Pumpkins....

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week,  the leaf pictures came out really well. The children also tried to mix up their own colours. While in the garden the children have loved running and jumping on the leaves and listening to the different sound they make.

The children enjoyed the story of the ‘Enormous Turnip’ while reading we introduced the children to joining in on the repeated refrains.

This week we will be doing some work exploring the pumpkins and seeing what's inside of them. We will make some pumpkin cakes and see how they taste.

We will also have some supervised time with the tools and the pumpkins. We will hammer in small pieces of twigs to create a Hegehog. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we like and what makes us happy and sad.

We will start talking about our families and celebrate how each of them are different.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will play ‘ What’s that noise’ the children put their hand in the box and have to guess what the object is. We will also use the Musical instruments and see if we can follow a loud and soft instruction.

Home Learning 

Please can you send in a wow of things you do over the half term break. If you could talk about numbers in the environment and help your child to identify these. 

How many places do they see numbers such as post box, house numbers, road signs etc.

You can always email in any photo evidence for us to display and we will print them off for you.

Notices

I’m looking forward to meeting with you all at parent’s evening to share your child’s progress and Learning Journey. When you arrive if you wait in the classroom where your child is dropped off in the mornings I will come and meet you. 

We have had a great first Half Term and it’s been really lovely to settle the children in and get to know you all. We hope you all have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 5 November.

On Thursday 24th October  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 23rd October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. There are lots of letters this time of year. We will try to pop them in bags if you go to after Pre-School club in the evening.  

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Autumn and the Enormous Turnip

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week  making some chickens, Hedgehogs and potato printing for the Harvest Display that will be up in the school hall. The wheel painting was also lots of fun. The Harvest Assembly was great and the children enjoyed watching all the other children sing. They did really well during their own performance as I am sure you will agree.

This week we will be doing some leaf rubbing and printing and making leaf suncatchers.We will be talking about the different colours of the leaves and how they feel when they crunch under our feet.

Our story focus this week will be the ‘Enormous Turnip’ as we prepare to harvest our pumpkins and cook with them. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we like and what makes us happy and sad.

We will start talking about nice things we like about our new friends in the group.

Letters and Sounds 

Playing Teddy lost in the room went so well and the children got the idea of the games really quickly. We will continue with this and see how well the children do with taking on the role of the person playing the drum. We will also use the Tappy Sticks to listen and explore the sounds we are making.

Home Learning 

Please can you listen out for different sounds on any walks you may go on. If you could describe the colours of any of the leaves or other wildlife you may see. You can always email in any picture’s for us to display and we will print them off for you.

Notices

It was lovely to see so many of you at our coffee/information session on Tuesday. The presentation is on the school website under class pages and pre-school. If you have any other questions, please do come and ask.

On Wednesday 16th October  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 18th October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Friday 18th is Autumn We welcome all our families. It is from 5pm-7.30pm and there is lots of activities (camp fire marshmallows, music, Autumn crafts, Magic Show, stories in the roundhouse, pumpkin carving, conker rolling and apple bobbing) There is also food and drinks at the event which can be purchased. Tickets for Autumn Fest are £5.00 for a family of 4 and additional children tickets are £1.00. These can be purchased from the main school office or on the night. Please see poster for more details. Its is a great family evening.

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening is now on display. This is on the door
where the post pockets are. I am looking forward to meeting with you all so I
can complete the children’s 4 week settling in progress reports with you. If
you are unable to make an after school time don’t worry I will arrange another
time with you.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats.
There are lots of letters this time of year. We will try to pop them in bags if you
go to after Pre-School club in the evening.

We break up for half term on Friday 25th October and return on Tuesday 5th November. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Hello Everyone,

We have really enjoyed reading all about the
‘Little Red Hen’ We had great fun bread making with the children making
predictions about what was going to happen next. We really hope they
enjoyed eating them? We have had great fun feeding the chickens each day
and seeing how many eggs they have laid.
We also started to make some chickens for the Harvest Display that will be up
in the hall. We did a small amount of scissor work on a 1-1 basis. If you were
able to help your child to get used to using scissors this would be really
appreciated.

This week we will be completing our vegetable painting as we did not get
round to this this week with all of our baking.
We will be encouraging the children to describe the texture of the fruit and
what they feel like. We will also finish our wheel painting and listening to what
knowledge your children have about Harvest and Farming.
We will finish on friday by going to Assembly and celebrating Harvest Festival
with the whole school.

Jennie Jigsaw
This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we
like and what makes us happy and sad.
We will start talking about nice things we like about our new friends in the
group.

Letters and Sounds
This week we will be playing Teddy lost in the room. One person goes outside
while the others in the group hide the bear. The child then comes back in,
when the drum plays quiet they are a long way away, when it plays really loud
they are close by.

Home Learning
With new sounds in mind please could you record on a ‘WOW’ if your child
has heard or recognised a new sound while you have been out and about.

Notices

Looking forward to seeing lots of you at the coffee/information morning on Tuesday 8th October 9.00am. 

On Tuesday 8th October  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 9th October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Thursday 9th October it is Wacky Hair Day in support of Weldmar Hospice. Children can come to school with wacky hair. A suggested donation of £1.00. Look forward to seeing all the wacky hairstyles.

On Friday 11th October it is Harvest Assembly. This is in the main school hall at 9.15am. We are doing a little song. You are all very welcome to come. Thank you for all the food donations that have been bought in so far. We will be taking these over on Friday. 

On Friday 11th is Autumn Fest. We welcome all our families. It is from 5pm-7.30pm and there is lots of activities (camp fire marshmallows, music, Autumn crafts, Magic Show, stories in the roundhouse, pumpkin carving, conker rolling and apple bobbing) There is also food and drinks at the event which can be purchased. Tickets for Autumn Fest are £5.00 for a family of 4 and additional children tickets are £1.00. These can be purchased from the main school office or on the night. Please see poster for more details. Its is a great family evening.

On Saturday 12th October from 10.00-5.00pm we have our Autumn Community Makeover day. We have lots of little jobs we would like to do come rain or shine. These are really lovely days and we get lots done.

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening is now on display. This is on the door
where the post pockets are. I am looking forward to meeting with you all so I
can complete the children’s 4 week settling in progress reports with you. If
you are unable to make an after school time don’t worry I will arrange another
time with you.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats.
There are lots of letters this time of year. We will try to pop them in bags if you
go to after Pre-School club in the evening.

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe