Newsletters
27th February 2019
We hope you all had a fun holiday week together. We just wanted to tell you a little bit about the coming half term. We will be looking at “Spring & Growth” with the children. We are focusing on the stories of Percy the Park Keeper for literacy development so we have Percy’s shed as our role-play area. We will be planting seeds in the coming weeks and reading lots of Percy stories together as well as exploring PSE themes about friendship, working together and sharing. We will celebrate National Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters and during week 2 parents/carers and grandparents are invited to come into Pre-school and read stories with the children and share books you love.
We have a special week looking at an RSPB project about birds, identifying birds, taking care of birds, making bird feeders together, as well as a week in the woods during week 6.
We will be looking at the rest of the numbers from Ten Town, the children have responded so well to the different characters and joining in with the activities so far.
Week 1 – 26th – 1st March – Fiona five
We have 3 new starters joining us so welcome to them and their families. We will be introducing our new role-play area, focusing on size and measuring during the week. Outside we have a new sensory area to explore. The children will be practising for our pancake races on Sunday
Sunday 3rd March – Pancake races 11am at the Junior site, everyone welcome lots of pancakes to be eaten and challenges to take part in.
Week 2 – 4th – 8th March – Seal six – BOOK WEEK
RSPB – project on birds
Monday & Tuesday - making bird feeders
Wednesday AM & Thursday AM – we will be visiting the woods, so children need wellies and waterproof coats - we will not be there for the whole session.
Thursday – National book day - dress up as your favourite book character.
Parents/Carers and grandparents are invited to come in for an hour either AM or PM to share books with the children. There will be a sign up sheet in Pre-School (Not Wed AM or Thurs AM)
Week 3 – 11th - 15th March – Sir seven
We will be looking at the stories – After the Storm and The Secret Path. Looking at caring for animals and exploring natural resources. We will be busy making up stories through creative play. We have a story box which is available for you to take home and create stories with your child, let their imagination run wild. The children will be setting seeds and spending time in the garden.
Wednesday 13th is a committee meeting at 8pm if you would like to come along and find out more about the role of the committee, please ask a member of staff.
Friday 15th March – dress up in red and donations of a £1 towards Comic relief. We will be having fun and games all day long
Week 4 18th – 22nd March – Eric eight
The children will be starting their Mother’s Day surprises and spending time in the garden planting flowers and preparing the area for spring
Week 5 – 25th – 29th March – Nina nine bows
Wednesday 27th - Parents Evening 6pm - 8pm THIS IS JUST FOR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER THERE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON FOR OUR EARLY STARTERS IN JULY (there will be a separate letter going out next week about this). This week we will have a hairdresser’s outside for our role-play area.
Week 6 – 1st – 5th April – Woodland Adventure week
We will be going to the woods at Big school for Woodland adventures all week. Children need to have wellies and appropriate clothing for the weather. We will be there most of the session, hunting for insects, seeing how spring has changed the area, creating dens, and exploring messy play and drinking lots of hot chocolate. We will be focusing our play around the stories of Percy the Park Keeper and looking at maths and science in the natural environment.
Week 7 – 8th – 12th April – Tia ten
The children will get crafty for Easter, go on egg hunts and have some baking opportunities.
Sunday 14th of April - Easter Treasure Hunt around the village – everyone welcome more details to follow.
Pre-school - Re opens after the Easter holidays on Monday the 29th April. 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 children’s too. So, if you can think of an activity, song, story, anything that might work around our theme of “Spring & Growth” or Easter please write them down below and hand into a member of staff and we will hopefully include them in our plans.
Parents ideas:
Children’s Ideas:
Children love balance bikes, do you have a balance bike that your children have grown out of we would be very grateful for any donations. We are also looking for empty vitamin tubs with lids for a sensory project, again all donations welcome.
Thanks for all your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
Pre-school Manager
We hope you all had a fun holiday week together. We just wanted to tell you a little bit about the coming half term. We will be looking at “Spring & Growth” with the children. We are focusing on the stories of Percy the Park Keeper for literacy development so we have Percy’s shed as our role-play area. We will be planting seeds in the coming weeks and reading lots of Percy stories together as well as exploring PSE themes about friendship, working together and sharing. We will celebrate National Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters and during week 2 parents/carers and grandparents are invited to come into Pre-school and read stories with the children and share books you love.
We have a special week looking at an RSPB project about birds, identifying birds, taking care of birds, making bird feeders together, as well as a week in the woods during week 6.
We will be looking at the rest of the numbers from Ten Town, the children have responded so well to the different characters and joining in with the activities so far.
Week 1 – 26th – 1st March – Fiona five
We have 3 new starters joining us so welcome to them and their families. We will be introducing our new role-play area, focusing on size and measuring during the week. Outside we have a new sensory area to explore. The children will be practising for our pancake races on Sunday
Sunday 3rd March – Pancake races 11am at the Junior site, everyone welcome lots of pancakes to be eaten and challenges to take part in.
Week 2 – 4th – 8th March – Seal six – BOOK WEEK
RSPB – project on birds
Monday & Tuesday - making bird feeders
Wednesday AM & Thursday AM – we will be visiting the woods, so children need wellies and waterproof coats - we will not be there for the whole session.
Thursday – National book day - dress up as your favourite book character.
Parents/Carers and grandparents are invited to come in for an hour either AM or PM to share books with the children. There will be a sign up sheet in Pre-School (Not Wed AM or Thurs AM)
Week 3 – 11th - 15th March – Sir seven
We will be looking at the stories – After the Storm and The Secret Path. Looking at caring for animals and exploring natural resources. We will be busy making up stories through creative play. We have a story box which is available for you to take home and create stories with your child, let their imagination run wild. The children will be setting seeds and spending time in the garden.
Wednesday 13th is a committee meeting at 8pm if you would like to come along and find out more about the role of the committee, please ask a member of staff.
Friday 15th March – dress up in red and donations of a £1 towards Comic relief. We will be having fun and games all day long
Week 4 18th – 22nd March – Eric eight
The children will be starting their Mother’s Day surprises and spending time in the garden planting flowers and preparing the area for spring
Week 5 – 25th – 29th March – Nina nine bows
Wednesday 27th - Parents Evening 6pm - 8pm THIS IS JUST FOR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER THERE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON FOR OUR EARLY STARTERS IN JULY (there will be a separate letter going out next week about this). This week we will have a hairdresser’s outside for our role-play area.
Week 6 – 1st – 5th April – Woodland Adventure week
We will be going to the woods at Big school for Woodland adventures all week. Children need to have wellies and appropriate clothing for the weather. We will be there most of the session, hunting for insects, seeing how spring has changed the area, creating dens, and exploring messy play and drinking lots of hot chocolate. We will be focusing our play around the stories of Percy the Park Keeper and looking at maths and science in the natural environment.
Week 7 – 8th – 12th April – Tia ten
The children will get crafty for Easter, go on egg hunts and have some baking opportunities.
Sunday 14th of April - Easter Treasure Hunt around the village – everyone welcome more details to follow.
Pre-school - Re opens after the Easter holidays on Monday the 29th April. 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 children’s too. So, if you can think of an activity, song, story, anything that might work around our theme of “Spring & Growth” or Easter please write them down below and hand into a member of staff and we will hopefully include them in our plans.
Parents ideas:
Children’s Ideas:
Children love balance bikes, do you have a balance bike that your children have grown out of we would be very grateful for any donations. We are also looking for empty vitamin tubs with lids for a sensory project, again all donations welcome.
Thanks for all your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
Pre-school Manager
