28th Sept - 2nd Oct
Updated: 13 hours ago
Every Monday
Music with Anna - 9.15 til 10 o'clock. The children can join in with a fun session playing musical instruments and singing lots of fun action songs.
P.E
Our P.E lesson will be every Tuesday! Please send children in with trainers.
Tuesday fortnightly
We will be having a 45 minute session with Lydia from pyjama drama every other Tuesday. This is a great session which encourages the children to use their imagination during role-play, singing and playing musical instruments.
Thursday 15th October, 10th December, February, April, June.
Our visits to Doddington lodge residential home - This is a lovely trip and is beneficial to both the children and the residents. We will be leaving Preschool at 9.30 and travelling via minibus. Please ensure children arrive at Preschool by 9.15 at the latest. We will arrive back ready for lunch time. (car seats needed for two year olds.)
Every second Thursday of the month
It's the village pop up tea party which is hosted by Abberley care farm at St Marys Church. At around 10 o'clock we will walk to the church enjoy a little sweet treat then explore the village green. Returning ready for lunch time.
Friday 11th December
The Christmas nativity show! get it in your diaries now as you won't want to miss our broadway standard annual show. The school are hosting a concert at 9.30 on this day - we are moving our start time back to 10.45 - 11 o'clock to enable parents with other children to attend both shows.
Thursday 17th December
We are off to visit Abberley care farm to watch a nativity staring real life farm animals!
What Have we Been up to This Week
This week, our topic has been Our Bodies and Our Senses, and we have had a wonderful time learning, exploring and getting stuck into lots of exciting activities!
Monday – Our Bodies
We began the week by learning about our different body parts and talking about how our hearts work. The children had great fun running around and then feeling their hearts beating faster! We also talked about healthy foods and why it is important to look after our bodies and keep ourselves healthy. To finish the day, the children sat opposite a friend and had a go at drawing portraits of each other, carefully looking at their friends’ features.
Tuesday – Our Senses
On Tuesday, we explored our five senses through a very messy and exciting sensory walk! We experienced lots of different textures, including things that were squishy, crispy, smooth and hard. We used our sense of smell to identify chocolate powder, cinnamon, coconut and mint. We also used our eyes to carefully search for hidden objects during a fun game of hide and seek.
Wednesday – Nature
Wednesday was all about nature. We explored forest- and ocean-themed tuff trays and talked about what we can find in the natural world, including trees, birds, leaves and the sea. The children enjoyed investigating natural objects such as seashells, conkers, pinecones and rocks, using their senses to explore and describe what they found.
Thursday – Outdoor Learning
For our outdoor learning day, we finished making our hedgehogs and houses and created beautiful conker ribbons. We then took our ribbons on a walk down to the village green, where we tied them up and watched them dance in the breeze! We had lots of fun running around, exploring outdoors and even rolling down the hills. What a wonderful day!
Friday - Light, Dark & Baking
On Friday, we will be exploring the exciting world of light and dark. We will also be getting our bake on and enjoying some baking fun together!
What a busy and exciting week of learning, exploring and discovering! 🌈
Today & Tomorrow – NSPCC Talk PANTS
Today and tomorrow, we are also focusing on the NSPCC Talk PANTS message, helping the children to develop an age-appropriate understanding of privacy, personal boundaries and keeping their bodies safe.
We have watched the Pantosaurus video today and will watch it again tomorrow to help reinforce these important messages. We are talking with the children about how their private parts belong to them, that they should say “No”if someone asks to see or touch their private parts, and that they should always tell a trusted adult if something makes them feel uncomfortable, worried or unsure.
We are keeping these conversations simple, positive and appropriate for the children’s age, helping them to understand that their bodies belong to them and they can always speak to a trusted adult. 💛
Have a great weekend everyone!
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