Kim Talbot
@kim-talbot.bsky.social
Principal Early Years Officer - Falkirk Council. BA Childhood Practice with Distinction. Pedagogical Leader. Passion for Early Years. All views are my own.
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This morning we enjoy exploring the change in the weather. We used hammers to smash the ice and observe the change in properties of water. 💦 ❄️
We used great problem solving skills to melt the ice in warm water 💧
We used great problem solving skills to melt the ice in warm water 💧
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This morning we enjoy exploring the change in the weather. We used hammers to smash the ice and observe the change in properties of water. 💦 ❄️
We used great problem solving skills to melt the ice in warm water 💧
We used great problem solving skills to melt the ice in warm water 💧
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More ice for our curious and adventurous learners ❄️
We enjoyed saving frozen sea creatures and going on an ice hunt round the garden comparing different sizes of ice ☺️
We enjoyed saving frozen sea creatures and going on an ice hunt round the garden comparing different sizes of ice ☺️
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
More ice for our curious and adventurous learners ❄️
We enjoyed saving frozen sea creatures and going on an ice hunt round the garden comparing different sizes of ice ☺️
We enjoyed saving frozen sea creatures and going on an ice hunt round the garden comparing different sizes of ice ☺️
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This morning we re-introduced our campfire sessions 🔥
We have been learning what’s safe and unsafe round fire. The children demonstrated great listening skills and we are now ready to make toast on the campfire next week 🔥🍞☺️
We have been learning what’s safe and unsafe round fire. The children demonstrated great listening skills and we are now ready to make toast on the campfire next week 🔥🍞☺️
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This morning we re-introduced our campfire sessions 🔥
We have been learning what’s safe and unsafe round fire. The children demonstrated great listening skills and we are now ready to make toast on the campfire next week 🔥🍞☺️
We have been learning what’s safe and unsafe round fire. The children demonstrated great listening skills and we are now ready to make toast on the campfire next week 🔥🍞☺️
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What a busy day with visitors at St Francis Xavier’s ELC📖We had a special story in Spanish 🇪🇸 from a family member and a visit from local author Carrie Taylor who read her book My Little Brother Is So Annoying! Thank you so much for reading to us on Book Week Scotland #ScottishBookTrust
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
What a busy day with visitors at St Francis Xavier’s ELC📖We had a special story in Spanish 🇪🇸 from a family member and a visit from local author Carrie Taylor who read her book My Little Brother Is So Annoying! Thank you so much for reading to us on Book Week Scotland #ScottishBookTrust
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Story time at St Francis Xavier’s ELC for Book Week Scotland 📖Some children listened to our story of the week Pirates Love Underpants, voted by the children! We had parents reading stories.Some stories were in Polish 🇵🇱.We even had children sharing favourite stories from home! #ScottishBookTrust
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Story time at St Francis Xavier’s ELC for Book Week Scotland 📖Some children listened to our story of the week Pirates Love Underpants, voted by the children! We had parents reading stories.Some stories were in Polish 🇵🇱.We even had children sharing favourite stories from home! #ScottishBookTrust
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Many thanks to our special visitor today who came to remind the children about road safety. The children gave good examples of stopping, looking and listening before they cross the road with an adult #RoadSafetyWeek
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Many thanks to our special visitor today who came to remind the children about road safety. The children gave good examples of stopping, looking and listening before they cross the road with an adult #RoadSafetyWeek
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Nene our safety elephant came with us to the woods to help remind us on how to keep ourselves safe. We had good looking eyes, listening ears and all children listened to all instructions perfectly.🐘
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Nene our safety elephant came with us to the woods to help remind us on how to keep ourselves safe. We had good looking eyes, listening ears and all children listened to all instructions perfectly.🐘
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Today we were busy shaking the trees to watch the leaves fall 🍂 Zero percent formal education, 100% fun and curiosity! #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyYears
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today we were busy shaking the trees to watch the leaves fall 🍂 Zero percent formal education, 100% fun and curiosity! #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyYears
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The boys and girls at craft were very busy making their playdough bonfires. We had lots of discussions around fire safety and what to do to keep us safe. This was also a fun activity to practice fine motor, language, co-ordination and colour. How amazing!🔥🎆
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The boys and girls at craft were very busy making their playdough bonfires. We had lots of discussions around fire safety and what to do to keep us safe. This was also a fun activity to practice fine motor, language, co-ordination and colour. How amazing!🔥🎆
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Our children showed great interest in building the Three Bears’ house, which led to a brilliant idea – we decided to rebuild our shelter and turn it into a Numeracy Den! 🧱🐻 A wonderful example of child-led learning and teamwork in action. #MathsWeekScot #LearningThroughPlay
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Our children showed great interest in building the Three Bears’ house, which led to a brilliant idea – we decided to rebuild our shelter and turn it into a Numeracy Den! 🧱🐻 A wonderful example of child-led learning and teamwork in action. #MathsWeekScot #LearningThroughPlay
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At craft this week we are strengthening our fine motor skills through mark making, scissor control and threading. We are developing our pincer grip by using tweezers/tongs and exploring small objects such as google eyes and cotton buds.
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
At craft this week we are strengthening our fine motor skills through mark making, scissor control and threading. We are developing our pincer grip by using tweezers/tongs and exploring small objects such as google eyes and cotton buds.
