Christmas

Hello Everyone,

We have had lots of fun making our christmas creations. We have enjoyed mixing colours and using lots of glitter!!

We have learnt many new christmas songs and have enjoyed playing with the musical instruments. The children also had fun taking part in some christmas yoga.

Next week we will be finishing off with some christmas baking which I'm sure will be great.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships. We will start to talk about managing our own feelings and behaviours. Understanding routines and boundaries and talk about how our actions may affect others in the group.

We will play some games with the magic noise box to see if the children can guess what is inside the box.

We will continue to play ‘ Teddy lost in the room’ which is a guessing game of the Teddy may be hiding from the noise the drum is making. children have loved this and find it really hard not to say where we have hidden the bears.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will be performing some christmas songs using the tappy sticks.

Home Learning 

Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your child has made.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period.  We would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and hope you enjoy spending some family time together. We look forward to seeing you all in January.

On Thursday 19th December  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

 It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 19th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Wednesday 18th December is our Christmas Lunch. If your child is staying for lunch and then going home. Please pick up at 1.00pm.

On Thursday 19th December we have got our Christmas party from 9-12.00pm. Please come and sing up on the food list which is displayed in the classroom. 

We break up for Christmas on Friday 19th December and return on Monday 6th January. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Christmas

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great first week starting to make our Christmas crafts. We have finished creating our 12 days of Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree at the church so please make sure you pop in if you are passing the St George’s church.We also managed to create our Christmas cards and we are very pleased with the end results. We have also had fun feeding the animals and seeing how much they like to eat and what kinds of fresh food they like. We have been making predictions about this. 

This week we are going to be creating our calendars which will be great. We will also continue with our Christmas decorations to take home for our own tree’s.  We will learn some lovely songs and hopefully they will sing them to you at home over the Christmas period.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships. We will start to talk about managing our own feelings and behaviours. Understanding routines and boundaries and talk about how our actions may affect others in the group.

We will play some games with the magic noise box to see if the children can guess what is in side the box.

We will continue to play ‘ Teddy lost in the room’ which is a guessing game of where the Teddy may be hiding from the noise the drum is making. children have loved this and find it really hard not to say where we have hidden the bears.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will be performing some christmas dancing using Christmas materiels to various types of Christmas music.

Home Learning 

Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your child has made.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period.

On Wednesday 11th December  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. If you are able to arrive as close to 3:10pm as possible that would be fantastic, if you do not make it until after 3:15 we would politely request that you wait to collect your child at the normal pick up time as, I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite disturbing for the children and also getting ready for the end of the day is a busy time. Many thanks for your support and cooperation on this matter. 

On Friday 13th December is Christmas Jumper day supporting Save the Children. Suggested donation of £1.00.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 11th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Friday 13th December from 3.30pm is the Christmas Fair in the main school hall. Please come and join us and raise money for POWSA.  Father Christmas is at the event and a slot can be booked at the main school office. 

On Thursday 12th December is our family Christmas breakfast from 8.30-9.15am. Please return slip to help us cater for the event. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. These need to ordered by Monday 9th December.

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Christmas :-)

Hello Everyone, 

We had a great week listening to the Hungry Caterpillar. We discussed about the food we liked and some that we would like to try in the future. We had lots of fun making the decorations for the tree at the church. The children really were very creative. 

This week we will be starting work on our christmas creations and display work.

so much to do and so much fun to have while we are learning together.

Jennie Jigsaw

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

We will play some games with the musical instruments to see if the children can follow some simple instructions. The children will also take it in turns to be the leader and give instructions.

We will play ‘Teddy lost in the room’ which is a guessing game of where the teddy is by listening to how loud the drum is playing.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will be playing the ‘who’s under the blanket’. One is covered under the blanket and the person who has not been watching has to guess who it is.

Home Learning 

Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your child has made.

Notices

On Tuesday 3rd December  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. If you are able to arrive as close to 3:10pm as possible that would be fantastic, if you do not make it until after 3:15 we would politely request that you wait to collect your child at the normal pick up time as, I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite disturbing for the children and also getting ready for the end of the day is a busy time. Many thanks for your support and cooperation on this matter. 

On Friday 6th December is non-school uniform day. Please bring in a  tombola prizes for the Christmas Fayre - teddies, bottles, chocolates and general tombola all very welcome! 

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 6th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Tuesday 3rd December is the next POWSA meeting in the staff room at 7.30pm. Please do come and join us. 

In each child's post pockets is a brown envelope for ordering the Christmas cards they have made. The preview and orders can be seen at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk/product-category/prince-of-wales/. Orders needs to be placed by 9th December or in the brown envelopes by 25th November. 

On Thursday 12th December is our family Christmas breakfast from 8.30-9.15am. Please return slip to help us cater for the event. 

On Friday 13th December is the Christmas Fair from 3.00-5.30pm. Father Christmas is at the event and a slot can be booked at the main school office. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. These need to ordered by Monday 9th December.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats.

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

The very hungry caterpillar

 

Hello Everyone,

We had a great week we played lots of shape games as a group.The pizza making went really well and the children loved eating their individual pizzas. We  played some describe the shape games and the children started to understand the idea.

