Reach for the stars, be the best that we can be
Here you will find all of the wonderful learning and events which happen in Robins and Goslings Preschool.
Preschool and Reception have been busy weeding out their planters and pots ready for the Autumn months. FFFG have used some of their budget to fund pots, planters, bulbs, and seeds for the growing project. The children have spent time this week planting out the bulbs and seeds ready for the Spring. They helped with the scooping of the soil, carefully placing in the bulbs into the correct position, layered the compost and gave the pots a good water ready. We also planted heathers and some flowers for the outdoor area.
Today we had a visit from Mr Price, the police officer. We learned about the role of a police officer, the uniform he wears and the tools on his vest jacket. They also learned about how police officer keeps the community safe and they talked about calling 999 in an emergency. The children had the chance to sit in the car and the van at the back. Mr Price also turned the blue lights and sirens on for the children to experience.
Later on, Mrs Hall came in to visit us to talk about her job as a dental nurse. She shared with the children what her job role is and how she helps children look after their teeth. The children also took away with them a 2 minute timer to help them remember to brush their teeth for 2 minutes.
We are very grateful for our school community supporting the Robins class through school visits and experiences!
Preschool and Reception class are very lucky to have a new frame built in the outdoor area. This is our new cosy/story telling area. FFFG donated some money and Handyman Mr Stroud donated his time (and some additional resources!) to build the frame and re-purpose the old mud pit. The children now have a space to act out stories, get comfy with a book, or they can role play being on a stage. Endless possibilities! A huge thank you to FFFG and Mr Stroud for their donations and a massive well done to the preschool and reception team for the planning and resourcing of this wonderful new addition to our outdoor learning space.
Preschool have been talking about road safety with the children. Today we sang the song "Twinkle, Twinkle Traffic Lights,” then we made some traffic light biscuits. We talked about red lights mean ‘Stop’ and green lights mean ‘Go.’
This week the children walked to the local church in Coates to celebrate Easter with the other children and parents from Coates Primary School. They listened to the retelling of the Easter story, sang some Easter celebration songs and performed "Little Peter Rabbit" to the whole church. They were amazing! Well done Robins.
We were very lucky to have Jason, who is a chef, come in and do some baking with the children. They listened and followed instructions well as they weighed and mixed the ingredients. They squashed the dough together, rolled it out and cut a shape out. Once the shortbread was cooked and cooled they drizzled chocolate on to their biscuit.
The Robins Class have loved learning all about Chinese New Year this week. We even had a special visitor Mrs Zhen, who came in to talk to us about how she and her family celebrate the festival each year. The children listened carefully and asked lots of thoughtful questions about the festival.
Preschool read a gingerbread man story as a group. They then measured out the ingredients and mixed all the ingredients together. When the biscuits were cooked they did an experiment to see what the biscuit would do, if it was dipped in water and what would it do if it was left in water. Lots of lovely observing and checking on the changes that happened to the Gingerbread Men!
The children had the best day dressing up as the fairy tale characters they have been learning about in school. They were challenged to make a house for the three little pigs and they did an amazing jobs. Well done Robins!
Today Preschool and Reception had a fabulous day learning all things Maths. The children dressed up for digits, and explored the learning provision which was all number/maths themed. The children played maths board games, created their own number blocks, completed some repeated patterns and pattern matching as well as sorting numbers up to 6. They have had an amazing day!
Today the children made some Christmas pudding biscuits. They all had a turn at mixing the ingredients together. They then used white icing and Glacé cherries to decorate them to look like Christmas Puddings.
The children enjoyed spending some time with their parents at preschool during their Stay and Play Session.
The children had a wonderful time at the winter creative morning. Parents and Carers joined us to complete theme crafts, painting, water play and lots of playdough fun. Thank you parents and carers for attending and we hope you had as wonderful time as the children did!
The children had a wonderful time sharing books, stories and non fiction texts with their grown ups at our termly book club. Thank you to everyone who came! The children thoroughly enjoyed spending time reading with you.
The Robins have been learning all about people who help us. They were lucky enough to get a visit from some firefighters and their fire engine. They learnt all about how firefighters protect us and how their fire engine works. They saw huge ladders and hoses which they would use to put the fires out. They also got to sit in the fire engine!
For our People Who Help Us topic this week, Mr Price came into school in his police officer capacity. The children learned about the role of the police officer including: road safety, the different equipment he carries, how the handcuffs work and the children got the chance to explore the police car with lights and sirens.
This afternoon we had a visit from Mrs Hall who works as a Dental Nurse. She talked to us all about our teeth including: how many teeth we have, how we should clean them properly, how long we should clean them for, what happens when we don’t clean our teeth, what food and drinks are good for our teeth and what happens when we go to the dentist. We got to look at some of the tools that they use at the dentists and also had a go at brushing big teeth using small, circular brush strokes like Mrs Hall showed us. We were also lucky enough to take home a sticker and a little timer which we can use to make sure we brush our teeth for at least 2 minutes at home.