Tweeddale 2nd Half of Spring Term 2024
The current books we are reading in our story sessions are Week 1
Kangaroo Group Storytime
Pants by Nick Sharratt & Giles Andreae
Polar Bear by Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle
Joey’s Story Time
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Small group story times
The Three little Pigs by Nick Sharratt & Stephen Tucker
It’s Mine by Rod Campbell
One Two Guess Who by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
Row Your Boat by Annie Kubler (Polish& English)
That’s Not My Bus by Fiona Watt
Emergency by Margaret Mayo & Akex Ayliffe
The Giant of Jum by Elli Woollard & Benji Davis
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin
See You Later Alligator by Sally Hopgood
Dinosaur Roar by Paul & Henrietta Stickland
Wiggle and roar by Julia Donaldson & Nick Sharratt
Cuddle by Beth Shoshan & Jacqueline East
Grampy Rabbit In Space (Pepper Pig) by Ladybird Books
Octopants by Suzy Senior & Claire Powell
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
Once upon a Fairytale by Natalie & Lauren O’Hara
I Spy In The Wood by Caroline Anstey
The Noisy Way To Bed by Ian Whybrow & Tiphanie Beeke.
The Jolly Phonic Sounds for this week are e,u
We reopen on Mon 19th Feb.
The children are starting to bond with the new children joining us showing lots of kindness and empathy to those children settling in.
The new children are becoming familiar with our routines, starting to try to put on and remove their coats and change their shoes & wellies. Remember they must recognise their own items in amongst all the other coats, shoes, and boots. We promote independence and self-help skills in everything we do at pre-school.
Over the last few days at the end of last week the children had fun exploring Lunar New Year, (the Year of the Dragon), tasting noodles at snack time, decorating the preschool with Chinese lanterns and a Lunar New year celebration banner. We looked at pictures of a Chinese dragon and made one of our own to decorate our playroom which the children are very proud of. We used rice in our messy play with pots and scoops to measure capacity and weight.
We have talked about St Valentine’s Day, about the people we care about and started to make some heart crafts and displayed a heart banner as a talking point, and we will have pancakes at snack time when we return and encourage the children to discuss their experiences of Pancake day at home.
Please make sure you are bringing in the items you signed up to on the snack and consumables list, and a big thank you to those who regularly donate items each week.
March 7th is World Book Day we will send out more information nearer the time. This year we ask children to come dressed as a book character or in their cosy pyjamas ready for a bedtime story. Please don’t worry if your child is reluctant to dress up , we just want them to enjoy the day, maybe they will feel more confident to dress up another year.
A reminder to everyone that no food containing Nuts or Sesame must be brought onto the premises, in lunch boxes or for snacks. No food items or sweets are to be brought in by older siblings at drop off and pick up times. Thank you.
Please name all items belonging to your child, coats, bags, shoes, lunch bags, water bottles and uniform.
Scooters And Bikes Must Not Be Ridden into The Building for Health & Safety Reasons.
Please Leave Them Safely Outside of The Preschool Lobby While Collecting Your Child
Thank you for your co-operation.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Mon 19th Feb – Preschool re-opens
Weds 7th March – World Book Day (more info to follow)
Weds 20th March – Coffee/Progress Day (more info to follow.)
Weds 27th March – Last day of Term.
Thurs 28th March – Mon 15th April – Preschool closed for Easter Break.
Tues 16th April – Preschool reopens.
Fri 24th May – Last Day of Term
Mon 27th May – Fri 31st May - Preschool closed for half term break.
Mon 3rd June – Preschool re-opens
Mon 10th June – Coffee Progress Day (more info to follow)
Friday 14th June – Transfer Morning for London Borough of Sutton (where we pass our children’s Transition Info onto their new schools)
Mon 17th June – Photographer in preschool more info to follow.
Wed 17th July – Last Day of Term (more info to come about End of Year Party & Leavers Ceremony)
Please make sure there is no flavoured water, squash, or milk in children’s water bottles, as we have several children with dietary requirements and allergies. Anything other than plain water will be emptied out and replaced with tap water.