by addlestone | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog
We have used the nursery rhyme ‘Incy Wincy Spider’ this week, to learn about numbers, counting, cutting and familiarise ourselves with rhyme. The children made spiders with a range of materials (including play dough/paper plates/chalks) and counted the... 
by addlestone | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
It has been an amazing first week back at preschool and we have welcomed a lot of new faces as well as some that we haven’t seen for far too long! The children have all been great at settling into the new routines of hand sanitising, temperature checking and... 
by addlestone | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
We have been thinking about Superheroes this week, enjoyed dressing up to come to school and moving around the preschool in a range of ways using our superhero movements. We stepped over, climbed, slithered and crawled through our giant web, then practised on our... 
by addlestone | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
The mixed weather hasn’t put the children off playing outside this week as we used our preschool roadway – some of us getting rather soggy! The children cycled/scooted around the preschool chalk road, stopping at the lights and waiting at the crossing when... by addlestone | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog
This week we have been making the most of the warm weather and cooling down outside with water play. The children have used water to move objects, pour through funnels/tubes, and explored capacity. They have even enjoyed cooling down under our make shift shower! We... 
by addlestone | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog
We began the week looking at shapes, identifying them and using them to make arrangements. We did this with large shapes on the floor as a group and with smaller shapes on paper to take home. At the end of the week we read/watched and talked about the story of...