Hello Everyone,

Last week we have really been enjoying the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We have read different versions of the story and the children have been amazing at telling us the similarties and differences. We have also enjoyed the story of Jack and the baked beanstalk and Jack and the meanstalk. On Monday afternoon we played the beans game outside and also how many beanbag we could throw into the buckets. We also enjoyed going to see the horses on the school field. 

On Tuesday afternoon we had great fun making a castle outside around the tree house. Following on from this on Wednesday we painted our castle and made a beanstalk and flag. Throughout the week we have been planting our own magic beans and making a castle for it to grow up to. We talked about what a bean needs to be able to grow. Please do bring in pictures of your growing beanstalk. 

On Thursday afternoon we had great fun acting out the story of Jack and the beanstalk in the outside area using trees, slides and the wooden house. We have enjoyed using the puppet theatre to retell the story using the puppets with our friends. On Tuesday afternoon the children enjoyed listening to and learning about the different musical instruments used by the Durnorvaria Silver Band. On Wednesday morning we went to watch the performance of 'I am Turtle'. It was performed by a theatre company and the story was based around about the dangers of plastics in the sea to the animals. The children really enjoyed the production and understood the key message from the show. On Friday the children enjoyed their swimming session. 

This week we are going to continue to enjoy the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We will be making our own castles using junk modelling.  We will be planting different types of beans and watching them grow.  We may have a surprise letter from the giant and lots more fun activities. We will also be looking through our learning journeys and talking about what we have enjoyed doing this term, what we have learned to do and what we would like to do next. We will also continue to look after our vegetable plants in the nature garden and meet our new chickens that arrived at the weekend. 

Home learning

Well done to Poppy for creating a great poster of how to keep your teeth clean. We have a prize for you. 

Have you got a story of Jack and the beanstalk at home you would like 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 revisit the Read Write Inc Pictures and lots of FRED talk activities  We will also continue with some alliteration by playing I spy. Julia's group have been learning the sound m, a, s, d, t, I  n, p, g and o. Karen and Helen group will be learning the sound m, a, s and d this week.

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. 

As the weather is starting to get warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to Pre-school ready for us to apply 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 22nd May  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Wednesday 22nd May we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. 

On Friday 24th May we break up for May Half Term. We return back to preschool on Monday 3rd June. Have a fabulous week. 

 Thank you for all the support and sponsorship money. We have raised an amazing £619.00. If you still have sponsorship money to bring in, please give it to Julia.

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Tickets can be purchased now  at a great price of £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Our swimming day this term will be Friday.  Each child who attends on a Friday morning session will get to swim every other week. Please check letter for your child's date for swimming.

Please bring in any cardboard boxes, big and small for our castle making. 

Here's to a great week.

Julia and Pre-school team

Jack and the beanstalk

Hello everyone,

Last week we enjoyed learning all about how to stay healthy and look after our bodies. On Tuesday morning we had a visit from the dentist who came to talk about how to look after our teeth. We learnt about healthy foods for our teeth and unhealthy (treats) foods. We also found out about how to brush our teeth and have been busy praticing with the big teeth and toothbrush.
The children have all enjoyed making fruit salad or pasta salad to bring home. The children were really skilled at using the knives to cut up the fruit and salad foods. Please can bowls be returned to pre-school.
On Thursday morning we went to see the Life education van and meet Harold the giraffe. We learnt all about our bodies and how to look after them.  We have all enjoyed doing the sponsored bike and scooter ride this week around the island. The most laps completed was 100. On Tuesday morning we had Mr Treble for PE and we played lots of team games on the field. We are really quick at getting changed for PE. We have also created a graph of our favourite fruit using Purple Mash on the computer. Please see the board with all our amazing learning from the last two weeks. On Wednesday morning we all went up to the poly tunnel to plant tomatoes plants with Mr Goom. We learnt how to plant them and care for them.We all planted different types of tomatoes plants. On Friday a group of children went swimming.

This week and next week we are going to be sharing the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We have got lots of fun and exciting activities including making a castle outside with boxes and painting it, planting our own magic beans, junk modelling castles, bean experiment, tasting different types of beans, beans game and lots more.