This week we will have a story focus of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ this will continue the describing language and colour work as there are some colours we have not yet covered. We will also be making some decorations for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Georges Church so watch this space.

Jennie Jigsaw

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

We will play some games with the musical instruments to see if the children can follow some simple instructions. The children will also take it in turns to be the leader and give instructions.

We will continue to play ‘ Keeper of the key’s which is a guessing game of who has taken the keys. The children have loved this and find it really hard not to say who has the keys.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will be playing the ‘What’s in the box’. One person performs a noise or rattle from the box and we will see if anyone can identify the noise.

Home Learning 

Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your child has made.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period.

On Friday 29th November  we have our story time at 5.00pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

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

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

On Friday 29th November in the main school hall is POWSA film night. The film showing is Arthur Christmas starting at 5.30pm. Tickets are £3.  

On Tuesday 3rd December is the next POWSA meeting in the staff room at 7.30pm. Please do come and join us. 

In each child's post pockets is a brown envelope for ordering the Christmas cards they have made. The preview and orders can be seen at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk/product-category/prince-of-wales/. Orders needs to be placed by 9th December or in the brown envelopes by 25th November. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Photographs

Hi everyone,

The children were brilliant at having their photo taken today and there were some great pictures.
The photographer mentioned today that if you would like your photos for Christmas presents, orders need to be made online by Sunday evening.
Any questions please come and see a member of staff.

Many thanks

Julia and Pre-school team

Colour

Hello Everyone,

Hello everyone,

We had a very busy week learning names of new colours and doing some experimenting with them. The number hunt was enjoyed by everyone, it was lovely to start seeing the children working together to solve simple tasks. We also had a look around at what colours we could see in the outside environment. The chickens are quite hard to describe as they are a range of colours. We started our PE time where we will continue this week to follow simple instructions as a group.
This week we will be continuing with our colour theme we will play colour bingo and start to talk about shapes. We will be making our pizza lunch on Tuesday and will describe all the colour and shapes we can see while making and cutting the pizzas up.


Jennie Jigsaw
This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we like and what makes us happy and sad.
We will start to work in small teams so that everyone has a chance to be a leader and follow what the others in the group are asking of them.
We will play ‘ Keeper of the key’s which is a guessing game of who has taken the keys.

Letters and Sounds 
This week we will be playing the ‘Follow the leader’. One person performs an action and we will see if everyone can follow instructions and repeat it back.

Home Learning 
Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your child has made.

Notices 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period. 

On Wednesday morning 20th November  the photographer is in to take individual and sibling photographs. If your child does not usually attend pre-school on this day, you are very welcome to bring them in for a photography. Please come in for 9.00am. 

On Thursday 21st November  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. If you are able to arrive as close to 3:10pm as possible that would be fantastic, if you do not make it until after 3:15 we would politely request that you wait to collect your child at the normal pick up time as, I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite disturbing for the children and also getting ready for the end of the day is a busy time. Many thanks for your support and cooperation on this matter.

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

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

We are going to be having a pizza lunch on Tuesday 19th November. Children will not need to bring in a packed lunch on this day. The children are going to be making their own lunch. Any questions please come and see Julia. 

In each child's post pockets is a brown envelope for ordering the Christmas cards they have made. The preview and orders can be seen at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk/product-category/prince-of-wales/. Orders needs to be placed by 9th December or in the brown envelopes by 25th November. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. 

Let’s have a great week together.


Zoe and Chloe

Colours.....

Hello Everyone,

We great first week back and very much enjoyed our Firework activities.
The highlight seemed to be making as much noise as we could being
Fireworks with the musical instruments. The children loved learning the
Firework song and remembered it well.
We will also learn some new firework songs and created some firework dance
moves to music.

This week we would like to focus on primary colours and what other colours
we make from these. This also allows us to recap our colour knowledge and
extend our learning to the next level. We will also do a colour hunt in small
groups to work as part of a team and listen to others thinking and ideas.
On Monday we will be watching the special BBC children's programme to
mark the two minute silence.

Jennie Jigsaw
This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we
like and what makes us happy and sad.
We will start talking about listening and working with friends in the group.
We will play some group PE games where we have to say the names of our
friends so we can ensure we all know each others names. We will also be
following some instructions and practicing our skills and developing
confidence with large scale physical movements.

Letters and Sounds
This week we will be playing the ‘Tappy sticks’. One person will play a rhythm
and we will see if everyone can follow instructions and repeat it back.

Home Learning
Please continue to bring in any Wow’s of any amazing achievements your
child has made.

Notices

There is a POWSA meeting on Tuesday 12th November in the main school staff room @7.30pm to plan further fundraising events. Everyone very welcome to come along. Any questions come and see Julia. 

On Friday 15th November it is Children in Need Day. Children can come dressed in spots and stripes. A suggested voluntary donation of £1.00 towards Children In Need. There will be a cake sell on the day as well at the main school. Throughout the week at the main school Children in Need merchandise can be purchased.

