Halloween 2025

Wooooooooo! 

For good old fashioned Halloween fun, who ya gonna call? Little Chums!

Although our Halloween party took place today, so children didn't miss out there have been Halloween based activities all week! And what a busy, spoooooky week! Wooooo!

What have the children been up tooooooo?  Check out this list...

- Halloween art and craft, woooooo!
- Halloween games, fun and dancing, woooooo!
- Halloween cake/biscuit/apple making/decorating, woooooo!
- Pumpkin carving, woooooo!
- Fancy dress, woooooo!
- Strange substances in the sand/water trays, woooooo!

- Apple bobbing, woooooo!

- Halloween breakfast, woooooo!
- Halloween party lunch, woooooo!

- Mike's milk?!?! 

Some of the photos of your child(ren) enjoying the celebrations will be sent via the app but, in the meantime, see all the action in our Halloween 2025 photo album here... 

If your child came in fancy dress and if you haven't done so already, don't forget to donate to Children in Need using our JustGiving page!  Find that here...

Halloween Prep

It's our Halloween party tomorrow! 

We're already decorating inside and out in preparation! Preschool in particular are really going to town with a Monsters Inc. theme! You can see the Halloween decorations (like the photo with this post!) on our Facebook page here...

Don't forget, we are raising money for Children in Need in November, so if your child has already come in fancy dress this week or will be coming to the party tomorrow, please consider making a donation to the appeal via our 'JustGiving' page.

You can find our donation page here... 

Apologies

We would like to apologise to our parents for any disruption you experienced yesterday or this morning and thank you for your patience and cooperation.

 

National Grid were given permission to access the rear fields to upgrade the power lines, work that was necessary for the area which we fully support and appreciate. However they were *NEVER* given permission to use our driveway or field as a staging point to drop-off heavy vehicles and equipment or as a car park. At no point was the extent of this *EVER* explained to us.

 

We became very concerned at one point when there were 15 vehicles parked without permission in our field behind Preschool (and nowhere near where the work was taking place) around our septic tank, a crane was hitting our trees and there were small vehicles driving back and forth with a disregard for our speed limits.

 

We did phone to express our concern and a manager was sent, but his attitude was, "That's not what we were told and we've almost finished anyway."

 

We had to amend our plans for the day as it was not safe for the children to be outside.

 

To top the whole sorry story, there were vehicles here again this morning using us as a car park and after they left, a very inappropriate item was found by a parent and handed to us.

 

Although we want to be helpful to other organisations, the safety of your children is our utmost priority and we will not allow access again if any workmen are on site who have a complete disregard for the fact that we are a day care setting with young children present.

 

We are, frankly, disgusted by the way we were treated by the National Grid on this occasion.

More Pumpkin Madness!

After the pumpkin patch visit by Toddlers and Preschool, both Baby and Tots groups have now visited the Ty Poeth Farm pumpkin patch, braving the rain and puddles along the way!

See photos of their pumpkin patch visit in the album here...

Autumn Walk

It's been quite overcast this week, with the weather unsure whether to rain or not! 

Preschool decided to go for a nice long walk anyway and, wrapped up in their coats, they ventured down the canal to the basin and the field nearby for a kick about. Exercise and plenty of fresh air is really good for you!

On the way back, Chloe was attacked by a vicious, ninja-baby spider and while losing control of all bodily functions, dropped one of the footballs in the canal!

See the photos on our Facebook page here...

Space Topic Extra

A couple of weeks ago, we posted some photos of the children working on their topic of space.  The topic is still ongoing, with the children making fruit kebab rockets, space biscuits and even their own rocket to fly into space! 

We've updated the space topic photo album to include photos of these new activities.

To see the whole album including these new photos, click here...

Halloween Events

Halloween this year is on Friday 31st October! 

We will be doing the customary art and crafts, games and activities and will be having a Halloween themed party in place of our lunch.

Children are welcome to dress up in a Halloween costume and there will be a prize in each room for the best!

In November we are raising money for 'Children in Need', so if your child is wearing fancy dress for the Halloween party, please donate at least £1 using our 'JustGiving' page.  There are posters (see right) around Little Chums with a QR code to our donation page, or use the direct link below.

Donate here... 

Pumpkin Madness!

This morning, both Toddler and Preschool groups dressed in their coats, wellies and hi-vis jackets and visited the Ty Poeth Farm pumpkin patch! 

Before picking and paying for some pumpkins, they had a good look around at all the displays and great fun on the swing! They also took the opportunity to climb the hill to pumpkin sign at the top for a good photo opportunity!

The pumpkins they bought should be coming home soon and some of the unedited photos will be sent to you on the app.

See photos of the pumpkin patch visit in our album here...

Autumn Tuff Tray

Autumn seems to be well upon us now! 

The Toddler children have been collecting leaves, pine cones, stones and other materials from outside and from our indoor natural resources to make an Autumn themed 'tuff tray' to play in!

Click the photo here to see a larger version of their work so far!

Preschool Learning

As well as learning about space, Preschool have also been practising writing their names, reading, sorting/matching (numbers, colours and shapes), block building and more! 

We will add more photos to the album over the next few weeks, so check back soon!

In the meantime, see the photos so far here... 

October 2025 Newsletter

Little Chums has emailed out a newsletter for October 2025 to all our parents and carers, with lots of important information and dates! 

Didn't receive a copy of the newsletter by email or deleted it by accident already?!

Find it in our sharing folder and read it online here...

Space Topic

The whole topic across Little Chums at the moment is 'Space'. You may have received some artwork at collection time or some photos via the app! 

The children have been learning about the world around us, the Earth and Sun and other planets in our solar system. Through this topic they have been completing art and craft, counting, playing in sand and water, reading, writing, learning about day/night, being imaginative in small world play and lots more!

Preschool have been really busy in particular! More will be added soon, but see the photos of their learning so far in an album here...

Preschool Outdoor Play

Not to be outdone by Toddlers, Preschool also spent lots of time outside in the good weather last week! 

See the photos on our Facebook page here...

Duck Feeding

We had glorious weather last week, so Toddler group took a walk down to the canal basin to get some fresh, Autumn air and to feed the ducks! 

See the photos on our Facebook page here...

New Event Calendar

No sooner had we published our newsletter last week, then New Inn School announced some school closures meaning the 'dates' section of our newsletter was incorrect or missing information! 

We believe that New Inn is closed on both the 29/09/25 and 19/12/25 for INSET.

To try our best to keep you informed of the latest event dates, we have added a calendar (powered by Google) to our main website. We will add Little Chums events to this calendar and, where possible, add New Inn school dates and closures (although it will always be best to check the New Inn website for their dates)!

Find the calendar here...