Pre-School 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Pre-School Autumn Term 1 2026

We have started our first Autumn Term topic 'All About Me' and we have lots of lovely learning and play activities planned for you.

We know that the first few days at Pre-School can be a bit of a scary time, even for mums and dads! If you have any worries then plaese come and talk to us- mornings at the door can be a bit busy but we have more time to talk at the end of the day. You can always email the office or contact the office directly  if you would like a phone call or a meeting.

Routines,Reminders & Messages:

• Passwords- We require a password for every child. If you have not provided a password on your registration form then please inform the office via telephone or email and we can update your information. 
• Changes to collection arrangements - If there are any changes to collection arrangements for your child then we must have a password and please let us know the details in advance.
• Lunches - If you would like to order a school lunch for your child then please look at the Pre-School menu on the website and complete any payments via Scopay. If you require any assistance then please contact the school office. New Scopay accounts require a code which the office will provide for you once your child has enrolled in Sepetmber.
• School Spider App- Please ensure that you have uploaded the School Spider App at your earliest convenience. General messages and information from both Pre-School and the main school will be communicated to you. 
• Book Bags - By the end of the first full week at Pre-School every child will have enjoyed a short group read session and will be provided with a book bag for the year. Please read the letter inside and look at the news book together. There is a short guide to what to expect and which day to bring your child's book bag back into school.
• Reading for Pleasure - Your child will choose a 'Reading for Pleasure' to share with you at home. During the Autumn term the selection of books we provide will specifically focus on skills such as observing the pictures, the textures and discovering what's behind the flaps. Enjoy sharing the simple repetitive phrases and sentences together and discussing what they can see. We will record the book that you have shared in a column on the inside of their news book and you can keep it safe at home for that week.
• Phase 1 Phonics- We will be learning about how to tune in to the sounds around us both inside and outdoors. Any contributions of Pine Cones, small twigs, bark and shells or pebbles would be gratefully received.
  • Tapestry Learning Journey - If you are new to Tapestry as a family then please look out for an email with instructions on how to get started by the end of this week. If your child has an older sibling and you already have an Tapestry login then please reactivate your previous account, this will be accessible by the end of this week. If your child attends another setting then we can share accounts with the other setting with your permission. If your child had a previous account at another setting then we can continue their Learning Journey by accessing a Key Code from the manager, please contact your previous setting and ask the manager to email Rode Heath Admin with the key code and we can then transfer the data to our Pre-School. As always, please let us know if you have any problems.

    Our Learning Journey: Monday 17th October

    'This week we will explore the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ By bill Martin and Eric Carle

Communication & Language

This week we will enjoy joining with our action nursery rhyme ‘If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands and we will add actions to our new phonics song 'Ready Steady Stop'. At phonics time we will continue to listen for our names and practise saying the first sound in our names using our name cards as reference.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

We will be playing alongside other children in role play activities with our fruit and veg games. We will enjoy our new rainbow relaxation activities, these are mindfulness simple actions and breathing techniques for children to calm the mind and body. We will pretend to paint a rainbow with our fingers and movements with our arms.

Physical Development:

This week we will perform all the ‘write dance’ songs we have learned including, ‘on the beach’, ‘Kringly Krangly’ and ‘stir round and round’. We will also enjoy making new wave patterns on our colour explore table. We will decorate fruit/veg pictures using all the patterns we have been learning so far. This includes, dots, stripes, circles, crosses and squares. Our playdough this week is based around leaf colours and making leaf prints.

Literacy:

This week we will learn about repetition and sequencing through our colour story. We will practise repeating phrases and using the question ‘what’, as we recall which animal is next and what colour are they in the story. Please look out for the list of new words to share with your child in their new news and phonics book.

Phonics:

This week we will sing our new song 'I hear music' made by clapping and tapping on our knees and hands copying the rhythm of each instrument. We will play ‘guess the sound game’…’what can you hear?’…we will practise saying the names of our friends and ask them what do you hear?

  Mathematics:

This week we will enjoy lots of colour matching and sorting activities based around our story and play a game Brown Bear what can you see?. We will colour hunt for pictures and objects. We will also sing a new autumn song called Autumn leaves and in our explore tray this week we will talk about the colours of autumn leaves and make leaf prints in the playdough. Can we make a play dough leaf and count 1,2,3?

    Understanding the World:

This week we will explore exotic fruit like coconut, pineapple and mango...which fruit do we like and where does it come from?

   Expressive Arts & Design:

This week we will make colour collages and explore autumn colours.

Our door is always open, please contact us for help at any time.  At busy times, please telephone to leave a message or email and we will respond as soon as we can.