Farm and spring...

Hello everyone,

Last week we had a very exciting time in pre-school. On Monday we talked about what happens in Spring and read a poem about Spring. We had a go at painting daffodils. We also finished off our own story books which are up on display. On Monday afternoon we had a parcel arrive and we had great fun guessing what was in the box....Potatoes. We planted our potatoes up in the wildlife garden. We also had a story in the new outdoor wigwam.
On Tuesday morning we had some eggs arrive at pre-school. We talked about what might come out of the egg. We talked about how we could get the eggs to hatch. We put the eggs in the incubator and talked about how long it would take for them to hatch and the job of incubator. We drew some pictures of what might be inside the eggs. These are up on display. On Tuesday afternoon we had great fun playing some ring games in the school hall. 
On Wednesday some of us went swimming. It great to see children confidence in the water and their swimming skills developing. In the afternoon we went and planted some flower seeds in the polytunnel. We talked about what seeds need to be able to grow. Also we collected sticks and the challenge was to create a picture using sticks. There were some great stickmen and houses. We found a tyre on the school field and had great fun rolling the tyre down hill. We had a guess whether the tree would be faster or slower than us. 
On Thursday it was World Maths Day. We had a maths story at group time. We then made some Numicon biscuits. We hope you enjoyed them. In the afternoon we went on a number and shape walk around the school. 
On Friday it was Red Nose day. We all had fun wearing our red noses. We shared a child's red nose day story to explain the concept. The children did really well understanding it. We all had a go at drawing our own funny noses. In the afternoon we went on a treasure hurt around school and talked about our favourite thing which is red. 

This week we will be talking about what happens on the farm in particular at Spring time. We have got our trip to the farm on Tuesday morning. We will be finding out from the children what they would like to find out about and following their interests. We will be sharing lots of farm stories and songs during the week.  We will continue with our egg hatching countdown and talking about how the egg is changing inside. We have got some more seeds to sow up in the polytunnel and we need to look after our other plants by watering them. At the end of the week we will be beginning to make our surprises for Mother's Day.

Home learning

Have you got a favourite farm story? Can you bring in a picture about spring or farm's to talk about at group time?

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. Julia group have been learning the sound m, a and s.

Jennie Jigsaw-

This half term Jennie will be talking to us about how we can keep our bodies healthy. 

Notices

The literacy and maths focus  coffee information session powerpoint is on the school website under class pages and pre-school. If you have any questions please do come and see me. 

It was lovely to see lot's of our families at our stay and play session on Saturday. We hope you all had lots of fun. The next Saturday stay and play date will be next term.

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 21st March 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 22nd March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Wednesday there will be SWIMMING.

On Tuesday 19th March we have our farm trip. Please return permission slips. We will see you at the farm for 9.00am. Look out for the ballon to find the entrance. If it is raining on the day the trip will be cancelled and we will be meeting at pre-school. Please keep a look out for updates. Please can children come in wellies or walking shoes and have a coat. We will be having our snack at the farm and then we will be walking back to pre-school. Children can bring all their belongings to the farm e.g. bags and lunch boxes as a member of staff will have their car to take these back to pre-school.  Any questions please do come and see me. 

On Saturday 23rd March we have got our next community make over day from 9.00pm-4.00pm. 

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Early bird tickets can be purchased now  until the end of March at a great price of £8.50 each. From the 1st April the price will be £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Here to another great week.

Julia and Pre-school team