Take a look at some of the learning activities our children got up to in at our playgroup in Cheltenham.
Category: Learning
We were so excited when Tommy’s Daddy, Ben O’Connor, asked if the pre-schoolers would like the opportunity to climb up onto a real digger! Ben owns a plant hire company, O’Connor Plant Hire, and was happy to bring some diggers to Holy Apostles’ Preschool to enhance...
If you’re looking for exciting winter activities for pre-schoolers, then Stickman is your friend! The pre-school children at Holy Apostles have been learning all about story-making, and how we use our story boxes at Holy Apostles’ Pre-school. We introduced our topic by reading the book, Stickman by Julia Donaldson. It is a favourite story among the...
Here at Holy Apostles, we believe in fun, interactive lessons for our pupils, which is why we are regarded as one of the best nurseries in Gloucestershire by parents. Keep reading to discover more about the Bear Hunt and how the activity is expanding our...
Holy Apostles’ pre-schoolers have been learning all about British birds as well as some from further afield! We started our topic at the end of January to coincide with the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch that we take part in each year. The children were introduced to...
At Holy Apostles’ Preschool, one of the best preschools in Gloucestershire, we have started to learn some words and phrases in French. In week one we had fun listening to Mrs Unsworth’s new picture storybook “SPEAK SCRUFFY! HAVE A GO!”. We widened our vocabulary and began to speak some French! We learnt...
Here we are in November 2020, partway through a second lockdown due to Covid-19 and we are still not able to welcome prospective parents into our preschool to enable them to see us at work and decide whether Holy Apostles’ Preschool is the right setting...
In March 2020, we received short notice that we were to close our preschool on the 20th of the month to all but the children of key workers. At Holy Apostles, we actually only had one child with us on Monday 23rd March whose parents,...
Parents of prospective pupils looking at local preschools, often ask us when they visit Holy Apostles if we plan topics around the children's ideas and interests. The answer is yes! We planned a topic on transport which was a direct response to children’s interests. We thought...
The pre-schoolers have been enjoying the recent good weather! Here at Holy Apostles preschool Cheltenham, we are very lucky to have such an exciting outdoor area to explore. Our latest topic, following children’s interests, was all about planting and getting our beds ready for...
We have been story making 'The Gruffalo' at Holy Apostles’ Pre-school! The children chose their favourite story to create their Gruffalo story box. There were some very excited faces when the soft toy characters arrived in the children’s playgroup class! To start with, we laminated...