Christmas

Hello everyone,

Last week we have been very busy decorating our yummy Christmas suprises. We are really good at using the rolling pins. we have been making our Christmas cards with lots of finger prints and sparkles. On Monday we really enjoyed watching the nativity puppet show. It was great way to understand the nativity story. The children then went on to tell the nativity story in the small world area with the nativity scene. On Wednesday we had PE with Mr Treble and we played a variety of Christmas games including a Christmas dance. The children really enjoyed playing the Santa key game. On Thursday a group went swimming. We are doing brilliant at singing the Christmas carol songs along with other Christmas songs. Throughout the week we have enjoyed sharing a wide collection of Christmas stories. We have also been making some Christmas decorations with corks and the glue gun.  We have also been doing some Christmas Yoga this week along with tinsel dancing which has been great fun. We have also been Christmas printing a bag to put our Christmas goodies into. It was lovely to see so many of our families at the Christmas breakfast. We all had a wonderful time. 

This week we are going to be continuing with our Christmas decorations and some children will be finishing off their Christmas treats. On Tuesday morning we are going to school to watch the Key Stage 1 Christmas Nativity  dress rehearsal. On Wednesday lunchtime we have got our Christmas Lunch. On Friday morning we have got our Christmas party. We will be playing lots of Christmas party games. We will continue sharing lots of Christmas stories. Please do bring in your favourite Christmas stories. We have got some onion sets to plant in the garden as well this week. 

Home Learning

When you are out and about can you recognise different logos e.g. the Tesco sign or car make signs? Can you make a poster of ones you have found?

If you have a favourite Christmas story or song, please bring into pre-school so we can share at group time.

Notices

On Tuesday 17th December it is the carol service at St Marys Church. If your child is taking part please arrive at the church between 4.30-4.45pm. Children need to come in costume. The service starts at 5.00pm. Any questions, please come and see Julia.

On Thursday 19th December  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. 

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

On Wednesday 18th December is our Christmas Lunch. If your child is staying for lunch and then going home. Please pick up at 1.00pm.

There is no swimming this week

On Friday 20th December we have got our Christmas party from 9-12.00pm. Please come and sing up on the food list which is displayed in the corridor. Children may come in Christmas party wear. We are going over to school for 9.05, pre-school door will open at 9.50 to enable us to get to school for 9.05.

We break up for Christmas on Friday 20th December and return on Monday 6th January. 

Here to another fantastic week.

Julia and Pre-school Team

Christmas

Hello everyone,

Last week we had a great time visiting the garden centre and the cafe. We all enjoyed looking at the Christmas displays and decorations. We talked lots about the shapes, colours, textures and words to describe the decorations. We looked at the nativity scene and talked about the Christmas Story. We all loved trying on lots of Christmas hats and glasses. Pictures will be up on display this week. We then all enjoyed having a drink in the cafe. 

We have been very busy in the kitchen cooking a yummy Christmas surprise. Throughout the week we have been sharing a variety of Christmas stories and songs. We are getting really confident with the actions to our carols for the carol service.

Towards the end of the week we have started making our Christmas card using our fingerprints. 

On Wednesday a group had PE with Mr Treble and played a variety of games outside.

On Thursday afternoon we had great fun playing Santa hide and seek outside. Also we had great fun dancing to Christmas songs and frozen with tinsel. A group of children helped Caroline decorate the tree in the hall. On Friday afternoon a group of children went to St Georges Church to decorate the Christmas tree for the festival. We made all the decorations linked to the song of the twelve days of Christmas. Please pop by the church and take a look. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed riding on the polar express at the main school and looking t the North Pole display. We liked the science show on Monday morning. 

This week we will be continuing with making our yummy Christmas surprise and our Christmas cards. We will also be making some Christmas decorations. On Monday morning we have got a puppet show of the Christmas story. On Wednesday we have got PE with Mr Treble and on Thursday we have got swimming. We will continue to share lots of Christmas stories and learning our Christmas songs. 

Letters and Sounds

We will be using the signs from Read write inc which are "my turn, your turn" "talk to your partner". Looking at stories with rhyming endings. We have got a rhyming door in our classroom and we will be adding our rhyming words to the door. This week we will be learning the Read Write Inc picture names: Orange, kangaroo, Girl, caterpillar, net, pirate, tower, insect dinosaur, snake Maisie next to the mountain and apple. We will be using Fred the Frog. 

Home Learning

When you are out and about can you recognise different logos e.g. the Tesco sign or car make signs? Can you make a poster of ones you have found?

If you have a favourite Christmas story or song, please bring into pre-school so we can share at group time.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats. Caroline puts lots of important letters, it gets quite busy with lots going on over the Christmas period.

