Hello everyone.....

 Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a fabulous weekend enjoying the beautiful sunshine we have had over the weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing Mums out there!  

Last week we have enjoyed sharing lots of stories about Mothers Day and we all loved the book that Arthur bought in called I love my mummy. At group time we talked about all the special things our mum's do for us. The children really enjoyed creating their special gift they made. They were great at moulding the clay and using a variety of tools to create their finished piece. We also used our handprints and fingerprints to create a special card and we were amazing at having a go at writing our names. 

On Tuesday in PE we played lots of games outside with Mr Treble. We played stuck in the mud and find a colour. 

The weather was amazing last week and we loved spending lots of time outside. It is lovely to see how confident the children are riding balance bikes, scooters and bikes. They have enjoyed having races around the playground track.  We have been exploring and experimenting at the water tray. We made a waterfall with crates.

 We have loved making a variety of monsters and creatures using the duplo. We have been making enclosures and cubes using the zoo waffle construction. 

We have used our senses with the gelli baff which had the frogs, logs and Lilly pads in. It had a very unusual texture.

We have been busy mark making on the magnetic boards with special pens. We were fascinated at how they worked and that you can erase your pictures just by rubbing. Also we have been busy creating daffodil pictures using a variety of materials including tissue paper, crayons, felt tips. We were inspired by the daffodils on the drawing table. 

On the finger frenzy table we have had Tap a Shape out which is using shapes, pins and hammer to create pictures.

We have been observing our tadpoles and watching out for any changes. Also watching the countdown on the incubator till the chicks hatch. 

In Read Write Inc we have been busy playing lots of Fred Frog talk games and saying the picture names. The children are great at recognising all the pictures. 

Here are some pictures of our week.....

For the next two weeks we are going to continue to watch the changes with the tadpoles, look after the eggs. Also continue with finding out more about Space. We will be sharing lots of stories and songs about Spring and space.

Home Learning:-

Fred Frog Game....

Animal noises

Fred names an animal and the children make the noise of that animal.

'Fred wants you to make the noise of a h-or-se’. 'Fred says make the noise of a sh-ee-p.' 'Fred says make the noise of a d-o-g.

- Can you retell your favourite book to a grown up?

-Can you create something which reminds you of spring?

- Can you find as many different shapes in your house, garden or on a walk?

Notices:-

Do you have lots of questions about toilet training and not sure who to ask? Then this toilet training workshop is perfect for you! The workshop is this Friday at 2.00pm-4.00pm at Prince of Wales School in the hall. Please click on the below link for more details.

NEST's toilet training workshop

Can you this weblink https://whatimreading.org/ to make a poster of your families favourite book this week? We are going to display them in the window for everyone to see. If you need your poster printing please email it to me.

Our next stay and play sesssion will be Thursday 31st March. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in.  Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

POWSA Events coming up and notices

On Wednesday there is a POWSA meeting at 7.30pm in the main school hall. Everyone welcome to come along. If you would like any information, please do come and ask. 

Your School Lottery are giving you the chance to win a £500 bicycle voucher.

To be in with a chance of winning you just need to buy one or more tickets before Saturday 3rd April 2022. Each ticket gives you a chance to win. So more tickets mean more chances to win!

Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 per week. There is a guaranteed cash winner for your school every week and the chance to win the £25,000 jackpot.

https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/...

Tickets on sale for this event from Main school office. Also hog roast tickets on sale too

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to an great week. 

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone.....

Hello everyone...

We hope you have all had an amazing weekend enjoying the sunshine. 

Last week we have loved sharing all the different spaces stories and information books which have come in. 

On Monday morning and Tuesday morning we did junk modelling rockets. We created some great rockets using a variety of materials. On Monday and Wednesday afternoon we made fruit rockets. We were great at using the knives to cut up the fruit and threading our fruit onto the sticks. They looked very yummy. 

