St Catherine's Pre-school

30/10/2026

Halloween Signalong Signs- 'Happy Halloween', 'ghost', 'witch' and 'skeleton.' 👻🧙‍♀️☠️

29/10/2026

DON'T FORGET...we are open on Monday 2 November (even though the primary school is closed)

Our SONG OF THE WEEK is GRANDMA'S SPECTACLES

Here are Grandma’s spectacles,
Here is Grandma’s hat.
This is the way she holds her hands,
And puts them in her lap.

Here are Grandad’s glasses,
Here is Grandad’s hat.
This is the way he folds his arms,
And has a little nap.

23/10/2026

This week has mostly been spent tinkering at the woodwork table - drilling, sawing, positioning, hammering, glueing, fixing, thinking of ideas, not giving up, trying different approaches, rearranging and finishing off. It all adds up to the development of early maths and problem solving skills.

Please check your inbox for the weekly news and upcoming events.

Don’t forget it’s half term week. We will be open again on Monday 2 November. Enjoy the break 🎃

21/10/2026

The Signalong Signs this week are 'tree', 'leaf' and 'pumpkin.'

18/10/2026

Our song of the week is Little Mousey Brown

Up the tall white candlestick
Ran little mousey brown
Right to the top
But he couldn't get down
So he called to his grandma
'Grandma, Grandma'
But Grandma was in town
So he curled himself into a ball
What a clever mouse
And rolled himself back down

16/10/2026

There are lots of jobs to do in the garden but for now we are collecting the bean seeds for planting next year.

We are nearly at the end of our first block of Forest school sessions and the children are comfortable moving freely around the area and becoming much more confident on the equipment, eg, swing, gym rings, ladder. They are developing strength and coordination that in time will help them hold a pencil and sit on a chair - this is what pre-writing skills look like in practice. So for now, they will be running, crawling, jumping, swinging, rolling and climbing.

Please check your inbox for an email with reminders about upcoming outings and activities. There will be no football this week on Wednesday.

Please ask family and friends to have look through the Memories for Money sheet and remember to keep posting the green tokens in our box at Waitrose.

15/10/2026

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14/10/2026

The Signalong Signs this week are 'choose' and 'again.'

12/10/2026

A huge thank you to CLIVE RENDELL PLANT HIRE LIMITED who answered our request on Facebook for an offcut of drainage tube. The huge tube has been cut into three sections and placed in our forest school corner.
If you know Clive, please tag him in this post.
Many thanks

11/10/2026

Our song of the week is WALKING THROUGH THE JUNGLE...

Walking through the jungle, walking through the jungle
What do you see? What do you see?
If you hear a noise, shh, shh, shh
What could it be? What could it be?
Well I think it was a tiger, roar
I think it was a tiger, roar
I think it was a tiger, roar
Looking for his tea, looking for his tea.

Walking through the jungle, walking through the jungle
What do you see? What do you see?
If you hear a noise, shh, shh, shh
What could it be? What could it be?
Well I think it was a snake, ss ss ss
I think it was a snake, ss ss ss
I think it was a snake, ss ss ss
Looking for his tea, looking for his tea.

Walking through the jungle, walking through the jungle
What do you see? What do you see?
If you hear a noise, shh, shh, shh
What could it be? What could it be?
Well I think it was a crocodile, snap snap snap
I think it was a crocodile, snap snap snap
I think it was a crocodile, snap snap snap
Looking for his tea, looking for his tea,
I hope it isn’t me