Spring.....

Hello everyone,
Last week we had a fantastic World Book Week. On Monday morning we went to the school assembly to meet the author David Soleman. He read us a story and we watched him open the new school library. We also started to make our own story books up. this are on display in the classroom and we will be continuing our own books this week.  We went to the library in the afternoon and listened to the story Ellis bought in from home. On Tuesday it was Pancake Day. We had pancakes for snack with our favourite topping. We all loved our pancakes. We listened to the story of Mr Wolf's Pancakes. We had a go at painting our own pancakes and cutting out our favourite toppings and sticking them on our pancake. Some fantastic scissors skills. We helped Julia make the pancake mixture and learnt how to make a pancake. Our Pancake Day photos and work are up on display. In the afternoon we had great fun having pancake races outside. We used the maths language of 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
On Wednesday and Thursday we went to Dorchester library. We had a tour around the library and Mary talked about all the different things you can do at the library. We looked out of the windows on the top level and we could see lots of Dorchester. Mary read us a story and we sang some songs. We also choose a book each to bring back to Pre-school. These are in our book corner. We all enjoyed our ride on the bus.
On Thursday it was World Book Day and we all dressed up as our favourite book character. We drew a picture of ourselves in our costumes and told Julia who we had dressed up as and why we choose that character. These are up on display in the classroom. On Thursday afternoon we had an author come to visit us and read her story. We did some fantastic listening.
On Friday a small group of children went to watch Year1 class assembly at school. It was all about space.  On Friday afternoon we played Bingo.
It has been lovely to share the children's favourite stories this week. If your child hasn't bought their favourite book in yet, they can this week.

This week we have got a very exciting week. We will continue with making our own story books. On Tuesday we will be starting the process of hatching our own chicken eggs. Throughout the week we will be doing lot's of gardening and activities  about Spring. This week it is World Maths week so we will be doing lots of exploring and fun maths.
On Friday it is Red Nose Day.

Home learning

Can you bring your favourite story in to share at group time? To celebrate World Math's week bring in a WOW maths moment (it could be some great counting, recognising numerals, solving a maths problem etc.

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.

Jennie Jigsaw-

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

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 Wednesday 13th 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 Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 14th March from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday it is Red Nose day, the children can come dress in something red and give a voluntary contribution for Red Nose Day. 

On Wednesday there will be SWIMMING.

On Thursday 14th March there is a Literacy and Maths focus coffee morning. I will be sharing lots of information on how we support children's learning with literacy and maths including Read Write Inc Nursery. Along with ways to support them at home. 

On Tuesday 19th March we have our farm trip. Please return permission slips. Any questions please do come and see me. 

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 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