Ascott Pre-School

We have been talking about harvest this week – corn, fruit and vegetables and have continued with our harvest songs and reading The Little Red Hen, Scarecrow’s Secret and The Scarecrow Who Couldn’t Scare. The children have had the opportunity to make a scarecrow plate, a harvest shaker, a cheerio necklace and a blackberry and […]

2 cups of plain flour 1 cup of salt 2 cups of water (add food colouring to this if you like) 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar 2 tablespoons of cooking oil Stir all the ingredients together in a saucepan and cook over a medium heat until your arm really aches and all the flour […]

This week our topic is Harvest; we have been talking about harvesting the crops with chat about different foods and where they come from.  Of course we also had lots of play and talk around BIG farm machinery too, which we notice is of interest to a lot of our children!  We have enjoyed reading […]

For two weeks we have been following the topic ‘All About Me’.  A ‘Me Doll’ template has been sent home to be decorated by your child; these are filtering back into us and will be made into a Welcome Board – the children will be able to stick their name up next to their ‘Me […]

Beech group had their first Forest School session. We walked down the Lane over the road from the Hall-it was quite squishy, there were puddles & we spoke about the rain that had filled them.  The leaves on the trees were still green but on the ground they were yellow/red/brown/black-we chatted about the colour changes […]

Hello Oak group, Today 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 on the ground! We talked about keeping safe by the road and what is ok to pick i.e. black blackberries and NOT […]

What wonderful Summer holidays, we were so lucky with the weather. We hope that you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did! The children have settled back in beautifully and we have had a lovely two days of gentle play, they are really enjoying the opportunity of meeting, greeting and playing with their friends in […]

Another exciting adventure for the children this week. We arranged to meet at Tall Trees in Shipton and with an abundance of helpers set off across the fields to Monty’s house in Milton. The children were all very excited and found interesting things to examine on the way – cow parsley umbrellas, grasses for tickling […]

The outdoor climbing frame was brought into Tiddy Hall and the children helped to create the ‘Isle of Blowyernose’ complete with a ‘Flum Flum Tree’ beside it! The children (and staff) have absolutely LOVED this Julia Donaldson book and it has become a firm favourite. We have heard that there have been many requests for […]

Both groups have really enjoyed their fire/cooking sessions. It has really helped them think about their own safety, along with others, plus, how they need to act when they are around an open fire. There has been lots of ‘chat’ about who does the cooking at home; also what is eaten.Everybody tucked into the food, […]