Ascott Pre-School

What an extraordinary end to the school year for 2020! We are so glad that we were able to re-open on 1st June and have thoroughly enjoyed the last few weeks of term together. We’ve had to adapt, the children have been so good at that and you should all be very proud of them, […]

Every week we have been asking each group of children what they would like to play with and supplying it for them as requested. They love that we write it down on a special list. This week there were lots of different requests, we started off with making bunting on string made out of paper […]

We spent a large proportion of time this week outside in our ‘bubbles,’ sometimes in the rain! There was lots of role play action in the mud kitchen and using the climbing frame as bunk beds as well as ‘painting’ the outside of the playhouse with rollers, brushes and water… lovely to see these four […]

It was so lovely to see the children arrive on Monday morning, all keen to come back into Pre-school and catch up with their friends and staff. Some were tentative at first, we all had a chat about the small groups of friends who now stay in their own classroom and have their own outdoor […]

By now you will have received correspondence from us regarding the gradual re-opening of the setting and we have spoken to all of the families of children who will be attending on Monday. As you know we have been working hard to minimise risks to the children, their families and staff. We are so excited […]

Thank you so much for uploading photo’s of your children on to Tapestry, letting Staff know how everyone is coping and what your families have been up to in lockdown, it is great to hear from you! It’s also lovely for the Pre-school children to see their little friends, if only in photo form!

We have been doing lots of fun activities around ‘numbers’ incorporating them into games and songs and, for some children, counting out loud, working on number recognition, as well as one more, one less, adding together and taking away. The school leavers were enthusiastic to learn a bit more about numbers after our daily phonics […]

Everyone is welcome to join us at our Open Morning at Tiddy Hall on Thursday 13th February – 9.30-11.30am. Come and see what fun we have at Pre-school! Tea, coffee and cake too.

Our little stars shone brightly at the Christmas Concert We were all very excited as we headed to Tiddy Hall for one of the most thrilling events of the year… the Pre-school Christmas Concert! The mulled wine was flowing, and raffle ticket sales were brisk as we took our seats. Suddenly, the excited chatter of […]

Babies and toddlers learn and begin to make sense of the world through mark making. It is the beginning of learning to write and is an important development for handwriting, creativity and coordination. It will start off in a haphazard way but as the children develop they learn that they can control their marks and […]