This week will be talking about Our Dad's

Hello everyone,

We had a great first week back after half term. At the beginning of the week we talked about what we had been doing in half term during group time and then drawing a picture of our favourite thing we did in half term. It was lovely that so many children bought in pictures and leaflets of what they had been doing. 
We have been making strawberry ice cream and mango fruit lollies and tasting out what we have made. We really enjoyed making them and tasting them. Yummy!!! 
In group time we talked about our favourite flavour and made a tally. Chocolate ice cream was the most popular. 
 We have collaged or water coloured our choice of an ice cream in a cone or a bowl with our favourite flavour. We thought about the colours of our favourite ice cream and cone. We were all amazing at carefully painting within the lines and having good control of the paintbrush. (Our ice cream display will go up this week.)
The children have really enjoyed playing in the ice cream parlour role play shop. The have been the customer and the shop keeper. In Group time we have been looking at different coins and notes we may use in the shops and the value of each of the coins. They have been very interested in this and then have put it into practice in the role play shop. 
On Thursday afternoon we had a surprise visitor... Tara from the Dorchester Opportunity Group bought in her corn snakes. The children really enjoyed looking at the snakes and finding out all about them. (Pictures will be up soon).

This week we will be making a surprise in the kitchens for Father's Day. We will also be making cards and talking about our dads and why they are special to us and how they help us. Will be putting all our words we come up with into a Tagxedo. We will be sharing lots of stories about Our dads. If you have any special dad's books please do bring them in. 

Letter and Sounds:- A mixture of rhyming, initial sounds and musical instruments. 

Home learning:- Have you got a favourite photo of your dad you would like to show your friends?

Notices:- 

Thank you to everyone that came to the school fair on Saturday and to all the parents that helped with setting up, running a stall and tidying away at the end. It was lovely to see so many of our pre-school families there to support POWSA in fundraising for the Pre-school and the school. I will blog how much we raised later on in the week. Once again A BIG THANK YOU.

I hope you have all received your tea towel order form, if not do come and see me. We need to know by Tuesday 13th June of how many you would like. There is a template up in the window of the classroom. The ink colour will be green. Any questions please come and ask me or Terri Wilson (George W mum).

Stay and play will be on Wednesday 14th June starting from 8.30 till 9.00. Be lovely to see lots of you there.

The class photography will be on Monday 19th June at 9.00am. If your child does not usually attend preschool on this day you are very welcome to bring them in for the photography at 9.00am. 

Hopefully we will get some beautiful sunny weather over the next 6 weeks so please make sure children are sun creamed and have a sun hat.

Its lovely to see so many wows coming in. The children really enjoy sharing their news and achievements.

Please do come and see the pre-school team if you have any questions.
Thanks
Julia and Pre-school team. 

Preschool photograph session

Hello everyone,

The group photography will be taking place on Monday 19th June. If your child does not usually attend on a Monday you are very welcome to bring them in for the photography at 9.00 on this day.
Any question, please do come and ask.

Many Thanks

Julia and Pre-school team

Ice creams

Hello everyone,

We hope you all had a wonderful half term and enjoyed the lovely weather we had.

This week we will be sharing our news about what we have been doing in the half term. Please do bring in pictures, objects etc of what you have been up to in the holidays. We will be drawing some pictures of what we have been doing in the holidays. Also this week we will be making ice cream and fruit lollies, talking about our favourite flavours of ice cream and making it into a graph. We will also be painting and collaging ice creams.We have got some ice creams songs and rhymes to sing. In the maths area this week we have got an ice cream parlour role play area encouraging the children to role play shops using money. In classroom 2 we have got a shoe shop which the children are really enjoying. If you have any old shoes you could add to our collection please do bring them in.

Home Learning:- When you go to the shops, can you recognise the different coins you may use?

Notices:-

Stay and play is on Friday 9th June starting at 8.30 till 9.00. It will be lovely to see lots of our families there.

Pre-school photographs has been cancelled tomorrow and I will put the new date in the blog next week.

On Friday after school from this week till the end of term, POWSA will be selling ice lolly and ice creams at the end of the school day (3.30) from the pre-school summer house.

This coming Saturday is the school fair starting from 11.00 till 2.00pm. Pre-school are running the refreshments and it would be great if you can donate some cakes for the stall. Please bring them in by Friday. The summer fair is a lovely family event and would be great to see lots of our families there.

Hopefully we will get some beautiful sunny weather over the next 6 weeks so please make sure children are sun creamed and have a sun hat.

