Twinkletoes Preschool

🎓PRESCHOOL GRADUATION🎓
Thank you all for joining us for your children’s preschool graduation. It’s been a pleasure having your children with us and getting to know you all throughout the years. It has been an amazing year and we have seen the children grow and learn so much from their time with us. We know the children are ready for their new big adventure at big school, but it doesn’t make the goodbyes any easier. We are thankful for you all, for allowing us to spend these precious years with your children and thank you for choosing us.
Thank you for the kind and generous gifts and kind words shared, for the amazing cake and for one last morning with your children.
Thank you for staff for preparing their speech’s for the children to read out to them, it shows you know your key children so well and it was lovely hearing all the memories, funny moments and experiences shared. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to all children at Twinkletoes, it truly shows just how much every child means to us.
Good luck to all the children in their new schools! We hope you all have a lovely summer break ☀️💜
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💜END OF YEAR💜
Firstly, we would like to start of by saying how proud we are of all the children and what they have achieved this year. Every single child has made a huge difference and hold a special place in all our hearts. Some children will be back in September but some of our children are leaving for their next new big adventure at big school. It is always hard to say goodbye, but we know they will have the best time and thrive in their new schools. We will miss them all so much!!
Thank you to all the parents for choosing us for the start of your children’s school life, we are so grateful for each and every one of you. Thank you for your kind and generous gifts, cards and words at the door, it means the world to us that we have made a positive impact on your children’s journey and the memories made. A lot of our parents have been with us for quite a few years, where we have had your other children also attended Twinkletoes before they went to big school in previous years. It has been wonderful getting to know you all and we will miss you all!
And lastly, thank you to all the teachers who have worked so hard to provide education, support and care for every child we have with us. We have loved every minute spending time with the children, creating memories, a lot of laughter and a positive environment for all.
We welcome all of our school leavers to our graduation on Monday 20th July for one last final goodbye 🎓
For children attending Twinkletoes in September, we look forward to seeing you when our doors open on Thursday 3rd September 💜
Have a lovely summer break everyone! ☀️💜
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🫟THIS WEEK🫟
On Tuesday we had our sports morning which the children participated in 6 different activities including the corn hole, balancing beams with bean bags, an obstacle course, egg and spoon race, hoop the cone, our up and over course and of course, the parent race, the flip flop race and the children’s race. The children done so well and we are so proud of them for making this sports morning so fantastic. Thank you for all the parents, carers, grandparents, siblings and all family and friends for joining us. We hope you all had a great time as we all did 👏🏼 (see separate post)🏅
This week is our Teddy bear picnic week where the children could bring in their favourite cuddly friend to join us all week. We set up a ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’ role play area for the children to create their own stories with their teddies and reenact parts of the story book. On Friday we all had a picnic inside with our teddies at lunchtime, it was great fun to have our cuddly friends join us 🧸
We had a range of activities set out this week for the children to learn from and enjoy, please swipe across to see the fun! 🫟
Next week is our last week of preschool! Coffee morning is on TUESDAY 14TH JULY. End of term is THURSDAY 16TH JULY. For school leavers, our graduation is MONDAY 20TH JULY. For children who are joining us back in September, we return on THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER.
We can’t wait for one last week of fun with you all and make the most of our time together. We hope you all have a lovely weekend 💜
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🏅SPORTS MORNING🏅
On Tuesday we had our sports morning which the children participated in 6 different activities including the corn hole, balancing beams with bean bags, an obstacle course, egg and spoon race, hoop the cone, our up and over course and of course, the parent race, the flip flop race and the children’s race. The children done so well and we are so proud of them for making this sports morning so fantastic. It was lovely to see so many family and friends get involved and having a great time with the children. Thank you for all the parents, carers, grandparents, siblings and all family and friends for joining us. We hope you all had a great time as we all did 👏🏼
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🫟THIS WEEK🫟
This week Kaylie has been teaching the children about the importance of being polite, kind and sharing. Kaylie set up a ‘Tiger who came to tea’ tuff tray using a black tray, orange rice, cups, saucers, wooden food, spoons, painted peg dolls and a tiger. Kaylie read the story to the children and discussed kindness, and encouraged sharing and taking turns with others. The children also used the pictures to read the story at carpet time to their friends in their own words 🐯
Gemma has been teaching the children about different occupations and imaginative role play by setting up a hairdressers role play area. Gemma set out chairs, tint bowls and brushes, hair straighteners, hair dryers, rollers, hair brushes, mirrors and a reception area where the children could make appointments, pay and answer the phone to customers 💇🏽‍♀️
Ashley has been teaching the children about the story ‘The Bog Baby’, teaching the children the need to care for a respect all living things and our environment. Ashley set up a tuff tray using chia seeds, water, grass mat, Bog Baby painted stones, pretend frogs, a house and painted peg dolls. The children enjoyed sensory play whilst learning how to take care of our world 🌍
Amanda has been teaching the children about different ways we can be kind and caring to others and different ways we can help our friends. Amanda set up a ‘friendship potion’ tuff tray based on the story ‘the rainbow fish’. She used coloured water, glitter, sequins, pom-poms, spoons, ladles, pipettes, jars and dishes. The children enjoyed creating potions and talking about what kindness magic they were sprinkling into it and how it would make other people feel whilst turn taking and sharing with each other 🥰
