Micheldever & Stratton Pre School

It has been an interesting term last term and the children have all enjoyed some excellent learning opportunities surrounded by our term’s topic of growing and our families. We were extremely lucky to watch our caterpillars grow from a tiny seed, to full grown caterpillars, into chrysalis’s and then into beautiful butterflies which we released into the big wide world for them to explore. We also managed to plant some sunflowers of our own too, which we are lovingly taking care of to turn into giant sunflowers that we can measure and grow. We are also lucky that our own little preschool family are growing too, our other topic on families and the family tree has shown that it’s not only our own family that we are a part of but that we are also a part of others families too. We also learnt that families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and that we are all important and valued. Our next terms topic will be focused on transport, lots of our children have been interested in how vehicles move, where they go and why. We are looking forward to taking part in the plaque unveiling in Micheldever Station on the 3rd of July in honour of the first car journey ever undertaken. What a fantastic opportunity for the children and it links in so nicely with our topic.

We do have some very fun events planned for the coming month, we are looking forward to having some group and family photos taken. We are also really looking forward to our end of term graduation for our preschool leavers. It is always a happy but sad time for the staff and for the parents as we wish our preschool leavers well on the next step of our educational journey. We are also really sad that Claire our Chair is hanging up her preschool hat for the last time at the end of this term too, Claire has been an inspiration to the preschool and a great support to not just the children, but the parents, staff and committee. We’re very lucky that Sam is taking over the Chair role and we know that she will be an excellent support for us all. We will need a secretary though for September, it is an important role for the preschool and we would love to welcome new members to our preschool, if you feel that you would be able to take on this role and want to help out your local community preschool, please do get in touch with us. We’re all very friendly and it’s always nice to meet new faces too.

We do have some availability at the moment so if you would like or know someone who is looking for a small family feel run community preschool, please do get in touch. We pride ourselves on our motto that ‘Every Child Matters & Every Child Counts’. Please contact our preschool leader Mrs. Nicola Rae at leader. micheldeverpreschool@gmail.com