Hello everyone

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed getting out in the fresh air and enjoying some wet muddy walks. 

We have enjoyed seeing all your fantatisc  home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having a great time and learning lots. Keep sending all the amazing things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. We really are missing all being together and hope soon we can all be back together again. 

Last week we continued with the story of The three little pigs and we also read the story of The three little wolves and the big bad pig. We also enjoyed watching The three little pigs ballet and Mr Tumble telling the story with signs. We used sugar cubes to make a house and then experimented what happens when you put hot water onto the sugar cubes. We made some piggy cupcakes which we took home . The children were excited to eat them. We made our Three little pigs and houses display. We made the different houses out of straw, lollipop sticks and brick wall paper on cardboard houses. We went to the roundhouse and explored what it was made of and acted out the story. We have really enjoyed acting out the story and playing Whats the time Mr Wolf. We made some Piggy snouts using egg boxes. 

We had PE with Mr Treble on Tuesday and we did some balancing along different benches we also jumped on the apparatus and landing on two feet. Throughout the week we have really enjoyed playing with the puppet theatre and making up our own stories, constructing with the magnetic lego, playing with the diggers and blocks in the oats. 

This week we are going to be exploring shapes with a variety of activities. We will be looking at 2d and some 3d shapes and where we can find them in our environment. Also we are going to be talking about how we can describe the shape e.g. corners, edges, faces, sides, points etc. 

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Have a game of musical Statues:

How to play

o Play fun music to dance to – when the music is stopped everyone freezes.

o Add in elements, e.g. jumping, big movements, dance like a robot, dance like you’re in space, to provide variety to the dancing.

o Add challenges, e.g. when the music stops... freeze in an animal shape, pulling a face, with your hands on your head, etc.

o With more than one child you can add some friendly competition.

Questions to ask

What parts of your body are you using? Are you listening to the music?
How can you freeze without falling over? How can we describe our movements? Are they big/small/fast/slow?

Maths Challenge:- 

Can you lay the table for dinner? How many knives, forks and spoons will you need? How many plates and cups? 

Make fruit and vegetable prints:-

What to do

o Look at your collected foods. Name the fruit/vegetables together. What do they feel like, smell like? Which do we like to eat?

o What do they look like? Think about what they might look like inside, if you cut them in half.

Explore the different ways you can make interesting prints by dipping different parts of the food or slicing in different ways.

o Try different colours and explore making patterns or pictures.

Can you turn your prints into flower, people or animals?

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday your next home learning pack will be delivered or will come home with your child. It will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. 

On Wednesday there will be another blog with some interactive links to enjoy and explore. 

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

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 

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Take care, keep smiling and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Karen, Helen, Sharon and Colleen

Happy Wednesday everyone...

Hi everyone,

Here are some interactive ideas based on the story of The Three Little Pigs.....

How about watching Mr Tumble sign the story of The 3 little pigs? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08lc7jz/mr-tumble-tales-the-three-little-pigs

How about listening to the story of The three little wolves and the big bad pig?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxhaMmsXYmo

How about playing the Teddy number game?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Have a great rest of the week and we look forward to hearing more about your home adventures. 

Keep smiling 😃

Julia, Helen, Colleen, Sharon and Karen 

Hello everyone....

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed getting out in the fresh air. It's a shame we missed out on the snow.

We have enjoyed seeing all your wonderful home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having a great time and learning lots. Keep sending all the amazing things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. 

Last week at pre-school we shared the story of The three little pigs which we really enjoyed and were great at joining in wit the repeated refrains. We had great fun collecting straw, sticks and bricks and making these into houses and seeing which ones the hair dryer blow down. We also then took our building materials outside in the wind. On Wednesday morning we had a live zoom call with Maiden Castle Farm and met some pigs. We learnt all about pigs. We have also enjoyed making some pig masks using different materials and shades of pink. We really enjoyed using shaving foam as pretend cement and using wood bricks and lego bricks to make a wall using the different tools to spread the cement on the bricks. Also the children have really enjoyed the 3 little pigs small world scene and acting out the story and also making up their own version. The children have  become fantastic builders of marble runs and have created some large runs. This has been a particular favourite. We have also done some lego brick printing, exploring different shades of pink and watching the number blocks story of the 3 little pigs. 

On Tuesday we had PE with Mr Treble and used the climbing frames and benches to move along in different ways, balance and jumping off and landing on two feet. 

This week we will be continuing with the story of The three little pigs. We are going to be doing some junk modelling, making our 3 little pigs and house display, exploring making a house with sugar cubes and predicting what happens when you put hot water on the sugar cubes and lots more.

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Make your own Skittles

How many can you knock over in one go?

Which numbers did you knock over?

9. Magic dancing milk

For this activity – an engaging introduction to chemical reactions – you’ll need a shallow dish, full-fat milk, food colouring, cotton buds and washing up liquid. Pour some milk into the dish, add some drops of food colouring, then dab with a cotton bud dipped in washing up liquid. Use a few different colours at the same time for maximum impact, and try dabbing in different places.

PE with Mr Treble and a ballon:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPT8sHPZ8w

How many wheetos can you put on the (kebab) stick before the timer runs out ... throw the dice as quick as you can!

