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
This week’s activities Practicing for Sports Day The children are getting really skilled at the Sports Day races, from the tiny two year olds, to the competitive four year olds. They have been learning about patience – as they need to wait until it is their team’s turn to race; following instructions – they need to listen...Read More
This week’s activities Safeguarding acitivities The team regularly carry out ‘safeguarding’ activities with the children. We promote how children can keep themselves safe in different scenarios in age appropriate ways. This week they have watched the NSPCC ‘Pants’ video. This video uses child friendly images and a catchy tune to give children the confidence to...Read More
