Swimming

Hello everyone,

The pool is re-open now and we will be swimming tomorrow. If it is your child's turn to swim please bring their swimming kit.

Thanks

Julia and Pre-school team

Cinderella

Hello everyone,

Last week we continued the story of The elves and the shoe maker. We started off the week by watching the Ballet of The Elves and the Shoe maker with Reception on Monday morning in the school hall. We all really enjoyed it and did some great listening. On Tuesday we wore our favourite shoes to school. We stood up at group time and talked about why they are our favourite shoes to wear. All our replies are up on the board in the classroom. On Tuesday afternoon Poppy's Dad came in with some ski and cycling shoes to show us. We were able to ask some great questions. On Thursday morning Mia came in with her different types of dance shoes. We watched her do different dances with the shoes on including ballet, tap and modern. We really enjoyed watching her dance and ask some great questions. On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon we have been doing some welly print making in paint. We looked at the patterns they made. We also did some shoe sole rubbing with wax crayons. It was interesting comparing the patterns on our shoes with our friends. We have started to make our own 3d shoes using cling film and masking tape. We will be continuing with theses this week. We have also been repotting and planting the baby spider plants up in the poly tunnel. On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble and we used the apparatus to balance along. Photos up on display. We have started to change into our t-shirts and plimsols for PE. 

This week we are going to begin the story of Cinderella which we will be doing for the next 2 weeks. We will be reading the story and doing a variety of activities including designing our own princess  dress and prince waistcoat by exploring mixing colours together, decorating a dress, pumpkin carriage on the computer using purple mash, continuing to make our 3d shoes and lots more fun activities.

Home learning

Have you got a story of Cinderella you would like to bring in to share?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to learn the Read Write Inc Pictures. We will also start with some alliteration. 

Jennie Jigsaw
Last week we talked about what we are good at. We came up with some lovely ideas.

This week Jennie Jigsaw will be talking about what we would like to do when we are older.

Notices:-

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Friday 1st February at 5.00pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 1st February  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Wednesday we should be swimming as long as the pool is back up and running. 

On Friday 8th February children can come dressed up as a princess or prince for the day. In afternoon we will do a joint afternoon with Reception. All parents and children who don't normally come on a Friday afternoon are welcome to come and join us in the main school hall at 3.00pm for a cinderella surprise. 

Parent's evening sign up sheets are up in the corridor. If these dates and times are unsuitable please do come and see me to arranged a time more convenient for yourselves. 

Please remember to check your child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the mornings, all important post will be there. 

Here to another exciting week.

Julia and Pre-school team

No swimming tomorrow

Hello everyone,

I'm afraid to say there is no swimming tomorrow as the pool is still closed. Will keep you updated. Hope to be swimming next week.

Julia

The Elves and the Shoe Maker

Hello everyone,

Last week we enjoyed listening to the story of The elves and the shoemaker. It has been great to read different versions of the story. The children have noticed the similarities and differences in the story. We have been drawing around our own feet and guessing how many cubes would fit inside our foot outline. We then filled our foot outline with cubes and counted how many would fit. We really liked our welly throwing game and we used the metre rulers to measure how far we could throw a welly. We have also been using different textured materials to design a shoe. These are up on on display. We have also enjoyed colouring in and painting shoes. We have used the scissors to cut out our shoes. These are also up on display. On Tuesday morning Molly's mum who is a dancer came in with her different dance shoes. We found out all about latin and ballroom shoes, costumes and dancing. We even had a go at dancing and tapping out rhythms. We have also enjoyed playing in the shoe shop role play area. We have also been writing letters to the elves and posting them in our postbox at pre-school.  We had our weekly PE session with Mr Treble on Tuesday morning and we practiced our ball skills and running around games. On Monday afternoon we planted some bulbs in our garden. On Friday afternoon we got the guinea pigs out and held them on our laps. It has been a great week.

This week we will be continuing the story of The elves and the shoemaker story.  On Monday morning we will be joining Reception to watch the Ballet of The elves and the shoemaker. On Tuesday afternoon we have got a visitor coming in to talk about sport shoes. On Tuesday morning we have our PE session with Mr Treble. On Thursday morning we have another visitor coming in to show us their shoes for ballet and tap. We will also be making some shoes this week. We will be doing some gardening and lots more fun learning. 

