Shapes, numbers, size, position it’s everywhere around us. And this week we enjoyed activities inside and out to stimulate the children’s curiosity and confidence about both their mathematical knowledge and language. Using a variety of our resources in order to appeal to all the children they explored counting and combining groups of objects, shapes of […]

Ascott Pre-School were honoured when the Queen found time in her busy schedule to visit us on her 90th Birthday! She was guest of honour at our tea party and joined the children in enjoying some delicious food, we think her favourite was the hula hoops. The children were primed for her visit and had […]

The long awaited 21st day arrived and we came into Tiddy Hall on Monday to the sound of cheeping! Great excitement all around and the staff were like mother hens! We removed the egg shells from the incubator and revisited how the little chicks got out of the shell by using their egg tooth – […]

This week we have enjoyed learning about Jungles whilst creating some lovely art projects…. Parrot figures with bright feathers, a huge brightly coloured snake and a bright orange orang-utan which will take pride of place on one of the board displays at Pre-School. We have also learnt two new songs, ‘there was a terrible crocodile’ […]

Well, the week began celebrating Chinese New Year…….Year of the Monkey. All the children got to make a monkey mask, they listened very well placing the eyes above the nose & nearly all put the smiley mouth below the nose…with a couple of exceptions! The Chinese restaurant was out again – some cooked, others served, […]

We enjoyed a week leading up to Chinese New Year. The children practised using the greeting “nihao” at circle time and by the end of the week many had the confidence to do this. We talked about people speaking different languages in other countries and how we speak English at Preschool. We also looked at […]

Ascott Forest School goes from strength to strength with Wychwood Project grant The Wychwood Project is a registered charity that uses the focus of the Royal hunting Forest of Wychwood to encourage local people to understand, conserve and restore its rich mosaic of landscapes and wildlife habitats. The area covers 120 square miles and 41 […]

We had lots of chat this week about the colder weather in Winter and also made use of the new days of the week and weather calendar. The child whose turn it is to choose a toy from the cupboard also changes the details on the calendar, this is so that we ensure every child […]