Blog update – week commencing the 22^nd April:

Sam (Nursery Room):

We are pleased to announce that Sam (Nursery) has given birth to a beautiful baby girl. Sam gave birth to Madison, weighing 8lbs 1oz on Tuesday 8^th April at 8.04am. Both Sam and Madison are doing really well.

Kim (Baby Room):

We would like you all to join us in congratulating Kim (Baby Room) with her pregnancy announcement. Kim is due to give birth on the 18^th October this year.

Chatter-packs:

Clover Court Pre-school and Nursery will soon be implementing a chatter-packs system which will allow parents and children to choose from a selection of story books to take home and share together. The chatter-packs will also include prompt cards to encourage parents and carers to make the most out of the learning experiences that can be taken from stories.

Sunshine:

At last we have been experiencing some pleasant spring/summer weather! We are all enjoying the sunshine, but can we please remind parents/carers to provide us with some sun cream that is suitable for their child and fill out a permission form for us to apply the named sun cream. Please could we also ask you to bring in named sun hats, thank you! Let’s hope the nice weather lasts!

Toys from home:

Can we please ask you to discourage your children from bringing in toys from home. Although it is nice for the children to bring one toy in to show their friends at ‘news time,’ we do not wish to be responsible for any lost toys. We hope you can appreciate our reasoning for this request. Obviously we are happy for children to bring in any comforters, dummies, blankets etc.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

'Footprints in the Forest'

‘Footprints in the Forest’

Today, the children at Clover Court Pre-school went on an adventure to Ivy Cottage’s Forest School. Before we left, we made sure that everybody had been to the toilet to prevent any accidents whilst we were out, we then wrapped ourselves up as much as we possibly could in all our ‘winter’ finery, ready to brace the ‘spring’ weather. We made sure that all the children and the adults were fully equipped with the necessary tools that would guarantee a successful ‘bug hunt.’

We were ready, and all very excited indeed!

When we arrived, we set up camp in the middle of the forest and begun our exploration. A couple of our friends needed some reassurance as we were feeling a little bit scared and frightened of the forest, in particular the trees.

We soon discovered that most bugs use the big, heavy logs as their secret hiding places as the soil is nice and moist there. As a result of our highly skilled ‘bug hunting,’ we found lots of big, juicy worms, woodlice, beetles, and snails, and Jo was very impressed with her find of 5 baby newts!

Whilst investigating the natural environment, we also discovered the ‘Gruffalo’s Cave’, and came across some gigantic ‘Gruffalo footprints,’ which could easily have been mistaken for rabbit and foxes holes!

All aboard the ‘Tree Train’ for our mid-morning snack!

By this point we were all feeling a little bit sorry for ourselves as we were understandably getting a bit chilly, so we decided to start making tracks.

When we got back to pre-school, we discussed and evaluated our findings by compiling individual sticker charts. After lunch we drew pictures of our favourite bugs which we will use to create a display in Willow Room.

All in all, we’ve had a lovely day together, and the children have been very well behaved.

Photos of our adventure will be published shortly!

 

The Team at - Clover Court Pre-school