Hello everyone...

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend. We had a great first week back at pre-school and loved sharing at group time our Christmas news and adventures. Throughout the week we have been mark making a picture from our Christmas holidays and sharing our news which an adult scribed for us. 

We have enjoyed constructing with the mobilo, mini octagons and the magnetic lego. In the number area we have been counting out objects froma larger group, one to one correspondence counting, recognising numerals and exploring a 10's frame. We have enjoyed marking making on the whiteboards with pens. We have also enjoyed exploring printing with the numeral stamps and number dot stamps. In the Space small world area we have been busy making up our own stories about Space. We have been exploring water play with a variety of tools e.g. funnels, diffrents sized containers, scoops, whisks, jugs etc. We have enjoyed playing in our new role play area which is a hospital. We have also enjoyed playing with the HappyLand. On the finger frenzy table we have been exploring zips, buttons and nuts and bolts.

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.  We have been doing lots of rhyming games and stories. 

Also this week on Wednesday a group of children visited the care home to sing songs, listen to a story and eat cake. The children are becoming really confident with talking to the residents. On Monday and Wednesday morning we had PE and we used the large climbing frame in the hall. In the afternoons throughout the week we have been carrying out the Healthy Movers programme which involves lots of fun and active games which develop our co-ordination and balance. On Wednesday afternoon we enjoyed going to soft play in small groups. 

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, science experiments, drama,  rhyming game and lots more. 

Home learning

Can you tell a family member some words which rhyme?

Can you go on a puddle walk?

Can you play a game involving taking turns?

Notices 

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

On Wednesday 15th Janaury we have Stay and Play from 8.30-9.00am. We look forward to seeing you there. Younger and older siblings welcome.

We have our Saturday Stay and Play on Saturday 18th Janaury from 10.00-11.30am. Look forward to seeing you there.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2025

You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2024.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/starting-school-for-the-first-time

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

POWSA Events:-

POWSA has it's AGM this coming Wednesday (15th Janaury) at 7.30pm in the main school staff room. Please do come along, everyone welcome. If you would like more information please come and speak to Julia.

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

Here's to an exciting and great week  full of fun and adventures.

Julia,Colleen, Sharon, Lauren and Lauren

Hello everyone.....

 

Hello Everyone, 

We hope you have had a lovely Christmas and had lots of fun together. We are very much looking forward to hearing all about it during our group times this week! If you would like to please email or bring in some photos. A big thank you from all the pre-school staff for all our lovely Christmas gifts from our amazing families.

This week we will be settling back into pre-school after the Christmas Hols. We will be recalling our Christmas News and mark making a picture from our holidays. We will be beginning to learn the Read Write inc picture cards. There will be an information session coming up with more information about this.

Home Learning

- Can you bring in some photos of your Christmas holiday adventures?

- Can you help with a small job at home e.g. Tidying up, pairing the socks etc?

-Can you play a game involving counting?

Notices 

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

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2025

You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2024.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/starting-school-for-the-first-time

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 and Lauren

Hello everyone.....

  Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend with your families and friends. 

Last week we had a great week exploring hedgehogs, spiders and Christmas

This week we have enjoyed the story of Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. We have been very busy in the kitchen decorating our Christmas Cakes. We have been busy making some Christmas decorations to bring home to decorate our trees with. We have been to Poundbury garden centre to look at all the Christmas decorations and have a drink in the cafe. We had a wonderful time and learnt lots of new vocabularly. We had kickboxing on Tuesday and went on another monkey adevnture. On Wednesday a group of children went to the local care home for a Christmas story, sing song and cake. On Friday afternoon we had Razz and we did some dancing and drama and used the bells. Also another group of children went to St Georges Church to decorate our tree for the Christmas Tree festival. We have had such a lovely week and have done lots of exploring and learning through a variety of adventures.

This week we met Reggie the Resilient Tortoise which is one of our Building learning Powers. Please do tell us on a WOW or send a video in of your child being a Reggie at home. Here is some information about Reggie the Resilient Tortoise:-

Here are some pictures from this week...

Please see School facebook page for garden centre pictures along with St George Chirch trip photos.

This week we will be swimming, continuing with our Christmas makes, visiting the care home for a Christmas party  and lots more.

Home learning:

Can you learn 10 new words to do with Christmas?

Can you recognise some words which rhyme from a Julia Donaldson story?

Can you solve simple maths problems e.g. there is 4 people for tea, how many spoons do we need. I have 2 forks but I need 1 more, how many would I have?

Notices 

It was lovely to see you all at the parent information session. Here is a link to the recording. When you have watched the video please let Julia Know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ1s3k04CzU If you have any questions please do come and ask or email.

 

 If you could provide us with a clearly marked water bottle that we can keep at preschool all year. This way we can ensure the children have access to fresh drinking water throughout the days with us. We find the children drink more from their own bottles. Can all drinks bottles be able to be placed in the dishwasher.

Every week there will be a blog about everything we have done during the week, what is happening at pre-school in the next week, home learning you may like to do and notices. This is normally published on a Sunday evening.

We place all lunch boxes in the fridge, please label lunch boxes and drinks bottles with your child's name. If you would like to order your child a hot lunch, please speak to a member of staff and Caroline will arrange a hot lunch code for you. 

It would great if all pre-school t-shirts and jumpers can be named.

This week we have our swimming sessions. Please see previous letter sent in September regarding your child's day to swim.

On Tuesday we have our Pre-school breakfast from 8.30am-9.15am in the Main school Hall. please come to main school front entrance. Father Christmas will be coming to say hi to everyine from 8.45am. If you have not return your RSVP please do so on Monday. Look forward to seeing you all there.

On Friday 13th December we have Play and learn from 9.00-9.20am. We look forward to seeing you there. 

It was great to see everyone at parents evening before Half term. If you were unable to make an appointment please do come and speak to Julia to arrange a convenient time to catch up

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2025

You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2024.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/starting-school-for-the-first-time

Powsa Events:-

Don't forget to book.....

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

Here's to an exciting and amazing week full of fun and adventures. 

Julia, Colleen, Sharon and Lauren