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 Dentist'

Untitled design (1).pngCommunication & Language:

This week we will learning about the role of Dentists and Dental Nurses at Surgery's. We will be watching videos about caring for our teeth  and we will talk about how Dentists can help our teeth and gums to stay healthy and how important their jobs are. From information books will pick out words to  practise during role play and learn about what they mean such as 'brushing' and 'cavity' and using props such as torches and toy mirrors and water pipes. We will use questions such as when should you brush your teeth? Do you know how to look after them? What food do we need to eat to keep our teeth healthy and what foods harm our teeth?

This week we will enjoy learning about looking after our teeth. We will explore what toothpaste does and which directions and for how long we should be brushing each day We will be performing a variety of new songs and enjoy taking part in movement about keeping healthy and following instructions and routines at home.

Physical Development.jpgPhysical Development:

This week we will enjoy playing team games and exercising our bodies to keep them fit and strong. We will also learn about how our body feels when we have exercised and how it is different from when we are still. We will add challenges to our movement through exploring seeds growing into shoots as we observe signs of spring. We will move to the music of Vivaldi's Spring from the Four Seasons.

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 discuss which order we brush our teeth and the things we need to do. We will then try to cut along a straight-line to cut out the picture and put the correct order of what we need to do to brush out teeth.

pencil.pngLiteracy:

This week we will enjoy the delightful rhyming story of 'Jolly Olly Octopus' by Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees. The children will really enjoy this funny and playful story that not only rhymes but adds little initial sound challenges to look out for...two tickly turtles, six silly sand eels, four loopy lobsters and so on. As we explore the animals enjoying time in the ocean a shark comes along to cause a little trouble, however what a surprise to discover that the shark is in fact the funniest of all. We will be focussing on moving across the page of a book from left to right and begin to discover which animals names start with the same sound, how many do you think you can find? Why not share what you have discovered in your child's news book.

Phonics tree.png Phonics:

This week we will have lots of fun exploring how to make the pure sound 'O', using are tongue correctly pushed down in our mouths and switching our voices on in the throat area. We will also use actions to help us as we will pretend to 'hold an oraneg and squeeze it our hand' as we make the 'o,o,o'. We will enjoy navigating through an under water  rhyme and playing our I spy game together as we say many words such as orange, octopus, olives, orangutan and many more. We hope you enjoy playing eye spy together.

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

This week we will explore the number 6. We will begin by showing the matching amount on our fingers. We will spend the week reciting numbers past 5 and learning that the last number reached
when counting a small set of objects, represents the total. We will count the toys in the pets toybox, how many balls, ropes, puppets can we count? We will practise counting 6 objects with 1:1 correspondence and counting 6 objects placed on a Ten Frame, we will make this a little more trickier by arranging the 6 things indifferent ways along the same ten frame.

globe.png   Understanding the World:

This week we will  be very busy learning  all about how to care for our teeth and how 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 bluebells and other flowers that bloom around this time including blossom trees. We will also continue to plant seeds this week in our Pre-School garden and we will start to care for our seeds in the greenhouse. We are hoping to see Sweet Peas, carrots, cucumber and manty herbs grow this year.

ead.png   Expressive Arts & Design:

We will paint and create with a variety of different springtime colours to create a beautiful picture for our Springtime gallery area. We will role play with gardeners materials and learn about the important jobs that gardeners and farmers do to produce healthy fresh food to eat

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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Heath Avenue, Cheshire, ST7 3RY

Main Contact - Mr John Frankland

Tel: 01270 314414

Email: admin@rodeheath.cheshire.sch.uk

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