Pre-School 2023 - 2024

Mrs Burton

Mrs Burton

Ms Burton Pre-School Teacher:
I am extremely excited about starting my eighth year as Pre-School Teacher at Rode Heath. I am passionate about Early Years education and have enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career teaching children from Pre-School age, right up to Lower Key Stage Two. I have been teaching in Cheshire for 17 years now and as an experienced EYFS teacher I pride myself in placing each family's needs first. I am passionate about the arts and literature have a varied artistic background in music and drama. Outside of school, my two not-so little boys keep me very busy, we spend most of our time outdoors exploring and playing football. As a family we treasure the precious time we get to spend together and especially enjoy story time.

Mrs Soutar

Mrs Soutar

Mrs Soutar Pre-School Teaching Assistant:
Hi I'm Karen. I live in Holmes Chapel with my husband Duncan and three lovely children- Izzy (16) Harry (14) and Emma (10). I've really enjoyed working with our fantastic team for the last 6 years at Rode Heath and before that I spent 10 years looking after my children and child-minding other peoples! I love the fun and unpredictability of working with Pre-Schoolers and enjoy seeing them progress and master new skills.

Mrs Moss-Brookes

Mrs Moss-Brookes

Miss Moss-Pre-School Teaching Assistant:
Hi I'm Lisa. I'm extremely excited to start my sixth year at Rode Heath Pre-School and to be part of this dynamic team. Before I came to Pre-School I enjoyed being a stay-at-home mum to my three young children. Prior to that, I taught in a Primary School and thoroughly enjoyed teaching in Early Years classrooms. Outside of school my three children keep me very busy and we love exploring new places and enjoying exciting days out together.

Miss Jackson

Miss Jackson

Miss Jackson Pre-School afternoon Lead and Deputy Manager of All Stars club:
I am very excited to be starting my 6th year at Rode Heath Pre-School. I will be leading at Pre-school on Wed/Thurs and Friday afternoons and I am so looking forward to leading the team at our fabulous All Stars breakfast and after school clubs, for another successful year. I have had many years working with young children and recently started working with children with additional needs. I am a qualified 'Relax Kids' Coach which enables me to teach children to learn to manage their emotions through play.

Miss Belcher

Miss Belcher

Miss Belcher All Stars and Pre-School assistant:
Hi I'm Kerry, I live in the village very close to school with my partner and daughter Chloe (5) who currently attends Reception class. I'm based in the All Stars breakfast and after school club. I've spent the last two to three years gaining my Early Years Practitioner qualifications at Rode Heath and now I can assist in Pre-school and help the youngest children to transition into club. I am always there to help each child and support them and their families, both early in the morning and into the evening.

 

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Welcome back Spring Term 2 2024

   

Our topic for the second half of Spring Term is 'People Who help Us'.We have planned lots of lovely learning experiences and are excited to begin the next stage of our learning adventure together. Each week we will explore an information book and learn about different occupations. The children will enjoy video excerpts and visitors coming in to talk to us in Pre-School. We will explore how to be a shop keeper, vet, doctor and dentist through playing with reaslistic materials and props.Even though lots of facts through information texts we will actually with start this term a great story by Julia Donaldson, 'The Smartest Giant in Town'.Through this story we will learn about helping others and kindness. We wil also talk about clothes shops and other types of shops we have seen. We will then use non-fiction texts to explore the world of doctors, dentists and Vets. 

'If you know anyone that would like to come into Pre-School to share their experiences of helping people then please get in touch, we would love to see you!' 

 

Routines, Reminders & Messages

  • Book Bags- your child will continue to bring home a book of choice from our reading for pleasure box. We will always check for news or wow moments in your child's news book, so please feel free to write anything that you would like to share. We will change your child's book every week on their specific book bag day and we will continue to add the details from our story times into their news book so you can see what we have been learning about.
  • Phase 1 Phonics- We will start a new aspect this term which intruduces how to make 'pure letter sounds' with our voices and mouths. To help you at home each week we will attach a copy of the instruction on how to correctly produce each sound and how to make the action with your hands that accompany the teaching of each new sound. It would be wonderful of you could practise producing each sound by following the instructions and then enjoy playing the games together that we will include in your child's book bag. If you need any help at all please ask a memeber of the team. 
  • Tapestry -  If you are new to Rode Heath Pre-School then please look out for an email with instructions on how to get started. As always, please let us know if you have any problems..

