Ascott Pre-School

During a quiet moment last week, Harriet and I enjoyed reading the book Do you still love me? by Charlotte Middleton – all about one pets anxiety about being displaced by a new different pet, all ends happily.  We enjoyed it so much and talked about various pets that she and I thought that everyone else would […]

Many thanks to Max who kindly gave us the idea of choosing this lovely book as our topic this week.  We had great fun re-enacting the story using dressing up props – especially funny were the BIG size 10 shoes on such tiny feet and there were also many laughs when the giant’s trousers fell […]

Wednesday 9th September was our first Forest School session. We walked down the Lane over the road from the Hall-there was lots to see – the leaves on the trees were green and brown-we talked about the leaves dying off in Autumn time, so please keep an eye out for this! There was discussion about keeping […]

We have had a very good start to Term 1 with 10 new children all settling in very well and learning the routines. The weather has been kind so we have been able to have plenty of outdoor play and in fact some children have hardly been inside all week. They have enjoyed using the […]

Goggles at the ready as we carried out ‘science’ experiments at Pre-School this week.  There was much hilarity as we set off volcanic eruptions using bicarb of soda and vinegar with red food dye, all coming out of the top of a ‘real’ volcano.  We have tried colour-changing and popping film canister experiments too – […]

Pre-School staff will take the leavers’ on a mini-bus ride to Finstock where we will play at the playground.  Please arrive at Tiddy Hall at 9am as usual.  Pre-School will provide a picnic to eat at the playground.  Please collect your child from Tiddy at 12 noon.

Thank you so much to Thea Jess and Paddy for such a lovely visit to their house on Wednesday.  The children so enjoyed collecting eggs from the chickens and quail  – they particularly noticed the difference in size of eggs!  They also had the opportunity to brush the pony – while understanding the importance of […]

Shark in the Park certainly inspired role play this week and all the children were all engaged in the story every day- chanting the words and becoming very excited when they saw the real shark on the final page of the book. We made telescopes and the children looked through them to find triangle shapes […]

A big thank you to Ben and his family for inviting us to their new home for a visit.  We all enjoyed a lovely walk from Tiddy, we met and said hello to people along the way and arrived at Ben’s in time for fruit and homemade flapjack!  All the children enjoyed the freedom of playing […]

This week we talked about the kind of weather we hope to experience during the summer and the sort of clothes we might expect to wear.  Nicky got dressed up in various layers of clothes suitable for both winter and summer, with the children helping to define which would be appropriate for hot or cold weather. […]