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,...
The pre-schoolers have been having lots of fun finding out about pirates this term. We often ponder the question: what makes a good preschool? In short, the answer is nurturing the children's passions and talents. With this in mind, we chose the topic because a...
Mud Kitchen at Playgroup At Holy Apostles’ Pre-school the children have been learning about the rules for playing in the mud kitchen. The children at playgroup know that they have to be ‘booted and suited’ before they can join their friends in the mud kitchen. The...
20th February 2017 Science Week It’s science week at Holy Apostles’ playgroup! The children have been looking at our discovery jars and predicting what will happen when they are shaken. We explained that the jars contained water and oil...
Story-making at Playgroup We have been learning all about story-making at Holy Apostles’ Pre-school this term. We chose ‘Stickman’ by Julia Donaldson, which is one of our favourite stories. The children listened to the complete story a number of times; then we started to think about...