Happy Easter

Hello Everyone,

We have had a lovely week creating some master pieces and craft work for Mother’s day. We hope you have all been truly spoilt and had a great day. It’s also been very exciting as the eggs in the incubator have started to crack. The chicks are also making a lot of noise. This week we will be creating some Easter craft to take home at the end of the week. We will also be having a fun Easter egg hunt around the garden and making some tasty treats.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue to talk about what we are good at and what we would like to be able to do next. This is really good to help the children with their confidence and self esteem. We will also ask others in the group what we feel each others best qualities are. I’m sure the children will be great at this as they are really kind and caring towards each other.

Letters and Sounds

This week we will play Ted lost in the room. The children are getting the hang of this game and are starting to help each other with it, which is lovely to see.

We will also play some ring games as a group to increase understanding and working together skills.

Home Learning

Please bring in some pictures of your half term to share with the group when we come back.

We hope you all have a lovely Easter and look forward to seeing you when we return.

Notices

We also look forward to welcoming our new friends to the group for the Summer Term.

All of the events posters have been put up on the door by the coat hooks, we thought we would free up the window space in the classroom. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

On Tuesday 2nd April there is a POWSA Meeting in the main school staff room at 7.30pm. Please do come along, for more information see Julia.

On Friday 5th April we break up for the Easter Holidays. We return on Tuesday 23rd April.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 4th April from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance.  Tickets can be purchased now  at a great price of £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Let’s have a great week of learning together.

Zoe and the Pre-School Team

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week painting spring pictures, planting cress and observing what changes we could see happening in the outside environment now it is spring.

We have been watching the eggs in the incubator which are a great experience for the children. As the hatching date draws near we will have a live cam so the children will be able to watch  from home when they are not at Pre-School.

This week we will be creating some master pieces and craft work for Mother’s day. We have some more planting and will be doing some cooking this week.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will talk about what we are good at and what we would like to be able to do next. This is really good to help the children with their confidence and self esteem. We will also ask others in the group what we feel each others best qualities are. I’m sure the children will be great at this as they are really kind and caring towards each other.

Letters and Sounds

We will focus on instruments this week and playing by instruction. We are going to be making up rhyming songs and performing these in pairs. The children have got really good while using the ‘Tappy sticks’ so we need to continue this while using an instrument of their choice.

We will also play some ring games as a group to increase understanding and working together skills.

Home Learning

The Wow board is looking amazing so thank you for all your contributions so far. There is still room if you haven’t added anything yet and would like to do so.

If your child has done some good climbing while out, or balls skills while playing with footballs we would love to hear about it. 

All of the events posters have been put up on the door by the coat hooks, we thought we would free up the window space in the classroom. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

On Friday 29th March at 5.00pm we have got our story time session. Please come and join us. Children can come in their pyjamas and bring a teddy.

On Tuesday 2nd April there is a POWSA Meeting in the main school staff room at 7.30pm. Please do come along, for more information see Julia.

On Friday 5th April we break up for the Easter Holidays. We return on Tuesday 23rd April.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 27th March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Early bird tickets can be purchased now  until the end of March at a great price of £8.50 each. From the 1st April the price will be £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Let’s have a great week of learning together.

Zoe and the Pre-School Team

Spring

Hello Everyone,

Our Sunflowers starting to grow, we have been making predictions about what might happen to them next. The display on Jasper’s Beanstalk is looking lovely and the children have really enjoyed creating this, making Jasper an interesting colour.

We have been visiting next door to see the eggs in the incubator which will be a great experience for the children.

 We will be continuing with ‘spring’ this week talking about which baby animals are born during this time of year. As well as continuing with our planting jobs and starting to make some special things for Mother’s day which is coming soon. 

Jennie Jigsaw

Describe the person went very well and the children were really great at guessing  who we are describing in the room. This week we will continue this with the children taking over the role.

This week we will talk about making friends and how to make these special friendships.

Letters and Sounds

We will continue our focus on the sound box this week this week. We are going to be making up rhyming songs and performing these in pairs.

We will also play the instruments to different types of music to see how it makes us feel.

Notices

It was great to see so many of you at the stay and play this weekend along with our new friends who join after half term.

Please send in some Wow’s of anything you have achieved over the last few days.

If your child has been using and describing words to recognise how the weather is each day we would love this in a Wow.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

On Thursday 21st March at 3.10pm we have got our story time session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 22nd March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday 23rd March we have got our next community make over day from 9.00pm-4.00pm. 

