St Andrews Playgroup

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Term 2 newsletter November 2025

This term is 7 weeks and our last day is Friday 24th December. We return for term 3 on Monday 5th January.

We have Captain Fantastic for our Christmas party on the last day, please speak to Nicola if your child does not attend Fridays.

This Friday 31st we invite the children to dress up for Halloween and ask for a voluntary £1 as a little fundraiser for children’s resources. If your child does not attend on a Friday, don’t worry as we will have our own Halloween dressing up from Wednesday plus fun activities during the week.

As the weather changes please label hats etc and perhaps teach them to put hats in sleeves when finished with etc as a good step to independence.

We will be teaching the children about the change in season soon from Autumn to Winter, which we encourage you to support, as an important part of children’s learning.

We are introducing a dinosaur theme this term as an interest to encompass the 7 areas of learning.

Please find here some ideas for home, to help reinforce your child’s learning. We always appreciate any input from home too.

Personal social emotional development- what dinosaur would they be, asserting likes and dislikes, and feelings about being or seeing a dinosaur.

Communication and language- use new language such as herbivore and carnivore. Use action words such as running, jumping. Ask what where and why questions about dinosaurs.

Physical development- gross motor, move around like a dinosaur, thinking about how large or small ones might move. Fine motor- using pens to draw circles and lines or manipulating playdough to make dinosaur shapes.

Literacy- books and action songs but its also about recognising marks they make such as spikes on dinosaurs.

Maths- group dinosaurs by size, length etc. stacking and fitting dinosaurs in different size containers is a good maths activity

Understanding the world- hide dinosaurs and go on a hunt. Ask children to copy your dinosaur actions.

Expressive art and design-make dinosaur footprints in paint, dough etc. explore the world dinosaurs would have lived in e.g. forests

Any questions please ask and share your child’s learning with us so we can plan their journey together. Have fun x