Pre-School

Welcome to Pre-School

Hello, we are Pre-School.

The staff who work here are Miss Crabtree, Ms. Clegg, Ms Meggison and Mrs. Mayes.

We enjoy learning through play in our classroom and we like to do lots of hands on activities to extend our learning and understanding. We have our own outdoor area where we spend lots of time exploring the natural environment with our friends.  We particularly enjoy the mini-beast hotel where we like to observe the bugs and creatures inside.

Indoors we make use of our resources to learn through role play, construction and imaginative play. 

Come and pay us a visit and see for yourself! 

Reading in Pre-school 

Reading and storytelling helps our youngest children learn about sounds, words and language. Reading stories stimulates imagination, develops social skills and helps children learn about the world around them.

 

 

 

Pre-School Authors/Key texts 

Please click on a link below to view the animated/read-aloud versions of our Key Texts

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Spring 1	Spring 2
Summer 1	Summer 2

 

 Reading at home 

 

Top tips for reading at home 

Pre School Nursery Rhyme focus 

At Willowpark, we learn a range of nursery rhymes throughout the Early Years.  Nursery rhymes are important as they hep us to develop a wide range of key skills. This includes:

• Learning new words and extending our vocabulary.
• Learning how to pronounce words correctly.
• Helping us to become more active through body movement as well as develop fine and gross motor skills.
• Developing social skills such as listening and turn-taking.
• Learning different beats and rhythms.
• Learning how to recognise the sounds within words and where words begin and end in sentences.
• Developing positive relationships between children and adults.
• Developing emotional awareness.

 

These are the Nursery Rhymes we will focus on in Pre-School 

 Click on the links below 

Autumn 1   Heads, Shoulders, knees and toes   If you're happy and you know it clap your hands	Autumn 2   Wind the bobbin up   Twinkle, twinkle little star
Spring 1    Teddy bear, teddy bear   It's raining, it's pouring	Spring 2   Old MacDonald had a farm   5 little ducks went swimming one day
Summer 1    Incy, Wincy Spider    There's a worm at the bottom of the garden	Summer 2   Row, row, row your boat   Baa Baa black sheep

 

 Stay & Play mornings 

stay and play.pdf

 

 

Health & Wellbeing 

 

Toilet Training	Oral Hygiene	Ditching the Dummy
Understanding Emotions	Importance of Play	Helping your child to sleep

 For more information and support, you can contact your health visitor or GP.

Websites to try at home 

 Funding Information 

Funding Information

Funding for working families  

Newsletters

 

 

Our Class

WellComm - Communication & Language 

communication and language wellcomm website.pdf

Our Class Charter

 

 

 Curriculum Topic Plan