Global Awareness Fortnight

Hello Everyone,

We had a lovely week and we loved the story of ‘Handa’s Surprise’

The children enjoyed tasting some of the fruits from the story and talking about the colours, texture and shapes the fruits come in.

The week was finished off with our great dancing which all the children loved. They particularly liked watching all the other classes perform. The children had fun making their necklaces and bracelets which encouraged a lot of counting and sequencing skills. We also tried the Elderflower Juice that was brought from the shop! It was not very popular I have to report.

We need to continue making new bins for plastic and paper and talk about how we can help the environment with recycling. During the week we will be making some display work to go in the main school hall. The country we have to cover is Africa.

We will be contributing to the banner on the theme of ’Handa’s Surprise’ also making some food to show what they like to eat in Africa.

Letters and Sounds

We will be continuing different rhymes with the drums and shakers. We will also listen to some African music to help us play in the right style. We will play ‘Teddy lost in the room.’ To re cap this and see how the children are working together. During the session we will be getting the children to clap out the rhythms of their names to see if they are able to copy them back. 

Jigsaw

This week we will be talking about families and what news we have to report to the group. We will use the map as a prompt to look at and see what conversations and interest it brings.  

This is to help reinforce Personal, Social and Emotional Development and help them to make life choices. 

Home Learning 

The Wow Board is looking great. We have had to extend the area to fit them all in so it’s been a great team effort so thank you. Please continue to add any Wow’s and photos of days out that your child can share.

Notices 

Please if you can cream up your child before you arrive, this would be a great help to us. Remember to make sure you are ticked off on the Sun Cream chart.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 29th June from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

Every Friday at 3.30 POWSA are selling ice creams by the play trail. 50p each. 

The School Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 30th June 11am to 3pm. There are lots of exciting plans afoot so watch this space for further info. We are looking to include a market place so if you would like to have a stall please get in touch.

If you able to help at the summer fayre, please come and see Julia.

We can’t wait for another fun weeks creating and learning together.  

Zoe and Pre-school Team

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Global Awareness

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week and had lots of fun making our ‘Special Gifts this week’ 

Hopefully everyone has enjoyed them.

Towards the end of the week we did experiment and make our Elderflower water. After carefully mixing /smelling we decided that we would not try the drink! This week the children will be able to sample some that we have brought. It was a good activity to do so they children could see the process and that not everything comes from the supermarket.

This fortnight we are learning all about ‘Global Awareness’ we are going to be learning all about Africa. We will be having Handa’s Surprise as our book focus where we will be able to taste lots of different fruits throughout the week. During the week we will be making new bins for plastic and paper and talk about how we can help the environment with recycling.

Friday is our dancing afternoon so please come along and your child can join in if they wish, the more dancers we have the better. This will be 2.30 on the school field.

Letters and Sounds

This week we will be trying out some different rhymes with the drums and shakers. We will also listen to some African music to help us play in the right style. We will play describe the animals as the children are getting really skilled at this. During the session we will be getting the children to clap out the rhythms of their names to see if they are able to copy them back. We started this last week so would like to continue with it.

Jigsaw

This week we will be talking what countries our families have been to, what they may of seen and what the weather was like. If you can bring in any items to support this, that would be great. 

This is to help reinforce Personal, Social and Emotional Development and help them to make life choices. 

Home Learning 

Please help us to get the Wow board nice and full up. We have had to extend the area to fit them all in so it’s been a great team effort so thank you.

Moving to Year Two

The summer term will go very quickly and your children are very well prepared to make the transition in to year 2 with Julia and the team.

If you have any questions to do with this transition then please do come and speak to Zoe, Chloe and Colleen or of course Julia.  

Over the coming weeks the children will having some transition time with us and the other staff in the year 2 room to familiarise themselves with the surroundings. 

This year we are also in the process of preparing end of year reports. We will have some times after the Pre-School day if you would like to discuss these further.

 Times and dates for this will  follow later this month.

As the weather is sun and hot, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

The children who are attending the Prince of Wales School in September will begin their Tuesday transition afternoons. This week it is group A going to Reception. If you have any questions about these afternoons please come and see Zoe. 

