Little Acorns Pre School

03/09/2021

Unfortunately, due to lack of numbers, we will not be running our Little Acorn sessions in the Autumn term. We need 10 children to regularly attend to cover costs. We may consider running in the Summer term if we have enough interest from the new reception children joining us September 2022.

If you do wish to register your interest, please do not hesitate to contact us.

13/08/2020

Hi everyone!
We hope you and your loved ones are all keeping safe and well. Just thought we would give you a quick update regarding Little Acorns.
With Covid-19 still very much with us and lockdowns taking place in Preston we have made the very difficult and heartbreaking decision to defer re-opening. We have constantly been assessing the situation, and we would like to stress this was not an easy decision to make, but felt it is the right one at this time. We hope that you will support our decision in these difficult and uncertain times and please be assured that we will reopen as soon as we possibly can. We have lots planned for this year and we can't wait to get back to some normality. I will update you with any news as soon as I can.
Keep safe and keep well.

04/05/2020

Hello everyone. I hope you and my little angels are all keeping safe and well. DanceTalent, a local dance school, have offered a free street dance lesson to get us all up and moving while having fun. All family members can take part ( they have street classes from the very young to the more mature and even have a dance crew called the Gangsta Grannies and some of those are in their seventies. So come on and get moving and shake those cares away.
All you have to do is have the Zoom/us app on any phone/tablet/laptop (if you haven't already got then download in advance) then join the meeting using the following information:

Meeting I.D. 302-620-2288
Password 678432

You will need to use computer audio but Sue, the dance teacher, will mute everyone so you can talk without anyone else hearing and you can choose to switch the video off if you wish aa long as you can see Sue. If you click on Sue Vincent's image and click on the 3 dots it will say pin image, if you click on that, that you will see her in a bigger image to help you. Any questions just ask. I hope you will join us for a fun filled 30 mins of stress relieving dance.
Keep well and see you all soon x x ❤

21/03/2020

For those of you who want to keep your little ones (or even the bigger ones) active. It is great for all the family to do together to keep us all active even though we can't exercise in the usual way.

21/03/2020

This is another wonderful link from a grandad who has set up a Facebook live page as he tells a bedtime story each day. https://www.facebook.com/Story-time-with-Grandad-105743201065335/

Personal blog

21/03/2020

https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-author-activities/?utm_content=1584565321&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0IFYgW15w8V7oTypQ3ZQRNen8PEqNNjlLlM5EiP4ZFQQdf2lW9ZBUWwl0

Try this link. If this doesn't work, please check out our school Twitter page.

This is a lovely link to authors reading stories with activities. Will keep you all updated with any other useful links. Keep well and keep safe.

Get reading and writing!

16/03/2020

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It is with regret that we have taken the decision to cancel Little Acorns with immediate effect. We have no known cases of COVID-19 within our school and have taken this decision as a purely precautionary measure and in line with government advice. We are confident you will support this course of action and we will keep you updated on this page. Please message me or telephone school if you require any further information.

05/03/2020

Today, we practised more letter sounds and talked about any words we knew that started with those letter sounds. As it was a beautiful afternoon, we went outside to play and looked at all the plants beginning to grow, the children practised their balancing skills on the big tyres, chased shadows on the floor and enjoyed the outside space. As it is World Book Day tomorrow, we acted out the 'Three Billy Goats Gruff' using our climbing equipment as the bridge. Some of the children pretended to be the goats and some the trolls (we used poetic license there 😉) and then swapped over. They did an amazing job of retelling the story.
We came inside and the children played beautifully together, sharing their ideas of what is happening in their games and sharing the toys.

05/03/2020

Last week, the children made 'pancakes' using paper plates and cutting out pancakes using pale yellow paper, pictures of the toppings they like best on their pancakes and then gluing them onto their paper plate. For snack time, we talked about how the pancake mixture changes texture and smells different at each stage. Firstly, we looked at the powder in the pre mixed bottle and then we added the water which turned our powder into a liquid. We took turns to shake the bottle to make sure it was mixed together properly. After that, we had a good look at the mixture and talked about how the mixture looked and smelled different. We then watched the pancakes cook and the children saw how the mixture was no longer a liquid and runny and that it had turned into a solid and the more it cooked on the heat the more the pancake changed to a darker colour.
The children then chose the toppings they wanted and enjoyed them as their snack. They were delicious.

26/02/2020

Little Acorns is back after half term tomorrow at the usual time of 1pm.

13/02/2020

Today we practised our letter sounds 's' 'a' 't' 'p' 'i' and 'n'. We discovered that it spelt out a name and the children found the letters and held them up. We also had fun playing our shopping game, practising our fine motor skills and hand eye coordination by threading buttons etc onto string and doing jigsaws. We played 'Frustration' and practised taking turns and counting. We also had our Aquadraw mats out to practise writing our letter sounds and mark making. The children had asked of they could have some cereal as a snack again after we had it after our threading 'Cheerio' activity a couple of weeks ago, I think they enjoyed their snack don't you?
Little Acorns is not open next week due to half term, we are back on Wednesday 26th February. Happy half term!

06/02/2020

This week we talked about the people who help us. The children matched up the emergency vehicles to the pictures of the people who drive them. We also talked about other people who help us like teachers, lollipop people, doctors, vets etc. Next, they worked together really well and put together our road jigsaw and helped each other sort out where the pieces go and placed 'people who help us' next to where they would be working. We all worked together as a group and matched up pictures of when we might need help and who would us. Oh my word they worked hard! We finished off with a snack of toast, apple and banana with water and milk to drink. ❤