Our Week: Our Bodies
Hello everyone,
We hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend with your families and have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine.
We’ve had a very busy and exciting week at preschool, filled with learning all about our bodies and sharing our Easter adventures. We have also begun reading the book “This is How We Keep Healthy.”
Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to…
Monday
On Monday, we settled back into preschool after the Easter holidays. The children enjoyed talking about their Easter adventures and created pictures to represent their experiences. These are now proudly displayed on our wall.
Tuesday
On Tuesday, we continued sharing our Easter adventures through discussion and mark making.
In the afternoon, we carried out an exciting science experiment all about handwashing. We discussed when and why we wash our hands, then used glitter to represent germs. The children practised washing their hands thoroughly while singing Happy Birthday—a fun and effective way to learn proper handwashing techniques!
Wednesday
On Wednesday, a group of children visited the care home, where they enjoyed singing songs, sharing a story, and having some cake. Another group took part in a food hunt around preschool, sorting foods into healthy choices and treats.
In the afternoon, we enjoyed our Relax Kids session, taking part in calming activities and going on a peaceful imaginative journey together.
Thursday 🏃♂️
Thursday brought our weekly visit to the YMCA gym—always a highlight!
We started with a warm-up game, moving in different ways and quickly finding something to climb on when the music stopped. The children then rotated around a range of activities, including:
- An obstacle course with rope swings, balancing, and rolly pollys
- Bouncing on the trampoline and practising sit-down jumps
- Balancing along low beams and bars
We finished with tappy sticks and a fun game of the Hokey Cokey.
In the afternoon, the children enjoyed drawing around each other and adding different parts of the body, such as eyes, ears, hearts, and bones.
Friday 🎈
On Friday morning, the children created their own self-portraits for our preschool leavers’ tea towel. More information about ordering these will be shared soon.
In the afternoon, we made pizza pitta breads and enjoyed playing on the play trail outside.
🌈 Learning Through Play
Throughout the week, the children explored a wide range of play-based activities, including:
- Constructing with LEGO and building robots
- Exploring shapes such as octagons
- Creating people using playdough, beads, and tools
- “Tap a Shape” activities
- Learning about teeth and practising brushing with toothbrush props
- Sorting different-sized figures and creating patterns on the number table
- Hairdressing role play with doll heads and accessories
📚 Read Write Inc.
We have begun learning our phonics sounds and focused on the sound ‘m’ this week.
The children were introduced to Fred Frog, who can only say sounds rather than whole words. They loved playing “Fred Talk,” listening carefully to sounds and blending them together to make words.
We have also been enjoying lots of rhyming games and stories throughout the week.
📸 Some Pictures from Our Week
We hope you enjoy looking through the photos and seeing some of the wonderful experiences the children have been part of this week.
Next week, we will continue learning about our bodies and how to keep ourselves healthy.
We are excited to have some special visitors joining us, and we have lots of engaging activities planned, including cooking!
Alongside this, the children will continue to enjoy their regular activities such as gym, Relax Kids, kickboxing, outdoor play, and lots of fun learning experiences with their friends.
🏠 Home Learning
You can support your child’s learning at home by trying some of the following fun activities together:
🐸 Fred Frog Game – “Fred Talk”
Fred Frog can only say sounds, not whole words! Say a word using individual sounds and see if your child can blend them together. For example:
- c-a-t (cat)
- d-o-g (dog)
- m-u-m (mum)
- s-u-n (sun)
Can your child blend the sounds to say the word? You could also take turns being Fred Frog!
📚 Story Time
Share a favourite story together and talk about what is happening. You could ask:
- What was your favourite part?
- Who was your favourite character?
- What do you think might happen next?
📌 Notices
We welcome Mary to our Preschool staff team this week. Mary will be working on a Tuesday and Wednesday in Preschool Year 2.
🥜 Nut-Free School
Please remember that we are a nut-free school. Kindly ensure that no products containing nuts are included in children’s lunchboxes. Thank you for your support.
👕 Uniform
To order preschool uniform, please use the details below. We also have some second-hand uniform available—please speak to 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
Play and Learn – Wednesday 22nd April, 9:00–9:30am
Please speak to myself or a member of the team if you have any questions—we are always happy to help.
POWSA Events:-
Here’s to another exciting week full of fun and adventures 🌈✨
Julia, Colleen, Lauren and Lauren 💛