On Wednesday 13th November  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 15th from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

We are going to be having a pizza lunch on Tuesday 19th November. Children will not need to bring in a packed lunch on this day. Also if your child has a hot on this day, please cancel them. The children are going to be making their own lunch. Any questions please come and see Julia. 

In each child's post pockets is a brown envelope for ordering the Christmas cards they have made. The preview and orders can be seen at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk/product-category/prince-of-wales/. Orders needs to be placed by 9th December or in the brown envelopes by 25th November. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats.
Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over
the Christmas period. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Fireworks

Hello Everyone,

We hope you have had a lovely half term and made lots of new memories.
This week we will be talking about fireworks. We will be creating firework pictures and making our own new colours.
We will also learn some new firework songs and create some firework dance moves to music.
During the week we will make some remembrance day poppies and display these in our classroom.
It’s going to be such a fun week. We will also welcome some of our new friends to the group over the coming few weeks.

Jennie Jigsaw
This week we will continue with our feelings focus, friendships and what we like and what makes us happy and sad.
We will start talking about nice things we like about our new friends in the group.
We will play some group games where we have to say the names of our friends so we can ensure we all know each other's names.

Letters and Sounds
This week we will be playing Teddy lost in the room. One person goes outside while the others in the group hide the bear. The child then comes back in, when the drum plays quiet they are a long way away, when it plays really loud they are close by.

Home Learning
If you have any half term news or pictures to bring in that would be great for talk times.

Notices

On Friday 8th November we have our story time at 5.00pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 7th November from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period.

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Pumpkins....

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week,  the leaf pictures came out really well. The children also tried to mix up their own colours. While in the garden the children have loved running and jumping on the leaves and listening to the different sound they make.

The children enjoyed the story of the ‘Enormous Turnip’ while reading we introduced the children to joining in on the repeated refrains.

This week we will be doing some work exploring the pumpkins and seeing what's inside of them. We will make some pumpkin cakes and see how they taste.

We will also have some supervised time with the tools and the pumpkins. We will hammer in small pieces of twigs to create a Hegehog. 

Jennie Jigsaw

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

We will start talking about our families and celebrate how each of them are different.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will play ‘ What’s that noise’ the children put their hand in the box and have to guess what the object is. We will also use the Musical instruments and see if we can follow a loud and soft instruction.

Home Learning 

Please can you send in a wow of things you do over the half term break. If you could talk about numbers in the environment and help your child to identify these. 

How many places do they see numbers such as post box, house numbers, road signs etc.

You can always email in any photo evidence for us to display and we will print them off for you.

Notices

I’m looking forward to meeting with you all at parent’s evening to share your child’s progress and Learning Journey. When you arrive if you wait in the classroom where your child is dropped off in the mornings I will come and meet you. 

We have had a great first Half Term and it’s been really lovely to settle the children in and get to know you all. We hope you all have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 5 November.

On Thursday 24th October  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 23rd October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

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 Pre-School club in the evening.  

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Autumn and the Enormous Turnip

Hello Everyone,

We have had a great week  making some chickens, Hedgehogs and potato printing for the Harvest Display that will be up in the school hall. The wheel painting was also lots of fun. The Harvest Assembly was great and the children enjoyed watching all the other children sing. They did really well during their own performance as I am sure you will agree.

This week we will be doing some leaf rubbing and printing and making leaf suncatchers.We will be talking about the different colours of the leaves and how they feel when they crunch under our feet.

Our story focus this week will be the ‘Enormous Turnip’ as we prepare to harvest our pumpkins and cook with them. 

Jennie Jigsaw

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

We will start talking about nice things we like about our new friends in the group.

Letters and Sounds 

Playing Teddy lost in the room went so well and the children got the idea of the games really quickly. We will continue with this and see how well the children do with taking on the role of the person playing the drum. We will also use the Tappy Sticks to listen and explore the sounds we are making.

Home Learning 

Please can you listen out for different sounds on any walks you may go on. If you could describe the colours of any of the leaves or other wildlife you may see. You can always email in any picture’s for us to display and we will print them off for you.

Notices

It was lovely to see so many of you at our coffee/information session on Tuesday. The presentation is on the school website under class pages and pre-school. If you have any other questions, please do come and ask.

On Wednesday 16th October  we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 18th October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Friday 18th is Autumn We welcome all our families. It is from 5pm-7.30pm and there is lots of activities (camp fire marshmallows, music, Autumn crafts, Magic Show, stories in the roundhouse, pumpkin carving, conker rolling and apple bobbing) There is also food and drinks at the event which can be purchased. Tickets for Autumn Fest are £5.00 for a family of 4 and additional children tickets are £1.00. These can be purchased from the main school office or on the night. Please see poster for more details. Its is a great family evening.

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 30th November from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. It was lovely to see you at our stay play this weekend.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening is now on display. This is on the door
where the post pockets are. I am looking forward to meeting with you all so I
can complete the children’s 4 week settling in progress reports 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 Pre-School club in the evening.

We break up for half term on Friday 25th October and return on Tuesday 5th November. 

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe