Autumn Term Week 7

This is our last week before we all have a week off for Half Term and we have had a lovely time surrounded by pumpkins and dressing up and face paint and autumnal trays with all of the items that you have been collecting for us!

We have had a focus on being safe this week during our circle times and we have covered lots of different topics.

The Star group have talked about being safe outside at preschool, being safe walking along the roads, talked about traffic lights, emergency vehicles and how our family keeps us safe and how other people keep us safe too. They have also had a circle time about safety at Forest School ready for when they have their turn outside in the Spring Term.

The Sun and Moon children have learnt about the new “I need help” triangles which have appeared around pre-school these are laminated triangles with the word “I need help” and the room on them which can be taken to any staff member in the case of an accident or one of the ladies needing help. It has been a brilliant start to discussions about being safe at pre-school. We talked about the importance of coming in when the bell rings too. The older children have practised crossing a pretend road, revisited the rules here and talked about fire alarm practices, learnt a lot about people who help us and their jobs and sorting pictures of safe/unsafe activities like how to carry scissors properly, not climbing up the slide and touching plugs and cookers etc.

Alfie came again on Monday for a football session and we hope to book him in for a couple more if the weather is nice after the half term.

Outside we have had a communication friendly space – a nice seating area where there is always a teacher there to talk and chat and support speech and language work and it has been very popular!

We have also played with potions and cauldrons and had a good tidy up of the garden ready for the half term break.

We have made lots of pumpkin craft and created packets of seeds for the children to plant at home.

Forest School have continued to develop their tool skills – another area to learn about how to stay safe and have made lovely little wooden discs and chosen their pretty ribbons for them. The sessions this week have had a little Halloween treasure hunt and as I type I can hear them searching for the pumpkin! We will soon smell the lovely wood smoke drifting towards the office window too – such a wonderful experience for the children and one we are really proud of.

We hope you all have a wonderful, happy and healthy half term and enjoy any Halloween celebrations and we look forward to welcoming you all back after the break.