Welcome to Summer Term in Pre-School

We are now in our final term of Pre-School term and are excited for another fun-filled term of learning and exploration. This term, we will be working to support all our children get ready for their transition to starting Reception in September.

We will continue to strive to make your child’s first experience in education special, continuing to develop their relationship with their teacher and learning support assistants, who will support them and ensure that their emotional and academic needs are met daily.

As always, our aim is for your children to become happy and confident learners and to carry their love of learning throughout their life..

Meet the Pre-School Team

Miss McLeod Marsh – Class Teacher
Miss Abby – Learning Support Assistant
Miss Pennington – Learning Support Assistant
Mrs Alvarado – Learning Support Assistant

Summer Bookshelf

As well as following your unique children, their interests and what engages their learning, our curriculum will be inspired by our Summer Bookshelf filled with exciting, high-quality texts, helping children to develop our Character Traits and support their learning for this term.

Through this term we will encourage the growth of new skills and resilience, as well as developing our confidence to share our thoughts and ideas. We will also begin getting ready for the next step in our education stories – the ‘Starting Reception’ chapter…

Character Traits

Each term, through our Curriculum Bookshelf we will focus on learning about, identifying and embodying our six character traits which will support our learning across the curriculum and support our Personal, Social and Emotional development. 

Summer Learning at a Glance 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development  – collaboration and responsibility, understanding emotions and solving conflicts

Physical Development  – fine motor skills, understanding our bodies

Communication and Language  – initiating conversations, building vocabulary and expressing opinions

Literacy  – knowledge of letter sounds and early reading through our phonics scheme, FFT Success for All

Mathematics  – consolidating our number knowledge up to five, comparing groups of objects and comparing measures (weight, capacity, length, height) , problem solving

Understanding the World  – using our senses to explore the world, exploring the world, learning about different countries, cultures and traditions 

Expressive Arts and Design  – exploring materials, textures and tools

For more detail on our Summer Learning within the different areas, please see out Pre-School Curriculum Overview (saved below in Useful Information)

Important Information

  • Our team will be available every day before and after school to discuss your child’s day, receive messages and celebrate successes
  • Library day is Monday (or Tuesday if your child is not in on a Monday) – so please bring books back ready for changing
  • Wellington boots and waterproof coats will be required daily for outdoor learning and can be left in school
  • Please ensure all clothing items are labelled
  • We ask that children do not bring in any toys/items from home into Pre-School
  • Important information will be shared via MCAS communication and our weekly school newsletter
  • Pre-School use Tapestry to share your child’s learning. We also love to see photographs and videos from home to talk about and celebrate in School through our ‘Tapestry Talking Time’
  • At the end of the day children are dismissed directly to parents/carers. Should there be any changes to this, please inform our Admin team before the end of the day so the Class Teacher knows who to look out for