Weather and birds

Hello Everyone,

We had lots of fun playing with the Animals in the shaving foam/snow. This created lots of opportunities for talk about which animals like the cold/snow and water. We really loved making our bird food and we hope the birds liked it?

We have also added a bird feeder in the garden and we are measuring how much the birds have eaten. This week we will focus on the weather / cold conditions.

This week we will be counting birds in the garden and seeing if we can identity them. 

Last week we could hear the birds but not see them. We will make some binoculars to see if this helps us. 

Talking about the cold weather and experiencing some ice play, using expressive language and making predictions about how long we think it will take to melt. 

Jennie Jigsaw

Working together working through things continues through this theme. The children have really started to look out for one another and help each other out which is lovely to observe. 

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will play ‘what’s in the box’ a listening game to see if the children can identify noises from inside a covered box.

Home Learning 

Keep the lovely Wow’s coming in. Any bird pictures would be great; it may be a hand drawn one.  

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 1st February at 5.00pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 1st February  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

Remember to sign up for Parent’s evening as it will be a great opportunity to see how your child is flourishing in the Pre-School. Please also return you coffee morning slips for new parents who have not attended before.

Please can you label all drinks flasks as we have quite a few which are very similar. 

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

Looking forward to lots of fun and learning this week.

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Hello Everyone,

We had lots of fun creating fish to go on our display board. This also created lots of opportunities to talk about colours and shapes we could see. During the week we loved exploring with the ‘Tappy Sticks’ the children have very good rhythm and really enjoyed singing to the beat of the music.

This week we will be learning about animals that like the cold weather. During the week each day we will try and do a bird count outside and see if we can see any different types of bird. We will make some bird feed for the birds as it has got very cold and they will appreciate some nice fatty feeders. 

Jennie Jigsaw

We will be talking about making friendships and our likes and dislikes. Talking about what we know and asking questions.

Working together working through things continues through this theme. The children are really starting to form friendship groups, which is great to see.

Letters and Sounds 

we will continue play roll the ball, learning all our friends names is quite tricky. This is a really fun game; the children roll the ball to another member of the group. Before they roll they have to say their name. This helps with the learning of our friend’s names. 

Home Learning 

Keep the lovely Wow’s coming in. If you have a quick 30 minutes and you could do a bird watch please do. Bird numbers are dropping and we can help out by logging our own observations.

Notices

On Thursday 24th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 24th January  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 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

Remember to sign up for Parent’s evening as it will be a great opportunity to see how your child is flourishing in the Pre-School. Please also return you coffee morning slips for new parents who have not attended before.

Please can you label all drinks flasks as we have quite a few which are very similar. 

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

Looking forward to lots of fun and learning this week.

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Rainbow Fish

Hello Everyone,

What a great first week back we had. We produced some lovely Christmas pictures for the wall. We also loved taking about all the different colours we could see on ‘Rainbow Fish’

We made a lovely fish picture to go on the display. The children also made little fish to go on the display by our fish tank. The fish are now returned having had a lovely Christmas with Chloe.

We will be continuing with ‘Rainbow Fish’ and the themes that run through the book,

being friends, colours, numbers and feelings through out the week.

Jennie Jigsaw

We will be continuing talking about ways to challenge and never give up. We will be encouraging the children to keep trying even when they find something difficult.

Working together with another child to talk through things and see if they can come up with another solution to the problem. This has really been showing through. The new children have had a good leading hand from other children in the group which has been lovely to see.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will play roll the ball. This is a really fun game; the children roll the ball to another member of the group. Before they roll they have to say their name. This helps with the learning of our friend’s names. We will also recap who’s under the blanket. The children love this game but have found it quite a challenge.

Home Learning 

Thank you for all the lovely Wow’s, it looks like you all had lots of amazing adventures. 

The children have loved telling us about what they have been doing.

The new class friends this term have had a good first week and seem to be loving playing at Pre-School.

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 Wednesday 16th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 16th January  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 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

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

This week the newsletter will be out with lot's information including a coffee information session date and parents evening dates. 

 Remember any questions please ask. Caroline is in on a Monday/ Thursday all day and Friday morning if you have any administration or payment questions. 

Let’s have another fun filled week.

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Happy New Year

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wishing you a very happy 2019.

We hope you have all had a great time spending time with your family and friends over the last couple of weeks. I’m sure Santa brought you some lovely new gifts as everyone at the POW Pre-School was on the ‘Good List’

Thank you for all our lovely Christmas gifts it was very kind of you all.

This week we will be talking about what we have enjoyed doing while we have been off. We will do a piece of guided work in our Learning journeys to represent this holiday.

We will also be doing some activities and games based around ‘Rainbow Fish’

This is a lovely story and we can create lots of craft work while recapping colour and using describing words.

Colleen will be joining us on a Tuesday and Friday morning. Colleen also runs breakfast club and many of the children all ready know her. 

Jennie Jigsaw

We will be talking about ways to challenge and never give up. We will be encouraging the children to keep trying even when they find something difficult.

Working together with another child to talk through things and see if they can come up with another solution to the problem.

Letters and Sounds 

This week we will play who’s under the blanket. This is a really fun game, one child shuts their eyes then one child from the group gets covered with the blanket. The child then has to see if they can work out who’s under the blanket. The children love this games and it’s good at helping everyone to learn their friend’s names.

Home Learning 

Some holiday Wow’s would be great. Something your child really enjoyed or talked about. 

We will discuss where we have been and what we have been doing at group times this week. 

Notices

We look forward to welcoming our new class friends this term and we can’t wait to have them. Remember any questions please ask. Caroline is in on a Monday/ Thursday all day and Friday morning if you have any administration or payment questions. 

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 Tuesday 8th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 11th January  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 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

On Tuesday 8th January is a POWSA meeting to discuss future fundraising events. It is in the main school staffroom at 7.30pm. Please see Julia for more details. It would be great to see you there. 

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

Zoe, Chloe and Coleen