Animal Sounds!

As part of our topic of Sounds, last week we talked about the sounds different animals make.

We used animal-shaped sponges and plastic toy animals dipped in paint to make pictures.

We also made sock puppets and talked about what animal we had made and what sounds they make.

Hide and Seek with Red Ted

The Majors children had a great time this week playing a game of hide and seek with Red Ted. One of the children stayed in the little star room while Red Ted was hidden somewhere in the main room.

Then the child came out and searched for Red Ted. The other children helped by clapping quietly if the child was far away from Red Ted, and louder as they got closer to him.

The game helped us to practice listening carefully, as part of our topic of Sounds.

Making the most of the sunshine

We have had a great couple of weeks at Pre-School, making the most of the warm weather and sunshine.

We start the day with "Wake and Shake" to get us moving.

 

 

We have been over to the school hall to practice moving to music. We had to listen carefully to the instrument Mrs Walker was playing, and then choose the right movement for that sound.

 



We have had lots of opportunities to play outside with the construction toys and water table.

 

Fun with sounds

Our Majors children have been having lots of fun learning about sounds, which is their topic for this term.

They have been out on a listening walk, hearing birds, cars on the road, the hand dryer in the toilets, and water bubbling in the fish tank.

 

 

They have also been painting to music - listening carefully to the music and painting faster when the beat of the music speeds up, and slower when it slows down.

 



Welcome back to our blog!

We would like to welcome all our families back to Pre-School. We hope you had a lovely summer. Our Majors children have settled back into Pre-School really well and we had some new children starting in the Minors group this week.

Some of our Majors children are staying with us into the afternoon, and had their first packed lunches with us last week.

Tewkesbury's BIG Weekend!

We had an amazing time at Tewkesbury's BIG Weekend. Our Majors children took part in the walking parade through the town, dressed in costumes for our Disney theme. They looked wonderful and behaved incredibly well. They really did us proud and we have received some lovely comments from people who watched the parade, about how great they looked. Here are some pictures of them:

We also had a bottle tombola stall in the Town Hall gardens, which was very popular and sold out by 2.30pm, raising over £200. Thank you to all the parents who helped out on the stall.

On the Sunday, we entered a team into the Bell Boat races. Our heat was very close and our boat was nose to nose with the other team for most of the race. They just edged past us in the end and we were disappointed not to make it through to the final.

Thank you to everyone who supported us by being involved in the parade, stall or boat team. We are already looking forward to next year's Big Weekend!

Mother's Day and a surprise for Jill!

We had a lovely morning on Friday 28th March, when we went to the school hall for our Mother's Day celebration. We went up on the stage to show the pictures we had painted of our mummies. We had told Mrs Walker what we love about our mummies and what funny things they do, and she read out what we had said. Then we sang some special Mother's Day songs.

Also during the morning, we surprised Jill with a presentation to mark her 21 years working at Pre-School. We invited her family and friends, and showed a slideshow of pictures of Jill working with the children on the big screen. She was presented with cards, gifts and a cake. Here is a message from her:

"Thank you all so much for the wonderful surprise I was given on Friday, during our Mother's Day concert. I was completely overwhelmed by everyone's kindness and generosity. I would like to thank EVERYONE who helped to make my surprise 21 years celebration such a fantastic and memorable morning. Thank you! Jill xx"