Science week (W/E: 28.2.20)

This week has been very exciting as it’s been science week. We have done lots of amazing activities. One of our favourite things this week has been the cola and mentos experiment. We have to do this outside for obvious reasons! We also had some indoor fireworks. This...

Hand, Foot and Mouth

Just to let you know that there have been some cases of the Hand, Foot and Mouth virus at preschool. The advice is to keep children at home if they feel unwell, although they do not need to be excluded. More advice on this illness and care advice can be found in the...

Love is in the air (W/E: 14.2.20)

This week we have celebrated Valentine’s Day, which has given the children the opportunity to tell everyone about people that they love. We also did a variety of valentine themed crafts, such as cards:   Chocolate hearts: And biscuits: We used shaving foam for letter...

Chores! (W/E: 7.2.1.20)

This week we have spent time doing some of the things that are important to learn to become more independent. The children practised putting on their coats, with varying degrees of success!  Where possible it is good to encourage your child to try and do this (and...

Climbing, cooking and celebrations. (W/E: 31.1.20)

This week we decided to use our indoor climbing frame so that even children who don’t like the cold and wet can practise their physical skills! One of our children had their birthday this week and they brought in some party games for everyone to play. There was pin...

Chinese New Year celebrations (W/E:24.1.20)

This week we have had lots of activities which celebrate Chinese New Year. The children all found out which animal they are on the Chinese horoscope. We have a selection of sheep, monkeys and roosters. We looked at Chinese writing and had a go ourselves. We also had a...

Assaults courses and pizza! (W/E:17.1.20)

This week we have done lots of physical activities and have revived ourselves with homemade pizza! The children took part in assault courses both indoors and outside. Moving in a variety of ways with increasing control is an important early learning goal and it can...

Blackboard paint!

We would like to repaint our blackboard and were wondering if any of you had some blackboard paint to spare! If so we would be very grateful to receive it. Thank you!

Welcome to a new decade!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas and are refreshed and ready for a new term! Welcome back everyone and a big hello to our new children and families. Don’t forget that we have an open door policy so if you have anything that you would like to tell...

Our wonderful nativity and a Christmas party day!

Finally the day of our nativity arrived! We were a little worried on Monday as so many children were away with bugs, coughs and colds. The children once again did us proud though and we hope you enjoyed their performances as much as we did! It was very exciting to see...