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A nice relaxing experience before the chaotic onset of Christmas day!
The photos are on our Facebook page here...
But they've also been having lots of Christmas fun (in-between singalongs, parties and lunch!) whether playing in Xmas themed sand, water and fake snow, making snowmen and baubles out of playdoh, making Xmas crispy cakes, decorating ginger bread trees, making reindeer food, building ginger-bread trains, playing Xmas games, reading Xmas books, making sounds with instruments and moving to Xmas music... the list goes on and on!
We've pulled together just a small sample of photos from across all groups to show you these busy times! Visit the Christmas 2025 activity photo album here...
After playing party games and dancing, ranging from music and movement in Baby Room up to a good old fashioned 'conga' line in Preschool, the children tucked into individually prepared party food bags!
See the party photos in the album here...
Yesterday, Preschool held their Christmas Singalong and
what an absolutely amazing, brilliant job they did!
After making Christmas crowns and pulling crackers, they tucked into turkey, a mini-sausage, both roast and boiled potatoes, peas, carrots, Brussels sprouts, Yorkshire pudding and gravy! Yum! And don't forget the 'Rudolph' chocolate log cake as a treat for pudding! Double yum!
See photos of the lunch in the album here...
We are really pleased to announce that the feedback from this monitoring visit was incredibly positive! We had really good (often excellent) scores for things such as room arrangement and space, talking with children, responding to children, encouraging and using books with children, fine and gross motor skill development (judged exemplar), maths and number development, dramatic play, and child and staff interaction. Our overall program structure (our timetable and free play) was judged to be an exemplar.
After the feedback, we also received a congratulatory email from the Head of Flying Start for Torfaen, which has been shared with the staff.
Chantelle and Andrew thank all of the staff involved for their incredible, ongoing, hard work and are sure that the parents also feel the same!
It's in support of 'Save the Children'. We are not collecting money for this charity ourselves, but if you are able to donate please visit the website, link below...
Are you ready for Christmas yet?!
Xmas preparation photos can be viewed in the album here...
Click on the poster to the right to enlarge it!
How do you fancy decorating an online Xmas tree or designing an Xmas scene? With these Little Chums online apps you are guaranteed no advertising, no in-app purchasing and completely safe for children as they're on *our* website and made by us!
These work best on laptop/desktop computers, Chromebooks or tablets with larger screens. Some of the children at Little Chums have already been testing them on our interactive screens! They can be used with a mouse or with touchscreens. You may need to use the zoom function of your web browser to fit the app windows to your screen!
Use these links.
Xmas Tree Designer here...
Xmas Scene Designer here...
Have fun and please feel free to share with links with family and friends!
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Whether surprising someone with a gift, giving a hug, making someone smile, helping friends and adults, holding a door open and lots of other simple acts, there was plenty of kindness all round all day!
Preschools 25 photos of '25 Acts of Kindness' are in a photo album here...