Autumn 1 Term 2024:

October:

Our topic last week in Ants class was “People Who Help Us.” We have taken part in a variety of activities to support our learning through this topic.

We have helped the postman deliver his mail by matching the numerals on his mail to the matching post-box. Children have made their own police car using collaging and helped the dentist to clean our teeth by using our fine motor skills with a toothbrush. Ants have also been looking after poorly babies in the hospital.

The children have enjoyed the activities and have been fully engaged. We look forward to seeing what the children get up to for our topic this week “Halloween.”

Pre-School People Who Help

 

In Bumblebees this week we have looked at matching numbers in maths.

We have looked at a range of maps and shared a picture atlas as a group. We have looked at how to look after and wash the babies using sponges to make them clean.

The children have used a range of construction to make objects they might find on their nature walks and use their senses to imagine what it smells, looks and feels like.

Pre-School Maths Skills

 

This week in Ants class w have been developing our fine motor skills. The children have been involved in a variety of activities to help to strengthen their hand and finger muscles to help with their pencil control at a later stage.

These activities include making marks in the sand with sticks, exploring through Autumn accessories using touch and using pipettes and empty water bottles to squirt water into the tray.

Pre-School Fine Motor Skills

 

September:

This week we have been outside exploring our Autumn environment. Children have explored our natural puzzles and used their understanding of shapes from last week to recognise others in the outdoor environment.

We have shared stories as a group and children have sang the “story time” song to each other before looking through different texts. Caterpillars and Bumblebees children have used their mark making skills to create different objects on the blackboard and explored our mud kitchen. The children have used their senses to investigate the different smells and made ‘potions’ and ‘soups’ in the mud kitchen.

Pre-School Environment

 

A big welcome back to all new and existing children and their families to our Pre-School. This term we are exploring the topic "Me and My Community."

The children have explored their new classrooms and started to form positive relationships with staff and other children within their groups.

We have explored the creative station and made Autumn pictures using autumnal colours with our dabbers and our fingers for printing. Our children have used their pincer grip to thread string through our leaves and sat exploring the reading den; sharing stories with our peers. The children have also been experimenting with their mark making, copying shapes and marks using sand, chalk boards and painting wallets.

We are looking forward to seeing what they achieve over the upcoming weeks.

Pre-School Settle In