This week’s activities Creative art and design The children learnt about what happens when you mix colours and they were surprised to learn that they make new ones! Fascinating for a two to three year old. They then went on to use resources that they had found in the environment to make prints. Lovely use...Read More

This week’s activities Collecting resources for craft Last week we told you about the children collecting natural resources from the woodland area to use in their craft. This week, the children asked if they could go and look for more. To make it a different experience, they went for a walk around the School grounds....Read More

This week’s activities Noticing wildlife We are fortunate that our Pre-school is in a lovely position close to the river, with trees and wildlife all around us. Some of the children have used our ‘bird spotting’ sheets to search for the birds who visit our garden and to try and identify which species. Introducing new...Read More

This week’s activities Making pizzas This week the children made some simple pizzas. They helped to roll out the pastry, spread the tomato puree and grate the cheese.  All of this involved fine motor skills, manual dexterity and using tools safely.  As they learnt about making the pizza they chatted about where different foods typically...Read More

  This week’s activities Please find below a summary of some of the activities the children have engaged in this week. The list is not exhaustive but gives you a snapshot of how the children spend their time here. Personal, social and emotional development Some children have returned to the setting after the six week...Read More

Drop off and collection Dear Families Welcome to the autumn term. We hope you all had a great summer with your familiies. As is usual for this time of year, the numbers of children attending is much lower than the summer months. Therefore, in order to effectively manage the children’s time with us (and bearing...Read More

South and South East in Bloom Schools Environmental Challenge Dear Families We are very proud to announce that we were awarded Gold in the above Challenge.  This Challenge covers all schools and settings in the South and South East of England.  In Kent, there were 4 gold awards (one overall winner – which wasn’t us)...Read More

Final Newsletter This Year Dear Families Here we are at the end of another busy year at the Pre-school.  It has been good to get back to some of the events that we have missed so much, such as Sports Day and our Teddy Bears Picnic.  We would like to wish a fond farewell to...Read More

Dear Families One of our parents raised whether their child, who is in all day tomorrow, should still bring their lunch. The answer is yes please.  1.30pm is too late for them to wait to eat their lunch.  Just bring along some snack type foods to share with them at the picnic (and a drink)....Read More

This week’s activities Making potato salad The children helped to harvest some of our potatoes that have been growing in our allotment garden.  This has been a long-term project, with the children planting them as seed potatoes, watching them grow over several weeks and finally being able to harvest them.  The children noticed that the soil...Read More