Harvest

 

Hello Everyone,

We have loved learning about the ‘Little Red Hen’ and what happened to her in the story.

The bread making was lovely and the children enjoyed making predictions about what was going to happen next.

We had fun making shape Tractors together. We have started to use the scissors with help and have enjoyed using the glue to stick the shapes down.

This week we will be using fruits and vegetables to paint with instead of tools.

We will be encouraging the children to describe the texture of the fruit and what they feel like.

We will focus on the farm animal the cow this week and talk about where our milk comes from with a sticking activity.

We will also be working in small groups to create some display work to go in the main school hall to celebrate Harvest.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we like and what makes us happy and sad.

We had fun pulling a few faces in the mirror and have been encouraging the children to look in the mirror when they have been trying to wipe their noses.

Letters and Sounds 

To follow on from our outside sounds we will be going on a listening walk around the school grounds.

We will talk about the sounds we can hear and new ones we can make with our sound tubes while we walk.

 We will then discuss this when we get back in group times.

Home Learning 

With new sounds in mind please could you record on a ‘WOW’ if your child has heard or recognised a new sound while you have been out and about.

Notices

We are launching Marvellous Me tomorrow in Pre-school. Please check pigeon holes for login details and return permission slips as soon as possible. If you have any questions please come and see Julia. 

Please return your slips for the Parents/Carers information session morning which is on the 9 October.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening will be on display very soon. This will be on the door where the coat hooks are. Zoe is looking forward to meeting with you all so I can complete the children’s two year checks with you. If you are unable to make an after school time don’t worry I will arrange another time with you.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. There are lots of letters this time of year. We will try to pop them in bags if you go to after School club in the evening.  

There is a POWSA meeting on Tuesday 2nd October at 7.30pm in the school staff room to plan future fundraising events. Please come and see Julia if you would like more information.

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 3rd October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Thursday 4th October it is dress like a farmer day. Children can come in dressed as farmers. 

On Friday 5th October it is Autumn Fest  starting from 5.00pm till 7.30pm. There are lot's of Autumn activities going on including conker championships, autumn crafts, apple bobbing, camp fire and lots more. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. £5.00 for a family of 4 and £1.00 for additional children. There will be a hog roast (£2.50 each) and refreshments on sale as well.  See poster on school website or Facebook. 

Also on Thursday 11th October it is Wacky Hair day in Aid of Weldmar Hospice care. Recommended donation is £1.00. Look forward to seeing some Wacky hair styles. 

Friday 12th October is a staff training day. Pre-school will be closed on this day. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Harvest

 

Hello Everyone,

What a great week, the children really loved creating the Rainbow for the display. We have also enjoyed our Yoga sessions, baking and group games to start remembering names of our friends. In the afternoons we have also been stroking the Guiana pigs and helping to lay new bark in the chicken run. This was great fun with a rally of wheelbarrow collecting bark and tipping it in with the chickens.

We have learnt lots of new colours and shapes and have been looking out for these when we have been out and about. The children used good malleable skills and created new shapes with the play dough.

Stay and play was very popular on Saturday and we got to meet our next group of lovely families which was great.

For the next two weeks we will be having a ‘Harvest’ fortnight.  

The story focus for this week will be ‘Little Red Hen’ We will be listening to the story and seeing how good it is when everyone works together. Then we will bake bread in groups throughout the week.

We will be exploring different fruits and vegetables in the texture tray using descriptive words of how they feel, what colour they are and what we can make with them.

We will make shape Tractors so we can start working on our scissor control, sticking skills and social skills in small groups.  

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with feelings and moving onto talk about managing our behaviours and feelings. We will look in the mirror to see how our facial expressions look to others.

This will focus on sharing and turn taking, working in groups and carrying out small tasks.

Letters and Sounds 

We will be using the ‘Tappy’ sticks this week and learning to follow instructions by the leader. All children will take it in turns to be the leader so they realise they need to listen to others in the group and not just the adults.

 During the week we will focus on sounds we can hear while we are outside. This gives the children good chance to use their listening ears and tune in to things they may not have heard before.

Home Learning 

Please can you continue to bring in a picture of a person or animal that is special to your child.  You could draw this picture with your child if you wish or you could always email it in to us if it’s easier.

We will start to make a display on our Jigsaw board. This always helps the children to feel reassured if they have a familiar picture that they can go and look at.

Notices

WOW'S- On the board by the door are the blank WOW slips. These WOW slips are for you at home to write about something your child has done e.g an achievement, a place you have been, news you would like to share at pre-school etc. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 28th September  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday 28th September it is film night. Please see board for more information. Tickets can be purchased from school office. This is a POWSA fundraising event. 

On Thursday 4th October it is dress like a farmer day. Children can come in dressed as farmers. This is the start of our harvest fortnight of activities. 

On Friday 5th October it is Autumn Fest. Look out for posters for more details or come and see Julia.

Lets have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Dress like a farmer day

Hello everyone,

Dress like a farmer day is on Thursday 4th October not the previous date mentioned. Children can come to school dressed up as a farmer for the day if they would like to.
Any questions please come ask.

Thanks

Julia

Shapes and colours

Welcome Everyone,

What a lovely week, the children really enjoyed our cooking activity. They are  getting to know where everything is within the classroom. The children have really found the Yoga relaxing and enjoyed the challenge of listening to the Yoga stories and joining in. 

Myself and Chloe are really enjoying getting to know the children and are looking forward to exciting time ahead, learning together.