Home learning

Can you take a picture of your favourite pair of shoes and bring a picture into school?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to learn the Read Write Inc Pictures. We will also start with some alliteration. 

Jennie Jigsaw
Last week we talked about challenges and what challenges  could we set ourselves. We came up with some great ideas. 
This week Jennie Jigsaw will be asking us what we are good at.

Notices:-

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Tuesday 22nd January we are having a day of wearing your favourite shoes to school. 

On Thursday 24th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 24th January  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

On Wednesday we should be swimming as long as the pool is back up and running. 

Parent's evening sign up sheets are up in the corridor. If these dates and times are unsuitable please do come and see me to arranged a time more convenient for yourselves. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the mornings, all important post will be there. 

Here to another exciting week.

Julia and Pre-school team

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Hello everyone,

WOW, what an amazing first week back we have had. During group time we shared our Christmas news with our pre-school friends. It was lovely to hear all about the children's Christmas adventures. The children with their key workers created pictures of their Christmas news and the key workers wrote all their news down. This are up on display in the classroom. We have also enjoyed listening to the story of The Tiger who came to tea, The Gingerbread man and Oi Frog. We have been busy planting onion and garlic sets in our vegetable patch in the wildlife garden. On Tuesday we had PE with Mr Treble. We practiced our ball skills in particular catching a large ball. We are all getting very good at putting our plimsols on by ourselves. We have enjoyed going up to the chickens and guinea pigs to look after them. We have been out on the balance bikes which was great fun. We have also been to soft play and playing games to music. We have also enjoyed playing number bingo. 
The children have really enjoyed playing in the wood block area and created variety of structures and models. 

This week we will be introducing the story of The elves and the shoemakers. We will be doing this story for the next two weeks. If you have a version of the story please do bring it in. It is great to read different versions and talk about the similarities and differences. We will be designing and making our own shoe, shoe shop role play area, welly throwing and measuring competition, exploring different materials for shoes, shoes for different occupations and lot's more over the next two weeks.
We will also be continuing with our gardening. 

Home learning

Can you take a picture of your favourite pair of shoes and bring a picture into school?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to learn the Read Write Inc Pictures. We will also start with some alliteration. 

Jennie Jigsaw:- 

This week with Jennie Jigsaw we will be talking and setting ourselves challenges. What challenges have you done at home?

Notices:-

I am on the hunt for any shoe boxes and old shoes (Children and adults) for our role play area for the next 4 weeks. If you have any please do bring them in. 

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Wednesday 16th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 16th January  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

From Wednesday 16th January swimming will start. Please see your letter for your child's dates to swim. 

Look out for the newsletter for lots of information including parents evening dates.

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the mornings, all important post will be there. 

Here to another exciting week.

Julia and Pre-school team

Happy New Year

Hello everyone,

We would all like to wish you a Happy New Year and we hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Thank you for all the lovely presents which we have all enjoyed sharing with our families.

This week we will be sharing our Christmas news during group time and then recalling our Christmas with our key workers and mark making a picture of a memory from the Christmas holidays. These will be going up on the wall over the week. Towards the end of the week we will be introducing our story which will be the Elves and the Shoemakers. This will then lead on to the story of Cinderella. There will be lots of exciting activities and adventures to be had over the next few weeks. 
We will also be doing some gardening this week by planting some onions and garlic sets in the raised beds. We will also continue to look after our pet chickens and guinea pigs. 

Home learning

Can you bring in a picture or pictures of your Christmas?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to learn the Read Write Inc Pictures. We will also start with some alliteration. 

Notices

I am on the hunt for any shoe boxes and old shoes (Children and adults) for our role play area for next week. If you have any please do bring them in. 

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

On Tuesday 8th January at 3.10pm we have got our story session. Please come and join us. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 11th January  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 26th January from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

On Tuesday 8th January is a POWSA meeting to discuss future fundraising events. It is in the main school staffroom at 7.30pm. Please see Julia for more details. It would be great to see you there. 

From Wednesday 16th January swimming will start. Please see your letter for your child's dates to swim. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the mornings, all important post will be there. 

Here to another great term.

Julia and Pre-school team