Pre-School 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Pre-School Autumn Term 2 2026

We have started our Autumn Term 2 topic 'Celebrations and Light' and we have lots of lovely learning and play activities planned for you.

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Routines,Reminders & Messages:

• Passwords- We require a password for every child. If you have not provided a password on your registration form then please inform the office via telephone or email and we can update your information. 
• Changes to collection arrangements - If there are any changes to collection arrangements for your child then we must have a password and please let us know the details in advance.
• Lunches - If you would like to order a school lunch for your child then please look at the Pre-School menu on the website and complete any payments via Scopay. If you require any assistance then please contact the school office. New Scopay accounts require a code which the office will provide for you once your child has enrolled in Sepetmber.
• School Spider App- Please ensure that you have uploaded the School Spider App at your earliest convenience. General messages and information from both Pre-School and the main school will be communicated to you. 
• Book Bags - By the end of the first full week at Pre-School every child will have enjoyed a short group read session and will be provided with a book bag for the year. Please read the letter inside and look at the news book together. There is a short guide to what to expect and which day to bring your child's book bag back into school.
• Reading for Pleasure - Your child will choose a 'Reading for Pleasure' to share with you at home. During the Autumn term the selection of books we provide will specifically focus on skills such as observing the pictures, the textures and discovering what's behind the flaps. Enjoy sharing the simple repetitive phrases and sentences together and discussing what they can see. We will record the book that you have shared in a column on the inside of their news book and you can keep it safe at home for that week.
• Phase 1 Phonics- We will be learning about how to tune in to the sounds around us both inside and outdoors. Any contributions of Pine Cones, small twigs, bark and shells or pebbles would be gratefully received.
  • Tapestry Learning Journey - If you are new to Tapestry as a family then please look out for an email with instructions on how to get started by the end of this week. If your child has an older sibling and you already have an Tapestry login then please reactivate your previous account, this will be accessible by the end of this week. If your child attends another setting then we can share accounts with the other setting with your permission. If your child had a previous account at another setting then we can continue their Learning Journey by accessing a Key Code from the manager, please contact your previous setting and ask the manager to email Rode Heath Admin with the key code and we can then transfer the data to our Pre-School. As always, please let us know if you have any problems.

    Our Learning Journey: Monday 

    'This week we will explore 

Communication & Language

This week we will enjoy listening to and joining in with our new Nursery Rhyme ‘Higgety Piggety My Red Hen’ using our hands to count and clap. We will add actions to the song Ready Steady Stop and practise answering simple questions about the pictures in our story this week The Little Red Hen. At Welcome time we will listen for our names and practise saying the first sound in our names using our name cards.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

This week we will be alongside other children in role play activities with our colour monster resources and the colour yellow. We will remember to follow our Stop and Go signs and will now follow the familiar rules and routines in our classroom. We will enjoy talking about the different types of breakfasts we can have the different ways we use bread, such as toast and sandwiches.

Physical Development:

This week we will be learning how to build with different equipment, with a purpose in mind, such as making a Hen House or a barn for the Little Red Hen with the ‘Clip and Build’. We will also enjoy rolling small amounts of playdough to make our pretend bread rolls, first we will pinch the dough then we will cut with scissors and the roll or mould into different shapes such as baguettes and bagels.

Literacy:

This week we will continue to look at the shape of our capital letters and practise forming diagonal patterns with mark making tools. We will have fun in our messy trays creating firework patterns too using paint brushes and sticks. We will enjoy saying the repeating phrases in our new story this week and we will act out the sounds of each character as we retell the story with puppets and masks. Look out for the list of words to share in their news and phonics book.

Phonics:

This week we will sing our new song Ready Steady Stop and Listen to the sounds, we will learn to tap to the pulse and rhythm using wooden tapping sticks. We will begin to guess the sound played by other instruments as we close our eyes to identify each different sound. We will explore how to make sounds shakers with cups and different materials.

  Mathematics:

This week we will enjoy lots of activities based around the story Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs. we will enjoy Compare and talk about large and small amounts of autumn materials such as seeds and leaves and make large and small collections of baby dinosaurs in the sand tray. We will practise how to make our collections the same and explore language and statements such as... this group has… (more/fewer)/ I have made a collection of…/ There are a lot/a few of…/To make these sets the same, I can…

    Understanding the World:

This week we will talk about how bread is made. We will focus on Autumn time and learn about why hedgehogs hibernate at this time of year.

   Expressive Arts & Design:

This week we will focus on the sense of touch as we roll and decorate our salt dough hedgehogs, we need to make them feel spiky and we can do this through snipping at the top.

Our door is always open, please contact us for help at any time.  At busy times, please telephone to leave a message or email and we will respond as soon as we can.