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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 21h

Our Fareshare is topped up with some fab items... even some fresh flowers which are enjoying a drink of water!
Lynette also took some round to our friends at Cunningham House to enjoy looking at it the lounges. Please help yourself 🥰 #fareshare #community

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 1d

On Monday the fire and rescue services came out to visit us. We loved exploring the fire engine and hearing all about it but our favourite was when we got to used the hose 💦 🔥 🚒 #Fire #PeopleWhoHelpUs

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 1d

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 1d

This morning in the under 3s suite, we went on a bus trip to the local police station. We were so excited to sit inside the police car, but we were even more excited to press the siren. We can’t wait for the community police officer to come visit us. #ExploringTheCommunity

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday in the garden, some of the boys and girls were using their imagination as they role played. They decided to build their very own campfire. We remembered all of the rules of how to stay safe around the campfire! O - “It’s hot like the lava!” K - “Let’s add the logs to keep the fire going”

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 3d

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 3d

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 3d

🍂 Here are some pictures of the walk some friends in the 3-5 room went on last week.
🌈 We spoke about the autumn colours we could see which ties into our room interest of colours!

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 4d

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 4d

This week in the under 3’s suite we have been creating our own colour Monster using different coloured paints. To continue our interest in pouring and scooping we have been using different utensils, pots and measuring scoops To mix our own paints.
“Blue,big eyes is sad”OB
#colourminster#earlymaths

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 4d

He was so busy, he really enjoyed building with the bricks & using the trucks to transport the “cement”

Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 8d

We are excited to start our sewing and threading journey. We started practicing today using some leaves threading them through the holes. We were developing our fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. We are starting to build our confidence when using the needles. 🍂🍁🍃

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder all welcome to pop along to our Bookbug session at 2.15pm today with Jane! Collect your little one and join in ☺️

a poster that says i love stories with hearts

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 8d

exploring Autumn in the tuff tray. Making autumn soup using leaves and twigs that we collected on a walk. we Counted leaves as we put them in our ‘soup’

“1,2,3” MC
“Hot” TGS
“Orange” OB

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 9d

We had so much fun in our junk modelling space today making robot costumes using our imaginations and creativity, look what we made 🤖 #creativity #imagination #friendships #fun #smilesandlaughter

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 9d

In the POD our interest has been in construction. We made our own construction site using bricks and dumper trucks! We spoke about being safe and why we should wear helmets. Lots of rich discussion was heard,we also watched big diggers on iPad.
JC “ big wheels”. IRMC “ I use the bricks to build”

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 9d

Today was our first visit to the residents at Cunningham House. This week Jane brought Bookbug along to join us for some songs & stories before the children shared their own Story Books! We started to get to know the residents before our next visit. #CommunityPartnerships #IntergenerationalLearning

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 9d

Today in the Under 3’s the colour monster was all mixed up. We talked about our own feelings looking in the mirror using our facial expressions to talk about the emotion. We sorted and matched each colour.#emotions#Earlymaths
“ I am big angry, he is red” MC
“ Love is pink, me love my mummy” LR

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 10d

This morning in the Under 3’s we were exploring Helicopter Stories! Acting out a very hungry tiger who came to tea🐅🫖

L - “More milk”
E - “Tiger, ROAR!”
R - “Tiger”

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 11d

The under 3’s were engaged in their very own construction site👷scooping and filling the diggers with stones and using them to transport. We were developing our fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and social skills🧱

O - “More sand!”
M - “I’m building something”
E - “Digger!”
L - “Rocks!”

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 12d

Getting ready to welcome our new families at the ELC roadshow! 🥰

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 15d

🧪 Following our interest in colours in the 3-5 room, we did an experiment!
🌈 Using skittles, we watched how the colours flowed through the water
“I like experiments“ -LS
“A rainbow, look!” -LC
“It’s all gone together, it’s brown now” -M

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 15d

🌲 Yesterday, some friends went on a walk!
There were conversations about the colours we see…
“A yellow leaf” -A
“Brown sticks” -F
🍁 Our #mathsweekscotland was tied into our walk as we spoke about volume and measure as we collected things in bags…
“My bag is all full up” -F
“Mines is empty now” -S

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 15d

🧱 In the 3-5 room, we have enjoyed playing in the block area.
📏 We have explored measure by comparing our size to the size of the planks.
🟰 On the calculator, we have been looking at the numbers and doing some sums
⭕️ We have joined in with colour and shape matching too!
#mathsweekscotland

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Rannoch ELC Centre @rannochelc.bsky.social · 16d

Today some of us in the under 3’s suite went a walk around the community to look for signs of autumn.
We were so excited to see some conquers had fallen. We had lots of discussions around the colours we might see at this time of year. #AutumnAdventures #SeasonalFun 🍁🍂🪹

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