Hello everyone....

 Hello everyone.....

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and what beautiful weather we have had. It's great to see Spring is on its way.

On Monday morning we had PE and used the balancing apparatus in the school Hall to balance and jump off an object and land safely on 2 feet.  We also played the number frog game in small groups. In the afternoon a group of children went to Reception for a play and they explored the Reception outside area. The other group of children carried out a science experiment by making tissue frogs jump using static electricity. On Tuesday morning we had our Kickboxing session which we all really enjoyed. We went on an adventure to collect golden banana's. We used the skills of balancing, jumping, crouching, crawling and hopping. In the afternoon we had great fun going on a spring scavenger hunt around the school grounds. We each had a clipboard with spring pictures on and when we found them we ticked them off on our paper. On Wednesday morning a group of children visited the local care home for a singsong, story and cake. The other group of children did PE in the school hall and used the balancing apparatus in the school Hall to balance and jump off an object and land safely on 2 feet. On Thursday and friday morning we created our own spring flower pictures using a variety of media and using the daffodils and tulips for ideas on how to create our flowers. In the afternoon we went to soft play. We also made own tomato pasta sauce to share at snacktime with pasta.  On Friday afternoon we went to Tesco and bought some different foods for snack for the next couple of weeks e.g. jelly, custard, yghurts. Throughout the week we have enjoyed constructing with the mobil, playground construction set, toolo.  In the number area we have been putting the correct number of petals on each flower. Also we have been adding flowers together and working out how many petal altogether.  We have enjoyed marking making using carrots and paint. We have also enjoyed using the playdough to cut out flowers and spring animals and decorating them with gems, pipe cleaners and buttons. In the small world area we have been playing with the space small world scene. On our finger frenzy table this week we have been doing lots of threading using the skills of threading in and out and back to front using a pincer grip. In the water tray we have been exploring the green geli-baff with frogs.

We have now learnt all the Read Write Inc pictures and we are now focusing on Fred Frog. Fred Frog can only say sounds and no words. We have been playing lots of games with Fred. We have been doing lots of rhyming games and stories. We have also learnt the sound 'm'. Here is a video of the sound we have learnt to share at home- m Sound

During group time this week we talked about Reggie the Resilient tortoise friend Rose the Resourceful Spider and met Renee the Reciprocal Bee who is all about teamwork. 

How can you help your children establish Reciprocity at home?

Reciprocity is all about give and take, the fundamental skills for life long learning that we are aiming to instil are those of Interdependence - balancing independence and sociability;

Collaboration - the skills of learning with others; Empathy - thinking about others’ points of view and feelings; Listening - it’s more than just hearing and Imitation - picking up others’ habits and values. You can do this through play and day to day activities at home by: •Demonstrating/modelling being a good learner. •Work, play and learn alongside your children, enabling them to pick up good habits through imitation. •Make expectations of turn-taking and cooperation clear.

Some pictures from the week..

For this term we will be continuing to learn all about spring e.g. spring flowers, frogs, growing, Spring weather, Easter, Mothers Day, Lambs etc.

Home Learning

Fred says…

Fred says put your hands on your h-e-d.    ( Ask child to repeat) 

Child says  h-e-d,  h-e-d,  head  and touch their head.


Repeat with:  b-a-k,   t-u-m,   l-e-g,   h-a-n-d,   f-u-t,   n-ee,   h-i-p

Then have a go at Fred says     r-u-n,    h-o-p,  s-k-i-p,   j-u-m-p  and   s-t-o-p 

-Can you retell your favourite story to a family member?

-Can you share a story in a different place e.g. out and about, in the car, on a hill etc

-Can you make an obstacle course at home?

-Can you bring in your favourite story to preschool to share at group time?

 Notices:-

On Wednesday evening POWSA are having their monthly meeting in the school staffroom from 7.30pm Everyone welcome and it would be great to see you. Come along and find out what fundraising events are coming up.

 

Stay and play morning sessions are now posted next to our door on the window. It would be great to see you. These run once a week on a different morning each week from 8.30am-9.00am. We also have one every half term on a Saturday. This week stay and play is on Friday morning at 8.30-9.00am. 

If you would like to come in and be a mystery reader during this week at 3.10pm, please drop Julia an email to arrange it.

On Thursday it is World Book Day and the children are welcome to come in dressed as their favourite book character. Also on Thursday we will be opening the door between 8.30-8.45am to come in and share a story with your child. In the evening at the main school between 5-6.00pm children are welcome to come back in their PJ's and listening to a story with hot chocolate and biscuits.

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 and Lauren