Dear Parents and Carers

Thank you to all of those parents who came to the Forest school taster session.  The weather was on our side and you all were fabulous participants.  Photo’s of the session can be viewed on the monitor in the entrance hall (Sorry chaps).

Just to confirm that the Forest school shall start this Monday afternoon.  The parents of those children attending have already been informed and information has been displayed on the notice board outside the pre school. Between now and July the children experiencing the Forest school shall be those who leave us to go to school this year.  Please do not be concerned that your child will not have opportunity to participate.  We shall alter the sessions on a 6 weekly rota to take accommodate the sessions of children taking part. There are circumstances which we cannot accommodate which are explained in the pack which parents will receive prior to their children taking part in the sessions.

Sadly we have to say goodbye to our head chef, Wendy, who has the opportunity of a new challenge.  Strategies have been put into place to ensure a consistency of high quality food that is currently being served and interviews are ongoing.  Wendy’s last day with us will be Friday May 3^rd.

Snails

The babies shall be looking at ‘Families and the people around us’ for the next two weeks.  Jenni would like to ask parents to provide photographs of the children with close family members whereby at the need of the two weeks she can devise a display for the children to look at.

The children shall also be using the ‘Happy land people’ in the water and sand.

Days Off Jenni – Thursday     

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars shall be concentrating on extending their sensory play.  They shall be doing through sand and water play.  Observations have shown that the children really enjoy taking part in the sensory activities and , for this reason, the team shall be extending the sensory experiences available to the children through ice play, flour play and activities using corn flour.

Days off Jamie - Wednesday

Ladybirds

The children shall be taking part in activities surrounding the theme of ‘Animals’ this week.  The children shall have the opportunity to read stories based on animals, with the staff, and paint and decorate pictures of particular animals.

Days off   Julie – Thursday    Abi – Monday

Bumblebees

Air and Sea transport continue to be the theme for the Bumblebees.  Already the children have made a large boat out of big boxes.  This week they shall be looking out for aeroplanes whilst in the garden, paint pictures of helicopters and make paper planes.

Days off    Krissi – Monday      Tash – Friday      Nikki – Thursday

Butterflies

Construction shall be the focus of activities this week for the pre school children.   Challenges such as ‘How many blocks can we stack without them falling over’ and examining buildings all over the world, and what are they made from?

The children shall also be looking around their immediate environment to identify shapes which surround them.  They shall also try to match geometric shapes from those they identify.

Den building, looking at the processes of making popcorn and designing and creating items on the woodwork bench are also planned for this week of activities.

Days off   Jo – Tuesday    

We are holding our parents evening this Thursday (7pm – 9pm).  If you would like to see your child’s keyworker to discuss their development, please see your keyworker to make an appointment.  We must request that children are not present on this occasion.  If you have any questions, please see Michelle.