Newsletters
4th November 2019
We hope you 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 this next half term. We will be looking at “Autumn & Winter Stargazing” with the children. We are starting off with a space rocket 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 will be supporting the local food bank run by the Salvation Army with their ‘Reverse Advent’ when they deliver Christmas food parcels. There will be a separate letter about this outlining what sort of donations you can help us with but please feel free to ask staff for more details, there will be a donation box near the office.
St Mary’s Church will be holding their annual Advent festival, this year the theme is “Journey’s”. We will be producing artwork with the children to be displayed around the story of “We’re Going on a bear hunt” a story the children know well and a journey we go on often in the woods together. We will also look at different food from different countries during our baking week as well as our own Christmas celebrations ending the term with our Nativity at St Mary’s Church.
Last year, Mrs. Croxall undertook training to become a Forest School Leader which was funded by Rolleston Pre-School. We are proud to congratulate her on the completion of the course as she has passed with flying colours and we are now officially a ‘Forest School’ setting. Well done Mrs. Croxall for all your hard work!
Week 1 4th – 8th November
The first week back we will be involved in rocket role-play and Bonfire night celebrations. The children will be able to explore different creative projects. We hope to have a go at bobbing for apples together, making popcorn and talking about Bonfire night and fireworks. Our story for the week is “Whatever Next”. Hopefully we will have lots of “magic moment leaves” from home so we can hear about the children’s holiday experiences.
Wednesday 6th – November – Dress up day - £1 donations towards Crackerjacks – a children’s charity supporting disabilities.
Saturday 9th November – Table top sale at Rolleston Scout Hut from 2-4pm - refreshments being served by Rolleston Pre-school – please come along and support the event if you can.
Week 2 - 11th - 15th November
Hopefully we will have more “magic moment leaves” from home to share.
Our story of the week – “Here we are” By Oliver Jeffers, we will be looking more at stars and our planet, creating some keepsake crafts together.
Friday 15th - Children in Need - come dressed in a dotty outfit for a £1 donation, all proceeds will go to Children in Need.
Week 3 18th – 22nd November
This week we will have a birthday party role-play to support our maths development and to talk about our home celebration experiences. 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.
Week 4 25th - 29th 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 “Journeys”. The Advent festival runs from Friday 29th November to Monday 2nd 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 2nd – 6th December
Monday 2nd - 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 stable for our role-play and will be learning Christmas songs for our nativity play. We will launch our ‘reverse advent’ project as well as looking at the Paddington advent calendar that is supporting UNICEF. We will be talking to children about citizenship and how to share with others.
Week 6 9th - 13th December
Monday 9th - 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 12th - Jingle and Mingle craft session 3.45pm – 5.30pm – separate letter to follow
Week 7 16th – 20th 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.
Friday 20th December – Nativity 1.30 pm St Mary’s Church – NO NORMAL SESSIONS - 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 “Stargazing” 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:
Toilet tubes, heavy duty cardboard boxes.
Medium and large pine cones.
We will be back at Pre-school on Monday 6th January 2020.
Thanks for all you support!
Lolene Poxon, Manager
We hope you 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 this next half term. We will be looking at “Autumn & Winter Stargazing” with the children. We are starting off with a space rocket 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 will be supporting the local food bank run by the Salvation Army with their ‘Reverse Advent’ when they deliver Christmas food parcels. There will be a separate letter about this outlining what sort of donations you can help us with but please feel free to ask staff for more details, there will be a donation box near the office.
St Mary’s Church will be holding their annual Advent festival, this year the theme is “Journey’s”. We will be producing artwork with the children to be displayed around the story of “We’re Going on a bear hunt” a story the children know well and a journey we go on often in the woods together. We will also look at different food from different countries during our baking week as well as our own Christmas celebrations ending the term with our Nativity at St Mary’s Church.
Last year, Mrs. Croxall undertook training to become a Forest School Leader which was funded by Rolleston Pre-School. We are proud to congratulate her on the completion of the course as she has passed with flying colours and we are now officially a ‘Forest School’ setting. Well done Mrs. Croxall for all your hard work!
Week 1 4th – 8th November
The first week back we will be involved in rocket role-play and Bonfire night celebrations. The children will be able to explore different creative projects. We hope to have a go at bobbing for apples together, making popcorn and talking about Bonfire night and fireworks. Our story for the week is “Whatever Next”. Hopefully we will have lots of “magic moment leaves” from home so we can hear about the children’s holiday experiences.
Wednesday 6th – November – Dress up day - £1 donations towards Crackerjacks – a children’s charity supporting disabilities.
Saturday 9th November – Table top sale at Rolleston Scout Hut from 2-4pm - refreshments being served by Rolleston Pre-school – please come along and support the event if you can.
Week 2 - 11th - 15th November
Hopefully we will have more “magic moment leaves” from home to share.
Our story of the week – “Here we are” By Oliver Jeffers, we will be looking more at stars and our planet, creating some keepsake crafts together.
Friday 15th - Children in Need - come dressed in a dotty outfit for a £1 donation, all proceeds will go to Children in Need.
Week 3 18th – 22nd November
This week we will have a birthday party role-play to support our maths development and to talk about our home celebration experiences. 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.
Week 4 25th - 29th 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 “Journeys”. The Advent festival runs from Friday 29th November to Monday 2nd 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 2nd – 6th December
Monday 2nd - 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 stable for our role-play and will be learning Christmas songs for our nativity play. We will launch our ‘reverse advent’ project as well as looking at the Paddington advent calendar that is supporting UNICEF. We will be talking to children about citizenship and how to share with others.
Week 6 9th - 13th December
Monday 9th - 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 12th - Jingle and Mingle craft session 3.45pm – 5.30pm – separate letter to follow
Week 7 16th – 20th 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.
Friday 20th December – Nativity 1.30 pm St Mary’s Church – NO NORMAL SESSIONS - 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 “Stargazing” 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:
Toilet tubes, heavy duty cardboard boxes.
Medium and large pine cones.
We will be back at Pre-school on Monday 6th January 2020.
Thanks for all you support!
Lolene Poxon, Manager