We had a birthday this week! As always we held a special birthday carpet time where we find out what presents they received, what cake they had and what they done for their special day and anything else they would like to share. We then sang happy birthday and gave him 3 big claps! Happy birthday! 🥳
Dougie went home this week with a child who has settled into preschool so well and has been so kind to others and helpful to everyone. Well done 👏🏼 🐶

☀️THIS WEEK☀️
This week it has been particularly hot and we appreciate everyone’s efforts to help keep the children as cool and calm as possible during the heat wave, to help manage as best as they could whilst with us and at home. Thank you for your support and understanding and for the yummy ice lollies! The children loved them this week! 😋. Next week is looking much cooler so we look forward to seeing you all back ☺️
This week Amanda has been teaching the children colour mixing and capacity. Amanda set up a colour mixing water tray using primary coloured water, cups, bottles, sponges, scoops and jugs. The children enjoyed mixing the colours and creating new colours as well as finding new ways to fill their bottles such as using sponges to squeeze the water out ❤️💛💙
Kaylie has been teaching the children to use descriptive language by setting up a ‘dear zoo’ themed area. Kaylie read the story to the children and encouraged them to use their own words to describe the animals. Kaylie added a height chart, laminated resources, pencils and paper, envelopes, numbers, tape measures and animals 🐯
Ashley has been teaching the children about making healthy choices and how to make juice from fresh fruit and vegetables. Ashley set up a ‘juice bar’ role play area using tables, chairs, shop stall, till, money, signs and posters, pretend fruit and vegetables and cups. Ashley also taught the children to chop up their own fruit and vegetables ready to make their own juice to try 🥤
Gemma has been teaching the children how to write letters correctly and practicing correct letter formation. Gemma provided the children with different ways to mark make and practise writing by using trays filled with rice and flour, paint brushes and added pencils and paper alongside ✏️
We hope you all have a lovely weekend 💜
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🫟THIS WEEK🫟
This week Kelly has been teaching the children to explore filling and emptying. Kelly set up an oranges and lemon tuff tray using real sliced oranges and lemons, yellow jugs and cups, scoops, water and ice cubes for the children to explore filling, emptying, pouring whilst learning about capacity and using vocabulary such as ‘more or less’ 🍋
Ashley has been teaching the children to create pieces of art using different materials such as cardboard stars, glue, sand, googly eyes, lentils and paintbrushes. The children made textured starfish and spoke about how we care for living creatures and how to keep sea animals safe in their environment by recycling ⭐️
Gemma has been teaching the children about different emotions, how to manage them and asking the children how they feel by creating their own feelings using playdough, laminated playdough mats, wool, googly eyes and tool. Gemma taught the children strategies they can use if they feel sad, angry or frustrated ☹️
Kaylie has been teaching the children about language and rhythms by creating a ‘squash and a squeeze’ tuff tray using, a grass mat, props and characters from the story so the children can act out and repeat parts of the story book 🏠
Amanda has been teaching the children about royal traditions through role play by setting up a ‘Trooping the colour’ role play area. Amanda set up the toy kitchen, tables and chairs, pretend food, a craft area where the children could create their own crowns using coloured cardboard, glue and gems 👑
Next week, as the weather is continuing to reach high temperatures, please apply suncream BEFORE your children come to preschool and please provide hats for when we go out into the garden. We will be taking regular breaks inside and plenty of fluids throughout the day. ☀️
We hope you have a lovely weekend 💜
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👨🏻FATHERS DAY👨🏽
On Thursday it was so lovely to see so many parents turn up for our ‘Awe and Wonder’ morning where we had lots of science experiments set out for you all to enjoy with your children along with tea, coffee and biscuits. We hope you all had a lovely time and we hope you have a fantastic Father’s Day on Sunday 💜
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🫟THIS WEEK🫟
This week Amanda has been teaching the children to sort items according to colour by using green rice, coloured bow pasta to represent butterflies, tweezers, sorting jars, numbers and laminated pictures of different coloured and sized butterflies and flowers. The children enjoyed talking about butterflies and the ones we released into the garden last week, remembering the life cycle of the butterflies and counting how many butterflies they collected in their coloured jars 🦋
Ashley has been teaching the children to use their senses to describe different smells and textures. Ashley created a natural herb playdough and added in herbs, tools, and scissors where the children enjoyed exploring the playdough with lavender, mint, rosemary and coriander using their imagination what to do with it🌿
Gemma has been teaching the children about people who help us and the importance of being kind and caring to all living creatures, by setting up a vets role play area. Gemma provided the children with stuffed animals, medical equipment, a reception area, dressing up and props and a vets station where the animals received their care. The children loved taking care of the animals and talking about their own experiences with animals and being imaginative 🐶
Kaylie has been teaching the children about language and rhythm by creating a ‘gingerbread man’ tuff tray using the grass mat, blue rice, a house, marbles, cones and numbers. Kaylie added characters from the story so children could act out and repeat parts of the story 🏠
Kelly has been teaching the children to explore small, dark spaces by creating a cave environment over a table with a black sheet across the top and providing the children with light up toys and torches to explore the cave 🌚
On Friday the children made fruit kebabs for healthy eating week, using bananas, pineapple, grapes and strawberries. They had conversations about healthy eating and discussing what foods were good for us 🍓
We hope you all have a lovely weekend 💜
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We hope to see lots of you, your friends and family at our Family Fun Day. Please share details far and wide, this year will be the biggest yet! If anyone would like to make a donation of a prize for our Grand Raffle, please contact us, all prizes will be greatly appreciated 💜