I’m sure you are all aware that tomorrow will reach around 27 degrees.  We will of course be keeping in the shade of the trees as much as possible.  We are asking that parents ensure their children arrive with sun hats, sun cream applied and a water bottle.  The children will have their water bottles with them at all times and we will be encouraging them to drink frequently. 

Monday 11th July will be our last Forest School of this year. We have decided to finish with a picnic. All children who usually attend on Monday will arrive as usual at 8.45am. Parents of these children are welcome to join us at 11am for a picnic in the Forest. These children won’t need to bring a snack but will require a water bottle and packed lunch in a named bag.Those who don’t usually attend preschool on Mondays are welcome to join us with their parents at 11am. Please bring a picnic.
We will finish at 1pm. 
Please could we ask that all picnics are nut free in line with our preschool policy.

As you are probably all aware we are a Community Preschool which is overseen by a committee. Now that life seems to be getting back to some sort of normality we are looking for new committee members to join us. Our current committee are due to step down at the end of term and in order to stay open we require new parents to sign up.  

The preschool can not remain open unless we have a fully running committee that comsists of at least a chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer.  We have already had someone step forward to take on the chairperson role which is great. We also leagally have to have an annual AGM meeting which is now due.  Please see poster below for details of the next meeting that will be held at West Hoathly Primary School (not at preschool). 

What being on the committee involves :

Before Covid we met around once a month in the evening at a local pub or someone’s home to discuss Preschool business and to help organise lovely fundraising events. Being on the committee is a great way to meet other parents within our community and to help raise much needed funds to keep our preschool running. We’ve had some amazing events previously such as Band nights, paella nights and Burns night. We really can’t wait to get planning another fabulous social event. If you have any questions then please feel free to ask us at pick up or drop off.

Thank you so much for your support x

Hello we have had a fun packed week this week.  The children have been amazing as always.  We are gearing up for the end of term but we still have time for some fun events. 

NEXT WEEK our theme is PIRATES we will be going on a treasure hunt making lots of fun crafts and playing fun games.  If your child wishes to dress up as a pirate then please feel free, it is completely optional so please do not feel you have to.  

SPORTS DAY Thursday 7th July All are welcome.  Please meet us on West Hoathly Rec at 11am.  If you can not make it please collect your child from the rec at 12.30 please.

FOREST SCHOOL PICNIC Monday 11th July the Forest school session will start at normal time of 8.45am.  Parents are welcome to join us 11am for a picnic in the Forest.  Children will not need to bring a snack but please bring a water bottle and packed lunch in a named bag please.

LAST DAY OF TERM PARTY Thursday 14th July 11am It is alway an exciting time of year when we say hello to the summer holidays but it is also a sad time for us as we have to say good bye to all of our older children who will be starting their adventure at big school.  We are also saying goodbye to Issy who as you all know will be retiring this year.  We would like to invite all children, parents, grandparents to join us for an end of term celebration with tea and cake and maybe some dancing at pre school.    

As always if you have any questions about any of the above events feel free to ask us at drop off or pick up 

Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you all next week 

Xx

News on new Preschool session times

We are excited to share with you that from September we will be extending our preschool session times.  They will be Mon-Thurs 8.45 until 12.30 and also 8.45 until 3pm (term time only). Please see the poster below for more information or come and have a chat with us if you are thinking of extending your child’s hours. 

New Preschool Supervisor

I’m sure you are all aware Issy is retiring in July and we will be joined by Claire from September.  Claire has already joined us for a couple of sessions to meet us and the children.  She will be joining us again this Thursday (30th) to spend some more time with us if you would like to pop in at drop off to say “Hello”.

Preparing your child for starting school

We often get asked at this time of year what is expected of children going to school.  We have found this article by PACEY (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years) that might help answer some of your questions. Here at preschool we have been helping to prepare the children for many aspects of going to school; being independent, being social and tidying up are just a few.  

https://www.pacey.org.uk/Pacey/media/Website-files/school%20ready/PACEY_preparingforschool_guide.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0aFxHr5F5FoE4t-n9ld2yqBw3KQ-Egp0zvwXA7jzcl5kG8qK-42kISTIE&fs=e&s=cl

On Thursday 7th July at 11am (weather permitting) we will be having a little Sports Day for preschool.  

If your child doesn’t attend on a Thursday please meet us at the Recreation Ground at around 11am when we will walk all the other children up. 

We hope parents will be able to turn up to support their children. 

A few pictures to show some of the things we have been up to. 

Courgettes, strawberries and flowers growing in the garden. The children all enjoy watering the plants. 

Coloured ice cubes. Helping us to learn about mixing and experimenting with colours. 

Playing with the ball pit balls.

Water beads sensory tray

Experimenting with light and shadows.

Some pictures from our trips up to use the school playground.

One of our Cygnets trips to big school to have lunch.

Monday 11th July will be our last Forest School of this year.  We have decided to finish with a picnic. All children who usually attend on Monday will arrive as usual at 8.45am. Parents of these children are welcome to join us at 11am for a picnic in the Forest. These children won’t need to bring a snack but will require a water bottle and packed lunch in a named bag.

Those who don’t usually attend preschool on Mondays are welcome to join us with their parents at 11am. Please bring a picnic.

We will finish at 1pm. 

Please could we ask that all picnics are nut free in line with our preschool policy.

As part of the Early Years curriculum it is important for us to reinforce the need for good dental hygiene and for us to encourage heathly eating.  We often discuss this at preschool and have fun activities for the children to learn about this.

Please find some useful links below-

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-teeth-and-gums/taking-care-of-childrens-teeth/

Click to access The-Eatwell-Guide-2016.pdf

All those going up for Cygnets on the 16th and 23rd June will need to bring in £2.50 per session for a cooked lunch.  Please drop this off to us by the end of this week.