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The Christmas Jingle and a Mingle

Wednesday 13^th December from 2-3pm,

This is  an informal fun event  where we can share with you some of the Christmas songs we have been learning. We have a little story, a few party games and craft activities.

Everyone is welcome, please collect your child from Pre-School  and meet us in the hall. 

To avoid congestion may I respectfully ask everyone to please park off site.

If you or your representative cannot attend please don’t worry your Little Hedgehog will be having loads of fun back at Pre-School as starting on the 11^th December we will be having party snack and games each day so that no child misses out on the fun.

27 November 23

Last week  inspired by Rosalie and her cuddly hedgehog we investigated everything to do with Hedgehogs we shared the story of Hug and  made some yummy Hedgehog bread. We were very excited last Thursday as we got to put up the decorations and decorate the Pre-School tree.

This week inspired by Broden enjoying the Gruffalo spin game we will be sharing the story of the Gruffalo, going on a  walk to the woods to see if we can  spot him and making tasty Gruffalo Crumble.  It truly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as we have been making beautiful angels for the school Christmas tree and writing letters to father Christmas. As part of the RE Christmas festival Day, we are very lucky to welcome  Ms Burgess Mum who is a vicar and  Mrs Norris, Berties Mummy who works Tescos to tell us how they celebrate Christmas. A big thank you to them both for taking the time to talk to us.

Book: Hedgehog- Gruffalo                                                                         

Disco Dough & Write Dance: I wish it could be Christmas everyday.  

Rhymes: Christmas Prime Rhyme Time

Cooking: Gruffalo Crumble - mince pies . 

Partnership with parents encouraging your child's learning at home:

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Go for walk to see the Christmas lights.

20 November  23

Last week: we walked to the  War memorial in the church yard for Remembrance Day. We had a fantastic visit from Berties Daddy who told us all about life in the Navy and showed us his medal.  We  learnt all about how to keep our teeth clean with Poppy from the Childrens Centre. On Friday we had a  lot of spotty fun with Pudsey Bear and iced some yummy biscuits.

This week: Inspired by Rosalie we will be investigating everything to do with Hedgehogs. 

Book: Hedgehog-Hug                                                                              

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Falling   

Rhymes: Pudsey bear Selection Box 

Cooking: Hedgehog  Bread - Iced Spotty Biscuits. 

Partnership with parents encouraging your child's learning at home:

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Complete your Pudsey Bear home work.

13 November  23

Last week: We joined in with the  main schools Movie Mayhem STEM week,  we carried out a range of different exciting activities inspired by some of our favourite movies, Lego Movie especially for Mark and Oscar Madagascar for Fireworks, Up Balloons. We made delicious Ratatouille and conducted an exciting Frozen Ice experiment. 

This week: we will be going to the War memorial in the church yard for Remembrance Day we will be having a visit from Berties Daddy who is bringing in his Medal he got when he was in the Navy. We will be learning all about how to keep our teeth clean with Poppy from the childrens centre and  on a Pudsey Bear Hunt on Friday. Please feel free to wear spots if you fancy it. 

Book: Bear Hunt                                                                             

Disco Dough & Write Dance: In the Navy  

Rhymes: Pudsey bear Selection Box 

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - Honey Sandwiches 

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Complete your Pudsey Bear home work.

6 November  23

Last week: we all had an amazing time exploring everything to do with Scooby Doo, and we had an exciting walk to see the village bonfire.

This week:  Inspired by our visit to the Bonfire and joining in with the main schools STEM week we will be carrying out a range of different exciting activities inspired by some of our favourite movies, especially for Mark and Oscar the Lego Movie, Madagascar for Fireworks, Up Balloons. We will be making Ratatouille and conducting an exciting Frozen Ice experiment. 

Book: Red Rockets                                                                            

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Katy Perry Firework? 

Rhymes: Bonfire Night Selection box

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - Bread Stick Sparklers and Ratatouille

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Make some pop corn and watch your favourite film together.

30 October 23

Last week: we all had an amazing time for half term and we have come back full of enthusiasm for the new term.

This week: motivated by Benjamin's fantastic fancy dress costume and inspired by the PTFA's fun run we are investigating all things to do with Scooby Doo.  

