🌟 Our Week All About Dragons and The Three Little Pigs 🐉🐷
Hello everyone,
We hope you have all had a lovely weekend.
We’ve had a very busy and exciting week in preschool! We began the week exploring dragons on Monday and Tuesday, and from Wednesday we moved into our new theme of The Three Little Pigs. The children have absolutely loved sharing the story and taking part in lots of fun, hands-on activities linked to both themes.
Here’s a little look at what we’ve been up to this week…
🥄 Monday
On Monday morning, we were delighted to welcome some very special visitors to preschool. Residents from a local care home joined us to share snack time and enjoy a play session together. The children had a wonderful time showing them our toys, activities, and learning spaces.
We also got creative and made our own dragons using cardboard tubes, pom-poms, and strips of paper — lots of imagination and colour on display!
🥋 Tuesday
Tuesday morning brought a very exciting surprise… a visit from a dragon called Luna! We went to school to meet Luna and were also introduced to a baby dragon that changed colours. The children were completely fascinated and loved every moment of the adventure.
Afterwards, we created our own speech-bubble dragons, talking about what we saw and experienced. In the afternoon, we painted pictures of the baby dragons and enjoyed some fun ring games together in the preschool hall.
🎵 Wednesday
On Wednesday morning, we visited the care home for a lovely sing-song, story time, and cake. The children enjoyed chatting with the residents and proudly telling them all about our dragon visit earlier in the week.
In the afternoon, we took part in our Relax Kids session, where we enjoyed a calming woodland adventure to help us relax and unwind.
🤸 Thursday
Thursday morning was spent at the YMCA Gym, where we had a fantastic time. After our warm-up routine, we played a listening game, moving in different ways to music and finding a cuddly toy when the music stopped.
The children then explored the gym equipment, including the swinging bars, high beam, and obstacle course. This involved lots of climbing, swinging, rolling, jumping, and sliding. We finished with some fun rope games, touching the rope with different parts of our body (nose, bottom!) and jumping over it — lots of giggles all round.
In the afternoon, we enjoyed calm indoor play, exploring the role-play hospital, puzzles, and games.
🍪 Friday
On Friday morning, we created The Three Little Pigs using a variety of media and techniques, including sticking and painting.
In the afternoon, we went on an exciting adventure to build dens to hide from the Big Bad Wolf in soft play. The children worked together using fabrics to make cosy dens and had a wonderful time playing and problem-solving together.
🌈 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
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Sorting coloured dinosaurs into matching pots using number and colour dice
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Playing number games, counting in larger groups, and recognising numerals 1–6
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Using playdough to create dinosaur worlds, trees, gems, and skeletons
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Exploring small-world dinosaur scenes with logs and blue fabric
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Developing fine motor skills using coloured pegs and boards
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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, p, g, o, c
We’ve also enjoyed lots of rhyming games and stories throughout the week.
📸 Some Pictures from Our Week…
We hope you enjoy seeing what we’ve been up to and sharing in the children’s learning, creativity, and fun.
🔮 Looking Ahead to Next Week
Next week, we will be continuing our learning around the story of The Three Little Pigs. We have lots of fun, engaging activities planned to support the children’s learning through play, helping to build confidence, independence, and enjoyment across all areas of learning.
🏠 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 practise bunny hops together? 🐰
Can you have a go at wiping your own bottom after using the toilet?
(Please encourage independence and praise your child for trying — even small steps are a big achievement!) 🌟
📌 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 — please ask a member of staff if you are interested.
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
Friday afternoon at 3.10pm
👨👩👧 Stay and Play
Wednesday morning from 8.30–9.00am
Everyone is very welcome to join us.
🎓 Year 2 Information Evening
Monday evening at 7.30pm
This session will focus on supporting your child’s learning at home and School Readiness.
The meeting link has been emailed out.
🏊 Swimming
Swimming is taking place this week, so please don’t forget your swimming kit.
If your child was due to swim on Friday, please bring their kit in on Monday — they will swim either Monday or Thursday.
📆 Half Term
We break up for half term on Friday 13th February and return on Tuesday 24th February.
Please speak to 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 🌈✨
We wish you all a very Happy Half term.
Julia, Colleen, Lauren and Lauren 💛
