Spring Term Week 7
Welcome back after half term to all our families, we hope you all had a happy and lovely half term break.
The children are pleased to be back and have had a really good week – a few tears are common after a break from the routine but everyone has settled back in and busy in their pre-school day! We have spent the week talking about being special and about people that we love and that are special to us and we have a really wonderful group of children who are really happy to talk about people being special to them and were delighted to know that they were also special to all of us, the ladies who are their teachers here at pre-school. They have drawn pictures of their family and of us, talked about what makes them special and it has been really heart warming to see who they choose to draw from the team at pre-school! To top it all off they are also brilliant at mark making!! There are some photos on our facebook page of a few of the pictures that they made.
The weather was lovely for the first few days and we enjoyed making music outside and then even though it has been rainy we have still managed some fun outside all kitted out in our waterproof clothes. We are sorry for the very muddy clothes and children but we try to make the most of all the weather – filling puddles with washing up liquid and paint!
Our Forest School groups have swapped so the Moons take part on a Thursday and the Sun’s on the Friday for this half term and then the Stars have a turn for a few weeks in the Summer Term.
Circle times have been based around literacy and “Being Special” and we have talked about our names being special, who chose those names and the children always find it funny to think that we are all Mummies too with children and a home outside of preschool!
Our explorers zone has been created outside and there are fossils and tools and an amazing cabin to play in!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and next week we will be looking at animals and their habitats, those who live in a zoo or protected environment and we will carry on with our explorers theme outside too.