On Tuesday morning a group of children had PE with Mr Treble and the children enjoyed using the apparatus and have become really confident at climbing. Also they enjoy the challenge of moving along the bench, climbing over the frame and sliding down the bench as a slide. Some children see themselves the challenge of jumping between the two benches. They were really resilient and kept on trying till they could do it. On Tuesday afternoon we used the Now Press Play headsets and did a drama about Space. It was all about collecting a special potion from space to make the dog Mars better. 

On Wednesday morning we put our eggs into the incubator. We talked about the life cycle of a chicken and the process of hatching eggs. We are very excited. 

On Thursday we had great fun making a bridge to go over the river and then we made a river for the ducks to float down. We had a great time exploring and creating different ways for the ducks to go down. We all got very wet!!!

On Friday it was Red nose down and we all dressed up as superhero's or in something red. We went over to school and did a dance in front of the green screen with Mr Spracklen. At group time we talked about where all the money we raised goes. We shared the story of a girl called Emma. In the afternoon we all made big red nose pizza's for our snacks. They were very yummy. 

Throughout the week we have really enjoyed exploring the moon sand. We have loved watching the tadpoles and singing the song of 5 green and speckled frogs. We enjoyed playing the frog hop finger frenzy game with our friends.  We have been busy creating monsters/animals with the duplo. We have all enjoyed sharing the different stories we have chosen at the library in the book corner. There are definitely some favourite ones.

We have been exploring the scales with different sized wooden blocks and been exploring heavier, lighter and how to balance the scales. 

Here are some photos of the week......

This week we are going to continue to watch the changes with the tadpoles, look after the eggs, make a surprise to bring home for Mother's Day. Also continue with finding out more about Space. We will be sharing lots of stories and songs about Spring and space.

Home Learning:-

Fred’s fridge

 

Milk m-i-l-k, juice -j-oo-s; cream c-r-ee-m; eggs e-g-s; corn c-or-n; grape g-r-ay-p; pear p-air; peas p-ee-z; leek l-ee-k

- Can you go on a spring walk and find the signs of Spring? 

- Can you play a game involving taking turns?

Notices:-

Can you this weblink https://whatimreading.org/ to make a poster of your families favourite book this week? We are going to display them in the window for everyone to see. If you need your poster printing please email it to me.

Our next stay and play sesssion will be Tuesday 22nd March. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in.  Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

POWSA Events coming up and notices

Your School Lottery are giving you the chance to win a £500 bicycle voucher.

To be in with a chance of winning you just need to buy one or more tickets before Saturday 3rd April 2022. Each ticket gives you a chance to win. So more tickets mean more chances to win!

Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 per week. There is a guaranteed cash winner for your school every week and the chance to win the £25,000 jackpot.

https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/...

Tickets on sale for this event from Main school office.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to an amazing week. 

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone......

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. It is so lovey to have blue skies and dry weather. 

Last week we have enjoyed sharing a variety of space stories and songs. It has been lovely to have lot's of children bringing in Space books. 

On Monday we had great fun waking on the moon outside and making footprints (Flour on a baking tray) We also had great fun seeing how many moon rocks we could throw into the bucket. Two groups of children went to Dorchester library. They had a tour around the library, listened to a coupe of stories, sang some songs and choose a book to bring back to pre-school. 

On Tuesday we had a very exciting day as we had our trip to Mars. We all loved lying on our backs looking up at Mars. We then did some space drama and pretended that we we going on a trip to Mars. We listened to a couple of stories about Mars and a astronaut and sang a couple of songs including Zoom zoom zoom we're going to the moon and 5 little men in a flying saucer. We then got on the bus to come back to pre-school. A group of children went to PE with Mr Treble and enjoyed exploring the apparatus and did some amazing jumping and landing. 

In the afternoon we created our own Mars pictures using a variety of media. Throughout the week the children have really enjoyed making rock cakes for either snack or to bring home. They were delicious. The children were great at rolling them into balls. 

On Thursday a group of children went to Dorchester Library for digital discover day. The children got to explore with the coding caterpillar toy, a drawing robot, a robot which follows the black lines, digital microscopes and fruit coding. We have order a couple of the coding caterpillars and can't wait to explore with them in the classroom. It was lovely to bump into Alfie at the library. Throughout the day we had great fun bouncing on the bouncy castle.

