Gargieston
Early Childhood Centre
Home Learning Task
October 2016
Gargieston Early Childhood Centre
Home Learning Task
AUTUMN
We are continuing to develop new ways of supporting children in their learning which can also strengthen our links with you as parents/carers –to join up learning for your child. Twice in the year we will send home a home learning task. This will allow them to share their experiences from home with an active and engaged audience at nursery. As it is their first home learning task for some, we thought ‘Autumn’ would be an easy place to start as this topic has been discussed and it will be a nice way to continue the work we have been doing in nursery. The process in undertaking this task is as important as the end result.
Over the holiday period you and your child could find out more about autumn – this will be very personalised to your child and can be anything which your child talks about.
As a parent/carer we would like you to fill in the mind map when speaking to your child about the project. Your child has taken part or is beginning to take part in these at nursery and if you ask them the questions included they will give you some information to include. Please write down what they say. It might not always make sense but there may be a link with something we are doing in the nursery.
Some ideas:
· It may mean going on an autumn walk and talking about what you see
· It might be making a collection of things you pick up on your walk
· It might be things you like to do as a family in autumn
· It might be about your holiday
· It might be about animals/pets and what they do in autumn
At the end of the holiday (18th October) they can bring in their home learning booklet/poster/collection to nursery and your child will get the opportunity to share this with their Key Worker and group.
Included below are some ideas of what you may want to include in the Home Learning booklet. Your child should know what is included as this will be used to help them talk to their group about their project.
Things you may want to include:
· Photographs about the topic or from a relevant trip
· Pictures drawn by your child
· Pictures cut from magazines/newspapers
· Information from books
· Tickets from visits
THIS IS A TASK FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILD TO DO TOGETHER
However, this task promotes whole family learning, so please get everyone involved and share the responsibility; brothers, sisters, grans and papas.
There may be skills you need to help them with like cutting out or finding good books about the topic or organising to take them on a trip/visit or a walk outdoors.
Taking forward the CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE for children 3-18 emphasises the importance of making learning REAL for children. This type of project makes the connections from school to home and helps to secure skills which your child is learning about.
Parents are key educators in their child’s life and the project set is an appropriate learning experience which can support children becoming successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.
And finally it should be active and fun and hopefully make children keen to come back to nursery and show us what they have been learning about.
This task is optional. Please do not feel under any pressure to complete if unable to due to other commitments.
IDEAS OF PLACES TO VISIT
Amazonia, Indoor Tropical Rainforest – Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell ML1 3RT 01698 333777
Blair Drummond Safari Park – Stirling FK9 4UR 01786 841491
Brodick Castle Gardern and Country Park – Isle of Arran 01475 650100
Burn’s National Heritage Park – Alloway KA7 4PQ
Butterfly & Insect World at Dobbies Garden World – Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1AZ 0131 654 2774
Calderglen Park – East Kilbride
Culzean Castle Garden and Country Park - Maybole KA19 8LE
David Livingstone Centre - 165 Station Road, Blantrye G72 9BY
Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate – Drumlanrig, Thornhill DG3 4AQ 01848 331555
Edinburgh Zoo – Edinburgh 01540 651 270
Fossil Grove – Victoria Park, Glasgow G14 1BN 0141 950 1448
Gallery of Modern Art – Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH 0141 287 3050
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG
Loch Lomond Aquarium Sea Life – Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way, Balloch G83 8QL
Museum of Transport – Burnhouse Road, Glasgow G3 8DP 0141 287 2720
National Museum of Rural Life - Stewartfield Way, East Kilbride G76 9HR
Peel Park – Kirkintilloch
People’s Palace and Winter Garden’s – Glasgow Green, Glasgow G40 1AT 0141 276 0788
Pollock House - 2060 Pollockshaws Road, Glasgow G43 1AT
Scotland Street School Museum – 225 Scotland Street, Glasgow G5 8QB 0141 287 0500
Souter Johnnie’s Cottage - Main road, Kirkoswald near Maybole KA19 8HY
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art – 2 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0RH 0141 276 1625
Steam Train from Fort William to Mallaig – West Coast Railways 0845 128 4681
Stirling Old Town Jail – St. John Street, Stirling FK8 1EA 01786 450050
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life – Heritage Way, Coatbridge 01236 638460
The Mitchell Library – North Street, Glasgow 0141 287 2815
The Tall Ship – Stobcross Road, Glasgow 0141 222 2513
The Tenement House – 145 Buccleuth Street, Garnethill, Glasgow 0844 493 2197
Titan Crane – Clydebank 0141 952 3771
Weaver’s Cottage – Shuttle Street at the Cross, Kilbarchan PA10 2JG