Shark in the Park on a windy day and Shark in the dark

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend enjoying the sunshine. Last week we shared the story of Shark in the Park at group time. By the end of the week the children were amazing at joining in with the repeated refrains and the actions. We also talked about who wrote the book and that they are called authors. We also talked about speech bubbles. 

Throughout the week we had great fun making our own telescopes with tubes and different coloured cellophane. We explored what happens when you look through the cellphone and how the objects changed colour. We took our telescopes on a walk around the school gardens recalling the story and using the positional language like up, down. We came across a shark in the school pond!! On Monday afternoon we painted a large shark on cardboard outside using large brushes. We cut out a mouth and then had great fun throwing beanbags, balls and hoops through his mouth throughout the week. Mr Spracklen also popped over to pre-school to find out our news, we took him up to the pond to see the shark. 

On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble and played some great games. In the afternoon we made some cheesy sharks and ate them for snack. They were very yummy. On Wednesday and Thursday we watched the shark aquarium on the computer and we founds this really interesting. On Wednesday afternoon we did cosmic kids yoga with an underwater theme. We did great listening and taking part. At the end we did the baby shark song which was great fun. 

On Friday we made sharks with sharp teeth and used the scissors to create these. In the afternoon we went blackberry picking around the school grounds. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed playing with the small world underwater shark scene, helping with preparing snack, feeding the shark with shapes, creating shark pictures with different media and lots more. 

Here are some pictures of our displays in the classroom. 

This week we will be sharing the story of Shark in the park on a windy day and Shark in the dark which is also written by Nick Sharratt. We will be making kites, exploring torches, making shark biscuits, weather, what rolls and doesn't roll down slopes, shark shadow puppets and lots more. 

Home learning:-

A challenge this week with torches, can you make a shadow using your torch? Can you make a shark shadow using your fingers? How can you make your shadows bigger and smaller? We would love to hear about your exploring, so please feel in a WOW and/or take a photo. 

WOW, we have all enjoyed seeing your amazing home learning and have been using them for our snack time name cards. There's still plenty of time to make one if you would like to.

To help us recognise our own name we thought you and your child might like to create their name out of different materials. We would like to use these for our snack time name cards. If you would like to do one, please bring them in when you have finished. We would love to show everyone your amazing home learning.

Notices

This week the weather is looking lovely and sunny. Please could children be sun creamed before coming to pre-school and let a member of staff know. Also please return suncream letter slips from last week. 

If you are in Group A please come at 8.55 to the group A door and pick up from the group A door at the end of children's session at 12.00pm, 1.00pm or 3.30

If you are in Group B please come at 9.05 to the group B door and pick up from the group B door at the end of children's session at 12.00pm, 1.00pm or 3.20

We place all lunch boxes in the fridge, please label lunch boxes with your child's name. If you would like to order your child a hot lunch, please speak to a member of staff and Caroline will arrange a hot lunch code for you. 

We will be sending  photos to you via the Marvellous Me App of your child's adventures and achievements .  If you would like a password reminder, please let us know. 

It would great if pre-school t-shirts and jumpers can be named.

I will be doing an information session virtually using Zoom on Tuesday 22nd September @7.30pm about what we do in Year 2 e.g. book bags, changing bags, Keyworkers, Jennie Jigsaw, Sounds and Letters,EYFS, trips, swimming etc. Please look out for the letter and send back your email address so a link can be sent to you, as there will be lots of useful information to support your child. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. If you would like some WOW slips, these can be found on the outside notice board in a wallet.

If your child is staying for after school club till 4.30, they will not  necessarily need a snack as we have an afternoon snack time at 3.00pm everyday as part of our routine. Also after school club for pre-school will be in the pre-school hall so please come round to the hall door to collect your child.

Primary school applications:- You can now apply for your child's place for Primary schools. The closing date for application is the 15th January 2021. Here is the link:-  https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-school-for-the-first-time.aspx

The Prince of Wales School has an open morning for September 2021 applicants on Wednesday 14th October @ 9.30am.

I have spoken to the other schools in Dorchester about open morning and they will let us know dates.

Here's to a great week back of fun and adventures. 

Thanks

Julia,Karen, Helen, Colleen and Sharon.