Hello everyone....

Hi everyone....

we hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and it is lovely to see the beginning of lighter evenings. 

This week we have enjoyed sharing the story of The Gingerbread Man and are great with joining in with the repeated refrains. On Monday we had great fun playing with the ice and transporting it around the preschool playground. We enjoyed using the hammers to break it into smaller pieces. Also we have entered a poem competition aimed at preschool aged children. We have been sharing with an adult our favourite foods, colours and things to do for our poem. On Tuesday and Friday morning in small groups have been cooking gingerbread men in the kitchen. We have used the skills of using one handed tools, rolling out our dough and using a gingerbread cutter to make our shape. They looked very yummy and we hope you enjoyed decorating them. We would love to see some pictures. If you have not cooked this week, you will cook next week. On Tuesday afternoon we made gingerbread people puppets and we were amazing at using the scissors to cut the shape out. We used a variety of media to decorate them with. On Wednesday morning a group of children went to the care home to sing and eat delicious cakes. The other group of children had PE with Mr Treble. In the afternoon we did a science experiment to explored what happened when you put a gingerbread man in a liquid of water, oil and milk. We talked about floating and sinking. On Thursday morning we played a game on the computer with gingerbread man and we had to count his buttons and find the correct numeral. In the afternoon we went on a explore around the school grounds and played on the Trim Trail and had a great game of football. We have enjoyed constructing with the duplo and the transparent wooden shapes with the wooden houses and rubber transport shapes. In the number area we have been matching the correct number of buttons to the numeral on the gingerbread man. We have also been talking about the different emotions on each of the gingerbread men faces.   We have enjoyed marking making in the ginger using  sticks. We have also enjoyed using the playdough to cut out gingerbread men using a variety of tools and materials including gems, buttons and pom poms. In the small world area we have been busy acting out the story of the Gingerbread man using the props and characters. The children are amazing with the repeated refrains of the story. We have continue to love bathing and caring for the dollies in the water tray this week. On our finger frenzy table this week we have been threading the gingerbread man outline with the skill of back to front and in and out.

Throughout the week we have begun to learn the Read Write inc picture names in group time. We have learned Maisie next to the mountain, apple, snake, dinosaur, insect, net, pirate, orange, girl and caterpillar. We have also met Fred Frog. Fred Frog can only say sounds and no words. We have played the lots of Fred frog games. We have been doing lots of rhyming games and stories. 

Maisie next to the mountain

dinosaur 

Insect

Net

                                                                                Pirate

girl

orange

caterpillar

Some pictures from this week…..

For the next two weeks we will be exploring the story of The Gingerbread Man. We have some great activities planned including some cooking, a trip to Shire Hall, science experiments, drama,  rhyming game and lots more 

Home learning

Can you tell a family member some words which rhyme?

Can you recall the story of The Gingerbread Man at home?

Can you play a Fred Talk game at home?

Notices 

 

Please sign up for parents evening on the sheets by the pre-school door. If these dates and times are not convenient please speak to Julia to organise an alternative date. I look forward to seeing you all this Tuesday or Thursday evening.

                                                                    

Stay and play this week is on Thursday  2nd February 8.30-9.00am.  Everyone welcome including younger and older siblings.

On Thursday evening at 6.30pm in the main school staff room POWSA have their monthly meeting. Everyone welcome and if you would like more information come and speak to Julia.

There is no swimming this half term i'm afraid as we are awaiting to have new heater fitted in the swimming pool area. 

We are a NUT FREE SCHOOL, so please can we remind our families that the children have no products containing nuts in their lunchbox.

Uniform

To order uniform for Pre-school please see link below. We also have some second hand uniform available.

DEP School wear shop

(DORSET EMBROIDERY AND PRINTWEAR LTD)

W: https://www.dorsetprintwear.com/the-prince-of-wales-school

T: 01305 750292

E: sales@dorsetprintwear.co.uk

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

We are all really looking forward to seeing you all and here's to an exciting and great week  full of fun and adventures.

