🌟 Our Week All About Dinosaurs 🦕
Hello everyone,
We have had a very busy and exciting week in preschool as we explored our dinosaur theme. The children have loved sharing the story “Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars… Here Come the Dinosaurs!” and taking part in lots of fun, hands-on activities linked to it.
Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to this week…
🥄 Monday
On Monday, the children created their own dinosaurs using a variety of materials including sequins, pom-poms, feathers and more, using PVA glue. They practised spreading the glue carefully with a glue spreader and wiping it to stop it dripping — a great fine motor skill!
In the afternoon, we visited the forest school area and went on a dinosaur hunt. We found lots of dinosaurs and had a great time playing amongst the trees and enjoying the swings.
🥋 Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, a group of children took part in a Kickboxing session, which we all really enjoyed. We went on a monkey adventure to rescue the golden bananas! The children practised jumping with two feet together, hopscotch along the ladder, and jumping sideways.
In the afternoon, we made a volcano and carried out a science experiment using bicarbonate of soda, vinegar and food colouring. It was great fun watching what happened and making predictions. We also enjoyed playing games together in the hall.
🎵 Wednesday
On Wednesday morning, a group of children visited the care home for a sing-song, story time and cake. We had a lovely time chatting with the residents — especially about dinosaurs!
Another group stayed at preschool and enjoyed making a dinosaur skeleton, practising their scissor skills as they cut and assembled the bones.
In the afternoon, we had our Relax Kids session and went on a calming fairy adventure.
🤸 Thursday
Thursday morning was spent at the YMCA Gym, where we had a wonderful time. After our warm-up routine, we played a listening game where the children moved in different ways and had to climb off the ground when the music stopped.
We then enjoyed using the swings, parallel bars and obstacle course, which involved balancing, swinging, crawling and rolling. To finish, we brought out the parachute with lots of balls to shake off, followed by a fun colour ball hunt.
In the afternoon, we visited soft play and also used the computers with Purple Mash to create our own dinosaurs. We are becoming very confident computer users!
🍪 Friday
On Friday morning, we made our own dinosaur footprints using pens, and also used stilts dipped in paint to create dinosaur tracks. The children practised balancing and moving carefully on the stilts.
In the afternoon, we went on an adventure to Tesco, where we chose a magazine for a friend in preschool and some flowers for Mrs Brooker. We then delivered the magazine and card to our friend’s house and took the flowers to Mrs Brooker’s house — a lovely way to practise kindness and community awareness.
🌈 Learning Through Play
Throughout the week, the children have enjoyed a wide range of learning-through-play activities, including:
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Constructing with marble runs, plastic straws, Toolo, wooden blocks and transparent wooden shapes
Sorting coloured dinosaurs into coloured pots using number and colour dice
Playing number games and practising counting from a larger group, recognising numerals 1–6
Using playdough to create dinosaur worlds, trees, gems and skeletons
Exploring a small-world dinosaur scene with dinosaurs, wooden logs and blue fabric
Using coloured pegs and boards to develop fine motor skills
Excavating dinosaur eggs using small tools to scratch and reveal hidden dinosaurs
📚 Read Write Inc – Picture Cards
This week, we began learning Read Write Inc picture names during group time:
m, a, s, d, t, i, n, pWe have also enjoyed lots of rhyming games and stories.
📸 Some Pictures from Our Week…
We hope you enjoy seeing what we’ve been up to and sharing in the children’s learning and fun!
🔮 Looking Ahead to Next Week
Next week promises to be just as exciting!
On Monday and Tuesday, we will be finding out all about dragons 🐉. For the rest of the week and into next week, we will be sharing the story of The Three Little Pigs 🐷🏠. We have lots of fun, engaging activities planned to support the children’s learning through play.🏠 Home Learning
You can support your child’s learning at home by trying some of the following activities together:
Can you tell your family the Read Write Inc picture names we have learnt so far?
Can you go on a number hunt around your home or outside?
Can you try hopping on one leg?
Can you have a go at wiping your own bottom after using the toilet?
(Please encourage independence and praise your child for trying
📌 Notices
Nut-Free School
Please remember that we are a NUT-FREE SCHOOL. We kindly ask that no products containing nuts are included in children’s lunchboxes. Thank you for your support.
👕 Uniform
To order pre-school uniform, please see the link below. We also have some second-hand uniform available.
DEP Schoolwear Shop (Dorset Embroidery and Printwear Ltd)
🌐 Website: https://www.dorsetprintwear.com/the-prince-of-wales-school
📞 Telephone: 01305 750292
✉️ Email: sales@dorsetprintwear.co.uk📖 Dates for Your Diary
Story Time – Thursday afternoon at 3.10pm.
Everyone is very welcome to join us.Parents’ Evening
Sign-up sheets are displayed on the pre-school window. Please see the letter that came home last week for further details.
Please do come and see myself or a member of the team if you have any questions — we’re always happy to help.
Here’s to another exciting week full of fun and adventures 🌈✨
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