On Friday 22nd June on the school field at 2.30pm is dance afternoon. All classes are presenting a dance to parents and carers. All parents and Carers are welcome to come and watch. Please sign in at main school office and go to school field. If your child does not usually attend on a Friday afternoon, they are very welcome to come along and dance. Please bring them to school field for 2.30pm. Any questions please come and see Julia.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday and Thursday. Sorry for the confusion last week. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 21st June from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

Every Friday at 3.30 POWSA are selling ice creams by the play trail. 50p each. 

On Friday 22nd June it is film night. Please see board for more information. The film being shown is Trolls. Tickets can be purchased from school office. 

On Saturday 23rd June is our Saturday stay and play morning from 10.00 till 11.30am. We welcome all our families to come and have a play. Younger and older siblings very welcome to.

The School Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 30th June 11am to 3pm. There are lots of exciting plans afoot so watch this space for further info. We are looking to include a market place so if you would like to have a stall please get in touch.

Lets have another great week learning together.

Zoe and  Pre-School Team

Water...

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great first week back talking all about water and the many uses it has.

The children enjoyed looking at the map of the world and this prompted much conversation about the names of many Countries.

This week we will be continuing with the Water topic and making Elderflower drink so the children can look at the process of turning the raw product in to a drink.

We will also be doing craft and making things this week in readiness for next weekend for Father’s Day.

Letters and Sounds

This week we will be seeing if the children can recognise and name the instruments that are being played. Also following directions while playing. We will continue with the rhythms of our names and see if any of the children are starting to recognise these. 

Jigsaw

This week we will be talking about people who they may see when they are out and about. We will also recap feelings and when you may feel happy or sad etc.

This is to help reinforce Personal, Social and Emotional Development and help them to make life choices. 

Home Learning 

Please keep up the excellent work filling up the Wow board. Please record any special achievements for your child.

Notices 

As the weather is sunny and hot, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday13th June  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday 23rd June is our Saturday stay and play morning from 10.00 till 11.30am. We welcome all our families to come and have a play. Younger and older siblings very welcome to.

Every Friday at 3.30 POWSA are selling ice creams by the play trail. 50p each. 

On Friday 22nd June it is film night. More information to follow. 

The School Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 30th June 11am to 3pm. There are lots of exciting plans afoot so watch this space for further info. We are looking to include a market place so if you would like to have a stall please get in touch.

Here’s to another great week at Pre-School.

Zoe and Pre-School Team

Water.....

Hello Everyone,

We hope that you have had a lovely Half Term break? Please bring in some pictures of what you have been up to and any special ‘Wow moments’ to share with us.

This week we will be starting a new topic of ‘Water’ and ‘Water Safety.’

Through our activities and play we will be looking into what different things we use our water for. We will be exploring which Countries don’t have much water.

We will look at animals that like water and ice as well.

We will also be measuring if we have any rain fall over the coming weeks.

Letters and Sounds

This week we will be playing and recapping sound shakers. We will play Animal soundtracks to see if the children can recognise any of the Animal noises. We will also be playing instruments to match the sound that an Animal may make. During the session we will be getting the children to clap out the rhythms of their names to see if they are able to copy them back.

Jigsaw

This week we will be talking about what we did during our days off. Who they spent time with and what they enjoyed doing. It’s really nice to see how confident the children are becoming at talking in a small group.

This is to help reinforce Personal, Social and Emotional Development and help them to make life choices. 

Home Learning 

Please help us to get the Wow board nice and full up. Please record any holiday achievements to display when we get back.

Looking forward to seeing you all on your return back for a fun filled Summer Term.

Notices

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

On Wednesday 6th June it is the parent forum. This is from 8.45am in the old Year 4 classroom. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 8th June from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday 23rd June is our Saturday stay and play morning from 10.00 till 11.30am. We welcome all our families to come and have a play. Younger and older siblings very welcome to.

The School Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 30th June 11am to 3pm. There are lots of exciting plans afoot so watch this space for further info. We are looking to include a market place so if you would like to have a stall please get in touch.

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

Looking forward to a great week.

Zoe and Pre-school team