Preschool
Welcome to Little Oaks Preschool.
Class Teacher Mrs Gregory
Butterfly Team
Mrs Reynolds
Mrs Pugh
Miss Groves
Caterpillar Team
Mrs Turner (Room Lead)
Miss Coward
Miss Scott
Mrs Grice
Miss Brierley
Miss Groves
Autumn 1 2024
It has been lovely to welcome all the children both new and old into our preschool over the last few weeks. We have enjoyed getting to know each other and the children have settled well into our routines. We have now started our half term topic ‘All about Me’ and the following information will explain what we will be learning and how you can support your child at home.
We will be spending more time getting to know the children and building positive relationships which will enable them to feel safe and secure at preschool. Children will think about both their own, and their friends feelings and how we can look after and help each other. We will also spend time talking about our families and the people who are special to us, as well as people in our community with a focus on bakers and hairdressers. As autumn approaches we will move our focus to the changes that are happening in the weather and our local environment.
We will be reading stories linked to our learning including The Colour Monster, What Job could you Do?, Leaf Man and Welcome Autumn.
How you can support your child at home:
- Talk to your child about preschool and what they have enjoyed. To help you with this we will be posting photos and information on Tapestry.
- Help them to become more independent and encourage them to try to do things for themselves.
- Build their fine motor skills by threading Cheerios onto spaghetti, pushing pipe cleaners through small holes in cardboard tubes and squeezing playdough.
- Talk about your family, who they are and why are they special to you.
- Sit together to have a meal. Talk about your day, taking it in turns to talk and listen to each other.
Each Thursday the children will have the opportunity to choose a book from the classroom library to take home and read with you. Can you please return the book on the following Thursday so your child can choose a new one.
The children will be spending a lot of time outside and we would appreciate it if you could provide a pair of wellington boots that can be left in preschool and used for forest school, gardening club and outside play in wet conditions. Please ensure the boots are clearly labelled.
Butterfly children who attend on Tuesday mornings will also be having a PE session in the school hall. The children will need to remove their shoes and socks for the lesson, they are welcome to be barefoot or they can wear a pair of canvas black pumps that are designed for PE - trainers cannot be worn. Please make sure that your child's pumps are named.
To help us talk about our families can you please upload a photo of your family on to Tapestry, we will use it during our discussions and then frame it and put it in the home corner.
This is a snapshot into all the exciting things we will be doing this half term. We will be keeping you updated on Tapestry and via the school website. We would like to remind you that at Little Oaks we have an open-door policy, if you have any queries or concerns or would like more information please do not hesitate to talk to a member of the team.
This week we have been learning about the job of a baker. We talked about the ingredients needed to make cupcakes and then measured them out and mixed them together. We noticed how the cupcakes looked before they went into the oven and compared it to how they looked when they came out. We discussed what had made the change.
As part of our topic people in the community the children enjoyed a visit from Little Dots Play Village. It was a fantastic way to consolidate our learning and use our imaginations.
Autumn 2 2024
This half term we have been learning all about celebrations and how different cultures and religions celebrate their special festivals. We have learnt about Bonfire Night, Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.
Forest School - Thursday mornings
We have been very lucky with the weather on Thursdays and have enjoyed some sunny mornings at Forest School. The children work so well together at Forest School playing games, helping each other to carry things and even finding worms for each other! We have been visited each week by a robin and all of the children have loved seeing him. We have created a bird watching area and the children keep an eye out for him with the binoculars. The children have sprinkled bird food around the forest for him and all his friends.












January 2024
As part of our topic "Space" the children spent a lovely afternoon making junk model space rockets with their home grown ups.
Happy Chinese New Year
February 2024
The Butterfly and Caterpillar groups have been learning all about Lunar New Year. On Friday we had a day of celebration, taking part in a parade and having a party. The children enjoyed tasting Chinese food, making Chinese crafts, playing party games and decorating cakes.