We would like to welcome our newest additions to the pre-school!! 2 Giant African land snails!! Having pets in the preschool is incredibly important to support the children’s learning and development, they teach understanding of the world and how to nurture and take responsibility for living things. The children will be naming them over the coming days
Please come along for an informal chat with your child’s key person and all staff (no need to book an appointment), as well as having some fun and exploring what the children do everyday for their learning and development.
We will again be operating an appointment system to reduce your potential waiting time. Please ensure that you book an appointment in with your child’s key worker prior to parent evening. Melanie will have the appointments available after the Easter holidays.
As a committee run pre school, we urgently need more committee members who are current pre school children’s parents to join the committee. Without new members joining the committee and taking on roles within the committee, we will not be able to run the pre school going forward. There are currently a number of members filling roles whose children have left pre school and who are looking to now leave the committee. The committee has overall responsibility for the pre school and it is your opportunity to help shape the pre school’s future. The AGM is a perfect opportunity to find out about what the committee does and for you to get involved.
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.