Newsletters
30th October 2018
We hope you have all enjoyed the first half term of the year, all the children have settled in so well! We just wanted to let you know some of the things that will be happening next half term. We will be looking at “Autumn Celebrations” with the children. We are starting off with a fairy-tale woodland area for our role-play, looking at Bonfire night and fireworks, with lots of investigating and creative projects. Then we are going to look at Birthday celebrations with our own party table and have a special Bake-off week. We are hoping to support the charity “Operation Christmas Child” by packing shoe boxes with the children and talking about citizenship and sharing along with the local soup kitchen that is based at Derby street in Burton-on-Trent. There is a separate letter all about our charity projects but please feel free to ask staff for more details, there is a donation box near the office for any boxes you have filled or items for the soup kitchen (toiletries or tinned food).
St Mary’s Church will be holding their annual Advent festival, this year the theme is “War is over”. We will be producing artwork with the children to be displayed. We will also look at Diwali and our own Christmas celebrations ending the term with our Nativity at St Mary’s Church.
Week 1 5th – 9th November
The first week back we will be involved in fairy-tale role-play and Bonfire night celebrations. The children will be able to explore different ICT and be creative outside with our new creative workshop. We hope to have a go at bobbing for apples together, making toffee apples, we will talk about Bonfire night and fireworks. Our story for the week is “Room on a broom”. Hopefully we will have lots of “magic moment leaves” from home so we can hear about the children’s holiday experiences. We will be looking at Diwali and the children will get the opportunity to learn about this celebration
Week 2 12th - 16th November
Hopefully we will have more “magic moment leaves” from home to share. This week we will have a birthday party role-play to support our maths development and to talk about our home celebration experiences. We will talk to the children about “Operation Christmas Child” and the Soup kitchen and how important it is to share what we have in some way.
Friday 16th - Children in Need - come dressed in a funny outfit for a £1 donation, all proceeds will go to Children in Need.
Week 3 19th – 23rd November
This week we will have a cafe role-play area outside and all week we will be baking and making items for snack. Parents/carers and grandparents are invited to come and help with our cooking activities. There will be a signup sheet if you are able to help. The times are 9.30- 10-30 am in the morning or 1pm – 2pm for the afternoon session. We will be packing some shoe boxes for “Operation Christmas Child” with the children and talking about giving and sharing with others.
On Wednesday we have a special trip to the library in town to take part in a workshop they are running. We will be taking the children who attend the Wednesday morning session, on the local bus which will be a big adventure. There will be a separate letter all about the trip.
Saturday 24th November – Geoffrey Jumper Show “Granny Jumper’s Christmas Cake Mix” for children aged 2- 6 at Junior School 1.30 pm – 3pm – Tickets available at £6 pp. All profits go to Pre-School so please come along and support this event.
Week 4 26th - 30th November
We will be starting to learn our Christmas songs for the nativity play. The children will be creating our artwork for the Advent Festival around the theme of “War is over”. The Advent festival runs from Friday 30th November to Monday 3rd December at St Mary’s church. Please go along and see the children’s art work and support the event if you can.
Week 5 3rd – 7th December
Monday 3rd - we will take the children to visit the advent festival at St Mary’s church, rehearsing for our nativity and lots of Christmas craft. We will have our own Santa’s workshop for role-play and will be learning Christmas songs for our nativity play.
Week 6 10th - 14th December
Monday 10th - Christmas Party at Pre-school 12-3pm for all Pre-school children, there will be no normal sessions that day (letter to follow). We will be doing lots of Christmas craft and Christmas cooking. We will be practicing those Christmas songs.
Thursday 13th - Jingle and Mingle craft session 3.45pm – 5.30pm – separate letter to follow
Week 7 17th – 21st December
We are hoping to take the children to visit the church to practice the nativity on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, so it’s a little familiar before the big day.
No normal sessions on Friday 21st December - We will meet you at the Old Grammar School rooms at 1pm to get the children ready for our Nativity. Performance starts at 1.30pm. Refreshments will be served after the performance at the Old Grammar School Rooms. Everyone is welcome (letter to follow).
Remember to check out our website to see the newsletter and see what events the committee are hosting over the next few months.
www.rollestonpreschool.co.uk
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 “Autumn Celebrations” or Christmas 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:
Thank you to all the parents who have donated items to support a variety of tactile and messy play last half term. We are looking for items for our Christmas craft:
Clean jam jars and lids, toilet tubes, large plastic bottles with a flower-patterned base for poppies.
Medium and large pine cones.
We will be back at Pre-school on Monday 7th January 2019.
Thanks for all you support!
