Pre-School 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Pre-School September 2025

We are really excited to be starting our first Autumn Term topic 'All About Me' this week and we have lots of lovely learning and play activities planned for you.

This week we would love to see photos of you and your family and pets of course via your learning journey tapestry account. We can then access and share your photos with the class and during news time.

Routines, Reminders & Messages 

• Book Change Day - please check the label on your child's book bag to know which day to bring it back into Pre-School, we can't wait to see who may have new news to share this week.
• 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
• 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 week 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, it should be able to be accessible by the end of this week. If your child attends another setting 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

Week Commencing: Monday 15th of September 

'This week we will explore 'Naughty Bus' story 

Communication & Language:

This week we will learn new nursery rhymes and begin to add actions to them including Listen to the Sounds, we will also focus on the wheels on the bus and Incy Whincy Spider. We will also learn stop and go signs by adding these words to a simple game and looking out for them in our story time session.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

This week we will continue practising coming into Pre-School with all our belongings and finding our pegs. We will explore activities that relate to out train story last week and the Naughty Bus story this week. We will practise saying our names and spotting our new name cards in a simple game.

Physical Development:

This week we will focus on making journeys as we travel in various ways around the pre-school outdoor space, we will go on a nuaghty bus adventure and build a bus of our own using crates and props. This week our fresh playdough activity focus is squeezing and pressing the dough, using tools to make a bus shape and then adding features like wheels and people.

Literacy:

This week we will listen to The Naughty bus adventure story and practise saying some familiar words from the story, look out for the check list in your child's news and vocab book on their book change day.

Phonics:

This week we will enjoy a singing game called listening Bag and listen to what's inside, we will also recreate the sound that we have been exploring with twigs, pebbles and shells and the sounds around us outside. Let's listen and tune in.

  Mathematics:

This week we will explore the colours red, yellow and blue and play collection games that involve sorting and finding ccolours in the environment, can we find out which collection has the most?

    Understanding the World:

This week we will begin exploring what our faces look like and talk about how we can look similar and different to our friends in class. What colour eyes do we have?

   Expressive Arts & Design:

This week we will explore making marks with a variety of tools and colours amd apply them to our house templates.

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 please 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.

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.