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