Hello everyone

Hello  Everyone,

We had a lovely week and had lots of fun learning together.

we had some great co -ordination practice with the hammer and nails play set.  We also played a blowing through a straw game to see who’s paper Caterpillar could go further.This was great practice to get our lips,tongue and lungs all working well together. We made some great salt dough and will be decorating our Easter creations this week.

We have had great fun watching the Caterpillars eating all their food before they start to make their cocoons.  

This week we have lots of fun Easter activities planned and we are going to have great fun together before the half term.

We will also be exploring the interests of the children and extending their activities helping to build new knowledge. The chicks will be hatching this week in the year 2 classroom so I'm sure this will bring much excitement.  On Thursday we have got our sponsored POWSA bunny hop. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will be continuing to talk about the feelings of others and how to encourage this in our play. We will be modelling this to the children so they can see how it looks.

Letters and sounds

This week we will play Who’s the keeper of the key?  Can the children identify who has the keys?? This helps the children to develop their logical thinking skills.

We have had a great half term and thank you all for your help, support and encouragement over the last few weeks. We hope you all have a great Eater and look forward to seeing you after the half term break.

Please always email me if you need anything or further information.

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

On the whiteboard outside the classroom door is a pocket with Home Wow slips in, please help yourself to these. We love celebrating the children's home WOW'S.

There is a POWSA virtual meeting on Tuesday 30th March at 8.00pm. Everyone is very welcome. If you would like to virtually attend the meeting, please email Julia for the link.

On Thursday 1st April is the last day for ordering a Spring Fest pack which is happening on the first Friday back after half term. It is a virtual event from 5-7.30pm.

We break up for the Easter holidays on Thursday 1st April and we return on Monday 19th April. 

Looking forward to a great week together.

Take care 

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Hello everyone

Hello  Everyone,

We had a lovely week and produced lots of fun work together.

On Monday/Tuesday we made some great pasta necklaces. This involved lots of counting and looking at colour patterns. We made them mostly red and green so they could be the Hungry Caterpillar.

Tuesday/Wednesday  we had great fun making or snack time fruit Kebabs with some of the fruits that the hungry Caterpillar ate. Thursday/Friday we  had small group trips to see the animals and feed them.  

We will be continuing with the Hungry Caterpillar this week  along with some Easter activities.

Our delivery of the insect Lore Is arriving by Tuesday which I’m sure will cause lots of interest. We will also be exploring the interests of the children and extending their activities helping to build new knowledge.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will be talking about the feelings of others and how to encourage this in our play. We will be modelling this to the children so they can see how it looks.

Letters and sounds

This week we will continue to play what is that sound?  Can the children recognise a sound from inside a shoebox.This helps the children to develop their listening skills and thinking.

Please always email me if you need anything or further information.

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

Looking forward to a great week together.

Take care 

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Hello everyone

 

Hello  Everyone,

We have had a great week and been up to lots fun learning together.

On Monday we set to work on our Mother’s day cards and gift making.

Tuesday we had great fun doing a science experiment using sugar cubes. The children made a little tower of bricks. They then had to predict what would happen if they poured over warm water.

Wednesday the group experimented making firework patterns using milk and food colouring.These were very colourful and the children engaged in lots of new language.

On Thursday we watched and made lava lamps, we tried to count the bubbles but there were far too many!

Friday we did some magic creations using wax to draw an invisible picture, we then used watercolours to paint over the surface of the paper to show what they had drawn.

The two mornings we had rain we had great fun in the soft play room. It’s great to see how far the children have come in playing together and playing imaginative games.

This week we will be continuing with simple science activities. We will also be starting our story of the Hungry Caterpillar. We will be getting a delivery of the insect Lore which I’m sure will cause lots of interest. Year 2 have their chick eggs in the incubator so we go and see these as well.

We will also be exploring the interests of the children and extending their interests helping to build new knowledge.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will be continuing to work to help everyone feel welcome. We will focus on conversations and questions we can use together to help our friends to join in with us.

We will talk about this at group times and have running commentaries in the classroom.

Letters and sounds

This week we are going to play what is that sound?  Can the children recognise a sound from inside a shoebox.This helps the children to develop their listening skills and thinking.

Notices

On the whiteboard outside the classroom door is a pocket with Home Wow slips in, please help yourself to these. We love celebrating the children's home WOW'S.

Please get in touch if you need anything and have a good week starting to get back to the new normals routines

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

Red Nose Day 19th March.

• Dress down day with a suggested donation to Comic Relief of £1
• Comedy Cake decorating competition (details attached) please make it clear that cakes are not to be brought into school due to Covid-19 restrictions
• Pupils will also be invited to 'share a joke' the funniest joke from each class will win a small prize. (Teachers and pupils can judge the funniest one) (details attached and forms included in your resource packs)
• Red noses will be available to buy from school from Monday.

We are going to have a great time learning together.

Take care 

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen

Hello everyone

 

Hello  Everyone,

What a lovely few days of dry weather we have had.Spring really is on the way and it’s lovely to have the lighter mornings.

At Pre-School this week we had a great week. It was fun to see some of our old friends coming back and welcoming new children to the class. 

We had lots of fun making our Banana cakes and the children loved the story of ‘Handa’s surprise.’ The children enjoyed watching where Bananas are grown and seeing them harvested to be shipped to us in supermarkets. 

We have been playing lots of small group games and turn taking which has been encouraging great social skills.

World book day was fun and we went out in groups to read stories in different areas of the school grounds. Some children went to the round house, animals, pirate ship it was great to read stories with a different outlook. The children were very engaged and really enjoyed this experience.

This week we will be doing some simple science activities and be busy making and creating some special gifts for the weekend. We will also be exploring the interests of the children and extending their interests helping to build new knowledge.

 Nearly the whole class so far are returning this week which will be lovely. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week we will be working to help everyone feel welcome. We will focus on conversations and questions we can use together to help our friends to join in with us.

We will talk about this at group times and have running commentaries in the classroom.

Letters and sounds

This week we are going to do some outside drumming using pipes and tubes. This helps the children to develop their listening skills and make new sounds.

Please get in touch if you need anything and have a good week starting to get back to the new normals routines

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

We can’t wait to see you and have lots of fun and learning together.

Take care 

Zoe, Chloe and Colleen