Pre-School 2026 - 2027

Welcome to Pre-School Autumn Term 1 2026

Our Pre-School Drop-in Curriculum session is on Wednesday 30th September 4pm-6pm.

Drop-in to our session at any time from 4pm, our Pre-School will be open to explore.

We hope to see you all there!

We are really excited to see you again and we hope that you have had a lovely summer break together!

We open again on Wednesday 2nd September and we can't wait to have lots of fun together. We will spend the first couple of weeks getting to know each other and finding out about your interests.

We will soon be starting 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 14th September 2026

    This week we will explore 'Whatever Next!'a story about going to space. 

Communication & Language:

This week we will learn new nursery rhymes and practise new actions. We will sing our new phonics song Listen to the Sounds and Listening Bag where we link sounds around us. We will also learn stop and go signs by adding these words to a simple game and looking out for them in our story time session.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

This week we will continue practising coming into Pre-School with all our belongings and finding our pegs. We will explore activities that relate to our new story 'Whatever next' playing new games together. 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 up journeys as we travel in various ways around space, to planets and the moon. We will go on a space adventure and build a spaceship of our own using crates and props. This week our fresh playdough activity focus is squeezing and rolling the dough in our palms, to create space rocks and planet shapes. We will use tools to make funny alien faces, arms and legs.

Literacy:

This week we will share a book called “Whatever Next” by Jill Murphy. We have really enjoyed exploring the front cover and how to turn the pages carefully from start to finish. We enjoyed pointing to different parts of the story and saying the names of the characters and the objects! We practised repeating the sounds in different parts of the story like the aeroplane and rocket and the dripping rain together. We also practised phrases using prepositional language in the sky... on the moon…in the rocket…on the helmet. Do you have any bears at home, can you pretend they are whooshing off to space?

Phonics:

This week we will enjoy a singing game called listen to the sounds and tune in to sounds we can make using different tools such as scraping, tapping and banging. We will recreate the sounds from the story using new words like whoosh and bump!

  Mathematics:

This week we will explore and play with shapes and show interest in simple differences between shapes. We will put shapes and blocks into position, selecting shapes for a reason and find and collect objects for a purpose. We will also begin to explore and describe natural shapes and objects such as shells and pebbles.

Each week we will share a story that helps us to learn a new mathematical skill. Look out for our rocket models and shape challenges.

    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 and play with.

   Expressive Arts & Design:

This week we will begin to create a picture of our own face. What does it look like? What colour eyes do we have? How long is our hair and is it curly or maybe it is dark brown or light brown?

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.