Jack & Jills pre-school

Happy national thank a teacher day. Tasha, Steph, Becky and Rebecca thank you for everything you do. Love from all the children and the committee at Jack and Jill's x

Since January we have had some very keen footballers.
Children have been showing us their football skills and speaking about football telling us "I'm Ollie Watkins" "Ollie Watkins plays for Aston villa." When running with the ball saying "I'm Ollie Watkins and running and dribbling the ball like him." Kicking the ball saying "and he shoots and he scores" "Ollie Watkins tackles the ball, he snatched the ball from the other players feet." "My Daddy is very good at football but doesn't play on TV like Ollie Watkins."
We have finally had some dry weather and extended on the children's interest by painting a football pitch on the playground. The children have been sharing their ideas on how to play football and rules of the game. They have also been talking about the different emotions they feel during the game - getting frustrated when they don't score and happy when they do. They have also been talking about preferences on how they prefer playing on the pitch and penalty shoot outs are a bit boring.

Over the last two weeks the children at pre-school have enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year and exploring a different culture. They have shown lots of interest in dragons and the celebrations. 🐉

Today we continued our learning by tasting some Chinese foods together. The children tried egg fried rice, noodles, pak choi and prawn crackers, and they even had a go at using chopsticks.

It was a lovely opportunity for the children to experience something new, explore different cultures and develop their independence. Many of the children loved the food and asked for more! 😊

If you have a child looking to start pre-school in September come along to our open day on Monday 13th April 10AM-12PM. We have funded and none funded spaces available for children aged 2 and above. If your unable to make the date, just contact us for a visit to our setting when suits you ☺️
We look forward to meeting some new families to showcase our lovely setting in the heart of Lichfield right next to Waitrose.

Thank you so much for the lovely cards and generous gifts — they are truly appreciated. We are so grateful for your continued support and kindness.

Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year! ✨

🌟 Children in Need 🌟

Today we had a wonderful time taking part in our Children in Need activities! 💛

🎨 The children enjoyed making their own Pudsey hats.
🔍 We also went around preschool searching for Pudsey’s missing spots.
🧁 and the children helped make cheese and chive muffins.

It was a lovely day supporting a fantastic cause! 💛🐻✨

🌺 Lest We Forget 🌺

Our wonderful preschoolers have been learning about Remembrance Day. We’ve been talking together about the brave soldiers who helped to keep us safe, and we watched the short clip “Poppies” on CBeebies to help us understand why we remember them. ❤️

The children then created these beautiful poppy artworks, each one made with care, love, and lots of little hands at work! 🌿

We’re so proud of our children for taking part in this special day of remembrance. 💖

✨ What a busy and exciting week we’ve had at preschool! ✨

This week we’ve:
🪵 Practised our woodwork skills — using hammers and nails to tap into pumpkins!
🚒 Become firefighters, putting out pretend fires with our hoses.
🎆 Talked all about fireworks, made our own colourful creations through mark making, Explored a science experiment using soap, milk and food colouring! And even held real sparklers safely outside!
🌺 Decorated beautiful poppies as we learned about Remembrance Day.

It’s been a week full of fun, creativity, and learning through play! ❤️

🌟 What a wonderful term we’ve had at jack and Jill’s!

We’ve been so busy learning all about Space, diving deep Under the Sea, celebrating Diwali, and exploring all the colours and changes of Autumn 🍂✨

The children have also been out and about in our community — visiting our local shop to donate food to the food bank. A huge thank you to all our parents who kindly brought in food donations 💕

The children have had a fantastic time discovering new things, creating, playing, and learning together 💫

We hope you all have a lovely week, and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone back the week commencing Monday 3rd November — ready for lots more fun, learning, and exploring! 🌈😊