Pre-School 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Pre-School Autumn Term 1 2026

Pre-School Curriculum Drop-In - We are delighted to invite you to our Pre-School Curriculum Drop-In on Wednesday 30th September from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.. Feel free to drop in at any time during the session to find out more about learning in Pre-School. Explore examples of activities, chat to the class teacher and listen to information about our curriculum.

Please note that, as this is an informal drop-in event held within the classroom, we will not be able to discuss confidential information or your child's individual progress.

Our first Parents' Evening will take place soon providing an opportunity to discuss your child’s development and learning at a private appointment. We look forward to welcoming you.

We have started our first Autumn Term topic 'All About Me' and we have lots of lovely learning and play activities planned for you.

We know that the first few days at Pre-School can be a bit of a scary time, even for mums and dads! If you have any worries then plaese come and talk to us- mornings at the door can be a bit busy but we have more time to talk at the end of the day. You can always email the office or contact the office directly  if you would like a phone call or a meeting.

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

    Week Commencing: Monday 21st September 2026

    This week we will explore 'Peace at Last’, a story about a bear who can't sleep. 

Communication & Language:

This week we will continue learn new nursery rhymes and songs and practise new actions. We will sing our new phonics songs Listening Bag and Squeaky Door and listen out for familiar sounds and make them ourselves...what sounds can we hear around us.? We will also learn how to make new sounds with instruments and tune into sounds that are soft or loud. We will repeat some familiar phrases in our story such ‘Oh No! I can't stand this…’ and label the places in the house that Mr Bear tries to go to sleep.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

This week we will begin to learn about colour calm breathing and where we can go to calm down and what resources we can use. We will explore activities that relate to our new story 'Peace at Last' playing new games together such as role playing with the puppets and small world forest/garden toys. We will practise saying our names and spotting our new name cards in a simple game.

Physical Development:

This week we will continue to make journeys as we travel in various ways around the villages and towns that we live in stopping at our café as we role play. This week our fresh playdough activity focus is rolling and cutting the dough to create round shapes with red dough and then matching large or small pretend cherries, apples and raspberries.

Literacy:

This week we will share a book called “Peace at Last” by Jill Murphy. We will enjoy exploring the different rooms in Mr Bear's house and making all the varying sounds that keep him awake. We will practise matching the rooms and objects to the sounds they make such as the ‘dripping tap’ and the ‘ticking clock’.  Do you have any bears at home, can you find noises around the house that you can copy yourself?

Phonics:

This week we will enjoy a listening and action game called sound bingo and use the picture cards from our story to create a sound composition. We will recreate the sounds from the story using our bodies, our voices and other instruments and objects, can you make a tick tock sound? Can you make a humming sound or tweeting sound? 

  Mathematics:

This week we will enjoy our new story Maisy’s Colours and we will play games with compare bears and pincers. We will explore the colour sorting picture balloons from the story and match up different objects that are red, yellow and or blue. We will also enjoy new challenges that involve making up rules to sort our toys.

Each week we will share a story that helps us to learn a new mathematical skill. 

    Understanding the World:

This week we will talk about things that we like to do at home, what toys we have and what is a favourite thing to do?

   Expressive Arts & Design:

This week we will explore sponge printing and make a rainbow balloon picture using large circle shapes. We will also enjoy making spots and dotty pictures and rainbow paintings with small cotton buds.

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.