What a lovely outing we had today! We’ve been exploring real food in the home corner, so arranged a visit to the local Greengrocers, Laytons in Bookham High Street to further develop our understanding of food. The children were so excited to see the vivid colours and different textures on offer, and we all chose one fruit or vegetable to take home and also some to share at playschool. In the afternoon the staff cooked the cauliflower and cabbage for the children to taste and apparently it was delicious!

We’re looking forward to returning to playschool on Monday 4th January, and hearing all about the children’s Christmas holidays. As ever, if your child or household member has coronavirus symptoms, please do follow the current government guidance which now includes self-isolating for 10 days rather than 14 if you are a close contact of someone with Coronavirus.

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Enormous thanks to everyone for your support to help keep playschool safe and open over the last few months. Special thanks to Ted and the team at Eastwick Road Church for supporting our Nativity Play, which we were able to hold in the church as a service with a small audience, and we even managed a visit from a covid secure Santa!

We had a fun end of term party and picnic, followed by our leavers ceremony to say farewell to the older children who are moving on to school. It has been such a privilege to see the children develop and grow, especially during the last half term, when those who returned showed true resilience in how they adapted to our new normal at playschool.