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Taw Pre-school Autumn Term 2024

18.10.24 

This week the topic has been ‘Autumn’. We been talking about the signs of autumn and read books such as ’Pumpkin soup’, ’The squirrels that squabbled’, ’The leaf thief’ etc.  

Activities this week at pre-school: 

  • We read the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’ and made an autumn home corner. The children used the resources in the home corner to act out the story.  

  • Pumpkin scooping – The children scooped out the insides of different sized pumpkins  

  • Pumpkin painting  

  • Painting with leaves. The children made leaf prints onto paper.  

  • Gruffalo small world – We read ‘The Gruffalo’ and the children used small puppets to act out the story with their friends.  

  • Pumpkin craft – The children mixed yellow and red paint to make orange. They then painted a pumpkin picture using cotton buds.  

 

Next week we will be focusing on the topic ‘Autumn’ and reading the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’.  

Phonics: Instrumental sounds 

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.  

 

Important information 

  • On Tuesday 22nd October at 2:45pm a representative from the 5th North Devon Scouts Group will be visiting our school to talk to children and parents about a new Scouting Group - Squirrels which is starting up in Bishops Tawton for children aged 4-5 Years.  We would like to invite parents to join us at 2:45pm in Codden Class if you are interested in finding our more. 

  • School open afternoon - We would like to invite you to our Open Afternoon and Stay and Play session on Thursday 21st November 2024 2-3pm. Throughout the afternoon there will be an opportunity to have a tour of our school and meet children, staff, parents, governors and PTFA member. Families are welcome to spend time playing and exploring in our Early Years Gardens and classrooms. Please see the poster attached for information. 

10.10.24 

This week the topic has been ‘Harvest’. We have read books such as ’The gigantic turnip’, ’A squash and a squeeze’ and ’The little red hen’.  

Activities this week at pre-school: 

  • Farm shop – The children played with real fruit and vegetables in our ‘Farm Shop’.  

  • Autumn tree craft – The children enjoyed painting an autumn tree. They did fingers painting with red and yellow paint. They used the paint to make ‘leaves’ on the tree.  

  • We read ‘The little red hen’ and talked about working together with your friends. The children worked as a team to bake bread like the little red hen in the story.  

  • We cut out cardboard into the shape of a leaf. The children wrapped yellow, red or brown thread around the leaves practising their fine motor skills.  

  • Conker painting – The children rolled conkers in brown paint to make a picture.  

  • Small world farm – The children played with the toy farm and farm animals.  

  • Playdough – The children looked at pictures of farm animals and tried to make them out of playdough. They also used farm animal print stones that make the outlines in the playdough.  

Next week we will be focusing on the topic ‘Autumn’ and reading the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’.  

Phonics: Instrumental sounds 

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.  

 

Important information 

  • On Tuesday 22nd October at 2:45pm a representative from the 5th North Devon Scouts Group will be visiting our school to talk to children and parents about a new Scouting Group - Squirrels which is starting up in Bishops Tawton for children aged 4-5 Years.  We would like to invite parents to join us at 2:45pm in Codden Class if you are interested in finding our more. 

  • School open afternoon on 21st November 2-3pm for parents of September 2025 school starters and new pre-school parents.  

 

04.10.24

This week the topic has been ‘Harvest’. We read stories such as, ‘The Gigantic Turnip’, ‘The scarecrows wedding’, ‘The little red hen’ and ‘A squash and a Squeeze’.

Activities this week at pre-school:

  • Small world farm – The children played with the toy farm and farm animals.
  • Playdough – The children looked at pictures of farm animals and tried to make them out of playdough. They also used farm animal print stones that made animal outlines in the playdough.
  • Scarecrow – The children cut out the different parts of a scarecrow and glued them onto a piece of red or orange card. They tried to stick the parts of the scarecrow back into the correct place.
  • Printing with vegetables – The children painted a repeating pattern using cut out vegetables. For example, carrot, parsnip, carrot, parsnip
  • Hayley brought in some corn from her farm. We rolled the corn in paint and printed it onto paper.
  • Farm shop role play – We talked about the process of growing vegetables and harvesting them. We watched a Tractor Ted Video about harvest and the children talked about where food from the supermarket comes from. The children played with real fruit and vegetables in our ‘Farm Shop’. They then pretended to take their shopping home and use the vegetables to cook a meal.

