#InspiredToLearn Half Term Holiday Design Challenge

#InspiredToLearn Half Term Holiday Design Challenge

“Lest We Forget”

This half term holiday we would like you to have a go at making your own single poppy, we will attach these to a wreath that we will be making in school.  The wreath will be placed at the town war memorial by some of our older children after half term as an act of remembrance for all those that gave their lives in conflict.

Design Specification:

- Your Poppy can be made of any material, clay, cardboard, felt, polymer clay, paper, recycled materials, etc.

- Your Poppy should be 3D, rather than flat.

- Your Poppy must be bigger than 5cm but smaller than 12cm in width.

- Your Poppy does not have to be red, in recent years we have used other colours to represent other groups of people who have given their lives in service of our country.  You could research these groups and decide what colour you would like to make.

- Your Poppy could have a loop or hook which will enable it to be attached easily to our wreath.

- Please write your name and year group neatly somewhere on your Poppy.

Please hand your Poppy in to your class teacher by Wednesday 4th November for its inclusion on our collaborative act of remembrance.

Hello everyone,

Hello Everyone,       

Can I start by thanking you for all your continued support. Please be assured that we will stand with you at this time. 

Last week we enjoyed sharing lots of Autumn and farm stories at group time. We enjoyed singing Old McDonald had a farm and on Wednesday morning we sang it next to the tractor. 

On Monday and Wednesday morning the other half of group enjoyed cooking their apple and raisin muffins and visiting the school orchard to collect the apples. 

On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble in the pre-school hall and we practiced our ball skills. We had a go at rolling the ball, throwing under arm and over arm. We also had the challenge of hitting the big ball with our ball by rolling and throwing the ball. In the afternoon we used our bubble painting from last week and used other media by painting a tree on it and adding autumn leaves to it. 

On Wednesday afternoon we had great fun conker rolling down large tubes and seeing which number they landed on. We did some great counting and recognising numerals. 

On Friday we made some salt dough hedgehogs inspired from the ones that Phoebe bought in to show. In afternoon we did some leaf printing using the leaves and paint.

Throughout the week we have been busy creating our Christmas cards to send of to the printers. We will finish these after half term. At group time we have enjoyed listening to rhyming stories and coming up with our own rhyming words. We have also talked about Reggie the Tortoise who keeps on trying. We have had great fun spotting Reggie around the classroom. We have also been using our fingers to represent numbers upto 5. We have been busy choosing books to bring home in our library bags. We have been busy sweeping the leaves up and taking them to the compost in the wheelbarrow. 

We have all enjoyed the challenge of using a spoon to put the marbles in different sized bottles. Some great fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. We are enjoying painting and using different tools to create different effects. In the number area we have been putting the correct number of pegs onto the hedgehogs and filling the numicon boards. We have enjoyed exploring the small world of pinecones, apples, pears, pumpkins, small woodland animals. 

In the next couple of days you will be receiving a delivery pack of activities you can continue with at home. We hope you enjoy this and if you would like to email any photos we would love to see them. My email is:   j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

If you need anything please do email/ring the main school office (01305 257120) and we will be able to help arrange whatever you need. 

I will be keeping in regular contact with you and I will speak to you all soon.

A couple of parents have asked about when the 14 days self isolation period ends. The last day is Wednesday 21st October. This means if well, pupils can return to usual activities on Thursday 22nd October. This is during half term and we look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday 2nd November.

Julia, Helen, Sharon, Karen and Colleen

Farming Fortnight

Hello everyone, 

Wow, what a weekend of rain. We hope you got outside to enjoy splashing in the puddles. 

Last week we had a great week learning about harvest, farming and Autumn. On Monday morning we went over to school to look a the big tractor. We used some fabulous language to describe the tractor. On Monday afternoon we went out and found the sycamore seeds and made them fly like helicopters. The children loved this. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning we visited the school orchard to harvest apples and pears. We used the apples in making some apple and raisin muffins to bring home. We did some great cutting of the apples with a knife and some great mixing with one handed tools. The ingredients we used were flour, butter, oil, eggs, apples and raisins. For children who have an egg allergy we have used an egg substitute. On Tuesday morning we had PE with Mr Treble and we played some parachute games. On Tuesday afternoon we did some bubble painting using autumn colours. On Thursday afternoon we made our own apple juice using the apple press. We washed all the apples and then cut the apples into small pieces. We then put them in the press and turned the handle till the juice came out. On Friday morning we had a visitor of Cooper the tortoise who belongs to Phoebe. We learnt all about tortoises and what they feel like. On Friday afternoon we did some conker rolling with a large tray and paints. We worked as a team to move the tray up and down so the conkers rolled. We watched how the colours mixed. In the afternoons we have also been doing some threadings with apple and pears shapes to develop our pincer grip. On Wednesday and Friday afternoon we did an obstacle course in the hall to develop different ways of moving, balancing and jumping.

We have been busy singing old McDonald farm ready for our harvest song. The children have started to bring school library books home which they have chosen, we will continue this week to enable all children to bring a school library book home. We have particular enjoyed playing with the corn and wheat in the messy area, the play dough with autumn objects, painting, Mark making in oats, small world farm and construction. 

In jigsaw time this week we have met Reggie the tortoise who is a resilient tortoise. Reggie came and talked about to be resilient, to keep trying, have a go etc. We have also met Jennie jigsaw this week. 

We have enjoyed sharing lots of harvest, farming and autumn stories this week. 

This week we are continuing with Farming, harvest and autumn. We will be doing lots more exploring and learning through a variety of activities.  We will be learning some new autumn songs and sharing some more stories. 

Home Learning

The children are really enjoying their name cards for snack. There is plenty of time to do one with your child if you would like to. 

It was lovely to see the children's home learning of Autumn and Harvest and we shared these at group time. The children are very welcome to bring these in to celebrate at group time.

This weeks challenge is to:- Can you collect an item or picture which reminds you of Autumn and bring it in to share at group time. 

Notices

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.

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 a virtual open morning for September 2021 applicants on Wednesday 14th October @ 9.30am.

On Wednesday it is the POWSA AGM @7.30pm in the school hall. All welcome - please email powsa@hotmail.co.uk if you are planning to attend so that we can monitor numbers for social distancing.

Here to another amazing week full of adventures

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Helen and Karen