Welcome to Explorers Class
Children start their learning journey at Sleights in Explorers Class. Our hardworking and dedicated team is made up of Mrs Kipling, Mrs Wharrick and Mrs Harrison, our Pre-School leader. Explorers children enjoy activities that stimulate and engage children’s interests and lead to spontaneous play.
Practitioners know the children and their strengths and areas for development. It is this excellent knowledge that enables children to establish excellent foundations for their time at Sleights.
Explorers Class is open from 8.50am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday during term time. We are very flexible at accommodating sessions to suit all families. This can include mornings, afternoons, or all day. Lunch is also offered for children.
In September 2022, we excitedly opened our brand new, purpose built, Early Years unit.
Clothes
We hope that children in Explorers Class will enjoy a variety of play – some of it messy! With this in mind, we ask families to consider the clothes that children in Explorers wear during sessions.
Key Worker
Each child in Explorers is allocated a key worker. The aim of this role is to oversee your child’s learning and development journey throughout their time in Explorers. This key worker will share key learning activities with children and report strengths and target areas to parents and families.
Thursday’s Learning Suggestion – Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder
Good Morning everybody, The beautiful sunshine has been smiling at us this week, and after spending lots of time outdoors, I thought you might like to create a bird feeder. This will give you something wonderful to watch, as you look out of your window, or eat...
Wednesday 8th April – Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Good morning everyone. The sun is shining again - what a beautiful day! What a perfect day to have a Teddy Bear's Picnic. Take your favourite toys out into the fresh air, put down a blanket and share some snacks. You could even have a go making a Teddy Bear Sandwich...
Wednesday 6th April
Good morning everyone, How fabulous, the sun is shining again! Whatever you do today, keep in touch and look out for tonight's Bedtime Story. Keep smiling 🙂 Team Sleights
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
We have been reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar and have done lots of lovely painting and threading and playing. Here is a link to a video of the talented Eric Carle,the author and illustrator. Take a look. Perhaps you could send us your story telling on Tapestry...
Good Morning 26th March 2020
Good Morning to you all. I hope that you enjoyed our stories yesterday. A new story will be on later today. The sun is shining so I am sure that you will all want to take the opportunity to be outside looking for signs of spring and taking care of the worms. ...
Daily Update 25th March 2020
Good Morning Happy People and thank you for all of your fantastic photographs. It is wonderful to see you all. The sun is shining again so its another wonderful day to get outside and play. https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/ At this page,you will find a beautiful...
March 24th 2020 A Good Day To Dig For Worms
Good Morning Pioneers and Explorers, I think it would be a good day today to dig for worms. Worms are fascinating and digging for worms is always a popular Pioneer passtime. I have posted a link to help you identify the different parts of a worm and the...