Contacts:
Manager: Sara Pollard
Tel: +447593225091
Email: sara@wkpreschool.co.uk
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St Andrew's Memorial Hall, Beverley Rd,
Kirkella, HU10 7AA
Latest news
Autumn Term 2025
We have been very busy this term, starting with learning all about me, my family, and my community. We discovered which crops grow in Autumn, how & where they grow, and how they are harvested. We learnt about the wonderful animals that we might see in Autumn, where they live & what they eat. We had a full week of construction: planning, moving, digging & building & learnt how to work as a team to achieve the best outcome!
We learnt lots of new letter sounds, what words begin with those sounds, and how to form the letters. We had some fabulously colourful weeks looking at primary colours, experiencing colour mixing & celebrating Diwali, Bonfire Night & Hull Fair. We voted on our favourite movies, & sung, danced, & role-played our way through the stories.
We were very excited to finish the term by inviting our families in for 2 Stay & Play Christmas events where we spent the morning Christmas crafting before retelling the Nativity story & singing our favourite Christmas songs.
Community Project with
Wolfreton School & Sixth
Form College
We were very proud to be asked to take part in this year's
Wolfreton School & Sixth Form College's community Christmas stocking art event.
Every child and every staff member at Preschool decorated one square to produce this wonderful patchwork stocking.
It will be on display in the Forum at Wolfreton School.
Helping Others
This term the children at Preschool have been very busy raising funds and collecting for:​
Children In Need
Harvest Festival
Dove House Hospice
Remembrance Day 2025
Graduation 2025
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on your graduation from Preschool!
You are amazing and we are so proud of you all.
We will miss you, but wish you the best fun in your new adventures at Primary.
Go smash it!
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Summer Term 2025
This term we have loved learning about the world around us, and have visited some amazing places!
We have looked at how we can travel, where we could travel to, and what we could do, see and eat when we get there.
Overall we think Italy and USA were favourite, with gelato & pizza, and hot dogs & milk shake, although both camping UK style and dancing the Flamenco came a close second!
We hope you all have an amazing summer wherever you go!
People Who Help Us
June 2025
A huge 'Thank You' to all our wonderful visitors this week.
We are always very excited to have you at Preschool and love to hear about what you do.
We especially love all the flashing lights, sirens, and of course, the water hoses!
Thank you for always being there to help us!
Old MacDonald and his farm
animals
June 2025
This year for the West Hull Villages Scarecrow Hunt, the children made Old MacDonald and his farm animals.
They worked very hard making all the animals and placing them carefully in the pen to keep them safe while Old MacDonald had a rest in his chair!
We hope you enjoy all the wonderful scarecrows again this year.
Teddy Bear's Picnic
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Art Display
This week we were very excited to invite our families in to Preschool to join us for a Teddy Bear's picnic and Art Display.
The artwork we have been creating all year was displayed around the hall for them to view once we had finished our picnic.
We had such a fun morning and we can't wait for the next one!
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May 2025
VE Day
8th May 2025
Happy Easter
from all of us to all of you!
Spring Term 2025
Such a fun term!
We started off going 'Back-to-Basics' to see where our imaginations could take us in a room full of cardboard boxes, leading to fantastic games, creations, teamwork and collaborative play.
We celebrated Chinese New Year of the Snake in true, colourful style, dug for dinosaur bones & fossils, and sailed the Seven Seas searching for treasure!
We formed our own band in music week, continued our weekly yoga sessions, and went 'everything red' for Red Nose Day.
We had a full week of dressing up leading up to World Book Day, with lots of familiar stories plus some previously unknown-to-us stories too. We always love to discover new books! The children (& staff!) all looked amazing in their fabulous costumes.
With Spring in the air, we looked at the life-cycles of frogs, butterflies, and plants, what grows where, and what we have in our gardens.
Our last week was all about Easter - egg hunts, Easter bonnet parades, baking, songs & dances, and, of course, chocolate!
This year, World Book Day lasted a full week at Preschool!
So many fantastic costumes from the children and staff alike.
We read old favourites, discovered new favourites, made our own books, sequenced pictures to tell a story and played out stories with props and dress up, and a little artistic license!
We love reading at Preschool
Chinese new
year 2025
The children loved finding out about Chinese traditions, lucky colours, numbers, fruit & animals.
They tried Chinese food using chopsticks, listened to traditional Chinese music & danced a fabulous Dragon dance with the dragon they had made.
We looked at traditional Chinese clothing and writing & practised how to say Happy New Year in Chinese.
Autumn Term 2024
We have had such a fun term, with lots of new starters. We are always so proud of how quickly the children, new & old, settle into/back into the Preschool routine.
We have looked at Me & My Family, Our Community, Farms, Autumn, Space, and much, much more.
