Spinderella

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and managed to get out for some lovely fresh air in between the showers.

Last week we continued with our theme of fireworks,  a trip to the woods, Remembrance Day and Children in Need Day.

On Monday the children made breadstick sparkles which involved a science experiment of melting chocolate. They looked delicious and the children were very excited to take them home to eat. On the drawing table we had a go at using forks and kitchen roll tubes to create firework pictures with paint. 

On Tuesday morning we went to Thorncombe woods and had a wonderful time exploring. We went on a very big bus. When we got to the woods we walk through the woods collecting lots of different natural objects like leaves, sticks, chestnuts etc to take back to pre-school. We did lots of climbing and balancing on trees, making mud pies, hiding in the dens. We had our snack all together and then we played hide and seek. A couple of the adults hid and we had to find them. It was great fun. We then walked back to the bus. In the afternoon we made a collage with some of the objects we collected from our trip.

On Wednesday morning we talked about Remembrance Day and the meaning of Remembrance Day. We watched the Cbeebies Remembrance Day video and talked about what was happening throughout. We also had the opportunity to make our own poppies using a variety of media and techniques. Outside on the grass we made a large poppy using powder paint and hoops. In the afternoon we did some firework science experiments using oil, food colouring, glitter, coffee filter paper. We had a go at predicting at what was going to happen. 

On Thursday we did lots of sweeping up of the leaves and taking them in the wheelbarrows to the compost heap.

On Friday it was Children in Need and we talked about the money we bought in and how it helps children in the UK. We also painted our own pudsey bears and made some pudsey cakes to take home. 

We also played a game of Pudsey says..

During group time this week we have enjoyed lots of stories, number songs, meeting Rose the resourceful spider, rhyming activities and talking about what we are good at.

Throughout the week the children have also enjoyed making their own cooking recipes up in the water tray with the lemons, apples and herbs and continuing to make worm and spider cakes with the play dough. 

This week we are going to be sharing the story of Spinderella and finding out all about Spiders. Lot's of the children are really interested in Spiders, so we thought it would be a great theme to do. We have lot's of exciting activities and learning adventures planned for the week.

Jennie Jigsaw

This week during group times we will focus on What and I am good at?

 What do we like to do? If you have any photos to support this at group times please send them in with your child.

Home Learning

Can you go on a number hunt around your house or a walk outside and see what numbers you can find? Can you make a collage of the numbers you found?

Some photo's of our learning and displays in the classroom. 

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.

Tomorrow (Monday 16th November) we are having an odd sock day for anti-bullying awareness week. 

On Tuesday evening it is the face to face parents evening which will be run in the pre-school hall. On Thursday evening it is the zoom meetings and a link for this will be sent out via email this week. We look forward to sharing with you about your child's learning. If you are unable to make these day, please let us know and we will arrange a time which is good for you. 

You can order your child's Christmas cards they have made at https://www.myschoolart.co.uk

This has been kindly organised by POWSA as a fundraising event. 

If you have any cardboard boxes (enormous, big and small) we would greatly receive them as we have a project planned. Please bring them in this week. 

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Helen and Karen