DATES FOR THE DIARY.
DATES FOR THE DIARY.
END OF THIS TERM –
Friday 21st October
START OF Next TERM –
Monday 31st October.
TERM ENDS-
Thursday 15th December
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Future Training Dates where Pre-School is closed to children.
Closed - Friday 16th December 2011.
Closed - Friday 30th March 2012.
Closed - Wednesday 18th July 2012
1 other to be confirmed.
EVENTS CALENDER
Tuesday 8th November – Annual General Meeting.
TBC end November – Christmas Craft Fayre.
Thursday 8th December – Christmas Nativity Production.
TBC December – St Peter’s Mini Carols.
TBC Mid December – Decorate a tree in the Octagon Centre.
Thursday 15 December – Christmas Party for ALL children.
Further details will follow after half term – please check the notices.
News Letter April 2011.
As part of the Me, Myself, I topic this half term the children have been exploring their facial features and discussing body parts, including hair and eye colour. Paper plate faces and lots of songs and rhymes involving parts of the body have been enjoyed.
Our topic following the half term break will be Knights, Princesses and Dragons / superhero’s and Villains. Past experience tells us that children become very interested in this topic and in the activities around it, with Dragons being the most popular. With this in mind we plan to talk about and provide opportunities for the children to access activities around the Dragons, Princesses and Knights/Princes theme. However should the children take us in a different direction, for instance with a favourite Superhero, we will plan accordingly. Nothing is ever set in stone – spontaneity is always the best form of learning.
Rota parents.
Doing rotas/ helping during a session is an ideal way to get involved with your child’s early education. You will see for yourself what the children do whilst at pre-school and also get to know the staff better. The welcome is extended to other carers including grandparents. If this is something you would be willing to do please speak to any member of staff or put your name down on the rota list on the notice board. Currently it only seems to be our committee who do rotas. If everyone could do just one rota a month it would help us to do so much more with the children.
LUNCH CLUBS
These are held on a Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs each week and extend the session to 1.15p.m. They cost £2.75 with children bringing a packed lunch. Any child is welcome to join us. Please ask a member of staff as places are limited due to the clubs increased popularity.
Tuesday’s are currently full.
Colour or Sounds.
Colour and sound of the week from Mon 31st October to Fri 16th December.
Week 1 – Black
Week 2 – E
Week 3 – Gold
Week 4 – F
Week 5 – Silver
Week 6 – G
Week 7 – White
Please remember to name items.
We also introduce the idea of how words are formed through oral blending and segmenting. This is seperating each letter of a word into its sound and then saying the word. E.g, C-A-T -cat. The older children seem to be pick this up very quickly, with younger children showing an interest and it is all a fantastic stepping stone on the way to reading.
The promotion of these skills are in line with the government literacy strategy ‘Letters and Sounds’.
If you want to know more please ask a member of staff or go on the government website www.standards.dfes.gov.uk and view it for yourselves.