We have learnt new songs and dances, with The Hokey Cokey being a crowd favourite!
We have raised money for both Children in Need and Dove House Hospice, and we had the most exciting 2 days when Mums, Dads, Grandmas & Grandads came in for our Stay & Plays.
A very busy term indeed!
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Santa Run
This year the children took part in a Santa Run in aid of Dove House Hospice. There was lots of fun, lots of giggles, and lots of money raised for this very worthy cause, all whilst wearing Santa hats and singing Christmas songs!
Thank you all for your very kind donations.
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Total raised: An incredible £1064.00
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Summer Term 2024
It has been another busy term!
In between our Art Show, scarecrow making and important visitors, we have been pilots, visiting other countries, knights and dragons, and deep sea divers.
We learnt about lots of different sports and even played American football. We cheered England on in the Euro's as best we could but maybe we'll need to cheer just a little louder next time!
The term finished with our own sports day - a Funfit display for the parents/carers to come and watch and cheer us on!
What a fabulous term it has been.
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We are always very sad to say 'Goodbye' to our school leavers but we couldn't be more proud of them and we know they will smash it at Primary School.
They'll be lucky to have you!
People Who Help Us
This week, for our 'People Who Help Us' topic, we were very excited to welcome lots of important visitors to Preschool.
They explained what jobs they do, and why, showed us their very smart uniforms, and we asked them lots of interesting questions!
We learnt how to stay healthy and safe from our lovely Nurse and what happens if you have hurt yourself and have to go to hospital. The Police showed us all their exciting equipment and let us sit in their car and put the flashing lights on!
The Fire Service brought their engine and let us spray the water hose. We even heard the very loud sirens.
We all now know the important number to call if we need emergency help - 999!
What an amazing week it has been. Thank you to all our visitors for coming in and for always being there to help us.
June 2024
Peppa's Garden at Preschool
For this year's West Hull Villages Scarecrow Hunt, the children chose to create Peppa's Garden.
I think you'll agree they have done a wonderful job!
They finished it off with lots of rocks that they had painted at home and brought in - the perfect finishing touch!
We hope you have as much fun looking at all the local scarecrows as we did making ours.
June 2024
Art Show 2024
This term we put on our Art Show - a wonderful display of all the children's artwork over the past year.
Parents and carers were invited in to see all the creations that the children have worked so hard on.
We are so proud of everything they have achieved, and what a fantastic display it was! Here is just a snippet for you to see.
May 2024
Spring Term 2024
A very short, but definitely a fun-filled term!
We celebrated Chinese New Year of the Dragon, with lots of crafts, dances and dressing up, and even learnt to use chopsticks, tasting foods from around the world.
We looked at the life-cycle of plants and sowed bulbs to take home and for our Preschool garden.
We listened to different genres of music, played lots of instruments and learnt different styles of dance from tap, ballet and line dancing, through to the waltz.
We ended the term with a wonderful week about Easter and created a fantastic display of eggs and bonnets that we had decorated at home and brought in.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
January 2024
We are extremely proud to announce that Willerby & Kirkella Preschool has been rated OUTSTANDING in all areas at our recent Ofsted inspection.
2018 & 2024
Autumn Term 2023
What a busy term we have had! We have learnt all about 'us', what we like and where we live. We have loved learning about hibernating animals and re-enacting Fairytales.
This year we had a change from our traditional Nativity Play and Christmas concert. Instead, we invited our Mums, Dads, Grandparents and carers to come in for a 'Stay & Play'.
It was such fun and we loved showing them what we do at Preschool.
We made lots of Christmas crafts with them, dressed up, and sang Christmas songs around our Nativity scene.
We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did.
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas
Summer Term 2023
What a lot we have packed into this term!
We have been Pirates, Circus performers and Jungle explorers. We celebrated King Charles' Coronation in true style, went over and under water, looked at all different transport and had visits from Fire fighters with their engine, the Police with their car, a Nurse and an ice-cream van.
We finished with our Graduation ceremony and sports day.
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We wish our leavers all the best fun and excitement for their new Primary School adventures. We will miss you.
Congratulations Class of 2023!
Paw Patrol Take Over Preschool
The children have been very busy this week making scarecrows for the West Hull Villages Scarecrow Hunt.
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Paw Patrol are now guarding our little Preschool garden.
Come and see them and say "Hi!"
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Enjoy the hunt everyone!
May 2023
The Coronation
The children have had a very regal week learning all about the Coronation and King Charles III. We had a tea party fit for a King, made glorious crowns, flags, bunting and paper chains, formed a marching band, rode in a horse-drawn carriage, and learnt how to do a royal wave, to name but a few!
