Newsletters
9th September 2021
Welcome back after the holidays. The first week back with the children has gone really well, we have done lots of activities around size and have been supporting children to follow instructions in their new routine. This week we will be reading the story of The Gingerbread man and if you would like pre-School’s gingerbread man to come for a visit just ask a member of staff. We will continue to focus in the coming weeks on settling the children in and getting to know both them and you, please feel free to ask your child’s keyperson or myself any questions.
Each half term you will receive a newsletter like this either via email. We hope to give you this prior to a new half term starting so you have an idea of dates and what we will be looking at with the children. It will tell you about possible items for show and tell, any special walks, trips over to big school and woodland adventure trips. We will also be telling you about committee events and how you can be involved in your child’s time at Pre-school. So, hold onto it or save it to your computer. If you do lose it we will always have spares at Pre-school just ask a member of staff or you will be able to find it on the Rolleston Pre-school website:
www.rollestonpreschool.co.uk
We also display photos on here of current activities and it will be updated each half term for you to see what we have been doing. Each half term if you are paying fees/lunches, you will be invoiced via email the 1st or 2nd week. We accept childcare work vouchers, or you can pay online, all of the details are on the bottom of the invoice. If you are using your government grant we just need you to return the form we send out each term signed where highlighted.
These are the INSET DAYS for the autumn term:
Monday 4th October
We would like to remind all parents that the school car park is for staff only and not to be used by parents to drop off or collect children. If your child is staying for lunch, please put an ice pack in their lunch box as we do not have fridge space to store lunch boxes and please label lunch boxes and bags as we seem to have lots that are the same. It is also a really good idea to label coats and clothes as we always have a lot of lost property each term.
This half term we are looking at “Myself” with the children, we have a food shop as a role-play in our outdoor space to support maths development. We will be using mirrors to help paint and collage our faces talking about different body parts and learning the signs for some of these as well. Over the last few years we have used sign language with the children with huge success, they picked up the signs really quickly and it has helped them concentrate at circle times. We make it part of our everyday routine, signing the days of the week, good morning or good afternoon and the weather to begin with each session.
We hope to be able to visit the school hall and dance and have some physical play sessions. Over many years, we have developed our woodland adventure activities at the Junior site Spinney, with Mrs Croxall as our Forest school Leader. This half term we will be in the woods for a week of mornings followed by activities back at Pre-School in the afternoon to support this. The weather by then may be cold and wet, so if you could send your child with wellingtons or sensible shoes and raincoats, old clothes that you don’t mind getting muddy that would be great, there will be a separate letter to explain more closer to the time.
We are creating a display of all our summer travels around the UK and beyond, using postcards or photos alongside a large map of the UK. This might just be a day trip or a week away. The children will have the opportunity to share at register time to support their Communication and Language. If you could include a brief description of where you went and activities you did so staff can encourage this conversation.
Week 1 6th – 10th September – Size week
Supporting new starters during their first sessions
Talking about safety outdoors and following instructions and rules around Pre-School to support their Communication and Language development.
Week 2 13th - 17th September - Red week
The children will be looking at our Pre-school Rules - one a day, and creating a visual timetable to support them to understand our routine each session.
Week 3 20th – 24th September – Blue week
We will be looking at Physical activities with hopefully some trips to use the school hall as we move in different ways.
Week 4 27th – 1st October – Yellow week
We will introduce our Gingerbread Man and look at this story over the week
Wednesday - making gingerbread men together
Week 5 4th - 8th October – Pink week
Monday – INSET DAY PRE-SCHOOL CLOSED
This week we will supporting self-care, as children help prepare snack, wash hands, wipe tables and clear up after snack. We will talk about healthy foods and the importance of a healthy diet and keeping our teeth clean.
Thursday- Rainbow Day, come dressed in your favourite colour and pay £1. All donations will go towards woodland week next week.
Saturday 9th October - family photo day with Richard Greenwood at Pre-school 9.30am - 12.30 pm 10-minute slots. This is a chance to have group pictures taken, there will be a sign-up sheet at Pre-school, places go fast.
Week 6 11th - 15th October – Green week
Woodland adventure week - each day we will be going over to the woods on the Junior site to play and explore during the morning session. (Remember those wellies and raincoats.)
During our time in the woods the children will be transporting items, and moving in different ways, and managing safety within this new environment.
Week 7 18th – 22nd October – Orange week
We will bring lots of natural objects back from the woodland and extend this learning experience to explore for tactile play. We will use tools to carve pumpkins and try some pumpkin soup.
Wednesday 20th October – Open evening from 6.15pm and Pre-School AGM at 7pm will be held at Pre-School and via zoom link. Please come along and find out more about how our charity is run and can be supported.
Sunday 31st October – Spooky Halloween trail around Rolleston Village, organised by our Pre-School Committee. The trail will start from Pre-School with refreshments available. More information to follow.
We have given you a few ideas of what we might do over the next few weeks, but we would love your ideas and the childrens to. So, if you can think of an activity, song, story, anything that might work around our theme of “Myself” please write them down below and hand in to a member of staff and we will hopefully include them in our plans.
Parents ideas:
Children’s Ideas:
To support a variety of tactile and baking activities we are looking for donations of any of the following items:
Dry Pasta
Lentils
Dry Peas
Salt
Buttons
Beads
Corn Flour
Plain Flour
Self-raising flour
Caster Sugar
Raisins
Baking powder
Cake cases
We will be back at Pre-school after the half term on Monday 1st November
Thanks for all your support
Lolene Poxon Pre-school Manager
Welcome back after the holidays. The first week back with the children has gone really well, we have done lots of activities around size and have been supporting children to follow instructions in their new routine. This week we will be reading the story of The Gingerbread man and if you would like pre-School’s gingerbread man to come for a visit just ask a member of staff. We will continue to focus in the coming weeks on settling the children in and getting to know both them and you, please feel free to ask your child’s keyperson or myself any questions.
