Blog Author: Janine Brady

Wow what an amazing couple of days Pre School have had celebrating aspirations week! We got to meet Skem fire and rescue, HM prison officers and their amazing dogs and a real paramedic. The children got to hear the sirens on the fire engine and was so excited to see the police dogs find something…

Pre School have been reading the story of 'Dear Zoo'. We looked at animals who live at the zoo and decided to design our own zoo, we spoke about the features and colours of each animal. We have also been practising the makaton signs for each animal and the children have really impressed…

Pre School have #enjoyed learning all about animals through reading the story 'Walking Through The Jungle'.

The children continued the story by creating their own page to add to the book, they described how they were moving through the jungle, then drew the animal in which they spotted. The…

Pre School have been busy in the different areas within the classroom. We have been very impressed observing the children using the skills that have been taught and applying them independently whilst playing. We have also enjoyed playing in our new dentist roleplay area and talking about how we…

Pre School have had a very busy day celebrating the Queens Jubilee. We have had so much fun making our own crowns, flags and biscuits. We watched some of the Queen's coronation and the children were introduced to some of the royal family. We had a very special party lunch, had a dance and finished…

Pre School have been learning all about the forces, push and pull. We looked at different scenarios using doors, swings and climbing frames and discussed what force was being used in each scenario. We then investigated how the water pushes up, when we try to push a ball under the water. They said…

WOW! What a busy week Pre School have had this week. We had PE on the field where we played Lucy locket, shape corners and running races. Superkid needed our help as he had lost his powers, we looked at magnetic forces and used this to help him fly, we created our very own superheroes, attached…

The children have #enjoyed finding insects in our garden. They have been finding lots of beetles and have taken a huge interest in them, so we decided to find out some more information about them. We found out lots of facts about the different types, where they live and what they like to eat.…

Pre School looked at the vegetables within the story of Supertato. We looked at the journey of the vegetables from the fields to our homes. We then looked at the process of how to make soup, we spoke about the importance of washing our hands and being safe and careful when using the vegetable…

Pre School have enjoyed reading Supertato. We have been looking for the evil pea everywhere. We decided to create some wanted posters and walked around the school asking everyone if they had seen him anywhere. We looked in lots of different places, we even checked the school kitchen as Mrs Burton…

Pre School have been expressing their superpowers through art. The children looked at the artist Jackson Pollock, we chose a colour to represent each superpower such as green for strength, orange for fire, white for invisibility etc and used his style of action painting to create a picture. The…

Pre School have been learning about shapes. They had to find a superhero shape and match it to the correct shape in the garden. They tried really hard to talk about how many sides and corners their shape had. We also took part in some Super Sonic Yoga! Fantastic work Pre School! #enjoy #evolve