We would like to remind you that we are proposing a change to the status of the Pre-school from an unincorporated charitable association to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The basic difference is that in its current form, liability for any debts, default, claims for negligence, breach of trust or breach of duty fall on the committee members and is covered by insurance taken out by the Pre-School.

Please refer back to the Chair’s email sent on the 6th November for further information.

Happy new Year and welcome back!

A big warm welcome to the 7 new children and families starting with us this term, we hope you all enjoy your time with us.

We would also like to give a big Buckles and Bows welcome to Jenny Vymetal who will be taking over from Lyn whilst she is on maternity leave. Jenny will be starting with us on Tuesday and will be with us until we break up for the Summer. Please join us in welcoming Jenny to the team.

Week commencing 26th November 2018:

• Bakery role play area (EAD, Uotw)
• Listen to different versions of the story, what are the similarities/differences? (L)
• Use props/puppets to retell the story  (L, EAD)
• Make a glance bridge for obstacles to jump over (PD)
• Make gingerbread using tap a shapes (PD)
• Make a gingerbread salt dough decoration (EAD, PD)
• Talk about road safety, is it safe to run everywhere like the Gingerbread Man? (PD)
• Write recipes (L, PD)
• Make marks in ginger salt (PD, L)
• Post letters to Father Christmas

Week commencing 19th November 2018:

• Talk about  why we use the post office (CL)
• Read the Jolly Postman/Dear Zoo (L)
• Write letters and use the postbox (L)
• Use push button cars (UtW)
• Make letters using pasta (EAD)
• Make marks with chalks, white boards, pads (L)
• Write letters in the sand tray (L)
• Transfer water between bowls using sponges (PD)
• Learn Christmas songs (EAD)
• Hopscotch (PD,M)

Don’t forget to sign up for Parents meeting this Thursday, if  you wish to see your child’s key person.

Week commencing 5th November 2018. This week we will:
– Sing firework songs with sounds (CL)
– Dark den – use torches in a dark classroom ((UTW)
– Make firework pictures by throwing tea bags (EAD)
– Talk about road safety – tuff spot (UTW)
– Fireworks number songs (M, EAD)
– Sort and count natural objects (M)
– Make rangoli patterns with chalk on the playground (UTW)
– Make divas out of clay (PD)
– Draw shapes in the sand using sticks (M)
– Make rockets out of cardboard tubes (EAD)
– Talk about our experience of fireworks (CL, UTW)

Week Commencing 29th October 2018, we will:

• Make spooky soup and write recipes in the home corner (L, EAD)
• Match spider legs with dots and numbers (M)
• Find the objects in the sand and put them in shape categories (M)
• Retell Room on the Broom with props (L,CL)
• Make potions (UTW, EAD)
• Guide balls around obstacle course with broomsticks (PD)
• Match Halloween rhyming words (L)
• Read Hansel and Gretel (L)
• Make ghost pictures in gloop/foam (PD/L)
• Make pictures using shapes (M)

Week commencing 15th October 2018:

– Act out the story of the Gruffalo (L)
– Make a forest scene for the display board (EAD)
– MESSY PLAY! Scrambled snake, Owl ice cream, Gruffalo crumble (PD)
– Roll the dice and add purple prickles (M)
– Build the characters houses (PD)
– Make soup in the water tray using natural objects (PD, EAD)
– Move like animals, Owl, Mouse, Snake, Fox and Gruffalo (PD)
– Write letters from our names in the sand (L)
– Gruffalo dominoes (PSED)
– Build a den (PD)
– Read the story using props (L)