Autumn Term Week 12

Christmas has really arrived at pre-school this week, we have been listening to Christmas songs and music, we have been practising our performance skills and dance and learning actions and sequences to build our confidence ready for our Nativity on the 13th December. We will be closed for normal sessions on that day so don’t come down to pre-school but please come to the Community Centre for your AM or PM session which was sent to you by email for the Christmas party, we will have our party first with some games and craft and then a visit from Father Christmas with a gift for you to collect. We will then have our party food and get ready for our Nativity, we will then walk over to the Church and enter from the side door and walk onto the stage to get ready!

We have lots of Christmas craft on the go so please check your child’s basket for work to go home, and we will try to pop any other items into the bag at the end of the day too for you to use for decorations at home.

This week has been colder and we have wrapped the children up warm when they play outside, we are a free flow setting so the children can go in and out as they play and we have lots of activities outside and inside. This week we have built a water wall section outside and have been using balls instead of water as it is quite cold! The library on the astro has been lovely and a really nice time to read stories as we are practising our songs in our lunchtime story at the moment and don’t want to miss out on the reading. The library cafe is great as well, lots of interesting orders such as a coffee with 1003 sugars and a doughnut with pink and purple sprinkles and a hamburger with green salad and fizzy orange!

Our theme for the week for circle time has been performing and music and we have had some brilliant fun singing along to lots of different kinds of music – learning a dance to the Spice Girls, watching breakdancing and ballet and Strictly and talking about how music makes us feel. We have also learnt about jobs as well and the children found it really interesting so please do chat to them about your jobs and what you do at work.

We are also working hard on toileting to make sure that we can support all of the children, so your child may come home with lots of stickers on their tops!

Forest School has been chilly but lovely and the children were glad for the warmth of the fire. They have been learning about the woodlouse this week. Interesting facts are that they are nocturnal, they eat strawberries and fruit and plants and live in damp dark places, they are eaten by other insects and birds and spiders and they conglobate….this is when they roll into a ball!

The Star group have been taking part in lots of music and movement and learning about jobs and vehicles too.

Our hairdressing salon has been extremely popular with some hilarious photos and hairstyles on show after a trip there! This has been independent play and the children have been brilliant and negotiating and turn taking as everyone wants the straighteners and the pretty hair clip!

Next week we are planning more xmas craft, we will be trying on the costumes for the show, some physical development activities inside and we will add in some doctor surgery role play too for the afternoons. Don’t forget to wear your Christmas jumpers (we have lots of spare jumpers if needed) and donate a £1 if you can for our fundraising pot.