Towerview Playschool has reopened to key worker and vulnerable children, also those who are transitioning to school in September and Autumn born 3yr olds. We have had to put a cap on spaces due to some staff members self isolating with vulnerable family members.
We are trying to do our best to keep in touch with all families, we can be contacted by phone and email. We have a Facebook page where we have uploaded ideas for activities to do at home along including speech and language posts shared from Worcestershire Speech and Language.
The children who have returned to Playschool have settled very well and seem to be coping with the routine and rules very well and are delighting us with their new skills they have learnt during lockdown. We have seen some very impressive mark making and writing skills, new songs and rhymes and have heard how one child can now “crack eggs without getting the shell in the mixture”.
This week the children have enjoyed being together, we have seen some lovely building role play where the whole group - all eight of them - have worked to together to ‘fix the playhouse’ and with all the wet weather they are keen to be outside. Together they have discovered that the rain has collected on the sail they we have put up and have taken turns to manipulate it to create a waterfall over them, brilliant thinking!! With coats on of course. They’ve also made great use of the Playschool spare wellies for puddle splashing in the outside area and at Forest school. Children new to Forest school seem to enjoy it immensely! It was a great opportunity for all the children to run around freely and just enjoy the space. Relaxing for the adults too, especially to see how happy the children are.
