Author: Joellen

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

This week the children have been talking about fire and fireworks at group times. Our caterpillar children have made some fantastic bonfire and fireworks pictures whilst discussing fireworks night. Our butterflies have also made some fire pictures but they had an all-important discussion with Miss Jo about what they would do if they saw a… Continue reading Friday News 11th November 2022

It’s been a lovely first week at preschool after the half term. The children were full of excitable chatter about their half term adventures and particularly enjoyed sharing their Halloween/pumpkin stories. This week the children have learnt about Pumpkins. At group times we have talked about and named the different parts that make up a… Continue reading Friday News 4th November 2022

What a busy last week of this half term we have had. We started the week off with a muddy walk down Brickyard Lane, the children were exceptionally well behaved and did some brilliant walking, holding hands with their partner. One of the children found a worm and began to recall facts about worms from… Continue reading Friday News 21st October 2022

This week the children have been learning about hedgehogs and hibernation through group discussion and activities on offer each day. We have read ‘Say Hi to Hedgehog’ a few times this week which was very informative about what Hedgehogs eat, what their babies are called and why they hibernate through the winter. The children decided… Continue reading Friday News 14th October 2022

It has been another busy week at preschool. On Monday afternoon we had a walk up to the village church as one of the children requested a visit. The children behaved beautifully: sitting still on the pews and carefully looking through the bible. They were very interested in the stained-glass windows, looking at the different… Continue reading Friday News 7th October 2022

This week the children have been exploring and learning about leaves and sticks. At group times the children have listened to the Stickman story, this has then carried on it to their play and some children have used the available resources to make their own ‘Stickman’ to play with and take home. The children have… Continue reading Friday News 30th September 2022