Each half term you will receive a newsletter like this either via email. We hope to give you this prior to a new half term starting so you have an idea of dates and what we will be looking at with the children. It will tell you about possible items for show and tell, any special walks, trips over to big school and woodland adventure trips. We will also be telling you about committee events and how you can be involved in your child’s time at Pre-school. So, hold onto it or save it to your computer. If you do lose it we will always have spares at Pre-school just ask a member of staff or you will be able to find it on the Rolleston Pre-school website:
www.rollestonpreschool.co.uk
We also display photos on here of current activities and it will be updated each half term for you to see what we have been doing. Each half term if you are paying fees/lunches, you will be invoiced via email the 1st or 2nd week. We accept childcare work vouchers, or you can pay online, all of the details are on the bottom of the invoice. If you are using your government grant we just need you to return the form we send out each term signed where highlighted.
These are the INSET DAYS for the autumn term:
Monday 4th October
We would like to remind all parents that the school car park is for staff only and not to be used by parents to drop off or collect children. If your child is staying for lunch, please put an ice pack in their lunch box as we do not have fridge space to store lunch boxes and please label lunch boxes and bags as we seem to have lots that are the same. It is also a really good idea to label coats and clothes as we always have a lot of lost property each term.
This half term we are looking at “Myself” with the children, we have a food shop as a role-play in our outdoor space to support maths development. We will be using mirrors to help paint and collage our faces talking about different body parts and learning the signs for some of these as well. Over the last few years we have used sign language with the children with huge success, they picked up the signs really quickly and it has helped them concentrate at circle times. We make it part of our everyday routine, signing the days of the week, good morning or good afternoon and the weather to begin with each session.
We hope to be able to visit the school hall and dance and have some physical play sessions. Over many years, we have developed our woodland adventure activities at the Junior site Spinney, with Mrs Croxall as our Forest school Leader. This half term we will be in the woods for a week of mornings followed by activities back at Pre-School in the afternoon to support this. The weather by then may be cold and wet, so if you could send your child with wellingtons or sensible shoes and raincoats, old clothes that you don’t mind getting muddy that would be great, there will be a separate letter to explain more closer to the time.
We are creating a display of all our summer travels around the UK and beyond, using postcards or photos alongside a large map of the UK. This might just be a day trip or a week away. The children will have the opportunity to share at register time to support their Communication and Language. If you could include a brief description of where you went and activities you did so staff can encourage this conversation.
Week 1 6th – 10th September – Size week
Supporting new starters during their first sessions
Talking about safety outdoors and following instructions and rules around Pre-School to support their Communication and Language development.
Week 2 13th - 17th September - Red week
The children will be looking at our Pre-school Rules - one a day, and creating a visual timetable to support them to understand our routine each session.
Week 3 20th – 24th September – Blue week
We will be looking at Physical activities with hopefully some trips to use the school hall as we move in different ways.
Week 4 27th – 1st October – Yellow week
We will introduce our Gingerbread Man and look at this story over the week
Wednesday - making gingerbread men together
Week 5 4th - 8th October – Pink week
Monday – INSET DAY PRE-SCHOOL CLOSED
This week we will supporting self-care, as children help prepare snack, wash hands, wipe tables and clear up after snack. We will talk about healthy foods and the importance of a healthy diet and keeping our teeth clean.
Thursday- Rainbow Day, come dressed in your favourite colour and pay £1. All donations will go towards woodland week next week.
Saturday 9th October - family photo day with Richard Greenwood at Pre-school 9.30am - 12.30 pm 10-minute slots. This is a chance to have group pictures taken, there will be a sign-up sheet at Pre-school, places go fast.
Week 6 11th - 15th October – Green week
Woodland adventure week - each day we will be going over to the woods on the Junior site to play and explore during the morning session. (Remember those wellies and raincoats.)
During our time in the woods the children will be transporting items, and moving in different ways, and managing safety within this new environment.
Week 7 18th – 22nd October – Orange week
We will bring lots of natural objects back from the woodland and extend this learning experience to explore for tactile play. We will use tools to carve pumpkins and try some pumpkin soup.
Wednesday 20th October – Open evening from 6.15pm and Pre-School AGM at 7pm will be held at Pre-School and via zoom link. Please come along and find out more about how our charity is run and can be supported.
Sunday 31st October – Spooky Halloween trail around Rolleston Village, organised by our Pre-School Committee. The trail will start from Pre-School with refreshments available. More information to follow.
We have given you a few ideas of what we might do over the next few weeks, but we would love your ideas and the childrens to. So, if you can think of an activity, song, story, anything that might work around our theme of “Myself” please write them down below and hand in to a member of staff and we will hopefully include them in our plans.
Parents ideas:
Children’s Ideas:
To support a variety of tactile and baking activities we are looking for donations of any of the following items:
Dry Pasta
Lentils
Dry Peas
Salt
Buttons
Beads
Corn Flour
Plain Flour
Self-raising flour
Caster Sugar
Raisins
Baking powder
Cake cases
We will be back at Pre-school after the half term on Monday 1st November
Thanks for all your support
Lolene Poxon Pre-school Manager
