Frog Spawn...

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a wonderful half term. We looking forward to hearing all the children news. 
This week will be talking about the life cycle of frogs. We will be pond dipping in the school pond and collecting some frog spawn. Over the next few weeks we will be watching the frog spawn hatch into tadpoles. We will sharing lots of frog stories and non fiction books about frogs. We will also be learning the song of 5 speckled frogs. Also we will be planting some vegetable seeds and starting to talk about spring.

Home learning

Can you find a book or story about frogs? Do you want to bring some photos in from your half term?

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to revisit the Read Write Inc Pictures and lots of FRED talk activities  We will also continue with some alliteration by playing I spy.

Jennie Jigsaw-

This half term Jennie will be talking to us about how we can keep our bodies healthy. This week we will be naming the different parts of our bodies and whats happens when we exercise. We will be playing lots of games in the hall along with Head shoulders knees and toes.

Notices

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

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 Thursday 28th February at 3.10pm we have got our story time 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 March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday POWSA are holding the Great Bingo Bake Off. Please bring your cake into school in the morning. No Entry fee as all cakes to be sold with refreshments at bingo.

On Friday we also have Spring Bingo. Doors open at 5.30pm and eyes down for 6.00pm. A great event for all the family.

On Tuesday 5th March is the next POWSA meeting in the main school staff room at 7.30pm. Be great to see you there.

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 16th March from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

Please return permission slips for our trip next week to the library. 

Here's to an exciting and fun froggy week back.

Julia and Pre-school team

Science Week...

Hello everyone,

Wow what an amazing week we had. We have been finishing off our 3D shoes which were on display at the Cinderella's ball. We have been busy decorating Cinderella dresses with glitter and sequins. We have also been using purple mash on the computer to design and colour a carriage or cinderella dress.  On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble and we used the apparatus to climb, balance and jump off. We really enjoyed our PE session. On Monday afternoon some children went to the school library to look at the books. On Wednesday morning some of us went swimming and we had a go at blowing bubbles in the water, floating like a starfish and putting our face in the water. Throughout the week we enjoyed making and cooking shoe shaped biscuits to bring home and for the ball. On Friday morning we decorated the biscuits. If you decorated your biscuits and took at picture please do bring the picture in. We have enjoyed writing party food lists and writing invitations for the ball. On Thursday morning we acted out the story of Cinderella in the hall and did some dancing. On Friday we had great fun dressing up as Princes and Princesses for the day. We made our own crowns as well. In The afternoon we had our own Cinderella ball with a banquet of jam sandwiches and biscuits in shoe shapes. We also had juice in champagne glasses. Afterwards we had a good dance followed by the staff acting out the story of Cinderella. It was lovely to see some many of families come along for this. We have also been out on the balance bikes this week. On Wednesday afternoon we had great fun making bridges outside using crates and planks of wood. We had a go at balancing on the planks of wood.

This week we be talking about recycling, looking after our environment and science experiments. We have lots of activities planned this week including a science show, litter picking around the school grounds (Tuesday- Can children bring in gloves please), making sea creatures out of plastic milk cartoons, science experiments and lots more. 

Home learning

Can you make a model using recycled objects? Please bring them in to show.

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to revisit the Read Write Inc Pictures and lots of FRED talk activities  We will also continue with some alliteration. 

Notices

It was great to catch up with you all at parents evening, if you did not make it and would like to see myself I am more than happy to arrange this with you. Just let me know. 

Please remember to check your Child’s post pocket when you hang up coats in the

mornings, all important post will be there.

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 13th February at 3.10pm we have got our story time 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 14th February  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

We break up for half term on Thursday 14th February and return to school on Monday 25th February. 

Our next Saturday Stay and Play is on Saturday 16th March from 10.00-11.30am. Younger and old siblings very welcome to join us. 

On Wednesday we should be swimming. 

We are collecting cardboard boxes of all sizes, yogurt pots, milk bottle tops etc for our junk modelling area. If you have anything like this please bring it in.

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 and inspiring week.

Julia and Pre-school team

Cinderella....

Hello everyone,

Last week we started the week off with reading the story of Cinderella. Throughout the week we have read different versions of the story. 
We have been exploring colour mixing and then printing our mixing onto Cinderella dress or a prince waistcoat. The children have been exploring what colour you can make with red, blue, yellow and white. The children have then go onto explore mixing colours independently. We have been continuing with our 3d shoes. We have begun covering them in tissue paper and choosing which colours to use. We have also been designing and colouring in a dress, pumpkin carriage on the computer using Purple Mash. On Tuesday morning we played lots of games in the hall using the theme of Cinderella e.g Cinderella foot steps and lots more. The children are great at get changed for PE. On Wednesday the children went swimming which they really enjoyed. We practiced blowing bubbles in the water, blowing a flying sauce around the pool and putting our face in the water. We also had a go at doing a star fish float in the water.
On Monday afternoon we played lots of games outside including What's the time Mr Wolf, Grandmas  footsteps. On Wednesday afternoon we went and made magic wands outside. We each found a stick which would make a good wand. We then wrapped our chosen colours of wool around the sticks. We then collected natural resources around the school grounds to stick on the star shape and sprinkled with glitter. We had great fun making these wands. 
On Thursday afternoon we went out on the balance bikes around the school grounds and we have gained lot's of confidence coming down the hills. 
On Friday we had a fantastic day playing in the snow. We went sledging down the hill, building snowman, having snowball fights and lot's more. In the afternoon we went out for a snowy walk and explored mixing powder paints in the snow.  
We are really good at recognising most of the Read write inc pictures and we have learnt all of them now. 

This week we will be decorating our Cinderella dresses and waistcoats with sequins and glitter. We also will be making the final touches to our 3d shoes. We will also be continuing with designing and colouring in a dress or carriage using the computers. We will also be cooking the shoe biscuits and decorating them to bring home.
On Friday the children can come in dressed as Princesses or Princes for the day. Throughout the week we will continue to explore mixing colours, junk modelling, invitation mark making and lot's more.

Home learning

Can you make a carriage out of junk modelling? Please bring them in to show.

Letters and sounds:- 

We will continue with our rhyming door by adding new rhyming words and playing rhyming games. We will continue to revisit the Read Write Inc Pictures and lots of FRED talk activities  We will also continue with some alliteration. 

Notices

Looking forward to Parent’s evening, if you have not signed up it’s not too late. I can’t wait to share your child’s progress with you. If these dates and times are unsuitable please do come and see me to arranged a time more convenient for yourselves. 

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 5th February at 3.10pm we have got our story time session. Please come and join us. 

On Tuesday 5th February is a POWSA meeting. If you are interested in helping to fund raise for the school please do come along. It is in the main school staffroom at 7.30pm. If you would like more information come and see Julia. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 6th February  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday 8th February at 5.30pm there is a POWSA film night. The film for the evening is Shark Tale. Tickets can be purchased from the main school office. Ticket includes a drink and popcorn. 

On Wednesday we should be swimming. 

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. 

We are collecting cardboard boxes of all sizes, yogurt pots, milk bottle tops etc for our junk modelling area. If you have anything like this please bring it in.

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 and inspiring week.

Julia and Pre-school team