Book: Funny Bones                                                                                 

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Scooby Doo - where are you? 

Rhymes: Scooby Doo Selection box

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - Pumpkin Pie 

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Go for a walk to see how many pumpkins you can spot. 

16 October 23

Last week: We shared the story of Hug and Dangerous and thought all about the names we call each other we decided that our favourites were friend and kind.  

This week: Inspired  by Rosalie's conker collection we will be investigating everything to do with Autumn. We will be going on an Autumnal walk and creating beautiful collages. 

Book:  Owl Babies                                                                                     

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Falling by Harry Styles 

Rhymes: Owls at Midnight 

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - Autumn coloured biscuits. 

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Go for a family walk to kick up some lovely leaves. 

9 October 23

Last week: inspired by the book River brought in Ed's Egg  we had a fantastic visit from Little Hedgehogs old friend Logan’s Grandma Mrs Digby – Baker and her chicken and piglet. We welcomed the start of Autumn and Black history month, we shared Benjamin Zephaniah’s Hedgehog poem and made some yummy seasonal soup.

This week: Following on from sharing Dangerous and Hug we will be learning all about Jungle Animals.  

Book:  Walking through the Jungle.                                                                                        

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Jungle Boogie  

Rhymes: 5 Cheeky Monkeys

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - Banana Bread Buns 

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Go on line and look at some jungle animals, if you have been to a zoo before get out some old photographs and talk about your day out. 

2nd October  23

Last week: We shared  the story of  Zed's Bread and The Scarecrows Wedding. Inspired by Mrs Biddle- Hugo's Nanna we had a wonderful Harvest Craftenoon with our lovely Grandparents . We were quite overwhelmed by all of your generous gifts for the Faversham Food Bank.  We made yummy bread with Mrs Ashmore and Miss Newman. 

This week: Inspire by the book that River brought in 'Ed's Egg'   we  will be continuing our investigations into Harvest and meeting a real life chicken with Mrs Digby Baker Logan's Grandad.  We will be learning about how to use kind words to our friends as we share the story of  Dangerous.

Book:  Dangerous  & Ed's Egg                                                                                         

Disco Dough & Write Dance: Friends.   

Rhymes: If your Happy and You know it

Cooking: Seasonal Soup - A Hug in a Mug 

Ways to support your child's learning at home.

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night..

3)  Have a go at developing those fine motor  skills by creating a pasta necklace.

25 September 23

Last week: We shared  the story of  'Crocodiles Don't Clean There Teeth' and thought  about how  to keep our teeth clean. We sang new songs and cleaned 'Shiny's teeth.  We discovered that  milk and  vegetables make our teeth healthy and strong. 

This week: We will be getting ready for Harvest.,  

Book:  Rosie's Walk and The Scarecrows Wedding.                                                                                                                      

Disco Dough :  I've Got a Brand New Combine Harvester 

Rhymes: Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Cooking: Bread 

Ways to support your child's learning at home.

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night..

3) Try sorting food from your store cupboard into groups which will make your teeth 'happy' or 'sad' .

18 September 23

Last week: We  shared the story of Giraffes cannot dance and thought about different ways to develop our resilience. We made delicious chees straws and made a good start on our coping wheels painting the plate in a range of stunning colours creating beautiful patterns. We were very excited as we celebrated Mrs Linters very special Happy Birthday.

This week: We will be sharing the story of  'Crocodiles Don't Clean There Teeth' and thinking about different ways to keep our teeth clean.

Book:  Crocodiles Don't Clean There Teeth.                                                                                                                         

Disco Dough :  Crocodile Rock

 Rhymes: Row Row The Boat

Cooking: Banana Smoothies 

Ways to support your child's learning at home.

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night..

3) Try brushing your Teddy's teeth. . 

11 September 23

Last week: We shared the story of Elmer and started to develop our understanding of Diversity as we learnt all about how we are  different.  We have invited every family to share their heritage with us so that we can add all of the information to our 'Heritage Wall' to help us in planning an exciting, rich and  bespoke curriculum . We iced yummy Elmer biscuits and designed our own elephants. Ocsar told us all about his chocolate Birthday cake and we had a go at making one.  We all took home books to read, please bring them back in on your child's first session of the week.

