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We are now using Tapestry to update parents and carers of the exciting things happening at preschool. Please let us know if you are unable to access your account.

For general updates and information please see our Facebook page – Therfield Village Preschool

 

Babies

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In response to the arrival and imminent arrival of baby siblings, we had a babies week. We greatly appreciated visits and met some real-life babies. We also had great fun with various activities including:

  • Buggy Races
  • A face painting station with dolls
  • Beat the timer baby wipes race

The activity that stayed most with the children was tasting baby food.

Thank you to our families for enabling older siblings to proudly share their news.

– Natasha

Easter Celebrations

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Easter celebrations this year included a visit from Reverend Richard Morgan to speak to the children about the meaning of Easter, followed by our Easter party with Easter related games and activities.  These included Easter sensory rice and play dough, making our own Easter bonnets, and an Easter Egg roll game.  We finished the morning with our Easter Egg Hunt to Therfield Recreation Ground.  The children covered the whole Recreation ground in their search for the laminated and plastic eggs which they brought safely back to the nest.  They then received and quickly enjoyed some well earned tasty Easter treats – kindly donated by Tesco’s, Royston.  We would like to say thank you to all of the parents and families who supported our Easter celebrations and egg hunt, and wish them all a very happy Easter.

http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/royston-easter-trail-and-other-cracking-activities-1-5461327 

– Tina

Whatever The Weather

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It is a statutory requirement for Early Years settings to provide access to outdoor play whatever the weather (as long as it is safe to do so). The children experienced heavy rainfall and were curious to investigate. The rain created natural waterplay in the small world farm. We explored coloured rainwater and watched it drip vertically. Some of the children then independently observed the rain dripping from their guttering. Most of all we had fun!

– Natasha

Mothers Day Afternoon Tea

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Therfield Village Pre-School’s Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea fundraising event was a huge success and we are delighted to say we raised a fantastic £1,015 for pre-school!
This was down to the support from parents that attended, the hard work from our committee of volunteers and their supportive parents and siblings, a strong attendance from our local community and an extremely generous personal donation. We cannot stress enough how vital fundraising is to our existence.
Every penny we make goes straight back into pre-school and as a not-for-profit organisation, the proceeds directly benefit every child that attends, so all our lovely children. 
For those that weren’t able to attend, for whatever reason, please don’t worry and if you wanted to make a contribution to this fundraiser then feel free to donate via PayPal through our PayPal account which is [email protected]

– Melissa

Powerful and Energetic

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The mention of ‘Super’ always inspires and motivates the children, and in response to their current interests we changed our half term theme to We Are Super – Special, Unique, Powerful, Energetic and Ready to Learn.
This weeks ‘powerful and energetic’ topic led to lots of thinking and learning about looking after ourselves and making healthy choices.  Activities have included Keep Fit Sessions, Golden mile walks, recording our physical achievements with tally charts, making our own vegetable soup and the children even changed our home corner into a hairdressers. We have had an active and all-round healthy week.

– Tina

Snowflakes

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This week’s outdoor provision reflected our theme of being unique and also mirrored the children’s understanding of the world with the arrival of snow. We discussed being as unique as a snowflake. The children used their fine motor skills to decorate snowflakes using cotton buds in paint. They caught real snowflakes on their tongues. The children explored capacity when pouring coloured liquids into frozen glasses. They extended this activity later on in the week by initiating mixing sand and ice.

“Good work ____ I’m impressed with that”

“How will we melt it?”

“We are pouring”

“It’s so cold”

“I can tip this into yours if you want”

“Can I have a bottle? That one please”

“We are making potions”

– Natasha

We are now using Tapestry to update parents and carers of the exciting things happening at preschool. Please let us know if you are unable to access your account.

For general updates and information please see our Facebook page – Therfield Village Preschool