Global Awareness

Hello Everyone, 

Last week we began the week talking about what we knew about Africa and what we would like to find out. We looked at the big atlas to see where Africa was in the world and where we lived. On Monday Morning we went on our flight to Moscow. We went through airport control and then got into the Prince of Wales Plane (School hall) and flew to Moscow. The children really enjoyed this imaginative role play. We looked at the African flags and then made our african flags.

On Tuesday we went on a safari. We watched a video of an african Safari. We saw all the different animals that live in Africa. On Wednesday we read the story of Handa's Surprise. We tried all the different fruits from the story over the week for our snack. I was very proud of the children trying new foods. We also painted Handa's surprise fruit basket. These will be used for the art display at school. On Thursday we listened to some African music and then went to the school hall and used the Afican drums to copy rhythms and make up our own. On Friday we did our gummy bear dance at the dance show. The children have really enjoyed doing this dance and were amazing at showing the rest of school and parents the dance. Well done Pre-school. 

We have also been talking about how we can look after our world by recycling. The children have made some recycling bins for plastic, paper and food waste.

This week we will be joining the school with Global Awareness fortnight and we will be learning all about Africa. Over the next week we will be exploring musical instruments, foods, safari, animals, jewellery, housing, music, songs and lot's more. 

Home learning
Has your beanstalk begun to grow? Can you bring a picture in of your beanstalk? 

Can you bring in some home learning about Africa? Could be a picture, book, food, made an instrument or jewellery etc.

Sounds and letters

A mixture of rhyming, initial sounds and musical instruments. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This term Jennie jigsaw is talking about changing me. We will be talking about how our bodies are changing as time moves forward and how they have already changed since we were a baby. It would be great if you could bring a baby photo. 

Notices

As the weather is sun and hot, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

The children who are attending the Prince of Wales School in September will begin their Tuesday transition afternoons. This week it is group B going to Reception. If you have any questions about these afternoons please come and see Julia. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 29th June from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Thursday 28th June at 2.30pm we are having a Sports day on the school field. We will be doing lots of fun race including running, egg and spoon and dressing up races etc. All parents and carers welcome to come and watch. If your child does not usually come to pre-school on a Thursday afternoon and would like to join in, please come along for 2.30pm on the main school field. Any questions please come and ask Julia.

Every Friday at 3.30 POWSA are selling ice creams by the play trail. 50p each. 

The School Summer Fayre will be on Saturday 30th June 11am to 3pm. There are lots of exciting plans afoot so watch this space for further info. We are looking to include a market place so if you would like to have a stall please get in touch.

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. 

Looking forward to a great week.

Julia and Pre-school team