Home learning

The dentist left two patrol toothbrushes and toothpaste for prizes. Can you design a poster of how to look after your teeth?

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's group have been learning the sound m, a, s, d, t, I  n, p and g. Karen and Helen group will be learning the sound m, a, s this week.

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. 

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to Pre-school ready for us to apply 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday. This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 17th May  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Tuesday 14th May we have our story time at 3.10pm. Please come and join us. 

Our Saturday Stay and Play morning is on the 18th May from 10.00-11.30am. Hope to see lots of you there. Younger and older siblings are very welcome. Also it is a community makeover day from 10-5pm

Last week we had great fun completing our sponsor scooter and bike round. Thank you for all the support and sponsorship money.  Please bring sponsorship in by Friday 17th May.

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Tickets can be purchased now   at a great price of £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Our swimming day this term will be Friday.  Each child who attends on a Friday morning session will get to swim every other week. Please check letter for your child's date for swimming.

Please bring in any cardboard boxes, big and small for our castle making. 

Here's to a great week.

Julia and Pre-school team

Keeping our bodies healthy

Hello everyone,

Last week we talked about different ways to ourselves healthy and safe. We shared stories about keeping ourselves clean, looking after our teeth. We came up with a list of ways to safe in the sun. Following on from this group talks we made different posters to display around pre-school to remind us how to keep healthy. We made some washing hands posters and keeping safe in the sun posters.  We also enjoyed learning about the different body parts and their jobs e.g spine, heart, lungs, stomach etc. On Wednesday afternoon we had great fun drawing around our bodies outside using chalks and then drawing the different parts. We have also been very busy planting out some of our flower seedlings we have grown in the polytunnel into our garden area. On Tuesday we really enjoyed having snack with our grandparents and showing them all the things we enjoyed doing at pre-school. On Friday afternoon we loved playing bingo and some ring games outside. On Friday morning some of us went swimming, we practiced picking up hoops from the bottom of the pool, blowing bubbles, putting our face in the water and kicking our legs. We have finished drawing our self portrait for the tea towel. A letter will be out soon with the details of how to purchase these. On Thursday a group of children ask the other children what they would like in their sandwich for snack and made a tally with the information. They then went to kitchen to make the sandwiches for snack.

This week we are going to be learning all about the importance of exercise and observing the effects of exercise on our bodies. We are also going to be talking about healthy foods and a balance diet. We are going to be making fruit or pasta salad and deciding what we could put in these to make it. As an ECO school please could the children come in with a small plastic container to bring home their pasta or fruit salad. On Tuesday we have got the dentist coming to visit to talk about how to look after our teeth.  We are going to be sharing lots of stories and group discussions  at group time. We have got our sponsored bike and scooter ride this week. On Friday morning we will be going to visit the Life Education van to meet Harold the giraffe. We will also be making a graph of our favourite fruits and finding out the most popular fruit and lots more.
 

Home learning

Can you help make a healthy packed lunch and take a photo to bring in?

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's group have been learning the sound m, a, s, d, t, I  n, p. Karen and Helen group will be learning the sound m, a this week.

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. 

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to Pre-school ready for us to apply.

On Tuesday 7th May there is a POWSA meeting in the main school staff room at 7.30pm. Any questions, please do come and see Julia. Be great to see you there. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 9th May  from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Friday 10th May we have our story time at 5.00pm. Please come and join us. 

Our Saturday Stay and Play morning is on the 18th May from 10.00-11.30am. Hope to see lots of you there. Younger and older siblings are very welcome. 

This week  we have got our sponsored bike and scooter ride. Please see letter to see which day your child is taking part. Children can bring in their bikes or scooters and helmets. We will be counting how many laps of the island they can do. Each child will get a certificate at the end. Please bring sponsorship in by Friday 17th May.

On Thursday 13th June 2019 we have got the Happy Circus coming to school for an evening circus performance. Tickets can be purchased now   at a great price of £10.50 each. Tickets can be purchased from the Main school office. 

Our swimming day this term will be Friday.  Each child who attends on a Friday morning session will get to swim every other week. Please check letter for your child's date for swimming.

Here's to a great week.

Julia and Pre-school team