We hope you have had a lovely half term break and we look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday.

Due to the interest the children have shown, we are starting the term by looking at different occupations, looking after ourselves and the environment. This will then lead on to people who help us. We are fortunate to have secured a Paramedic coming in to visit us on the 24th March to talk about her role and show the children the equipment she works with.

Please check out the blog on the website and the Facebook page to see what fun activities we have planned. The blog is updated at the end of each week showing a few photos of the children exploring the activities and their ongoing achievements.

Just a few reminders of the upcoming events for the last half of the Spring term:

Friday 28th February
Spring 2 invoice payments are due.

Tuesday 3rd and Thursday 5th March, World Book Day Mufti
The children are welcome to attend Pre-school dressed as their favourite book character. This a fundraising event and the cost is £2 per child, this will cover both days. A poster (attached) will be up on the Parents board advertising this. 

Thursday 19th March, Parents afternoon
There will be a Parents afternoon held at the Nursery on Thursday 19th March. A sign up sheet will be on the ‘Parents Board’ in the lobby from the 9th March so that you can arrange to see your child’s key worker at a convenient time. If anyone is unable to make the date we can make alternative arrangements.

Friday 3rd April, Easter Party
No normal sessions will run on this day. A letter with more details is attached. As normal I will print a few copies off for those who don’t have access to a printer.

The Pre-school will then be closed for Easter until we return on Monday 20th April 2020.

This week we will:

• Talk about special people, special times and decide how we can share making decisions (votes) (PSE)
• Learn new stories, match the rhyming words, continue rhyming strings (CL)
• Sequence the biscuit recipe (CL)
• Notice changes to our bodies and hygiene, washing hands when sneezing, before snack and cooking (PD)
• Make pictures using hearts, count how many we used? (M)
• Notice changes to ingredients and the fizzing heart experiment (UW)
• Make special cards (EAD)

This week we will –

• Talk about who we would like to come to tea, would we want them to behave like the tiger? How should we behave? (PSE)
• Listen and follow the story, sequencing it, talk about the characters. (CL)
• Make marks in the stripy shaving foam, write in the tea leaves and transfer the sugar cubes using the tongs. These are all really good activities for strengthening our fingers! (PD)
• Draw parts of the story – talk about what they have drawn. (L)
• Match the tiger coloured buttons and numerals (M)
• Notice the changes to media when we use a whisk (UtW)
• Role play using available props for the story of ‘The tiger who came to tea. (EAD)

Last Friday the children talked about the Chinese New Year and created a dragon together for dancing. This week we will:

• Discuss the qualities of each animal and what they are good at (PSE, CL)
• Use chopsticks to move balls (fine motor skills)
• Move skillfully around the playground using the ribbons with music (P, EAD)
• Look at the Chinese letters and numbers and attempt to write them (L)
• Measure the noodles using cubes and numbers (M)
• Think about different cultures and relate it to our New Year (UtW)
• Make fire breathing dragons and animals using shapes. (EAD)
• Role play in the home area and Chinese restaurant. (EAD)

Can you build the Great Wall of China?

This week we will:

• Look at feelings, how are we kind to our friends, were the ugly sisters kind to cinderella? (PSE)
• Read and share stories, sequencing and joining in with repeated refrains. (CL)
• Become more confident using the obstacle course. (PD)
• Put out the fire using the spray bottles (PD, Fine motor)
• Continue to find rhyming words in books, link initial sounds. (L)
• Make castles using shapes, large and small. (M)
• Follow mud kitchen recipes using different media (UW)
• Make and create props for role play (EAD)

Mark making

Obstacle course

Paint by numbers

Using the obstacle course

Making props for role play

Making comparisons and describing how they are feeling

Making castles out of shapes

Making recipes in the mud kitchen

Writing princess party invitations

• The children will think about caring for an alien and make an alien together (PSE)
• We will read ‘Aliens love underpants’ and retell the story using props (CL)
• The children will make movements in yoga and using ‘Jumpstart Johnny’. (PD)
• We will practice cutting skills (PD)
• We will match  initial sounds matching objects and find the rhyming words in stories. (L)
• Some children will use dice and draw parts on an alien body (M)
• We will explore using the box to think about textures (UW, EAD)
• The children can build using junk for story props and role play (EAD)

Star memory and space board finished

Playing with rockets in the sand

Painting an Alien

Making a rocket

Happy 2020 Everybody!

-This week we are talking about our Christmas experiences (PSE, UW)

-The children will share their thoughts and we will place it on a star (CL)