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Learning Adventures in Preschool 

 














Learning Adventures in Preschool 

This week we embarked on a marvellous exploration into the world of the letter D. D is for so many wonderful things, like dinosaurs, dog, dirty and even daddy. The children have loved learning this sound. The enjoy the rhyme ' Around the dinosaurs bottom, up his tall neck and down to his toes' They have had go at forming this during their free flow play.

We have also been honing our number recognition and fine motor skills this week through the magical world of colouring by numbers. With crayons and pencils in hand, the children eagerly identified numbers and carefully coloured each section according to the corresponding colour. It was incredible to witness their concentration and determination as they navigated through the activity, all while reinforcing their understanding of numbers and enhancing their fine motor skills.


As you have noticed our sandpit has been taken down and we have a brand new one! In the area where the sand pit used to be, is now going to become a dynamic gross motor space for the children to explore. The children will have the opportunity to develop their coordination, strength, and spatial awareness in a safe and stimulating environment. This week we had the football goal and scooter out. The children are already putting in requests.

We wish you all a lovely St Patricks day on Sunday. Join us again soon as we continue our journey of discovery, curiosity, and endless possibilities.

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Whitty, Miss Ronald and Ellie :)





 


A busy week. 
















What an exciting week. 

We have had a very busy week here in Pre School

From Kixx on Monday to WBD on Thursday and then today making Pasties. 

We learnt about St Piran's day on Tuesday and today we were lucky enough to have Will from Ginsters come in and show us how to make a pasty. The children really enjoyed this. We learnt what ingredients are needed to make a pasty and how to crimp!  

Our sound of the week is 's' the children are really enjoying learning their sounds. We have learnt  m , a and s.

In maths we are continuing to count objects from 1-10, by using touch counting. The children then need to find the correct number for example they counted 7 sports they then need to find the number 7 card. 

Next week we have lots of exciting things planned for St Patricks day!

Have a lovely safe weekend and we will see you next week :) 

 


Christmas Magic 

Christmas fun!

We had so much fun the last few days of term. We decorated the Christmas tree, made reindeer food, sang carold and made lots of other lovely Christmas bits to put in the boxes to take home :) We   dressed up for 'Elf day' and visited the church for the school carol service. The children sang beautifully!



 


Week 5 of fun 
















 Week 5 

We have had another fun and exciting week here in Pre school.  

We have been learning the number seven, we are able to recognise it within our environment and a few of us are now working on representing  it by counting out  objects.


We have gone all things Christmas this week and we were really lucky that on Thursday is SNOWED!! of course we had to go outside and have a play. We spoke about what snow is and why we get it. The children spoke about what they need to wear to keep warm in this weather. We all had lots of fun. 

Friday our the school Elf came to our room and put toilet paper everywhere!!  We spoke about what advent is and why and who celebrates it. The children then of  course had to go on a elf hunt to find Mistletoe. Sadly we couldn't  find it. 

We had popped a list of names on Tapestry for Christmas cards.  

* You will be receiving a permission letter from our lovely student Ellie for her to observe you child. Ellie is with us everyday next week!

* ELF DAY - Wednesday the 6th please bring a  voluntary donation for  Alzheimer's society.

* Singing in the Church - Thursday the  14th - There is a Tapestry message regarding this!

Have a lovely safe weekend everyone. Stay warm!!

Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald :) 

 


Week 4 fun! 
















Week four. 

We have had another fun week here in Pre school. We hope everyone who has been off poorly is starting to feel better. 

This week we have been very busy learning and practising our songs for the church. We are all doing really well and are all very excited about this. 

This week in maths time we have been focusing on recognising the numbers 1-5. We had a number hunt around the classroom, we had to find the number recognise it and then make that number by counting out that amount of counter. We are all doing very well. 

We are still really enjoying the boom wakas the PTA kindly brought us.  In our music sessions we are focusing on  different beats and  the timings we all come in on. 

Christmas has arrived rather early in Pre school, thankyou to those who have brought their Christmas boxes in this week. Please remember them next week if you haven't. The children are doing lots of different crafts, these are all supporting their development in some way. Either fine motor, imagination, creativity, scissor skills, independence ect. 

* NOTES*

Wednesday the  29th - 12:30 pick up from the red door! 

Wednesday the 6th - Elf day - please come dressed as an elf all donations will go to charity.  

Thursday 14th - 2pm - Church performance - all children are welcomed to join us even if it is not your day. A message will go out on Tapestry nearer the time!

Monday the 18th - Christmas jumper day!

Tuesday the 19th - HLAF DAY pick up at lunch time!

Have a lovely weekend everyone, we will see you next week :)

Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald. 


 


Week 3! 
















A fun and exciting week in Pre school. 

This week we were very lucky to have the company ' Tiny Travellers' come in and teach us all about Africa! The children got to explore different countries within Africa. They got to try on clothing, look at jewellery, play different musical instruments and also smell different pots from that area. 

