Ascott Pre-School

This was our first time for the Forest School group – they all got sorted putting on our great new waterproof trousers with their wellingtons, then off we went! We walked down the Lane – crossing the road safely – we felt the rough wall and then the smooth telephone pole – talked about safety […]

We are all so pleased with the way the new starters and our older friends have settled back in to Pre-School after the long summer holidays. Hardly a tear in sight and all children so eager to play and explore, happily choosing what they would like to do. We have been extra vigilant about keeping […]

Welcome Back! We hope that everyone has had a lovely summer and been able to get out and about enjoying the nice weather that we’ve had – especially at the beginning of the holidays! We start Term 1 on Thursday 4th September and are really looking forward to seeing all of the children again, as […]

Some staff and committee members are running a cake stall at the very well attended Crown Farm Horse Trials on Sat 12th & Sun 13th July 2014… horse riders are notoriously hungry and we need to have enough cake to feed them on both days! If you are able to help us by making brownies, […]

Ascott Pre-School Train Trip to Moreton-in-Marsh We plan to have our annual train trip to Moreton-in-Marsh on Tuesday 15th July 2014. We will all meet at Charlbury station for the train, which leaves at 10.42am and arrives in Moreton at 11.00. There will be a short walk from the station to the park where the […]

The children have really enjoyed learning about “Healthy Living” this week. Annie Kennedy visited us in her nurses uniform and discussed healthy foods, exercise, hygiene and also how important it is to go to bed nice and early and get lots of sleep. Visits to the doctor, dentist & hospital were also discussed and the […]

At the beginning of the week we invited a huge tiger and a smaller friend of his to tea (thanks to George for the smaller friend). They sat at the table and proceeded to eat all of the sandwiches, buns, cakes, drank all the tea from the teapot and even all of the contents of […]

Both groups have been lucky enough to visit the Hunt family stables over the last two weeks – a very big thank you to Sian. Amazingly, the weather for once WAS on our side with glorious sunshine. The stables are in the village of ‘Filkins’; so a little further away than the children are used […]

Forest School were very excited this week to be visiting Oxleaze Stables in Filkins. As we drove up to the farm we were able to spot a number of cows and horses in the fields and identify wild flowers by their colour. Josh’s mummy met us as we drove in through the gate and she […]

Celebrating Children’s Day in Japan A short week – but busy! We started off by celebrating Children’s Day in Japan. We talked about where Japan is and how we might get there – some interesting suggestions! We talked about the flying of flagpoles outside people’s homes for this festival with a carp representing each member […]