Sunday 29 September 2019

The little red hen

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Hello Everyone,

We have loved learning about cows and the milk they produce.

This week we will be focussing on the ‘Little Red Hen’ We will be bread making with the children making predictions about what was going to happen next.
We will also have fun making Tractor wheel pictures together. We will be starting to introduce the scissors with help so the children know how to use them safely.

This week we will be using 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.


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 and play in the outside area.
 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

 On Tuesday 1st October it is our POWSA AGM and meeting for future events at 7.30pm in the Main school staff room. All welcome. If you have any questions please come and see me. 

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 2nd October  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.  

On Friday 4th October it is dress like a farmer day. Children can come into pre-school dressed as farmers.

On Friday 4th October 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.

On Friday 11th is Autumn Fest. 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.

Please return your slips for the Parents/Carers coffee morning on the 8 October.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening is now on display. This is on the door where the post pockets are. Zoe is 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.  

Let’s have a great week together.

Zoe and Chloe

Sunday 22 September 2019

Farm animals







Hello Everyone,

We have loved learning about the ‘Elmer’ and all of his great colours. We also enjoyed making some new colours of our own.
It was lovely and the children enjoyed making predictions about what was going to happen next to the paint.
We had fun singing and listening to the musical instruments. We also played a listening game of household sounds which the children had fun thinking about what they could hear.
This week we will be starting to talk about farm animals and in particular cows this week and talk about where our milk comes from with a sticking activity.
We will also be creating pictures using the farm truck wheels.


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 
We will be going on a listening walk around the play ground and 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
Please return your slips for the Parents/Carers coffee morning on the 8 October 2019 at 9.00am.

The sign up sheet for Parents evening will be on display very soon. This will be on the door close to the post pockets. I looked 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 School club in the evening.  

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 27th September  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Thursday 26th September 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.

On Thursday we have got our pasta and sauce lunch. So no packed lunches or hot lunches needed on this day. The sauce the children have made using the tomatoes they picked, cut and made into pasta sauce. We will be having apple crumble for pudding which the children will be making this week using apples from the orchard. 

On Friday 27th POWSA are holding a film night in the main school hall. The film showing is Chicken run. The event starts with story time at 5.30pm and the film starts at 5.45pm. Tickets can be purchased at the main school office. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 28th September from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

Let’s have a great week together.


Zoe and Chloe

Sunday 15 September 2019












Welcome Everyone,

What a lovely week, the children really enjoyed our cooking activity. 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 joining in. 
Myself and Chloe are really enjoying getting to know your children and are looking forward to an exciting time ahead, learning together.

This week we will be learning about our Families and what makes us all different also starting to work on Colours. Our book for the week will be ‘Elmer’ It is a lovely story which talks about all the different colours. 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
Every week there will be a blog about everything that is happening at pre-school and home learning you may like to do. This is normally published on a Sunday evening. 
If you are staying for lunch please place your lunchbox in the box ready to go into the fridge.

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


On Wednesday 18th September 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.



Thank you for all the lovely WOW'S, we love sharing these during group time. Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have and if you need some WOW slips, please come and ask one of the staff. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 28th September from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

Please do come and see myself if you have any questions.


Looking forward to a great week having lots of fun learning about ‘Our Families and Colours’



Zoe and Chloe

Sunday 8 September 2019

Here's to another great week....


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 learning, fun times together.
Zoe and Chloe are here to make things as relaxed 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 do 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.We will also like to do some cooking this week so look out for tasty treats during the week!


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.

Notices
Every week there will be a blog about everything that is happening at pre-school and home learning you may like to do. This is normally published on a Sunday evening. 



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

On Tuesday 10th September 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 staying for lunch please place your lunchbox in the box ready to go into the fridge.

On Tuesday 10th September at 7.30pm in the school staff room is our POWSA meeting. 
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. If you have any questions please come and see Julia. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have and if you need some WOW slips, please come and ask one of the staff.

There will be a coffee morning once all our first group of children have started where I will  be doing a talk about what we do in Year 1 e.g. Home learning sacks, Keyworkers, Jennie Jigsaw, Sounds and Letters and EYFS etc. Please look out for the letter and hope to see lots of you there, as there will be lots of useful information to support your child. 

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


Zoe and Chloe

Sunday 1 September 2019

Welcome to The Prince of Wales Pre-school



Welcome Everyone,

We can’t wait to welcome you to the 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. Learning where everything is at Pre-School and some of the names of our new friends.
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.

We are going to have such fun together and can’t wait for our adventure’s to begin.

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.

Notices

Every week there will be a blog about everything that is happening at pre-school and home learning you may like to do. This is normally published on a Sunday evening. 

If you could apply sun cream to your child if it looks like it’s going to be warm before they arrive at Pre-School in the mornings this would be a great help to us. 
If you are staying for lunch please place your lunchbox on the trolley ready to go into the fridge.

On Tuesday 10th September at 7.30pm in the school staff room is our POWSA meeting. 
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. If you have any questions please come and see myself. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have and if you need some WOW slips, please come and ask one of the staff.

There will be a coffee morning once all our first group of children have started where I will  be doing a talk about what we do in Year 1 e.g. Home learning sacks, Keyworkers, Jennie Jigsaw, Sounds and Letters and EYFS etc. Please look out for the letter and hope to see lots of you there, as there will be lots of useful information to support your child. 

Zoe and Chloe