternoon snack. We peeled lots and lots of oranges and cut up 2 pineapples and put them in a blender, we then had to use a sieve to get all the bits out, we then added a pinch of salt and pepper and a little sugar. The children then enjoyed it alongside afternoon snack.

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This morning we used some cars in the paint to make some tartan. We had lots of discussion around celebrating Burns Day . Some children said they had siblings practicing Scottish poems at home . We talked about the food we eat and the music we might listen to . 😊

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Bookbug will be starting again at the end of January. Here are a list of the dates till the summer holidays.

If dates change or are cancelled an update will be posted here.

Sessions start at 9.30 on a Friday and last approx 30.

30th January

27 February

27 March

24th April

29th May

Bookbug and I are looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

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The children have been enjoying lots of role play in our nursery shop. Children have been taking turns to be the shop keeper. Children made some money for the till and enjoyed shopping with the trolly and the baskets. There was lots of conversations about the different foods and money.

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Some of the children have enjoyed playing with the Lego in the round room. They are enjoying using this quieter space and have now named it 'Lego Land'. We have seen some lovely collaborative work and some fantastic models too.

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If anyone can bring in more toilet roll tubes, we would really appreciate it for more Sweetpea sowing 🌸

Thanks

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Ethan whilst playing in the house corner had said he would like tomato soup. We looked up some recipes and chose one which looked nice. We then wrote out the ingredients bought them and Ethan and Konstantinos helped make soup for us to try at afternoon snack.

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Early Years Bitesize Sessions in libraries

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Please see the attached letter with further information on the next PEEP group.

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The boys and girls have been enjoying making pasta with the playdough. They have been using the machine to flatten the pasta then putting it through the linguine and spaghetti making sides.

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We started the first of our planting today with some Sweetpeas that we harvested last year. We used toilet roll tubes and old chocolate tubs from Christmas .

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We used our fine motor skills to make a domino rally. We had to concentrate for a long time and made sure we were very gentle so we did not knock any over, which took lots of patience and determination. The children enjoyed working together to create this and took great delight watching it all fall down.

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We had great fun in the nursery garden today. It had snowed over night!

We were very excited to play in the snow. We used our hands to make snowballs, our feet to kick the snow and worked hard to break the ice.

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January 2026 Starts - Flexi-Friday Calendar

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January 2026 Starts - Flexi-Friday Calendar

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Flexi-Friday calendar for full year children starting in January 2026.

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16th -20th February - Closed to term time children.

24th February - Stay and Play - 9.30 - 10.15am

26th February - PEEP (week 1) 9-10am.

26th February - Stay and Play - 2pm -2.45pm

27th Feb - Bookbug - 9.30-10am

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Welcome to all our new families starting with us over the next few days. We hope your family enjoy their learning journey here at Currie Primary Nursery Class. If you have any questions please speak to a member of staff.

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Yesterday some children asked to do a fire pit, they wanted to melt some of the ice they found in the garden.

They helped build the fire then watched as the ice melted. They then got a marshmallow.

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Welcome back. We hope you and your family managed to have some fun and rest over the festive period. We are looking to forward to the year ahead.

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From the Nursery team we would like to thank you for all the lovely cards and gifts you have kindly given us. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your kindness and support this year and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2026.

We look forward to seeing you all when we return on 6th January 2026.

The Nursery Team

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Mazin and Ethan have made some chocolate wreaths for everyone to enjoy at snack time as a Christmas treat.

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Today we made some yummy shortbread biscuits that went down very well at snack.

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The boys and girls have been busy making reindeer food to put out on Christmas Eve. They have added in some bird food, Cheerios, oats and chose some sprinkles to put in too. The reindeers will have a yummy treat on Christmas Eve. 🦌🎄🎅

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Due to the school holding Christmas carols in the playground at 11.30am on Friday, the time for the nursery sing along will be moved to 11.10am. This will enable parents of children with siblings to attend both. Please arrive promptly to be seated and ready to start.

Can we also advise that you do not bring a water bottle in for your child on this day.

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Some of the nursery children enjoyed making bird feeders. We got some lard and bird seed and rolled them into balls, we added some string then used our fine motor skills to thread some Cheerios onto the string them.

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Financial support for parents and families