This week’s activites Water carrying activity Helping children to understand where the basics of life come from, how we are fortunate to have access to them and how we can conserve them, is one of the things that we try and embed with the children. Whilst we have achieved the Education for Sustainable Development Award,...Read More
This week’s activities Strawberry plants and Fathers’ Day shopping We are continuing to have the support of the lovely volunteers from Eynsford in Bloom. They have kindly donated some strawberry plants. The children have re-potted these plants into bigger pots (also kindly donated) and they have been watering them and making sure that they are...Read More
Increasing/changing sessions from September 2023 Dear Families For those of you whose children will be returning to the Pre-school from September 2023, can you please let us know if you would like to increase/change their sessions. This helps us with our forward planning. Thank you. Sam and DonnaRead More
Welcome back to the new term Dear Families We hope you all had a lovely half term break and we look forward to seeing you for the final term of this academic year. Just a couple of reminders for tomorrow below: Suncream and sunhat Please don’t forget to apply suncream to your child BEFORE they...Read More
This week’s activities Taking care of our allotment garden We are very lucky to have an allotment garden at the Pre-school. This is kindly looked after on a regular basis by volunteers from Eynsford in Bloom. To ensure that the plants are growing well and being cared for between their vistis, the children are learning...Read More
This week’s activities Colour matching To make learning about colours fun, one of the teachers made a ‘colour train’. Each carriage was a different colour. She then challenged the children to find something in the room to match the coloured carriage. The children worked collaboratively to find the right coloured item for each carriage, taking...Read More
This week’s activities Elmer – exploring emotions Children are not born knowing how to manage their emotions or express their feelings. They need supportive, nurturing adults to role model and explain what is happening to them and how they can label it to tell others how they feel. They also need to develop the skills...Read More