Thanks to a very successful Halloween disco, we have been able to purchase some lovely new wooden toys, including a wooden coffee maker and a wooden toaster for our home corner, as well as a wooden till and scales for our role pay. We have also got some wooden puzzles and shape sorters for our little ones, and a lovely new garage with wooden vehicles. Thank you to everyone who supported our disco!
12.00noon – approx. 2.30pm. The pre school committee have organised a Christmas party held by Island Inflatables to be held after the morning session. There will be a party lunch, music and games, and even a visit from Santa himself!
This year’s Christmas play will be held at 11.30am (children to be dropped off at 11.00am to get changed into their costumes), and will be followed by the now traditional lunch of jacket potatoes and our fete where we will draw the raffle and offer stalls. Please come along and enjoy the children’s play as well as supporting the pre school’s fundraising!
6.00pm – 8.00pm. Please speak to Melanie or Courteney to make an appointment with your child’s key worker!
We will be holding a Stay & Play session from 10am – 12noon where we will be visited by the ladies from Wild Raspberry Pottery who will be offering hand and foot print pottery items for you to purchase. There will also be a craft activity for you to share with your child along with the usual preschool toys, and the session will end with singing and story time. We hope that you can all join us!
Last week, the children took part in making autumn pictures. Throughout the week at circle time, we have been talking about the season and what happens throughout it. Sensory play consisted of lavender rice, leaves and pumpkins fitting in with the autumn theme and giving the children natural objects to explore.
…we have been working on number recognition including it in play with puzzles and small world
figures as well as in our free flow snack. Our 3 and 4 year old’s have 
enjoyed their time out in the classroom playing snap, sound lotto and picking out their reading books to take home.
We will be holding our committee AGM on May 23rd at Fingringhoe Villag Hall at 8.00PM. This is your chance to find out what the committee is all about, along with how you can get involved in shaping the pre school’s future!
This week we have been very busy. The children have been enjoying imaginative sensory play with shredded paper, dinosaurs and coloured spaghetti, to making family and loved ones butterfly cakes as well as imaginative ones in our woodland’s mud kitchen.
Don’t forget our lunch & play at Jungle Adventure on May 4th! Not only a chance for the children to get together with their little friends but also for parents/carers to have a chat over a coffee with staff, committee and of course each other.
Registration form and menu are now available at pre-school, please remember to complete the form by no later than Friday, April 28th.