5th Oct - 9th Oct

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.

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Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December

🎄 Teme Valley Christmas Tree Festival 🎄

We’re delighted to be taking part in the Teme Valley Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church, Stanford Bridge!

The children will be busy making their very own Christmas decorations to decorate our preschool Christmas tree, and we’d love for you to come along and see their wonderful creations.

There will be lots to enjoy, including fun activities for the children, as well as mulled wine and mince pies to help get everyone into the festive spirit. 🎅✨

And don’t forget to vote for our preschool tree while you’re there!

There will also be a lovely festive Carol Service on Saturday from 4pm.

We hope to see lots of our families there — come along, enjoy the festivities and give our tree your vote!

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!

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What Have we Been up to This Week

What a busy and exciting week we’ve had at preschool! Our learning has taken us on a wonderful journey through farm animals, scarecrows, seeds, plants and autumn.

🐄 Monday – We began our week learning all about farm animals. We talked about the different animals that live on a farm and discovered the names of their babies. We also explored what farm animals produce that we eat and drink. The children had lots of fun making homemade butter, which we then enjoyed spreading onto crackers — delicious! We also got creative making some fantastic farm animal pictures.

🌾 Tuesday – Tuesday was all about scarecrows! We learnt about why farmers use scarecrows and how they help to protect crops. The children had lots of fun learning and performing a scarecrow dance, as well as making scarecrow faces and creating their own scarecrow pictures.

🌻 Wednesday – On Wednesday, we explored the wonderful world of nuts and seeds. We talked about how we plant seeds and what they need to help them grow. We had lots of fun exploring the inside of pumpkins and even made pumpkin seed gloop!

We looked closely at sunflowers and discovered the different parts of the plant. We also explored a variety of vegetables, talked about where they grow and learnt how to look after them. The children then created some beautiful seed pictures to take home.

🍂 Thursday – Thursday was our Outdoor Learning Day, and we had lots of fun making our very own scarecrow! We’re going to place him in our garden to help protect our plants as they grow.

We also went on an epic bug hunt and discovered lots of creepy crawlies hiding in our outdoor environment. The children loved searching, spotting and talking about the different bugs they found!

🍁 Friday – On Friday, we’ll be learning all about autumn weather and talking about how the weather changes as the seasons change. We’ll be exploring all things autumn, from conkers and colourful, changing leaves to the clothes we need to wear as the weather gets cooler.

🔤 Phonics

This week in phonics, we’ve been learning the letter sound “i”. The children enjoyed thinking of things that begin with the “i” sound, singing songs and getting creative making igloo pictures.

⚽ PE

In PE this week, we continued developing our ball skills, but this time we focused on using our feet. The children practised kicking balls under an arch and worked on their coordination by guiding a ball around cones. They did a fantastic job!

Have a great weekend everyone!