This week we will be learning about Shapes and Colours. Our book for the week will be ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?’ It is a lovely story which talks about all the different colours of many animals. We will also read about ‘Elmer’ as he is very multi coloured.

We will create some rainbow artwork together to help us to learn some colour names. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will start to learn about ‘Jennie Jigsaw’ we work through group times talking about our emotions and how to develop Personal, Emotional and Social Skills within out everyday life. We will be talking about how we are feeling today. What makes the children happy and not so settled.

Letters and Sounds 

We will be continuing listening to the musical instruments to see is we know any of the names and can describe any of the sounds they make. We will also be seeing if we can play loud and soft using a signal.

Home Learning 

Please can you continue to bring in a picture of a person or animal that is special to your child. We will start to make a display on our Jigsaw board. This always helps the children to feel reassured if they have a familiar picture that they can go and look at.

Notices

WOW'S- On the board by the door are the blank WOW slips. These WOW slips are for you at home to write about something your child has done e.g an achievement, a place you have been, news you would like to share at pre-school etc. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 20th September  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday 22nd September  from 10.00-11.30  we are having a stay and play session. It would be lovely to see you there. Younger and older siblings very welcome.  

Our POW School Grounds are in need of some love, care and attention. For this reason, we will be running a  ‘Community Make-Over Day’ on Saturday 22nd September  We will be working on the wildlife garden and the metal railings at the front of the school. Please bring gardening tools for the nature garden. Sessions will run from 1pm-4pm. People are free to come and go as they please. All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult and all attendees must sign in and out. This invitations is open to parents/carers, past and present (so get tagging) and all members of the community that would like to help make our outside environment special again.

On Thursday 4th October it is dress like a farmer day. Children can come in dressed as farmers. This is the start of our harvest fortnight of activities. 

On Friday 21st September it is film night. Please see board for more information. Tickets can be purchased from school office. This is a POWSA fundraising event. 

Looking forward to a great week having lots of fun learning about colours and shapes.

Zoe and Chloe

Hello everyone

Welcome Everyone,

What a great start we had last week meeting new friends and getting to know each other. We look forward to welcoming more friends to the class this week continuing to have lots of fun times learning together.

Zoe and Chloe are here everyday with the children and if you have any questions then please do ask.

If you would like to ring and check how your child is then please do, we really don’t mind.

Please let us know if someone else is collecting at the end of the session so we know who to look out for. 

We will be continuing to get to know all of our new friends and what everyone likes to do. We will be doing some display work linked to this so please do have a look.

Last week we talked about ‘Kind Hand’ this week we will be creating some art work on this to display and remind us how we like to be treated within the group. We will also like to do some cooking this week so look out for tasty healthy treats during the week!

It was lovely to see the new  ‘Tree House’ in action and the children used great skills to climb up and it was lovely to see them helping each other out and providing support on how to climb up inside. .

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will start to learn about ‘Jennie Jigsaw’ we work through group times talking about our emotions and how to develop Personal, Emotional and Social Skills within out everyday life. We will be talking about friendships and learning each others names with some fun games.

Letters and Sounds 

We will be starting to use our listening skills to see what we can hear within the environment. This week we will be using to musical instruments to see is we know any of the names and can describe any of the sounds they make.

Home Learning 

Please could you bring in a picture of a person or animal that is special to your child. We will start to make a display on our Jigsaw board. This always helps the children to feel reassured if they have a familiar picture that they can go and look at.

Looking forward to a great week meeting lots of new children and families.

Notices

This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 12th September from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. It is an opportunity to come and have a play before the doors open.  Hope to see lots of you there. Saturday Stay and play is on 22nd September from 10.00-11.30am. 

On Saturday 22nd September we have got one of our community make over afternoons from 2.00-5.00pm. We will be working up in the nature garden. Please bring gardening tools. 

Don’t forget if you have any WOW’S at home please bring them into share with us at pre-school. 

On Tuesday 11th September at 7.30pm in the Main school staff room there is a POWSA meeting. POWSA is our Parent Fundraising Association who organise events like the Christmas Fair, Bingo, Summer Fair ETC. 

WHAT IS POWSA? 

For those who have never attended a POWSA meeting before the thought can be intimidating but we are all friendly parents who want to help the school offer the best of opportunities to all the pupils who pass through it's doors, whilst having a little fun along the way. We give up a little bit of time every now and then to help provide some of those extras that help make our school such a fantastic place and if you would like to learn more we would love to see you. 

Zoe and Chloe

Welcome to Prince of Wales Pre-school

Welcome Everyone,

We can’t wait to welcome you to The Prince of Wales Pre-School this week. We are sure you are feeling a number of emotions getting your child ready to attend their first session.  Myself and Chloe are here to make the transition as smooth as possible and if you have any questions then please do ask.

If you would like to ring and check how your child is then please do, we really don’t mind and know how much this can help you to feel more relaxed.

Please let us know if someone else is collecting at the end of the session so we know who to look out for. You will also need to sign a form to give permission for that particular person to collect.

This week we will be getting to know all of our new friends and what everyone likes to do.

We will talk about the holidays to see what the children are able to recall. We will do some painting or a picture related to this. At the Prince of Wales Pre-School we like to have ‘Kind Hands’ we will also be creating some art work on this to display and remind us how we like to be treated within the group.

We can’t wait to see the new ‘Tree House’ in use with the children setting themselves challenges to climb inside.  It’s going to be such great fun.

Next week we will start Jennie Jigsaw, Letters and Sounds and put some optional Home Learning on the blog.

Looking forward to a great week meeting lots of new children and families.

Zoe and Chloe