Julia,Colleen, Sharon, Lauren, Ebony, James , Lauren and Magda

Hello everyone.....

  Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had an amazing weekend. We have some very exciting news to announce...... Chloe's beautiful baby girl arrived on Saturday. We would like to congratulate Chloe and Callum on the birth of Sophia Florence Williams.

 We have had a great week sharing the different versions of the story of the three little pigs at group time.

On Monday a group of children made cakes to take to the care home on Wednesday to share with the residents. We also learnt how to play piggy in the middle. 

On Tuesday we created some story maps of Goldilocks and the three bears and the three little pigs. The children were amazing at retelling the story and drawing a story map as a team. 

On Wednesday a small group had PE with Mr Treble we also continue to learn how to balance on different parts of our body. Another group went to visit at the care home which we all really enjoyed. We also loved playing in the small amount of snow we had. The children and adults were very excited. The children who went to the care home had great fun walking there in the snow. 

On Thursday we made junk modelling houses for the 3 little pigs using a variety of tools and techniques in joining materials together. In the afternoon we did a great science experiment with the fan and hairdryer. We built the different type of houses e.g. straw,brick and sticks and explored what happened when you use the fan and hairdryer. 

On Friday we created our poems for a Early Years poem competition and also went to soft play. 

We have enjoyed constructing with the duplo and the transparent shapes with the wooden people. In the number area we have been exploring unlocking the numicon pieces with the correct numeral key.   We have enjoyed marking making in the sand using  sticks. We have also enjoyed using the playdough to make the three little pugs house using a variety of tools and materials including wooden bricks, lego and sticks. In the small world area we have been busy acting out the story of the three little pigs with the puppet theatre. The children are amazing with the repeated refrains of the story. We have continue to love bathing and caring for the dollies in the water tray this week. On our finger frenzy table this week we have been using tweezers to remove the pigs tails from the mud.

Throughout the week we have begun to learn the Read Write inc picture names in group time. We have learned Maisie next to the mountain, apple, snake, dinosaur, insect, net, pirate. We have also met Fred Frog. Fred Frog can only say sounds and no words. We have played the lots of Fred frog games. We have been doing lots of rhyming games and stories. 

Maisie next to the mountain

dinosaur 

Insect

Net

                                                                                Pirate

Some pictures from this week…..

For the next two weeks we will be exploring the story of The Gingerbread Man. We have some great activities planned including some cooking, a trip to Shire Hall, science experiments, drama,  rhyming game and lots more. 

Home learning

Can you tell a family member some words which rhyme?

Can you recall the story of The Gingerbread Man at home?

Can you play a Fred Talk game at home?

Notices 

Lovely to see you at our information session last Tuesday to share the focus of Purple Mash, Read Write Inc and supported your child with their learning at home. The recording of this will be released this week. 

Please sign up for parents evening on the sheets by the pre-school door. If these dates and times are not convenient please speak to Julia to organise an alternative date.

                                                                    

Stay and play this week is on Tuesday 24th January 8.30-9.00am.  Everyone welcome including younger and older siblings.

On Friday evening at 5.30 we have our POWSA film night in the main school hall to watch the film of The good dinosaur. Tickets for this event can be bought from the main school office. Hope to see lots of you there. See poster for more details.

We are a NUT FREE SCHOOL, so please can we remind our families that the children have no products containing nuts in their lunchbox.

Uniform

To order uniform for Pre-school please see link below. We also have some second hand uniform available.

DEP School wear shop

(DORSET EMBROIDERY AND PRINTWEAR LTD)

W: https://www.dorsetprintwear.com/the-prince-of-wales-school

T: 01305 750292

E: sales@dorsetprintwear.co.uk

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

We are all really looking forward to seeing you all and here's to an exciting and great week  full of fun and adventures.

Julia,Colleen, Sharon, Lauren, Ebony, James, Lauren and Magda