Our Learning Journey

Week Commencing : Monday 18th of March 2024

'This week we explore being a baker and celebrating Easter time

Untitled design (1).pngCommunication & Language:

This week we will learning about the role of bakers at bakery's, shops and cafes. We will be watching videos about baking and will discover how they make hot cross buns, chocolate Easter nests and chocolate treats are made. We will talk about how we celebrate springtime and new life and how the Easter bunny will be busy delivering little treats over Easter weekend. This week we will enjoy learning new words in relation to following a recipe. We will explore what instructions we need to follow and what equipment we will need. It will be so exciting to make our own Easter nest treats and to see how melted chocolate sets hard to make a nest to hold an egg.

We will also  have lots of fun playing a game called ‘Easter Bunny, Where Are You?’; We will sit in a circle, the Easter Bunny will go into the middle of the circle and close their eyes and listens carefully to guess who has said ‘Easter Bunny, where are you?’.

Physical Development.jpgPhysical Development:

This week we will enjoy playing typical bunny hop games with a twist. We will add challenges to our movement through exploring slow and fast movements to the rhythm of the tambourine. We will use the song 'A sailor went to sea, sea, sea' and move to the exact beat, stopping and starting with the instrument.

We have been so impressed with everyone's progress with their cutting skills, so this week we will enjoy a different challenge. The children will first decide where they would like there Easter egg trail to start at the top of the page and then they will work down the trail line placing the carefully cut out eggs in the correct places. Good luck everyone!

pencil.pngLiteracy:

This week we will enjoy the delightful rhyming story of 'The very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Picnic' by Eric Carle. The children will really enjoy this funny and playful story that not only rhymes but adds little springtime challenges to look out for...'Eggs in nests, blossom on trees and daisies swaying in the breeze'. As we explore the caterpillar enjoying his Easter picnic we can also look out for the Easter eggs of various design in an Easter egg hunt. We will be focussing on moving across the page of a book from left to right and begin to discover how rhyming sounds work in words...can we repeat those rhyming phrases?

Phonics tree.png Phonics:

This week we will have lots of fun exploring how to make the pure sound 'c', using are tongue correctly pushed up at the back of our mouths and switching off voices in the throat area. We will also use actions to help us as we will pretend to 'curl oor finger like a caterpillar' as we make the 'c,c,c' sound. It sometimes helps to think of making a cough come out, pretend to cough to make this sound. We will hunt for pictures of caterpillars, carrots, crabs and cake...oh what fun we will have!

clipart-numbers-Math6 (1).jpg  Mathematics:

This week we will revisit and consolidate each of the numbers that we have explored in depth up to 6. We will practise showing amounts on our fingers, reciting numbers past 5 and counting a small set of objects, finding out which numeral represents the total. We wil enjoy making patterns and decorating eggs, finding Easter eggs with numbers hiding around Pre-School and measuring eggs size and weight using scales and tapes. 

globe.png   Understanding the World:

This week we will  be very busy learning  all about how to care for our seeds as this week we will plant carrot and cucumbers seeds to grow and serve in Pre-School for snack in a few week's time. We will learn to recognise that the season has changed to Springtime. We will explore the fields and forest around us and look for many signs of spring including shoots and buds and leaves beginning to open. We will learn about soil and water and sunshine and place our newly planted seeds inside where it is warm. We are hoping to see Sweet Peas, carrots, cucumber and many herbs grow this year.

ead.png   Expressive Arts & Design:

We will paint and write with a special Easter Bunny pen, a variety of different sized carrots and lovely orange colours to create a beautiful picture. We will role play with bakers euqipment and create a Hot Cross Bun cafe that also sells carrot sticks for bunnies. We will create playdough eggs using our palms to roll and scissors to snip sizes and then place them in our nests.

 
 

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.

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Rode Heath Primary School

Heath Avenue, Cheshire, ST7 3RY

Main Contact - Mr John Frankland

Tel: 01270 314414

Email: admin@rodeheath.cheshire.sch.uk

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