On Wednesday 11th December  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 able to arrive as close to 3:10pm as possible that would be fantastic, if you do not make it until after 3:15 we would politely request that you wait to collect your child at the normal pick up time as, I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite disturbing for the children and also getting ready for the end of the day is a busy time. Many thanks for your support and cooperation on this matter. 

On Friday 13th December is Christmas Jumper day supporting Save the Children. Suggested donation of £1.00.

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

On Friday 13th December from 3.30pm is the Christmas Fair in the main school hall. Please come and join us and raise money for POWSA.  Father Christmas is at the event and a slot can be booked at the main school office. 

On Thursday 12th December is our family Christmas breakfast from 8.30-9.15am. Please return slip to help us cater for the event. 

If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. These need to ordered by Monday 9th December.Here's to another great week.

If your child is taking part in the Christmas carol service on Tuesday 17th December, please provide them with a costume for the animal they have been given. If you have any questions, please do come and see me. 

Julia and Pre-school Team  

Missing beautiful black and white jelly cat cuddly toy

Hello everyone,

Could everyone have a look in bags for Wren’s very special black and white cat. He has gone missing today. Please email me at j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk if you find him.

Many thanks

Julia

Christmas :-)

Hello everyone,

Last week we had a great week making the decorations for the Christmas tree Festival at St Georges Church. We listened to the story of the 12 days of Christmas and talked about the different objects in the song. We then all had a go at making a decoration for the tree. 
We have now all been to post box and posted our Christmas Breakfast invitation to you. We really enjoyed going to the post box and we hope you liked your invitation. On Friday afternoon we had a special visitor. Albert's dad who is a postman came and visited us We looked at his post van. 
We have enjoyed making marble runs and building with the wood blocks this week. Some great models created. 
We have enjoyed listening to different rhyming stories and we are becoming confident with rhyming. We love to hear the children's rhyming words.
On Wednesday we had PE with Mr Treble and we did a variety of games in the hall. 
On Thursday a group went swimming and we are becoming more confident at collecting hoops from the bottom of the pool. 
On Friday morning a group of children went to watch Year 1 assembly. We did some brilliant listening and watching. We have been out on the balance bikes and have started learning some Christmas songs in preparation for our carol service. 

This week we are going to the garden centre in small groups and will be visiting the cafe for a drink. We will be looking at all the decorations and talking about colour, shape, texture and the story of Christmas. 
We are also going to be cooking and making a yummy surprise to bring home at Christmas. We will  start making some Christmas decorations to bring home at the end of term. We are going to be reading lots of Christmas stories and singing lots of carols and Christmas songs. On Wednesday we have got PE and Thursday there is swimming. We will be sharing the story of The Nativity this week. We have lots of Christmas activities to challenge our learning. 

Letters and Sounds

We will be using the signs from Read write inc which are "my turn, your turn" "talk to your partner". Looking at stories with rhyming endings. We have got a rhyming door in our classroom and we will be adding our rhyming words to the door. This week we will be learning the Read Write Inc picture names: Girl, Orange, caterpillar, net, pirate, tower, insect dinosaur, snake Maisie next to the mountain and apple. We will be using Fred the Frog. 

Home Learning

When you are out and about can you recognise different logos e.g. the Tesco sign or car make signs? Can you make a poster of ones you have found?

If you have a favourite Christmas story or song, please bring into pre-school so we can share at group time.

Notices

On Tuesday 3rd December  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 able to arrive as close to 3:10pm as possible that would be fantastic, if you do not make it until after 3:15 we would politely request that you wait to collect your child at the normal pick up time as, I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite disturbing for the children and also getting ready for the end of the day is a busy time. Many thanks for your support and cooperation on this matter. 

On Friday 6th December is non-school uniform day. Please bring in a  tombola prizes for the Christmas Fayre - teddies, bottles, chocolates and general tombola all very welcome! 

  It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 6th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Thursday a group of children will be swimming. 

On Tuesday 3rd December is the next POWSA meeting in the staff room at 7.30pm. Please do come and join us. 

In each child's post pockets is a brown envelope for ordering the Christmas cards they have made. The preview and orders can be seen at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk/product-category/prince-of-wales/. Orders needs to be placed by 9th December or in the brown envelopes by 25th November. 

On Thursday 12th December is our family Christmas breakfast from 8.30-9.15am. Please return slip to help us cater for the event. 

On Friday 13th December is the Christmas Fair from 3.00-5.30pm. Father Christmas is at the event and a slot can be booked at the main school office. 
If your child would like a Christmas lunch, please see myself or Caroline for a Hot lunch code. These need to ordered by Monday 9th December.

Here's to another great week.

Julia and Pre-school Team