Cinderella

Hello everyone,

Last week we continued the story of The elves and the shoe maker. We started off the week by watching the Ballet of The Elves and the Shoe maker with Reception on Monday morning in the school hall. We all really enjoyed it and did some great listening. On Tuesday we wore our favourite shoes to school. We stood up at group time and talked about why they are our favourite shoes to wear. All our replies are up on the board in the classroom. On Tuesday afternoon Poppy's Dad came in with some ski and cycling shoes to show us. We were able to ask some great questions. On Thursday morning Mia came in with her different types of dance shoes. We watched her do different dances with the shoes on including ballet, tap and modern. We really enjoyed watching her dance and ask some great questions. On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon we have been doing some welly print making in paint. We looked at the patterns they made. We also did some shoe sole rubbing with wax crayons. It was interesting comparing the patterns on our shoes with our friends. We have started to make our own 3d shoes using cling film and masking tape. We will be continuing with theses this week. We have also been repotting and planting the baby spider plants up in the poly tunnel. On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble and we used the apparatus to balance along. Photos up on display. We have started to change into our t-shirts and plimsols for PE. 

This week we are going to begin the story of Cinderella which we will be doing for the next 2 weeks. We will be reading the story and doing a variety of activities including designing our own princess  dress and prince waistcoat by exploring mixing colours together, decorating a dress, pumpkin carriage on the computer using purple mash, continuing to make our 3d shoes and lots more fun activities.

Home learning

Have you got a story of Cinderella you would like to bring in to share?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to learn the Read Write Inc Pictures. We will also start with some alliteration. 

Jennie Jigsaw
Last week we talked about what we are good at. We came up with some lovely ideas.

This week Jennie Jigsaw will be talking about what we would like to do when we are older.

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. 

On Wednesday we should be swimming as long as the pool is back up and running. 

On Friday 8th February children can come dressed up as a princess or prince for the day. In afternoon we will do a joint afternoon with Reception. All parents and children who don't normally come on a Friday afternoon are welcome to come and join us in the main school hall at 3.00pm for a cinderella surprise. 

Parent's evening sign up sheets are up in the corridor. If these dates and times are unsuitable please do come and see me to arranged a time more convenient for yourselves. 

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

Here to another exciting week.

Julia and Pre-school team