This week: We are having fun at Pre-School.  We will be sharing the story of Giraffes cannot dance and thinking about different ways to develop our resilience. 

Book:  Giraffes Cannot Dance                                                                                                                             

Write Dance & Disco Dough: 'I Cannot Dance' - from High School Musical.

 Rhymes: Elephants have Wrinkles.  

Cooking: Cheese Straws 

Ways to support your child's learning at home.

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night..

3) Make a favourite colour collage. 

4 September 23

Welcome Home Little Hedgehogs

We have missed you and we are delighted to reconnect with old friends and meet new families. We cannot wait to get to know you all, we are going to have lots fun and many exciting  adventures together. 

Firstly we must start by saying a big thank you for all of the amazing cards and gifts we received, as a team we were totally overwhelmed by your generosity  and kind words, we are simply doing our job. We are super proud of all of  our leavers who are starting school we just know  you are going to fly, please send us a picture of your first day. 

A gentle reminder please:

1) Wear shoes that can be done up easily and that you can run and dance in.  

2) Label everything and bring in some wellington boots.

3) Inform us of any medical changes / dietary  requirements / allergies your child may have.  

4) Key People everything is staying the same Mrs Ashmore, Miss Burgess, Miss Molly and Mrs Scott will be continuing with their children. 

5) SEND Mrs Lay the SENCO will be coming in doing her usual start of the year observations to ensure that every child within Pre-School has their needs met and that they make progress from their individual starting points. If you have any concerns or questions please come and talk to Mrs Ashmore. 

Last week: we were having fun on holiday.

This week: We are having fun at Pre-School.  We will be sharing the story of Elmer, designing our own elephants and discussing our favourite colours.

Book:  Elmer                                                                                                                              

Write Dance and Disco Dough: Nelly the Elephant, Getting To Know You - From My Fair Lady.                                  Rhymes: Elmer's Counting song. 

Cooking: Iced biscuits

Ways to support your child's learning at home.

1) Learn the rhyme of the week -  good rhymers make great readers.

2) Share a story every night.

3) Play Thumbs Up Thumbs Thumbs Down each tea time as a  family discussing your child's day  for example:

Thumbs up this Pizza is delicious. Thumbs down I don't like olives. 

Thumbs up my  favourite animal is a dog because they are friendly,  thumbs down my least favourite is a chicken because I don't like feathers. This simple activity will develop your child's voice and and vocabulary.

4) Decide on your favourite colour then each member of the family can look for it as you go on a walk.

Are You  Ready Starting School 24?  

Top Tips for Starting School

September seems a long way ahead but it will come round in the blink of an eye, as an Early Years team we have developed a list of activities to be working towards to enable your child to be more independent when they arrive in the reception class next year. However please remember you are your child’s first and most important teacher and every child develops at their own rate please don’t worry if your  child cannot do everything on this list.  It is not that your child cannot do it, its just they cannot do it yet.                                                                   

Good luck and  have fun these are the wonder years

1. Use the  toilet.
2. Put their coat on, do zip / buttons.
3. Put wellington boots on.
4. Change for PE : put their clothes on, take their clothes off.
5. Sit and listen to a story for 10 minutes each night.
6. Recognise the initial letter of their name / name.
7. Hold a pencil.
8. Count to 1-5 
9. Use scissors.
10. Thread beads / pasta onto a pipe cleaner.
11. Know some traditional tale stories: EG: 3 Little Pigs, Goldilocks, Jack and the Bean Stalk.
12. Able to play a simple turn taking game. snap, pairs, snakes and ladders.
13. Throw / catch / kick a ball.
14. Pedal bike /trike.
15. Good rhymers make great readers try so try  learn  8 rhymes between now and September. 

Humpty Dumpty,

Incey Wincey,

Baa Baa Black Sheep,

Twinkle Twinkle,

1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Jack and Jill

Hey Diddle Diddle.

    17.  Wash and dry hands properly.

   18. Open packets/ lids off yogurt if they a packed lunch.

   19. Hold knife, fork and spoon for school dinner.

   20.Use a jug to pour out a drink for themselves