We have also had a lovely time again with coach James from Kixx, we really enjoy our time with him as we learn lots of new skills and this helps us with our physical development. 

This week we have been learning about Diwali, the children have made Diya lamps out of clay and have painted them! We spoke about how Diwali is the  festival of light and how they decorate using Rangoli patterns. The children really enjoyed this! 

On Thursday we had signing again with Mr Warwick all of the children LOVE this! Please don't worry if your child is not with us on a Thursday we do record the songs and learn them throughout the week, so everyone gets to learn the words of the songs we all hum. 

We were lucky enough not to get wet during forest school this week. The child had a lot of fun exploring and finding bugs. 

This week we have been focusing on recognising numbers - 0-5- please encourage your child to do this at home - while out on walks if you see a number encourage them to tell you. Even if it's 25 that's a 2 and a 5!  

Don't forget NEXT WEEK please bring in your Christmas boxes, as we are starting our activities.

Have a lovely / safe weekend and we will see you at your next session. 

Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald :) 

 


Week 2 Of Autumn 2 
















Remembrance week  

We have had another fun week here at Pre school. Sadly the weather has been awful so every time we got outside the iPad stayed inside!

This week for our topic 'Celebrations' we have been learning about remembrance Sunday.  We made poppies. 

"Red ones for the humans and purple ones for all the animals" - C 
We watched the lovely BBC clip of the bunny ( https://www.google.com/search?q=bbc+remembrance+day+for+kids&oq=bbc+remembrance+day+for+kids&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCDM4MjdqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:dcecce82,vid:jeR5JWaIcpo,st:) The children really enjoyed this, we spoke about how the bunny would be feeling and how the music and colours changed . The children used a wide range of vocabulary. 


We have been really focusing on pencil grip in preparation for us learning to write our names in the coming weeks. The children really enjoy pen disco, this is where the children listen to different genres of music and make marks to how that piece of music made them feel. We look at how they move and hold the pencil. They all seem to enjoy this, it also acts as a nice 10 minuet quiet time where they can all relax and draw. 



Next THURSDAY is forest school please bring wellies and waterproofs! 

Have a lovely weekend everyone :) 

 


New half term  
















Welcome back everyone. 

Welcome back to a new half term everyone, we have settled right back into the swing of things.

This week we have started our new topic 'Celebrations' we looked at the day of the dead, and bon fire night. We spoke  about what the day of dead is and we all designed colourful sugar skulls.  For bon fire night we looked at how to be safe around fire works and sparklers. We also made colourful fire work paintings. 

We are very lucky and our lovely PTA got us some boom wakaers, today we had a go with them! We are now working on a nursery rhyme. 

Come back next week to see what we have been up to. 


Parents now the weather is truing wetter and colder please ensure you have waterproofs and wellies as we do go out in all weathers. and of course a nice warm coat. 

*  Grapes - please can you ensure they are sliced. Thankyou.

Next Thursday - Forest school! please bring wellies and waterproofs. 

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all next week :) 

 


Week 5!  
















Another week of fun here at Pre school.

Wow, we have had another fun week here at pre school. Kick starting the week with our Kixx session on Monday. Please remember this is EVERY
Monday. 

We then have had signing with Miss Rowes class and we performed our harvest festival song to them.  We then went into the forest school area with them and had a blast.  We will be starting this every Thursday after half term - Thursday parents please look out for the Tapestry post.

This weeks number we have been focusing on is the number 4! We have learnt to recognise the number and how to touch count out 4 objects. Children have even had a go at drawing the number 4 number block and recognising that he is a square!  

Our mark making and junk modelling area is a BIG hit with all of the children. Nearly everyone has visited this area and had lots of fun!

I know a few of you have said that the children have been signing the nursery rhymes at home so here we go - 

                                                   
Number song of the week - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-five-little-speckled-frogs/zjjbnrd

Nursery rhyme - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-mary-mary-quite-contrary/zdtj47h 

* Don't forget next Wednesday is school photo day - there is a Tapestry post regarding this.

Have an amazing weekend, we shall see you all next week.

Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald 


 


Another week of fun  
















Another week of fun in the sun!

We have had another fun week here at pre school. 

This week we have been focusing on the number 3! around the tree, around the tree that's the way we make a 3! The children have loved counting out objects to make the number 3. 

We have had fun on the adventure play ground using all of our gross motor skills.

In singing time this week we have been singing the song we are learning with Mr Warwick ready for Harvest festival in a few weeks time. But we have also been singing all of our nursery rhymes. 

We have popped a post on tapestry but please start to get your shoe boxes ready for December - all the information is on the tapestry post. 

Next week we are starting to look into Autumn if you find anything on your walks please bring them in for our tuff tray. 

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all next week . 

Miss Whitty and Miss Ronald :) 

 


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