Newsletters
4th January 2019
Happy New Year, we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break. We thought you would like to know what we will be focusing on for the next half term:
“Sound and Music” is our next theme and we will be initially focusing on animal sounds in a jungle role-play, this has been led by the children’s interests as we have a huge number of children this year who are fascinated by animals. Over the coming weeks we will be looking at different instruments with the children, talking about how sounds can be made in some simple science experiments and we will be creating our own instruments, making up songs together and dancing in the school hall.
To really help bring this project to life it would be great for the children to see some more unusual instruments and to hear some of you play them. So, for all you budding musicians, grandparents are welcome too, it would be great if you could come in for 10-15 minutes during a session and share your talent, even if this is only a small talent, the children will love it and think you are wonderful. If you think you would like to do this please speak to a member of staff to organise a time.
Our main phone line is still not working. We cannot apologise enough for this. We have an extension line from John of Rolleston School and they are still experiencing problems.
Our mobile number is: 07376 884913 or email rollestonpreschool@gmail.com for the time being, we will update you as soon as it is working.
Here is a few of the things we will be getting up to each week:
Week 1 7th – 12th January – Animal SoundsWe will be settling in our new starters and hearing all the children’s Christmas stories. Together we are going to explore Ice and talk about melting and freezing.
Week 2 14th - 18th January – How to create soundsThe children will be using junk to make their own instruments inside and outside, listening to wind chimes and the sounds in nature.
Any donations of small plastic bottles, tubes, boxes to make instruments would be appreciated.
Week 3 21st – 25th January – African Instruments
We will be looking at different African Instruments and
music from around the world.
The children will be helping to prepare snack all week.
Saturday 26th January – Rolleston Pre-school along with Rolleston WI are hosting a coffee morning at Rolleston Club from 10 am – 12 noon. There will be stalls and games.
Please come along and support this event if you can.
Week 4 28th – 1st February - Keyboards/pianos
We will be looking at different key boards / pianos.
Visiting the school hall to use the piano and dance.
Week 5 4th - 8th February – Nursery rhymesThis will be a very creative week as we look at the Chinese New Year celebrations, try different food, listen to Chinese music and create artwork together.
Week 6 11th - 15th February - GuitarsWe will be looking at different guitars (Acoustic / Electric)
This week we will visiting the hall to dance and move to different styles of music.
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 “Sound and Music” or Chinese New Year 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:
We may be due some snow over the coming weeks, if we do have some heavy snow and the primary school John of Rolleston closes, Pre-school will be closed as well. John of Rolleston will advertise this on Radio Derby and their school website and we will post on our website, so if there has been reasonable snowfall check these before travelling.
Do you have any unwanted / duplicate Christmas gifts? If so the committee could use them at future events for raffle prizes, so please bring them into Pre-school.
Are you having a clear out of children’s toys and books? The committee are looking for any children’s toys or books in good condition that we can sell at our January coffee morning to raise funds for Pre-school. This is conjunction with the Rolleston WI all funds raised will be going towards resources for Pre-school. Please bring your donations to Pre-school by January 25th.
Monday 25th February is an INSET DAY so next half term starts on: Tuesday 26th February.
Thanks as always for all your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
Happy New Year, we hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break. We thought you would like to know what we will be focusing on for the next half term:
“Sound and Music” is our next theme and we will be initially focusing on animal sounds in a jungle role-play, this has been led by the children’s interests as we have a huge number of children this year who are fascinated by animals. Over the coming weeks we will be looking at different instruments with the children, talking about how sounds can be made in some simple science experiments and we will be creating our own instruments, making up songs together and dancing in the school hall.
To really help bring this project to life it would be great for the children to see some more unusual instruments and to hear some of you play them. So, for all you budding musicians, grandparents are welcome too, it would be great if you could come in for 10-15 minutes during a session and share your talent, even if this is only a small talent, the children will love it and think you are wonderful. If you think you would like to do this please speak to a member of staff to organise a time.
Our main phone line is still not working. We cannot apologise enough for this. We have an extension line from John of Rolleston School and they are still experiencing problems.
Our mobile number is: 07376 884913 or email rollestonpreschool@gmail.com for the time being, we will update you as soon as it is working.
Here is a few of the things we will be getting up to each week:
Week 1 7th – 12th January – Animal SoundsWe will be settling in our new starters and hearing all the children’s Christmas stories. Together we are going to explore Ice and talk about melting and freezing.
Week 2 14th - 18th January – How to create soundsThe children will be using junk to make their own instruments inside and outside, listening to wind chimes and the sounds in nature.
Any donations of small plastic bottles, tubes, boxes to make instruments would be appreciated.
Week 3 21st – 25th January – African Instruments
We will be looking at different African Instruments and
music from around the world.
The children will be helping to prepare snack all week.
Saturday 26th January – Rolleston Pre-school along with Rolleston WI are hosting a coffee morning at Rolleston Club from 10 am – 12 noon. There will be stalls and games.
Please come along and support this event if you can.
Week 4 28th – 1st February - Keyboards/pianos
We will be looking at different key boards / pianos.
Visiting the school hall to use the piano and dance.
Week 5 4th - 8th February – Nursery rhymesThis will be a very creative week as we look at the Chinese New Year celebrations, try different food, listen to Chinese music and create artwork together.
Week 6 11th - 15th February - GuitarsWe will be looking at different guitars (Acoustic / Electric)
This week we will visiting the hall to dance and move to different styles of music.
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 “Sound and Music” or Chinese New Year 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:
We may be due some snow over the coming weeks, if we do have some heavy snow and the primary school John of Rolleston closes, Pre-school will be closed as well. John of Rolleston will advertise this on Radio Derby and their school website and we will post on our website, so if there has been reasonable snowfall check these before travelling.
Do you have any unwanted / duplicate Christmas gifts? If so the committee could use them at future events for raffle prizes, so please bring them into Pre-school.
Are you having a clear out of children’s toys and books? The committee are looking for any children’s toys or books in good condition that we can sell at our January coffee morning to raise funds for Pre-school. This is conjunction with the Rolleston WI all funds raised will be going towards resources for Pre-school. Please bring your donations to Pre-school by January 25th.
Monday 25th February is an INSET DAY so next half term starts on: Tuesday 26th February.
Thanks as always for all your support
Lolene Poxon
Pre-school Manager