On Friday we went to soft play in small groups and played on the climbing apparatus the pre-school hall. 

Throughout the week we have loved making flower soup in the water tray and using all the different kitchen utensils. At the finger frenzy table we having been using the lacing pens to create shapes and patterns. We have been acting out the story of Whatever next using the story props. We have been busy using our finger to mark make in the glitter tray and shaving foam. Also we have been making all sorts of creations with the magnetic construction. 

Here are some pictures of the week.....

This week we are going to be continuing with Space and have got lots of exciting activities planned including junk modelling, fruit rockets, Now press Play, fizzy planets and lots more. On Friday it is Red Nose Day and we have got activities planned for this. 

Home Learning:-

Fred I spy

 

1.     Say: Fred says ‘I spy something r-e-d’ Ask children to repeat. Pause to allow children to ‘jump-in’ with the whole word and point to something red.

2.     Say: r-e-d, red. Ask children to repeat.

 

Repeat with: b-l-oo, g-r-ee-n, b-l-a-k, b-r-ow-n

- Can you go on a spring walk and find the signs of Spring? 

-Can you bring in a book about Space?

Notices:-

This week we are going to be junk modelling, we would love a variety of boxes (biggest cereal size), yoghurt pots and kitchen roll cardboard tubes.

Can you this weblink https://whatimreading.org/ to make a poster of your families favourite book this week? We are going to display them in the window for everyone to see. If you need your poster printing please email it to me.

RED NOSE DAY- FRIDAY 18TH MARCH

Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK, with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Each year, through the power of entertainment, the charity raise millions of pounds to distribute to people living tough lives in the UK and around the world. This includes funding organisations that are supporting people right now in Ukraine.

The Prince of Wales School is excited to be joining the with many others around the UK to participate in the fundraising programme with lots of activities planned. This is where we need your help! 

#InspiredToLearn Non-School Uniform Day – Dress in Red or become your superhero - Friday 18th March 2022 Children come to school wearing something red or dressed as their superhero – staff will also be joining in! But remember, not all superheroes wear capes. A superhero can be a teaching assistant, family member or someone who has truly inspired you. 

A suggested donation of £1 per child on the day can be brought into class. 

#InspiredToLearn Bake Sale - Friday 19th November – 3.30pm - Main School Playground 

Get yourself a sweet treat to start the weekend! Contributions of cakes or treats from families are encouraged, homemade or purchased. Please bring donations to the school office on Thursday 17th March or the morning of Friday 18th March. 

*All donations must be labelled with ingredients and contain no traces of nuts* 

Any volunteers to help sell cakes will be more than welcome, please mention this to your child’s class teacher. 

#InspiredToLearn Superhero movie – Children will have the opportunity to star in their very own superhero movie. This will be filmed throughout the day and give children the opportunity to explore their inner superhero and maybe even fly! 

Red Noses - And finally… Red Noses are now available for sale from the Main school office. 

You can help us raise as much money as possible for Comic Relief by supporting the fundraising activities in school and making them a memorable experience. 

Let’s make a big difference to help free those from poverty around the world. We have the power to change lives!

Our next stay and play sesssion will be Friday 18th March. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Please find information below about a useful advice line for parents and carers of 0-5years.

ParentLine is a new confidential text messaging service for parents and carers of 0-5 year olds in Dorset to seek advice via text message from our Health Visiting team about their child’s health. 

Parents and carers can seek advice about a range of issues such as breastfeeding, bottle feeding, weaning, sleep, toileting, minor illness, behaviour, parenting and more.

ParentLine will run 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding weekends and bank holidays) with a ParentLine Practitioner responding to messages within one working day. If a text is sent outside these hours the parent/carer will receive an automated message with advice on where to get help if they require it urgently. This new messaging service is being provided in addition to the current Health Visiting service offer.
Text 07312 277162 for confidential advice and support from a member of the Health Visiting team
ParentLine is not an emergency service, for urgent medical attention contact your GP, 111 or 999.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a fabulous week. 

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe