A magical last week of term....

 

Hello  Everyone,

We really enjoyed our Christmas crafts this week. We have made some lovely creations and I’m sure you can't wait to see them. This week we have to add the finishing touches.

This week we will be looking at the story of ‘Stickman’ as this is a lovely Christmas theme to it. We will be practicing some party games ready for our party on Thursday morning. The children are welcome to wear party clothes or whatever they would like. During the week we will also play some Maths games on our interactive board.

It’s going to be a very fun week, we promise not to hype your children up too much!!

Letters and Sounds

We will play ‘Describe the animal’ . The children listen to clues of an animal and see if they can guess which one it is. All the animals are laid out on the floor.

Notices:-

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet 

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

On Tuesday evening it is the virtual Christmas Carol service at 5.00pm via Facebook and Youtube.

On Wednesday lunch time we have got our Christmas dinner. It's going to be yummy.

On Thursday we have got our Christmas party in the morning from 9-12.30pm. Children will need to bring in their own lunch with a Christmas theme and all wrapped up. We are going to have a great time and play some games.

On Thursday evening it is the Virtual Christmas quiz via Facebook and Youtube. 

We would like to thank you and your children for giving us such a great first term.

We wish you all a very happy christmas and we are sure 2021 has some very exciting things in store for us all

Zoe and Chloe

Christmas is coming

 

Hello  Everyone,

We had a great week. We have been making our calendars, decorations and stained glass windows. We have been reading some lovely christmas stories and have loved these. 

This week we will be continuing our Christmas craft activities. We will be making angels, finishing off our calendars, and making decoration / window displays.

We will play chase the reindeer outside during the week. We will have a sensory area with Christmas decorations for the children to explore, we hope this will stop them expiring your trees at home!

For snack this week we will make candy canes made from strawberries and bananas. I’m sure the children will love this.

Letters and Sounds

we will continue to  play ‘keeper of the keys’ this listening game, you have to hide the keys while one person is outside the room. One child then comes back to see if they know who may have the keys.

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

It was lovely to see the   Magical Learning Books back. We have been sharing the books at group times. We will send these out again after christmas so you can share the fun you have had.

Notices

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

On Monday we are going to be watching the performance of Elves and the shoemaker. Children are welcome to dress up as elves on Monday, although this of course is not compulsory!

Also on Monday we have our Christmas story telling session with hot chocolate and a biscuit around the Christmas tree and magical lights in the main school hall at 4.15-4.50pm. Children are welcome to come in pyjamas, dressing gowns, onesies and slippers along with bringing their favourite cuddly toy. The pre-school team will greet the children at the back doors of the main school hall doors and pick up will also be from here. 

On Wednesday and Thursday it would be great if the children could come in with a piece of Christmas headwear for our Christmas sing song recording. 

On Friday it is Save the Children Christmas Jumper day. Children can come to Pre-school in their Christmas jumper with a donation for Save the Children. 

Also on Friday it is the Christmas Virtual school Disco at 5.00pm. An email has sent been out with login details. 

Zoe and Chloe

Christmas

 

Hello  Everyone,

Hope you've all had a fun weekend? The children enjoyed ‘Room on the Broom’ They loved making spells and mixing fruit in the water tray. They loved making wands and this led to lots of colour discussions and noticing patterns. 

The children loved making the sleigh for the role play area and have been  decorating the tree.

This week we will be starting our Christmas craft activities. We have lots of fun crafts planned as well as cooking over the coming weeks.

We have an advent book collection. The children take it in turns to pick a wrapped book which will be a christmas story. This is the book we read at group time.

We also plan to have a puppet show with Christmas characters.

Letters and Sounds

we will continue to  play ‘Teddy lost in the room’ this listening game, you have to hide the teddy while one person is outside the room. One child then pays the tamarind really loud if they are getting close or quiet if they are a long way from where they  are hidden. 

Notices

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

Please can you return any  Magical Learning Books you may still be looking at/adding to?  We have lots more to add to these.

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

On Wednesday 2nd December there is a POWSA meeting in the school staff room at 7.30pm. If you would like more information please let me know.

If you would like breakfast/after school club next half term, please returns forms by this Friday and payment if applicable. 

If you would like your child to have a Christmas Dinner on Wednesday 16th December and they don't normally have a hot lunch, please email Caroline @ preschool@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk for a code to login to the Local food links page. Please see letter for more details.

Zoe and Chloe

Room on a Broom

 

Hello  Everyone,

We had a really fun time this week. The children had great fun and they loved the Gruffalo.  The masks were fun to make. We also loved making the crumble, the best bit was in the tasting! The children liked watching the film too. We enjoyed playing some colour games during group times.

This week we will be doing all about ‘Room on the Broom’ and have lots of fun activities planned. We have been very busy over the weekend and have put up lots of decorations as a surprise ready for Monday. The children have more touches to add of their own. 

The Grinch will be staying over at school and will not be visiting us at any time.

We will also be starting our Christmas activities very soon.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week during group times we will continue to focus on What and I am good at?

 What do we like to do? We are going to see if the children are able to recall anything they have done over the weekend, maybe something nice they had to eat, somewhere they went for  a walk, someone they spoke to on the phone? 

Letters and Sounds

we will continue to  play ‘Keeper of the keys’ this listening game, you have to guess who is hiding the keys. We were so busy we did not get many chances to play this last week.

Notices

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

It was lovely to meet with you all on Thursday and catch up at parents evening.Your children really do amaze us every session and we are very lucky to have them in the class.  We hope you have enjoyed looking through the Magical Learning Books? If you could return them by 26/11/2020 that would be great.

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

On Wednesday 2nd December there is a POWSA virtual meeting via zoom at 7.30pm. If you would like more information please let me know.

If you would like your child to have a Christmas Dinner on Wednesday 16th December and they don't normally have a hot lunch, please email Caroline @ preschool@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk for a code to login to the Local food links page. Please see letter for more details.

Zoe and Chloe

The Gruffalo

 

Hello  Everyone,

We had a great week. The children loved making poppies and we watched the BBC film to represent this. This week we have been exploring colours and doing a colour hunt at group times.

 We enjoyed playing with the musical instruments and playing loud and soft.

The children loved celebrating Children in need on Friday. They enjoyed making cakes and decorating them. 

This week we will be doing all about the Gruffalo and have lots of fun activities planned.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week during group times we will continue to focus on What and I am good at?

 What do we like to do? IThank you for your photo evidence you have emailed to me. The pictures have been great to talk about at group times. You can still continue to send these through.

Letters and Sounds

This week we will play ‘Keeper of the keys’ this listening game, you have to guess who is hiding the keys.

Notices

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

I look forward to talking with you at parents meetings this week. If your child has only just joined the class we will aim to meet in 4 weeks time.

Tomorrow (Monday 16th November) we are having an odd sock day for anti-bullying awareness week. 

You can order your child's Christmas cards they have made at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk

This has been kindly organised by POWSA as a fundraising event. 

If you have any cardboard boxes (enormous, big and small) we would greatly receive them as we have a project planned. Please bring them in this week. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

Zoe and Chloe

Coming up this week....

 

Hello  Everyone,

We had such a lovely first week back together. We enjoyed some firework crafts, making fireworks in the playdough. Making potions in the mud kitchen was all so much fun. The highlight of the week was definitely toasting marshmallow on the campfire and singing songs together with our friends from year 2 of preschool. We welcomed two new friends to the group and enjoyed lots of activities together.

Over the coming week we will be talking about Remembrance day,making popy’s. We will encourage the children to watch the ‘CBBC’ film to mark the occasion that was created and shown last year. We will also be making cakes, having a colouring competition towards the end of the week for BBC Children in Need this friday.  

We will continue with our instrument sounds as the children would like more time to explore this.

We will be learning some descriptive words to describe noises they make. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week during group times we will focus on What and I am good at?

 What do we like to do? If you have any photos to support this at group times please send them in with your child.

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

Notices

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

On Friday 13th November is Children In Need day. Children can come dressed in spots or wear something red, yellow, green or blue. There will be a donation pot for Children in Need at the door. 

On Monday 16th November we are having an odd sock day for anti-bullying awareness week. 

Last week we had the photography in to take our photo's. If you would like to order them, please do so as soon as possible.

You can order your child's Christmas cards they have made at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk

This has been kindly organised by POWSA as a fundraising event. If your child's card is not online yet, it will be shortly. 

We can’t wait to see all the children over the next few days. Thank you all for your continued support at this challenging time.

Zoe and Chloe

Fireworks and Bonfire's

Hello  Everyone,

We hope you have all enjoyed your half term? It looked like you were having so much fun from the photos you emailed to us. It was great to see as we have missed seeing everyone in the class.

Over the coming weeks we look forward to welcoming some new friends to the class.

I’m sure the children will enjoy having some more people to play with.

This week we will be focusing on ‘Bonfire Night’ We have a lot of fun activities planned. We will be talking about the many colours  we see when watching the fireworks. We will be learning some descriptive words to describe noises they make. Through music and the instruments we will create the sounds, I’m sure they are going to love this!  

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is:   z.stockley@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

Notices

An email was sent out this morning with an update from Mr Spracklen. PLEASE NOTE: From Monday 2nd November 2020, all parents and carers (if medically fit to do so) should wear a facemask to enter any part of the school grounds. This includes all drop-off and collections.  

REMINDER: Under current and ongoing guidance, only one parent/carer can escort a child to/from school. 

REMINDER: Under current and ongoing guidance, we ask that social distancing between parents and carers is maintained at all times. This includes not standing around in small groups after drop-off.

The photographer session on Tuesday 3rd November will be going ahead. If your child does not normally attend Pre-school on this day and you would like a slot, please speak to Zoe or ring pre-school office.

On Wednesday 4th November is a POWSA meeting at 7.30pm in the main school hall. If you would further information please ask.

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

We can’t wait to see all the children over the next few days. Thank you all for your continued support at this challenging time.

Zoe and Chloe

#InspiredToLearn Half Term Holiday Design Challenge

 

#InspiredToLearn Half Term Holiday Design Challenge

“Lest We Forget”

This half term holiday we would like you to have a go at making your own single poppy, we will attach these to a wreath that we will be making in school.  The wreath will be placed at the town war memorial by some of our older children after half term as an act of remembrance for all those that gave their lives in conflict.

Design Specification:

- Your Poppy can be made of any material, clay, cardboard, felt, polymer clay, paper, recycled materials, etc.

- Your Poppy should be 3D, rather than flat.

- Your Poppy must be bigger than 5cm but smaller than 12cm in width.

- Your Poppy does not have to be red, in recent years we have used other colours to represent other groups of people who have given their lives in service of our country.  You could research these groups and decide what colour you would like to make.

- Your Poppy could have a loop or hook which will enable it to be attached easily to our wreath.

- Please write your name and year group neatly somewhere on your Poppy.

Please hand your Poppy in to your class teacher by Wednesday 4th November for its inclusion on our collaborative act of remembrance.