Hello Everyone,

We had a great week continuing with our shape topic. We built lots of 3D structures with the wooden blocks and found out lots of things about using shapes in our construction play. The children really enjoyed making their shape biscuits and started to look for numbers on the scales. They also made predictions about what was going to happen next.

This week we will learn all about winter, what happens during winter time, the changes that take place. How we prepare ourselves for the cold and also look at some animals and how they adapt to the conditions.

We have some fun activities planned playing games, painting winter scenes, and looking at which animals like cold conditions.

During the afternoon’s we will be helping to make lanterns for the event in Poundbury on Friday evening. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will be continuing building up the piece of Families – making relationships, self confidence and self awareness and behaviour. What makes us happy and what things we like to do.

Letters and Sounds 

We will continue to play ‘Teddy lost in the Jungle’ the children hide a bear while some one is out of the room. They come back in and if the drum is playing loud they are close to the bear, if it’s quiet they are far away from saving the bear. The children found this quite tricky to listen out for the drum and if it was playing loud or soft.

We will also play describe the animal and see if the children can point out the correct animal from a set of clues.

Home Learning 

Please continue to add to the Wow board. If your child spots any changes in the weather when they come to Pre-School in the mornings such as ice, rain, windy or sunny. It would be lovely to record this on a wow.

Notices 

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. 

On Friday we should have our story time at 5.00pm but we are going to reschedule this to Friday 7th December at 5.00pm. Sorry to change the date but it is the Poundbury Buttermarket Christmas night. If you would like to join us please come to pre-school pickup door an adult will direct you to our story session. Look forward to seeing you there.

On Friday 30th November come and join use for the big Christmas with on at  Buttermarket Square. We are meeting at the Duchy farmhouse at 5.30 for a lantern parade to Buttermarket Square for Christmas carol singing and light switch on. Please see poster.

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

Thank you for all the help at our community make over weekend. It was a very successful weekend. Look out for the next community make over day. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the mornings, all important post will be there. 

On Friday 23rd November it was POWSA Bingo night. We raised an amazing £209.00.

On Friday 7th December there is a POWSA Christmas film night. More information to follow. 

Our Pre-school Christmas family breakfast will be on Thursday 13th December from 8.30am. Letter to follow soon.

The POWSA Christmas Fair will be on Friday 14th December from 3.30pm-5.00pm. Please see poster for more details.

Zoe and Chloe