Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you have had a lovely week!
This week the Pre-School have been widening their imagination. They have been using props to support their play by using dressing up costumes, trains to push along the tracks and shells/people to act out a beach theme and their own experiences.
Last week we created our very own cocoon for our Very Hungry Caterpillar! This week the children have been using their fine motor skills to mix colours and paint our cocoon!
The children have been practicing their numbers by identifying them and counting 1-10.
The children have also been exploring different themes on the tuff tray!
This week we have explored:
- Goldilock’s and The 3 Bears by making porridge for the bears, looking the different side chairs and beds! 🐻
- Autumn 🍂 we have been talking about the different colours we see, what animals come out and how the leafs fall/ change colour!
- Construction site 👷‍♀️ We have been looking at what tools builders use, what materials and how they uses these to build houses, buildings and towers!
- Colours🖌 we have been exploring different colours by mixing, looking around the environment and looking at the different colour pasta we have on the tuff tray!
⭐️Our star of the week this week our:
⭐️AM - Ilyas did settling well into preschool!
⭐️PM - Abdur Rahman for always being helpful!
Well done!😊⭐️
The nursery newsletter has been added and if you would like a paper copy they are available in the reception!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week😊
From Preschool Team

Dear parents and carers,
This week the Toddler room children have been creating their own faces with Mr. potato head, learning to recognise and name different body parts.
To maintain attention the children enjoyed small group activity with the bowling pins and balls, where they are learning to take turns.
In the water tray the children used large spoons to scoop the different coloured balls to develop their hand and eye co- ordination skill’s and name the colour’s that they can see.
In Small world we were learning about different occupations, Ie. Firemen, fire station, small world people and fire trucks, giving the children the opportunity to talk about what firemen do and develop their knowledge and understanding of the world.
We had a range of different textures on the tuff tray for the children to explore and talk about what they can see and feel.
They used one handed tools such as scissor’s to develop fine motor skills.
This weeks Am star ⭐️ of the week is Ayan for settling in well into nursery. Our Pm Star ⭐️ of the week is Arsheen who has also settled in well into Nursery. Well done to you both keep up the good work.👏
Have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Dawn and Toddler room girls.

Dear parents and carers,
We hope you have all had a great week . This week the children have enjoyed learning about the different seasons. They enjoyed looking at books about Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. The children also talked about the weather when exploring the garden this week.
They enjoyed a range of different activities in the garden giving them the opportunity to explore moving in a range of different ways, ie hop scotch, chasing games, playing with the parachute, bikes and car’s.
They enjoyed a frozen insect activity on the tuff tray here they needed to pour water onto the ice to melt it to be able to get the insect out. They used one handed tools to break the ice. Ie spoons.
We have been learning to recognise , name and draw the different shapes on the white board.
The children splashed in the bubble’s seeking out a range of different animals to name encouraging them to use simple words in play.
Our children have been learning to follow their snack time routine, encouraging them to make choices independently and developing self care skills.
This weeks Am ⭐️ of the week is Huzaifa for being more confident and playing well with others. Our Pm Star ⭐️ of the week is Nylah for settling in well into nursery. Well done to you both keep up the good work.
I would like to kindly remind parents and carers to please fold up the buggies at drop off time to ensure that there is enough room for everyone. Also a reminder for parent’s to please return your Tower Hamlets funding forms to the nursery as soon as possible.Thank you.
We hope you enjoy your weekend and look forward to seeing you all next week.
Dawn and Toddler room staff.
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Dear Parents And Carers,
This week the preschool have been focusing on The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book! 🐛
The children have been making their own Very Hungry Caterpillar! By using their fine motor skills to paint the paper plates! The children have also been making their own Butterfly using a range of colour paints! 🦋 The children have made their own Caterpillar Cocon by doing paper mache!
The children have also been talking about what the caterpillar eats and paint printing the food the caterpillar eats!🍎
The children have been exploring colours by naming them, mixing them and sort colours into bowls and using tweezers to match.
The children have also been making marks using a variety of mark making tools. They have also been attempting to write / copy some letters of their names by looking at their name cards and letter blocks.
The children have enjoyed getting back into our weekly dance sessions, where they are exploring how to move, copy actions and sing familiar songs!
The children have been enjoyed looking at the different animal environments and where they live. The children have been talking about how the caterpillar lives outside 🐛and how some animals live on the farm. 🐖🐄🐑
This week star of the weeks are:
⭐️AM- Iqra for settling well into preschool!
⭐️PM- Amal for settling well into preschool!
Well done! ⭐️😊
We hope you have a lovely weekend and see you next week!
From
The Preschool Team😊
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Dear Parents And Carers,
We hope you have had a great week. The children in Toddler room have enjoyed a range of fun activities this week. They really enjoyed our All about me activity giving them the opportunity to talk about themselves. They talked about hair, naming eyes, nose, mouth. They made their own choices using various different materials. then made amazing self portraits which are on our window display outside of Toddler room.
We had a farm animal tuff tray to develop their play skills. Ie playing with other’s and naming different animals and exploring the sounds that they make.
We had dinosaurs on display to encourage the children to use a range of one handed tools to draw / paint their own dinosaur,
As it is nearing Autumn the children have been working on leaf printing for our Autumn display, giving them the opportunity to talk about different things they can see outside teaching them knowledge and understanding of the world and developing their mark making skills.
We had a mini beast activity on the tuff tray, exploring different insects and making marks in the foam.
We had a vet activity where the children enjoyed role playing with our stable and horses, developing their imagination and giving them the opportunity to talk about different occupations. Ie. Vets.
They had a fun activity making biscuits, here they explored different ingredients, using one handed tools, stirring, mixing , rolling and cutting and weighing.
Our Am Star ⭐️ of the week is Clark for being more confident in playing with others and using more words. Our Pm Star ⭐️ of the week is Arhaan for being more confident and verbal during play. Well done 👏.
We hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. We will see you all next week.
Dawn and Toddler room staff.

​Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you have had a lovely week!
Pre-school have enjoyed playing in the garden during the sunny week and exploring how to move in a range of ways.
The children have been exploring the tuff tray looking at differently environments and places. The children have been expanding on their imaginative play by using different small world toys and props.
The children have really enjoyed looking after the babies! Pretending to feed them, change the, and even talk about their own self-care needs.
The children have also been exploring how to use a range of one handed tools during a variety of activities. e.g. using scissors to cut paper, pens and pencils to make marks and paint brushes to paint.
Our stars of the week this week are:
⭐️AM- Umaima for settling well into preschool!
⭐️PM- Musa M for doing well in toilet training!
Well done!⭐️😊
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
From
The pre-school team.

Dear parents and carers
This week preschool have been talking a lot about transitioning to their new schools in September and what it will be like e.g. meeting new teachers and making new friends. A lot of the children have been visiting their new schools and meeting their new teachers.
This week our am star of the week is Maryam C for using the the toilet confidently and our pm star of the week is Madeina for confidently taking about her new school she will be starting in September.
Well done to you both keep up the good work.
Just a few reminders that today Friday 12th of July is the last day to order your child’s photos for free delivery to the nursery.
Next week on Wednesday 17th of July we will be having our leavers party, unfortunately parents and careers can not attend and the nursery will be providing food and drinks for the children.
Next Friday the 19th of July is our last day before we break up for the summer holidays.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend
Jenny and preschool girls

Dear parents and carers
This week Toddler room have been talking a lot about transitioning to their new schools in September and transitioning to Preschool, what it will be like e.g. meeting new teachers and making new friends.
This weeks Am star ⭐️ of the week is Muhammad for being kind to his friends and playing nicely. Our Pm Star ⭐️ of the week is Noor for settling into nursery.
Well done to you both keep up the good work.
Just a few reminders that today Friday 12th of July is the last day to order your child’s photos for free delivery to the nursery.
Next week on Wednesday 17th of July we will be having our leavers party, unfortunately parents and careers can not attend and the nursery will be providing food and drinks for the children.
Next Friday the 19th of July is our last day before we break up for the summer holidays.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend
Dawn and Toddler room girls.

Dear parents and carers
This week preschool was very excited to see the butterflies 🦋 when they came to nursery on Monday and in the week we released them. You can see the videos and pictures of this.
They also painted their own butterflies and spoke about the experience of how the butterflies formed and what colours they were.
We have this week been talking about personal hygiene and the importance of self care and brushing teeth. The children really enjoyed the activities both inside and out in the garden, pretending to brush the dolls teeth. Helping to develop their own self care needs.
Some of the children have had school and home visits this week and it’s been lovely hearing about their new schools and teachers.
This week our am star of the week is Madiha for playing nicely with others and our pm star of the week is Ayaan Ali for communicating more with his peers.
Well done to you both keep up the good work.
Just a few little reminders. Next Friday 12th of July 2024 is the deadline for free postage and packaging for your child’s school photo if you are ordering to be delivered to the nursery. You can still order after this date but will have to pay the postage and packaging to be delivered.
Can I also remind you that children are not allowed on the stones or throw the stones in the car park, as this can cause damage to vehicles parked on the driveway or to another child.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
Jenny and preschool girls

Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you have all had a good week. Toddlers have had another fun week exploring a range of exciting activities.
We had a coloured ice cube and shaving foam tuff tray for children to explore colour change and talk about the sensory aspect, ie. How does it feel ? Hot or cold?
We had a range of different one handed tools ie.play dough cutters, scissors to develop hand eye co ordination and fine motor skills.
The children enjoyed the pasta activity filling and emptying pots and pans using large spoons.
We hid letter moulds in the shaving foam for children to find, encouraging them to identify and name the letters.
In the maths area we had a range of puzzle’s for children to identify what they see and complete independently with and alongside adults and children to encourage them to play together.
In our book corner we set up a puppet theatre to encourage the children to develop their imagination and create their own stories.
This weeks Am Star ⭐️ of the week is Safeerah for settling in well and playing nicely with other’s. Our Pm Star ⭐️ of the week is Amir for displaying good behaviour. Well done 👏.
Have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all next week.
Dawn and Toddler room Girls.