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It’s amazing how much learning can come from one simple woodwork activity! 🪵✏️ Children wrote the first letter of their name, counted nails, used hammers safely, and weaved yarn to form their letter – building fine motor skills and confidence. #LearningThroughPlay #woodwork #STEM
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It’s amazing how much learning can come from one simple woodwork activity! 🪵✏️ Children wrote the first letter of their name, counted nails, used hammers safely, and weaved yarn to form their letter – building fine motor skills and confidence. #LearningThroughPlay #woodwork #STEM
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Today we harvested our nursery potatoes 🥔 The children compared sizes, counted carefully, and one child joyfully exclaimed, “It’s like a treasure hunt, guys!” 🌱✨ #EarlyYears #OutdoorLearning #NurseryLife #LearningThroughPlay
September 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Today we harvested our nursery potatoes 🥔 The children compared sizes, counted carefully, and one child joyfully exclaimed, “It’s like a treasure hunt, guys!” 🌱✨ #EarlyYears #OutdoorLearning #NurseryLife #LearningThroughPlay
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Today in the garden we provided some empty bottles and asked the children if they would like to chose their own natural resources to make some music shakers. They searched the garden and finally decided on some stones, twigs, rice and pasta to create different sounds.
September 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today in the garden we provided some empty bottles and asked the children if they would like to chose their own natural resources to make some music shakers. They searched the garden and finally decided on some stones, twigs, rice and pasta to create different sounds.
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We used some natural materials brought in by someone from their garden. We intentionally set out a few pattern examples and role modelled mathematical language relating to patterns, also discussing texture and size of our materials. Here are a few examples that children made. #MathsWeekScotland
September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We used some natural materials brought in by someone from their garden. We intentionally set out a few pattern examples and role modelled mathematical language relating to patterns, also discussing texture and size of our materials. Here are a few examples that children made. #MathsWeekScotland
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Maths is all around us – even in the sandpit! 🎂 We baked birthday cakes with 5 candles, remembered the number 0, and when we shared our cake, we discovered it could be whole, halved or quartered. #MathsWeekScot #LearningThroughPlay
September 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Maths is all around us – even in the sandpit! 🎂 We baked birthday cakes with 5 candles, remembered the number 0, and when we shared our cake, we discovered it could be whole, halved or quartered. #MathsWeekScot #LearningThroughPlay
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Navigating Bee Bot using directional and positional language to co-ordinate the movement. Developing a sense of length during play experiences #mathsweekscotland
September 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Navigating Bee Bot using directional and positional language to co-ordinate the movement. Developing a sense of length during play experiences #mathsweekscotland
Developing early mathematical concepts though our love for song, rhyme and play. #MathsWeekScotland
Singing our nursery rhyme of the week 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive the children further developed their imaginative play skills as they used their fishing rods to catch fish from the pirate ship while some children looked for numbered boats in the water tray #mathsweekscotland
September 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Developing early mathematical concepts though our love for song, rhyme and play. #MathsWeekScotland
#MathsWeekScotland
Today our young learners were exploring opportunities to develop mathematical concepts like counting, sorting, matching, pattern-making, exploring shapes, and understanding symmetry #NaturalNumeracy
Today our young learners were exploring opportunities to develop mathematical concepts like counting, sorting, matching, pattern-making, exploring shapes, and understanding symmetry #NaturalNumeracy
Due to the children showing an ongoing interest in art, we gathered our own natural materials out in the garden to create some transient art. We had discussions about colour of leaves with seasonal changes, comparing shapes of stones and berries and exploring counting of our materials.
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#MathsWeekScotland
Today our young learners were exploring opportunities to develop mathematical concepts like counting, sorting, matching, pattern-making, exploring shapes, and understanding symmetry #NaturalNumeracy
Today our young learners were exploring opportunities to develop mathematical concepts like counting, sorting, matching, pattern-making, exploring shapes, and understanding symmetry #NaturalNumeracy
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August 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
VACANCY ALERT - We are looking for an Early Years Officer to join the team @stfrancisxaviers.bsky.social - for more details check out myjobscotland
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🎨 Our art area has been buzzing with creativity! From drawing monsters to making spoon dolls, wrapping gifts, and crafting mobile phones — our wonderful children never run out of ideas.💡🧒👧 #NurseryLife #CreativeKids #ArtFun
June 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🎨 Our art area has been buzzing with creativity! From drawing monsters to making spoon dolls, wrapping gifts, and crafting mobile phones — our wonderful children never run out of ideas.💡🧒👧 #NurseryLife #CreativeKids #ArtFun
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Is your child starting an ELC Setting in Falkirk Council from August 2025? Please see out new guide for Parents - Click on the QR code for more details
May 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Is your child starting an ELC Setting in Falkirk Council from August 2025? Please see out new guide for Parents - Click on the QR code for more details
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Thank you to our families who joined us this afternoon to celebrate #EidMubarak
April 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thank you to our families who joined us this afternoon to celebrate #EidMubarak
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We made pizzas this morning but instead putting them in the oven we made them on a campfire ! 🔥
“Could we try roasting some tomatoes?” -O. Sure we can ! We love heathy choices that our wonderful learners make.
#marvellousmealtimes
#campfiresession
#outdoorlearning
“Could we try roasting some tomatoes?” -O. Sure we can ! We love heathy choices that our wonderful learners make.
#marvellousmealtimes
#campfiresession
#outdoorlearning
March 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We made pizzas this morning but instead putting them in the oven we made them on a campfire ! 🔥
“Could we try roasting some tomatoes?” -O. Sure we can ! We love heathy choices that our wonderful learners make.
#marvellousmealtimes
#campfiresession
#outdoorlearning
“Could we try roasting some tomatoes?” -O. Sure we can ! We love heathy choices that our wonderful learners make.
#marvellousmealtimes
#campfiresession
#outdoorlearning