Weekly Round up - 8 September 2023

A big welcome and hello to everyone!! This is the term's first weekly round up with details of what has been happening at Pre-School after the break.

The summer sunshine has returned and encouraged the children to speak about their holidays and the fun times they've been having. We've had new children settling in which is going great and both rooms have been offering activities to help with the transition from home to Pre-School, or from the Honeys to the Bumbles room.

We've read popular stories such as the Gruffalo and The Tiger Who Came To Tea which have been well received by the children. Key Workers have been spending time getting acquainted with their new children and families and finding out about their interests. The next couple of weeks will follow a similar theme with children learning about the routines, rules and boundaries in Pre-School. They will learn about our 'Golden Rules' expectations and talk about what these mean, for example, sharing toys and helping others.

To help us find out about our families, we'd like to ask parents to share family photographs over Tapestry and to complete the ‘All About Me’ books for children to share during group time. This helps to create an environment where children feel secure which will support the settling in process.

These first few weeks can be a little unsettling for both children and parents but the staff do all they can to support the process. Children aged under three are developing ways of managing transitions, for example from their parent to their Key Person and our job is help them thrive as they develop self-assurance. The older children are developing their sense of responsibility and membership of a community by attending the setting regularly. We encourage you to come into the rooms at drop off to help settle your child before saying goodbye and reminding them they will be collected a little later on. Doing this helps to build trust and it is perfectly normal for young children to experience some separation anxiety. If you are concerned, please speak to your child's Key Worker or a member of the senior staff team, Sophie (Deputy Manager and room lead in Bumbles), Karishma (room lead in Honeys) or Carla (Manager). We'll do all we can to help.

Next week, we'll be reading Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, always popular!

Have a great weekend.