The children have drawn a picture of themselves which has been made into a Pre-school class tea towel. There will be a letter coming home within the next week with all the details along with an order form. There is a template of the tea towel up in the window. It will be in the colour of green.

Its lovely to see so many wows coming in. The children really enjoy sharing their news and achievements.

Please do come and see the pre-school team if you have any questions.

Thanks

Julia and Pre-school team. 

Under the sea

Hello everyone,

Last week we finished our own pictures using objects we collected from our beach trip. The photos are on display in room 1. The children enjoyed using the the different objects to create their own picture. On Monday the children took part in an obstacle course in the school hall and explored moving in different ways, balancing and jumping of an object. We used different materials to collage sealife, seaside objects and people to finish our seaside picture. On Wednesday morning Jesse bought in his 5 tortoises. We learnt about tortoises and how to look after them. We got to touch them and see what they feel like. Afterwards we made our own tortoise for snack using kiwi and grapes and on the drawing table (see the display in classroom 2.) Towards the end of the week we began talking about and sharing stories about under the sea. We made our own octopus using beads to make 8 legs with the correct number of beads on each tentacle. We have been riding our bikes and scooters around the school playground which we have really enjoyed doing.
On Friday Olive bought in her caterpillars for us to see. We observed what they looked like and talked about the life cycle of a caterpillar. We read a story called the crunching munching caterpillar which was a story about a caterpillar that wanted to fly. We drew some pictures of Olive's caterpillar and by the end of the day, one caterpillar had gone into a cocoon.
On Friday afternoon we made our own pizza's for snack using a choice of toppings. We spread the sauce, grated cheese and chopped different toppings.

This week we will be continuing to learn about under the sea and the seaside. We will be sharing lots more stories about the seaside and under the sea. We will be making our own under the sea pictures using a choice of collage materials, pens, glue, paint etc. We will be talking about sun safety and how important it is to wear suncream along with lots of outside play. 

Letters and Sounds:- Listening to different types of music and talking about the music they hear. Have you got a favourite piece of music?

Jennie Jigsaw:- Making friends

Home Learning:- It would be lovely to see what you  have been doing in the half term. Please bring in something you have done over the half term or something you have made during the half term. 

Notices:-

On Tuesday 23rd May at 7.30pm in the main school is a POWSA meeting about the summer fair. Would be lovely to see you there. If you are able to help at the Summer fair (10th June 2017) please sign up on the sheet in the corridor. 

Stay and play is on Thursday 25th May from 8.30am till 9.00am. Be lovely to see lots of you there. 

Its lovely to see so many Wow's coming into pre-school. The children love to share their news and achievements. Keep them coming.

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

On Friday we break up for half term, We hope you all have a wonderful half term. We return to pre-school on Tuesday 6th June. Please note Monday 5th June is a staff training day. 

Julia and the Preschool Team

Our learning this week...Seaside

Hello everyone,

Last week we began our learning about the seaside. On Monday Sebastian bought a book in called Pirates love underpants. The children really enjoyed this story and wanted to act it out. We used the pirate ship in the playground to act out the story. We also made our own Treasure pants using different craft materials. There is a display up in classroom 1. On Tuesday afternoon we went to the roundhouse and explored inside the roundhouse. 
On Wednesday morning we went to Bowleaze cove with the reception class. We went on the big yellow bus. When we were at the beach we split into 4 groups with reception children to do some activities. We made sandcastle and channels with Sharon. We made pictures using stones and wood with Julia. We did some estimating and sorting of objects with Tracy and Mr Gibson. We did some collecting with Karen and Mrs Howell. After our activities we had snack altogether. It was a fantastic trip and children were all amazing.  (Pictures of our trip will be up this week)
On Thursday we went to the Life education van and met Harold the giraffe. Harold and hid friend talked to use about our bodies and how to look after them. We talked about inside our bodies e.g. heart, lungs, ribs, stomach and bones. We then talked about how we care for our bodies e.g. keeping clean, brushing teeth and brushing hair. The children had a go at looking after Harold. We sang Head, shoulders, knees and toes to explore what happened to our bodies when we exercise. We learnt about why our bodies need sleep and we got to go to sleep looking at the stars. 
When we got back to Pre-school we helped to look after our dollies. In the afternoon we played some games and running races to see what happens when we exercise and we talked about how we can keep our bodies healthy. (There will be a display up this week)
On Friday we began using the things we collected at the beach to make a picture and then use the Ipad to take a photo. 

This week we will be continuing our learning about the seaside and later on in the week looking the things that live under the sea. We will be finishing off our pictures with objects collected from the beach. On Wednesday Jesse is bringing in his tortoise to show everyone and talk about them. 
We will be making a big picture of the seaside using paint and different paint tool for different effects. We will continue reading lots of seaside stories. Along with lots of outside play.