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
We hope you have all enjoyed the first half term of the year, all the children have settled in so well! We just wanted to let you know some of the things that will be happening next half term. We will be looking at “Autumn Celebrations” with the children. We are starting off with a fairy-tale woodland area for our role-play, looking at Bonfire night and fireworks, with lots of investigating and creative projects. Then we are going to look at Birthday celebrations with our own party table and have a special Bake-off week. We are hoping to support the charity “Operation Christmas Child” by packing shoe boxes with the children and talking about citizenship and sharing along with the local soup kitchen that is based at Derby street in Burton-on-Trent. There is a separate letter all about our charity projects but please feel free to ask staff for more details, there is a donation box near the office for any boxes you have filled or items for the soup kitchen (toiletries or tinned food).
St Mary’s Church will be holding their annual Advent festival, this year the theme is “War is over”. We will be producing artwork with the children to be displayed. We will also look at Diwali and our own Christmas celebrations ending the term with our Nativity at St Mary’s Church.
Week 1 5th – 9th November
The first week back we will be involved in fairy-tale role-play and Bonfire night celebrations. The children will be able to explore different ICT and be creative outside with our new creative workshop. We hope to have a go at bobbing for apples together, making toffee apples, we will talk about Bonfire night and fireworks. Our story for the week is “Room on a broom”. Hopefully we will have lots of “magic moment leaves” from home so we can hear about the children’s holiday experiences. We will be looking at Diwali and the children will get the opportunity to learn about this celebration
Week 2 12th - 16th November
Hopefully we will have more “magic moment leaves” from home to share. This week we will have a birthday party role-play to support our maths development and to talk about our home celebration experiences. We will talk to the children about “Operation Christmas Child” and the Soup kitchen and how important it is to share what we have in some way.
Friday 16th - Children in Need - come dressed in a funny outfit for a £1 donation, all proceeds will go to Children in Need.
Week 3 19th – 23rd November
This week we will have a cafe role-play area outside and all week we will be baking and making items for snack. Parents/carers and grandparents are invited to come and help with our cooking activities. There will be a signup sheet if you are able to help. The times are 9.30- 10-30 am in the morning or 1pm – 2pm for the afternoon session. We will be packing some shoe boxes for “Operation Christmas Child” with the children and talking about giving and sharing with others.
On Wednesday we have a special trip to the library in town to take part in a workshop they are running. We will be taking the children who attend the Wednesday morning session, on the local bus which will be a big adventure. There will be a separate letter all about the trip.
Saturday 24th November – Geoffrey Jumper Show “Granny Jumper’s Christmas Cake Mix” for children aged 2- 6 at Junior School 1.30 pm – 3pm – Tickets available at £6 pp. All profits go to Pre-School so please come along and support this event.
Week 4 26th - 30th November
We will be starting to learn our Christmas songs for the nativity play. The children will be creating our artwork for the Advent Festival around the theme of “War is over”. The Advent festival runs from Friday 30th November to Monday 3rd December at St Mary’s church. Please go along and see the children’s art work and support the event if you can.
Week 5 3rd – 7th December
Monday 3rd - we will take the children to visit the advent festival at St Mary’s church, rehearsing for our nativity and lots of Christmas craft. We will have our own Santa’s workshop for role-play and will be learning Christmas songs for our nativity play.
Week 6 10th - 14th December
Monday 10th - Christmas Party at Pre-school 12-3pm for all Pre-school children, there will be no normal sessions that day (letter to follow). We will be doing lots of Christmas craft and Christmas cooking. We will be practicing those Christmas songs.
Thursday 13th - Jingle and Mingle craft session 3.45pm – 5.30pm – separate letter to follow
Week 7 17th – 21st December
We are hoping to take the children to visit the church to practice the nativity on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, so it’s a little familiar before the big day.
No normal sessions on Friday 21st December - We will meet you at the Old Grammar School rooms at 1pm to get the children ready for our Nativity. Performance starts at 1.30pm. Refreshments will be served after the performance at the Old Grammar School Rooms. Everyone is welcome (letter to follow).
Remember to check out our website to see the newsletter and see what events the committee are hosting over the next few months.
www.rollestonpreschool.co.uk
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 “Autumn Celebrations” or Christmas 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:
Thank you to all the parents who have donated items to support a variety of tactile and messy play last half term. We are looking for items for our Christmas craft:
Clean jam jars and lids, toilet tubes, large plastic bottles with a flower-patterned base for poppies.
Medium and large pine cones.
We will be back at Pre-school on Monday 7th January 2019.
Thanks for all you support!
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