Next week we will be continuing our harvest topic.

Phonics: Instrumental sounds

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.

 

Important information

27/09/24

This week we have been reading ‘The Colour Monster’.

Pre-school activities this week:

  • Reading the colour monster and using puppets to act out the story
  • Making a colour monster using colour card and craft materials
  • Making a colour monster out of cardboard rolls
  • A group of children worked together to paint a big ‘colour monster’ cut out of cardboard. We used the colours from the book and different shaped paint rollers.
  • Colour monster playdough- The children made their own colour monster out of playdough and playdough toys. They had playdough mats showing different emotions.
  • Colour recognition – The children put different coloured objects into the correct groups.

Next week the topic will be ‘Harvest Festival’. The children are welcome to bring in any books relating to fruit/vegetables, farming etc.

Phonics: Instrumental sounds

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.

Important information

 

20.09.24

This week the topic has been ‘All about me’.

Activities this week at pre-school:

  • Making faces using different 2D shapes and cork boards. We talked about facial features such as eyes, mouth, nose, ears.
  • Exploring shapes – The children helped draw around different 2D shapes on card. We then tried to match the shapes to the correct outline.
  • Emotions and feelings activity – We looked at emotion pebbles which represented different feelings. The children then matched them to picture cards of children showing a variety of facial expressions.
  • Emotions and feelings activity – The children played with a magnetic board in the shape of a monster. They added different features to show different emotions on the monster.
  • Sensory/messy play – Inside a tuff tray we put different coloured spaghetti and outlines of faces. The children used the spaghetti to make pretend hair on the people.
  • Name recognition – We explored magnetic letters and the children tried to recognise letters that are in their name. Adults supported children to write their name using the magnetic letters.

 

Next week we will be focusing on the story ‘The colour monster’ and doing activities based around the book.

 

Phonics: Instrumental sounds

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.

 

Important information

 

 

13.09.24

This week we have been continuing to settle the children into pre-school. We have been getting to know the children and their interests. We have read books such as ‘This is the way we go to school’, ‘Goat goes to play group’ and ‘George’s first day at playgroup’.

Activities this week at pre-school:

  • The children have been exploring the pre-school and finding out what they like to play with.
  • ‘All about me’ playdough – The children have played with miniature family figures and talked about their home life.
  • ‘All about me’ craft – Decorating a paper doll. The children talked about their facial features and what clothes they like to wear
  • The children played with a familiar toys such as, peppa pig, In the night garden and Hey Duggee etc.
  • Kind hands painting – The children did hand painting and we talked about being kind to our friends.
  • Family photos- We shared photographs of our families and the children talked about where they live, who they live with etc.
  • Decorating a gingerbread person to look like them. They used icing to make facial features and clothes.
  • We read the story ‘You Choose’ and the children then cut some copied pictures from the book. The children made a collage of the pictures they liked and were interested in. We talked about their likes, dislikes and interests.
  • Name the feelings activity – We looked at miniature people showing a variety of emotions. The children matched them to pictures cards of real children showing the same emotions.

Phonics: Instrumental sounds

The children have experimented playing with a variety of instruments. We played the instruments loud, quiet, fast, slow etc.

Important information

06.09.24
 
This week we have been welcoming the children back to pre-school. We have been getting to know the children and their interests. We have read books such as ‘This is the way we go to school’, ‘Goat goes to play group’ and ‘George’s first day at playgroup’.
 
Activities this week at pre-school:
 
The children have been exploring the pre-school and finding out what they like to play with.
  •  ‘All about me’ playdough – The children have played with miniature family figures and talked about their home life.
  • ‘All about me’ craft – Decorating a paper doll. The children talked about their facial features and what clothes they like to wear
  • ‘All about me’ pancakes – The children decorated a pancake for snack. They used pieces of fruit to make a face on their pancake.
  • Colour mixing and exploring paint – The children explored mixing different coloured paints using their hands.
  • The children played with a familiar toys such as, peppa pig, In the night garden and Hey Duggee etc.
 
Important information