Letters and Sounds:- Listening to different types of music and talking about the music they hear. Have you got a favourite piece of music?

Jennie Jigsaw:- Making friends

Home Learning:- Is there something you would like to share about the seaside maybe an object, picture, story or something you have made?

Notices:-

Stay and play is on Wednesday 17th May from 8.30am till 9.00am. Be lovely to see lots of you there. 

Its lovely to see so many Wow'S coming into pre-school. The children love to share their news and achievements. Keep them coming. 

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

Julia and the Preschool Team

The seaside

Hello Everyone,

Last Tuesday we had our Grandparents elevenses. It was lovely to see so many Grandparents enjoying their time with us and the children really enjoyed sharing their snack, giving a tour of their pre-school and playing with their favourite toys/games inside and outside. There are some great photographs are up in the corridor.
Last week we enjoyed learning about maps and sharing the maps of places we had been during group time. The children were able to identify the different colours and symbols on the map and what they represented.
The children had a go at making their own treasure maps by making their paper change colour using tea and then drawing their maps using felt tips.
On Thursday and Friday, Megan our student planned a treasure hunt for the children to do. They really enjoyed looking for treasure in the preschool playground.
We have been observing our beans grow in the classroom and we are pleased that they've finally  began to shoot. Have your magic beans begun to grow or even reached the castle yet? It would be lovely to see some photos.
Jennie Jigsaw has been talking to us this week about making friends. In letters and sounds we have been singing songs, rhyming, copying body sequence and initial sounds of words.

This week we will be doing Beebot as we ran out of time last week. The children will be programming him to go different places on maps and using Beebot on the iPads.
On Tuesday we will be doing an obstacle course in the hall.
From now until half term we will be exploring the seaside. We will be asking the children what they would like to find out about and activities they would to do.
We will be reading lots of seaside stories and learning some seaside songs.

Letters and Sounds:- Playing I spy with initial sounds of words.

Jennie Jigsaw:- Making friends

Home Learning:- Is there something you would like to share about the seaside maybe an object, picture, story or something you have made?

Notices:-

Stay and Play is on Friday 12th May from 8.30am till 9.00am. It would be lovely to see lots of you there.

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

Thanks

Julia and Pre-School team

Hello everyone,

We hope you all had a wonderful May Bank Holiday.

Last week we all enjoyed listening to the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We were really good at recalling the story along with the characters, settings and main events. We planted our own beans to grow to our castle. (When they have grown it would be great to see some photos.) On Wednesday afternoon the children made magic bean stew. It looked very yummy. For our snack last week we tried different types of green beans and on Friday we had baked beans on toast. We learnt a new game called beans which involves the children moving in different ways depending on the types of bean. Outside the children have been planting beans in the garden along with playing a bean bag by seeing how many they can get in the bucket. On Friday morning we acted out the story of Jack and the beanstalk which they really enjoyed and wanted to do it again. So we did in the afternoon.  On Thursday the giant left us a note about finding objects in the classroom and outside which were as big, smaller or the same length as his footprint. The children used rollers to find different objects to answer the giants questions. Display will go up this week. We have started a bean experiment in the classroom to see how beans grow e.g. roots, shoot and stem and to see which ones grow quickest. There are on the washing line in classroom 1.

This week we will be  beginning our topic of maps and pirates which the children had a great interest in before the Easter holidays. Thank you for all those who have bought maps in. We will be using them during the week. We will be looking at different types of maps and listening to pirate stories. We will be making our own maps along with a treasure hunt at the end of the week. We will be using Beebot as the children have asked to use them again. We will be setting challenges for Beebot.

Letters and sounds:- sorting groups of objects that begin with same sound, copying a sequence of body sounds and musical instruments.

Home Learning:- Can you think of a rhyming string e.g cat, hat, mat, rat? 

Notices:- 

Grandparent's snack is on Tuesday 1st May starting from 10.15. We looking forward to welcoming the children's grandparents to join us for snack and to see all the different things we do at Pre-school.

There is a POWSA meeting on Tuesday 1st May at the Main school starting at 7.30pm. It would be lovely to see you there. 

Stay and Play is on Thursday 4th May starting from 8.30am till 9.00am. Look forward to seeing lots of you there. 

This term our students are Megan and Valerie. They are studying the childcare course at The Thomas Hardye School. They come on Thursday and Friday for placement and to gain experience in the Early Years. 

Have a great week.

Julia and Pre-school team