Newsletters
22nd February 2021
We hope you have all had a fun holiday week together. We just wanted to tell you a little bit about this half term. We will be looking at “Spring” with the children. During week 2 we will celebrate national book day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. You will be receiving a digital voucher to put towards a new book. We normally have lots of parents/carers/grandparents visit that week to read with the children. Instead, we would love all the children to add their favourite story to the Learning journal system so we can share them during this week. The staff will be sharing theirs in the Learning Journals over the next week for you to listen to at home. We will also be looking at lifecycles, hopefully watching some caterpillars change into butterflies. We will be focusing on the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, growing beans together and talking about changes over time. The children will be planting seeds in the coming weeks too.
As well as a week of mornings in the woods during week 5, the children will be busy creating Mother’s Day surprises and having a go at Easter crafts.
Week 1 – 22nd – 26th February – Life cycle of a plant
We have a new spring role-play area, with a flower shop to support imaginative play and a real till to encourage maths language. There will be lots of chances to mark make and maths activities using natural resources to count and quantify to a numeral.
Week 2 – 1st – 5th March – BOOK WEEK
Children to share their favourite stories from home on the Learning Journal system, we have a huge library so will hopefully have them in stock, if not we will add them to our wish list.
Thursday – National book day - dress up as your favourite book character.
Week 3 – 8th - 12th March – Life cycle of a butterfly
The children will be looking at different stories and crafts to support their understanding of how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The children will be starting their Mother’s Day surprises.
Week 4 15th – 19th March - Story of the week – Jack and the Beanstalk.
The children will be setting bean seeds and creating a giant beanstalk together in our creative time. The children will be setting seeds and spending time in the garden.
Parents Evenings phone calls 4pm – 5.30pm THIS IS JUST FOR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER. THERE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON FOR OUR EARLY STARTERS IN JULY (you will be receiving a separate letter about this to book a time slot for your call).
Friday 19th – Red Nose Day – we will be having a carnival party to celebrate, so children can dress up and if you would like to make a donation, we will be collecting for Comic Relief.
Week 5 – 22nd – 26th March – Forest school week
We will be going to the woods at Big school for Woodland adventures all week in the mornings only. Children need to have wellies or suitable footwear and warm clothes made up of several layers as 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 lots of hot chocolate. The children will return to Pre-School for their snack and lunch and then have the afternoon’s back at Pre-School with activities related to what they have been learning in the woods.
Week 6 – 29th – 1st April – Easter week
The children will get crafty for Easter, go on egg hunts and have some baking opportunities.
We are holding an Easter competition for the children (more info to follow). We are looking for creative ways to use a normal egg in a craft – for example an egg driving a car you have made out of a cardboard box. We will put a few examples on the LJ system.
Friday 2nd – GOOD FRIDAY – PRE-SCHOOL CLOSED
Pre-School - Re opens after the Easter holidays on Monday the 19th of 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” 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:
Thanks for all of your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
We hope you have all had a fun holiday week together. We just wanted to tell you a little bit about this half term. We will be looking at “Spring” with the children. During week 2 we will celebrate national book day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. You will be receiving a digital voucher to put towards a new book. We normally have lots of parents/carers/grandparents visit that week to read with the children. Instead, we would love all the children to add their favourite story to the Learning journal system so we can share them during this week. The staff will be sharing theirs in the Learning Journals over the next week for you to listen to at home. We will also be looking at lifecycles, hopefully watching some caterpillars change into butterflies. We will be focusing on the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, growing beans together and talking about changes over time. The children will be planting seeds in the coming weeks too.
As well as a week of mornings in the woods during week 5, the children will be busy creating Mother’s Day surprises and having a go at Easter crafts.
Week 1 – 22nd – 26th February – Life cycle of a plant
We have a new spring role-play area, with a flower shop to support imaginative play and a real till to encourage maths language. There will be lots of chances to mark make and maths activities using natural resources to count and quantify to a numeral.
Week 2 – 1st – 5th March – BOOK WEEK
Children to share their favourite stories from home on the Learning Journal system, we have a huge library so will hopefully have them in stock, if not we will add them to our wish list.
Thursday – National book day - dress up as your favourite book character.
Week 3 – 8th - 12th March – Life cycle of a butterfly
The children will be looking at different stories and crafts to support their understanding of how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The children will be starting their Mother’s Day surprises.
Week 4 15th – 19th March - Story of the week – Jack and the Beanstalk.
The children will be setting bean seeds and creating a giant beanstalk together in our creative time. The children will be setting seeds and spending time in the garden.
Parents Evenings phone calls 4pm – 5.30pm THIS IS JUST FOR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER. THERE WILL BE AN AFTERNOON FOR OUR EARLY STARTERS IN JULY (you will be receiving a separate letter about this to book a time slot for your call).
Friday 19th – Red Nose Day – we will be having a carnival party to celebrate, so children can dress up and if you would like to make a donation, we will be collecting for Comic Relief.
Week 5 – 22nd – 26th March – Forest school week
We will be going to the woods at Big school for Woodland adventures all week in the mornings only. Children need to have wellies or suitable footwear and warm clothes made up of several layers as 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 lots of hot chocolate. The children will return to Pre-School for their snack and lunch and then have the afternoon’s back at Pre-School with activities related to what they have been learning in the woods.
Week 6 – 29th – 1st April – Easter week
The children will get crafty for Easter, go on egg hunts and have some baking opportunities.
We are holding an Easter competition for the children (more info to follow). We are looking for creative ways to use a normal egg in a craft – for example an egg driving a car you have made out of a cardboard box. We will put a few examples on the LJ system.
Friday 2nd – GOOD FRIDAY – PRE-SCHOOL CLOSED
Pre-School - Re opens after the Easter holidays on Monday the 19th of 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” 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:
Thanks for all of your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
