Stacey Niven

Mum of 3 💜💙💙Early Years Educator Menstrie ELC .BACP year 3. all views and opinions are my own.

[S5 Year Team @S5LHSYT]

A fabulous day @StirUni for our @LarbertHigh S2 pupils who enjoyed hearing about student life, touring the campus and finding out about the different courses on offer 🙌 Thank you @StirUni for a great day!🌟🐿@MissBusbyPE @MissDabjen @MrRossPE

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Providing quality snack times with our children.
Encouraging independence and creating quality experiences, ensuring a caring and positive social experience.
“I did it myself, I made my own toast”
#imageofthechild #careinspectorateQI1.1 #skillsforlife
@ClacksELC

[Stacey Niven @BPSMrsSNiven]

An ongoing interest within the Ben Cleuch bubble.
Please follow this thread as we share the children's enquiries, theories and evaluations within their own learning.
#imageofthechild #cocreatorsoflearning #agency

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Tweet 1- Tigers
Please follow this thread as we share an ongoing interest within Ben Cleuch. It all started with a tiger who came to tea. The children showed a real interest in the story and provocations were added to extend play. The children’s enquiry into tigers begin...

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

The children all enjoyed talking part in our Easter Egg Hunt along the community path. The children worked in pairs to spot the 10 hidden eggs. We have left the wonderful Easter bunting up, if your looking for something to do you could pop along to see. Can you spot all 10 eggs?

[Stacey Niven @BPSMrsSNiven]

#STEM

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

@STEMLearningUK

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Preparing and tasting different foods. Our later learners were risk assessing and discussing how to keep themselves safe while chopping. They also tasted a variety of different foods and shared their likes and dislikes. “pomegranate is tasty” @ClacksELC #healthandwellbeing

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

“There’s a huge egg in the sandpit”
H “ wow what’s inside it?”. R “ I think it’s a dinosaur egg”
Finding this huge egg in our sandpit has lead to lots of questions and enquiries.
We will let you all know what’s inside once it hatches. @ClacksELC

[Stacey Niven @BPSMrsSNiven]

Sigh of relief as another uni essay passed 🎉 8 down 4 to go 🤞💪 #BACP #YEAR3 #alwayslearning #professionaldevelopment @UniStrathclyde #happydance

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

We read the story “On the moon” to our boys and girls, they all started asking questions about space and where the moon was in the sky. E” the moon comes out at night”. We looked at our Solar System and where our planet Earth is in the sky. @ClacksELC

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Since listening to The Hungry Caterpillar story we have spotted minibeasts outdoors. The use of magnifying glasses has been an exciting experience to observe closely how they travel and their features. Wonder what journey our curiosity of minibeasts will take us on....🐛🐞🕷️#STEM

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

"It's purple."
"I like the yellow one best."
Measuring, counting and pouring out all the ingredients that are good for us to make healthy smoothies. The taste test got a great big thumbs up! 👍😃

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

M wanted to construct a rocket with junk modelling. She drew a design of what she wanted her rocket ship to look like then selected the materials she needed to create her design and bring it to life! Wonder where M's rocket ship will travel to first?

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

We added teabags to the water tray following children's interest in making tea with the teapot in the water. Lots of discussions with friends about the smell and what it was, S "it smells like toothpaste", L "smells like cake", A "it smells like flower".

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

The children have been learning more Makaton signs today, we have been practising the signs for different farm animals. Children then asked to learn how to sign horse, rooster, turkey and chicken. Next week we are going to practise signs for Easter #Makaton

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Today we put Phase 1 of finding the threads into action following @deirdre_grogan thought provoking training with our Hillfoots Cluster @CoalsnaughtonPS @AlvaPSandELC @TillyElc @strathdevonELC Lots to reflect on and share at our next training #makinglearningvisable

[karen @KarenKarensco]

Loose parts.. when children interact with loose parts, they enter into a world of ‘what if’ that promotes the type of thinking that leads to problem solving and theoretical reasoning @MenstrieELC

[Stacey Niven @BPSMrsSNiven]

Equality vs. Equity. The difference between equality and equity must be emphasised. Although both promote fairness, equality achieves this through treating everyone the same regardless of need, equity achieves this through treating people differently dependent on individual need.

[Care Inspectorate @CareInspect]

The ELC improvement programme are still delivering a virtual work plan to support the ELC sector.

We have developed a dedicated ELC quality improvement hub which you can access at any time here:

https://t.co/aF54J3Mxhv

All resources are available to watch or download.

[Clackmannanshire Council @ClacksCouncil]

Schools and nurseries are closed for the holidays but children’s services are ALWAYS available. Don’t hesitate to seek help or guidance if you’re worried about a child’s welfare https://t.co/yJZY8Mm4K8 #KeepingKidsSafeXmas

[Stacey Niven @BPSMrsSNiven]

Small provocations from educators can lead to real interests and enquiry lead learning from our learners. Children leading their own learning . #imageofthechild #RTA #enquiryleadlearning

[Menstrie ELC @MenstrieELC]

Learners in Ben Cleuch have shown a keen interest in the tiger who came to tea. This has led to lots of questions. “Where do tigers live?” “ What do tigers eat and drink ?” O’s theory is “ tigers drink milk from coconuts .” We can’t wait to start our research. @ClacksELC