Author: Joellen

This week the children have been fascinated with Chinese New Year. There was particular excitement over trying noodles, sweet and sour sauce and prawn crackers at snack times. Some of the children showed huge perseverance whilst attempting to use the chopsticks to eat with. The children have been particularly interested in the animals that represent… Continue reading Friday News 27th January 2023

It has been a very cold week at preschool but once again the weather has been on our side for talking about and exploring ice. Whilst out on a walk round the track the children noticed that the school sand pit had frozen puddles on top. The adults explained to the children the dangers of… Continue reading Friday News 20th January 2023

Catching snow on our tongues and making snowballs was on the agenda this morning. The heavy snowfall created lot’s of excitement, awe and wonder amongst the children!  

The weather has definitely been on our side for ‘rain’ week, yesterday the children showed particular enjoyment for puddle jumping and rainbow spotting out on the school field. Despite wearing waterproofs and wellies nearly all the children required a change of clothes, once that was done the hot chocolate and snack was very welcome! Miss… Continue reading Friday News 13th January 2023

Although we have had a short week at preschool to start the spring term it has been very busy. The room has been full of excited chatter about the children’s Christmas break and the gifts they have received from Santa. Some of the children have been roleplaying the new experiences that they have gained, they… Continue reading Friday News 6th January 2023

It has been another busy week with a huge amount of Christmas crafting happening. The children are getting very excited about bringing their Christmas makes home to share with you next week. Preschool has been filled with the lovely smell of mince pies that the children have made with Miss Pippa. It has been very… Continue reading Friday News 9th December 2022

This week we have been fully embracing the Christmas spirit and have really enjoyed seeing the children wearing their Christmas outfits. There has been a lot of Christmas crafting happening with a variety of activities on offer, I don’t want to give too many details away as you will be receiving your children’s Christmas makes… Continue reading Friday News 2nd December 2022

It’s been another busy week at preschool and it has been exceptionally lovely to be able to hold face to face parents’ meetings again. Thank you for the positive feedback that has been received regarding the Autumn Term reports. This week the children were invited to St George’s car show in the playground. They were… Continue reading Friday News 25th November 2022

Today the preschool children had a visit to St George’s primary school to see the different vehicles they had on display for their ‘Car Show’. Thank you to Mr Monksummers for showing us around and for putting the sirens on in the recovery truck. The children had a lot of fun exploring the tractors!   … Continue reading Tuesday 22nd November: Car Show

This week the children have been learning about the Northern Lights. During group times we have spoken about where we might be able to see the Northern Lights and why they appear. We talked about pink and green being the most common colours of the lights, although they can also be seen in red, yellow,… Continue reading Friday News 18th November 2022