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Early bird tickets can be purchased now  until the end of March at a great price of £8.50 each. From the 1st April the price will be £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Looking forward to a great week.

Zoe and the Pre-School Team

Spring

Hello Everyone,

We have been watching our Sunflowers starting to grow and making predictions about what might happen to them next. We had great fun dressing up for World Book Day and loved making our book marks and designing the front covers of our favourite books. Due to the rain we did not read a story outside so we will do this when the weather allows. The display on Jasper’s Beanstalk is coming along and we will be working on the final touches this week. We had a strong focus on Literacy and Communication and Language during the week. We have been recording the children’s recall of ending of songs and stories. We have been observing to see if they can remember the ending of the stories and songs.

We will be continuing with ‘spring’ this week doing lots of painting and working together to create new things and learn new skills together.

We will be planting our potatoes and hoping to see them grow over the coming months. We will be doing some potato printing flower pictures, making butterfly pictures and planting some cress.

Jennie Jigsaw

We will play describe the person this week and see if the children can guess who we are describing in the room.

We may also introduce ‘Who’s in the box’ I’m sure they will love this game!

The children have really good memories and listening skills, including listening to each other which is great to see.

Letters and Sounds

We will continue our focus on the sound box this week this week. We are going to be making up rhyming songs and performing these in pairs.

We will also play the instruments to different types of music to see how it makes us feel.

Home Learning

Please send in some Wow’s of anything you have achieved over the last few days.

If your child has been using and describing words to recognise how the weather is each day we would love this in a Wow.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Wednesday 13th March at 3.10pm we have got our story time session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 14th March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday it is Red Nose day, the children can come dress in something red and give a voluntary contribution for Red Nose Day. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 16th March from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. If anyone has any spare socks they no longer need or fit, any donations would be gratefully received to our spare clothes stock.

On Saturday 23rd March we have got our next community make over day from 9.00pm-4.00pm. 

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for a evening circus performance. Early bird tickets can be purchased now  until the end of March at a great price of £8.50 each. From the 1st April the price will be £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Looking forward to lots of fun together.

Zoe, Chloe, Coleen and Helen

World book week

Hello Everyone,

We had a lovely week talking about Spring we had lots of fun planting our own sun flowers so we can watch them grow and make predictions about what might happen to them next. We drew some nice spring pictures for the display board and looked around the garden for signs that spring is coming. We also tried out a new way of trying to put our coats on. If you see your child laying their coat out in front of them, arms in, then flicking over their head this is the new way!

This week is World Book Day and we are looking forward to dressing up on Thursday to celebrate our love of books.  We will read books in different areas of the inside and outside environment to see if it captures the children’s imagination. The children have chosen to do a display on Jasper’s Beanstalk as it is one of their favourite stories. We will do lots of painting and working together to create this master piece.

We are going to be having a strong focus on Literacy and Communication and Language this week. The children’s language skills are increasing rapidly and we would like to capture some of this progress.

On Tuesday we will be joining in with celebrating Pancake Day with lots of fun activities including tasting pancakes. 
On Wednesday children may bring in a book that they would like to swap with another child. You then get to keep the book that your child has swapped. 

Jennie Jigsaw

We will continue playing Teddy lost in the room to see how we are progressing with this from the last time we played this game.

The children have really good memories and listening skills, including listening to each other which is great to see.

Letters and Sounds

We are going to focus on the sound box this week this week. We are going to be making up rhyming songs and performing these in pairs. We will be seeing if the children can recognise and join in with a missing word from a familiar story or rhyme. .

Home Learning

Please send in some Wow’s of anything you have achieved over the last few days.

Has your child done any counting, noticed something different, recognised a sign post these are all observations we would like to hear about. If your child would like to bring in their favourite story to share at group time they will be most welcome. If you could write their names in the front cover so we don’t get them mixed up it would be a great help.

With the warmer weather coming and you would like to give potty training a try just let us know and we will help where ever we can.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Tuesday 5th March at 3.10pm we have got our story time session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 6th March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Tuesday 5th March is the next POWSA meeting in the main school staff room at 7.30pm. Be great to see you there.

On Friday 8th March at 5.00pm we have got an additional story time session. Children can come in pj's and bring a teddy. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 16th March from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. If anyone has any spare socks they no longer need or fit, any donations would be gratefully received to our spare clothes stock.

Here’s to another great, hopefully sunny week.

Zoe, Chloe, Colleen and Helen