We hope you all have wonderful celebrations to mark such a momentous occasion.
Spring Term 2023
What a wonderful term we have had! We went 'Back-to-Basics' with a week of cardboard boxes, allowing the children's imaginations to run wild, had a very informative and raucous Dinosaur week, and a fantastic World Book Day. We have looked at how we grow, how plants grow, and learnt all about farm animals. We even milked a cow!
But the highlight of the term has to have been the Art Display... a fantastic display of all the children's work from September to now, which the parents and carers thoroughly enjoyed looking at.
The children all came dressed in red or wearing fancy dress costumes for a fun-filled Red Nose Day and took home a red nose bun they had made.
We managed to raise a fantastic £176 through all the wonderful donations.
Thank you!
At our Christmas Nativity and concert this year, we raised money for The Baby Unit Fund which is in place to support and implement the development of Neonatal care and to improve and provide facilities for parents of babies in NICU.
We raised an incredible £327.00.
Thank you all for your very kind donations.
Autumn Term 2022
This term we have learnt about ourselves, our families and our past.
We have found out about woodland animals, how they live and what they eat.
We have looked at colours, numbers and shapes and have counted, weighed, measured, rolled and baked and then shared our creations.
We have discovered all about other countries traditions, dress, language and food.
But one of our most favourite topics has definitely been Space.
Children in Need 2022
This year the children all dressed up for Children in Need and made donations. We had lots of Pudsey and Blush Bears, lots of spotty clothes, some Princesses and even superheroes. They all looked wonderful and together we raised £145.00.
Thank you all for your very kind donations.
Remembrance Day
November 2022
October 2022
The children were very excited to bring in donations for Harvest Festival. We collected so much and it has been delivered to our local food bank for distribution.
Thank you all for your kind donations.
The Queen's Jubilee 2022
To celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, our wonderful parents held a garden party at Preschool. It was a lovely, sociable morning for everyone to meet for a coffee, a chat and a cake.
Donations were raised for Hull & East Riding Breast Friends
Spring Term 2022
We've covered many different topics this term including fairy tales, farms, colours, shapes, space, dinosaurs, baking and cooking but one of our most favourite topics is pirates.
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Autumn Term 2021
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Happy Christmas from everyone at the Willerby and Kirk Ella Pre School.
Summer Term 2021
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The pre school loved taking part in the Anlaby, Willerby, Kirk Ella and west Hull Scarecrow Hunt.
The children planted some new flowers and decorated our little garden at the front of the pre school.
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Spring Term 2021
Spring Topic - Gardens, plants and insects
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The hungry caterpillar is always very popular.
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Government Funded Childcare
For all the information you need regarding childcare funding and more, please visit the ChildcareChoices website by clicking on the image or the link below:
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Spring Cake Sale
May 04, 2019
On Friday 3rd May we held a charity cake sale and coffee morning, we raised a staggering £210.30 for three local charities. Thanks to everybody for getting involved!
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Christmas Concert Festivities
December 13, 2018
Following the children's magical performance at this year's Christmas concert, the preschool ran a festive raffle.
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A fantastic £200 was raised & donated to Parkinson's UK & N.A.S.S charities. A huge thank you for everyone's support & wishing you a very merry Christmas!
Love Willerby & Kirk Ella Preschool
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Children in Need
November 16, 2018
We had great fun supporting Children in Need at the preschool this year, with excellent fancy dress from all the children & staff!
We raised £61 for the annual extravaganza & we thank you for your support!
Funfit Charity Fundraiser
August 25, 2018
The Preschool recently enjoyed its annual leavers Funfit display. We had a great day and it was so lovely to see such support from parents, grandparents, family members and friends.
We also raised £100 for The Ellie Penrose Fund; a charity which helps young people access, participate, and excel in sport.
Many thanks to all involved!
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Cash for Kids Christmas Raffle
December 28, 2017
This year we asked for your generosity in supporting the charity Cash for Kids with their Mission Christmas initiative, which helps thousands of disadvantaged children across the UK in danger of waking up to no presents on Christmas morning. With your help the Preschool raised nearly £200 for this great cause! Thanks so much for your support.
City of Culture #ChallengeHull
September 02, 2017
To celebrate Hull's City of Culture status in 2017, we took part in the #ChallengeHull where 52 local community organisations were given a week to contribute their bit to our community. Here at Willerby & Kirk Ella Preschool we asked the children to make crafty creations of their role models (aka their mums and dads) to show some appreciation for our superheroes!
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Government Funded Free Childcare
August 26, 2017
Did you know that you may be eligible to claim 30 hours free childcare for children aged between 3 and 4 years old?
If you are entitled to funding you must apply the term before you would like to start claiming.
There's lots of information on the link below so you can find out more.
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