This block we have been learning about people who help us in the community. We were lucky that our school lollipop person could visit us. We used our arts and crafts and made a lollipop stick just like theirs. Early Years NLC

Some of the children were roleplaying in the home area as their teachers. We have been learning about people who help us. The “teachers” were working together to make sure the children were safe 🥰 Early Years NLC Hilltop Primary School

Somethings brewing in hilltop nursery ☕️

We had another successful visit to the poly tunnel today, the children decided that they would like to try and grow beetroot, they helped dig little rows for their seeds before gently placing the seeds in and covering them up.Early Years NLC deirdre grogan

The children were really excited to discover how much their seeds had grown over the weekend, they decided to give the seedlings a little drink of water as they were really dry. What great little gardeners we have in nursery. Early Years NLC deirdre grogan

Celebrating a special little boys 5th birthday today.🎉

We had a very fun morning on Thursday with our weekly visit to Jackson Church of Scotland for breakfast with the Rev. The children and adults love a Thursday morning!! Early Years NLC Hilltop Primary School

We celebrated Red Nose Day in nursery, the children had lots of fun participating in lots of experiences. Red play dough, collage pictures and icing a biscuit for snack.🔴

Just a reminder, as the weather is changing and we are experiencing more nicer days, could you please apply suncream to your child before nursery. This will be topped up with the nursery sun cream throughout the session. Children always have access to nursery sun hats 🥰🌞

Happy Easter 🐣 Thank you for all the parents who showed up to our Spring sing along 🥰 Early Years NLC

Thank you to Co-op Funeralcare (Airdrie Branch) for their very kind donation of Easter Eggs for all of the nursery children. We appreciate their generosity 🐰😊 Hilltop Primary School Hilltop Parent Council

The children had the opportunity to visit Lidl to look for new plants for our allotment, they looked at lots of flowers, plants and mini fruit trees, the children decided to buy a little plum and apple tree. Early Years NLC deirdre grogan

A small group of children visited Starbucks this morning as we explored the local community. Being safe and respectful while walking to and from Nursery 🥰

Celebrating this special girls 5th Birthday.

The children have been learning about patterns outdoors today through a variety of materials. “I made a zig zag”, “you put a yellow and a green one then yellow again”.Early Years NLC

Mud kitchen was busy making potions, children requested red food colouring to change the sand adding it to their potions. Early Years NLC

Our families had a great time on our trip to Almond valley , the sun came out and we had fun exploring with our friends. Early Years NLC

Almond Valley family fun.Early Years NLC

The children were amazed to see how well their plants were growing in the poly tunnel, the children noticed the beetroot sticking up through the soil, we took a little bit out to investigate a few children were keen to taste the beetroot Early Years NLC deirdre grogan

The children were really excited to discover it was time to harvest our beetroot and WOW what a great harvest. We carefully pulled them up from the soil before taking them back to nursery to wash them and trim the leaves. Well done to our gardeners.Early Years NLC deirdre grogan