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday your next home learning pack will be delivered or will come home with your child. It will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. 

On Wednesday there will be another blog with some interactive links to enjoy and explore. 

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

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 

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Stay safe, keep smiling and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Helen, Sharon, Colleen and Karen

Happy Wednesday

 

Hi everyone,

Here are some interactive ideas based on the story of The Three Little Pigs.....

Watch Number blocks story of The three little pigs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08cqtk0/numberblocks-series-1-three-little-pigs

Watch the Ballet of The three little pigs..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b041mc85/cbeebies-presents-ballets-three-little-pigs

A fun underwater number game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

Have a great rest of the week and we look forward to hearing more about your home adventures. 

Keep smiling 😃

Julia, Helen, Colleen, Sharon and Karen 

Hello everyone

 

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend and enjoyed some fresh air.

We have enjoyed seeing all your fabulous home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having great adventures. Keep sending all the amazing things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. 

Last week at Pre-school we enjoyed sharing the story of the ginger bread man  and the 5 gingerbread man song. We also made a bridge out of crates and wooden planks for the gingerbread man to cross the river. We made some gingerbread men finger puppets and outside we acted out the story of the gingerbread man. On the computer we used Purple Mash to colour in a gingerbread man to practice our mouse skills. We made a display of the characters in the story using different textures. We did some stamping with the gingerbread men cutters in paint. 

On Tuesday we had Pe with Mr Treble. We have really enjoyed making marble runs with the marble run construction kits. We have made them very tall. Also throughout

the week we have enjoyed the hospital role play area, playing with the small world gingerbread man scene and making gingerbread man out of play dough and decorating them with gems and buttons.

Next week we are going to be sharing the story of The Three Little Pigs and we have got a variety of activities planned like a science experiment with the hairdryer, cooking, zoom session with Maiden Castle Farm, making 3 little pigs houses with the different textures, talking about groups of objects with the same number in.

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Can you create your own paintbrushes using a variety of objects and a peg? Maybe go on a hunt outside and find some natural objects.  There are some ideas below in the picture.

Maths Challenge

Can you find 4 different sized shoes in your house and put them in order of size?

What else can you find to order by length?

Can you make a den at home? What could you use to make a den? Maybe you could have a picnic in your den.

On Wednesday or Thursday your next home learning pack will be delivered or will come home with your child. It will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. 

On Wednesday there will be another blog with some interactive links to enjoy and explore. 

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

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 

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Stay safe, keep smiling and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Colleen, Helen, Karen and Sharon

Hi everyone

Hi everyone,

Here are some interactive ideas based on the story of The Gingerbread Man.......

There is a great gingerbread number game to play https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

You may like to listened to the song of 5 gingerbread men @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCZ3dzFK6BI

The story of The Gingerbread Man on the CBeebies Radio @ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p072vhzg

Have a great rest of the week and we look forward to hearing more about your home adventures. 

Keep smiling 😃

Julia, Helen, Colleen, Sharon and Karen 

Hello everyone...

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a good weekend.  We would like to thank you all for your support, as always during this challenging time. We have enjoyed seeing all your amazing home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having lots of fun adventures. Keep sending all the wonderful things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. 

This week we will be continuing the story of The gingerbread man and we have got lots of activities planned during the week including making a bridge outside with large construction, gingerbread men threading, making a puppet of the gingerbread man, acting out the story, making a display of the story of gingerbread man using different materials and textures, gingerbread stamping, making a raft/boat for the gingerbread man to cross the river, gingerbread number game on the computer.

Things you might like to do at home this week....

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile. 

The Banana Challenge- Each person in the family has a banana. The challenge is to see who can cut the banana into the most pieces! Can you count how many pieces? Who has the more or less pieces? How many altogether? Ready Steady Go!

Fruit Hoops Bird Feeder

The weather is really cold at the moment and the birds need lots of food during the winter, can you make one of these and hang it outside?

Step 1

Ask a grown-up to cut cubes of apple and cheese.

Step 2

Be very careful and ask a grown-up to help you thread fruit and cheese onto the wire like a necklace.

Step 3

Make a hoop with the wire and tie it to some string. Ready!

BUBBLE SNAKES 

YOU WILL NEED

Washing up liquid, water, bowl, plastic bottle, sock, scissors

WHAT TO DO

Cut bottom off  bottle and place sock over.

Put washing up lid and water into a bowl.

Pop the cock end into the solution and the take out and blow through the lid end.

The more you blow, the longer your snake

                                                                                                                            Notices

Last week we sent out a letter explaining that you would be able to come and collect your home learning packs. As we are open we will be giving the children who are attending the home learning packs when they are in at Preschool towards the end of the week. If your child is not attending pre-school we will deliver the home learning packs to you at home.

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Local Food Links is continuing with hot lunches, If your child normally has a hot lunch and is going to be attending Pre-school these can now be ordered as normal. We have ordered enough hot lunches for this week for all children who would normally have a hot lunch.

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

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 

Stay safe and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Sharon, Helen, Karen and Colleen

Happy New Year and Welcome back to the Spring term

 

Hello everyone,

We would all like to wish you a Happy New Year and we hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Thank you for the lovely gift of vouchers for the team to to enjoy a meal together at YC'S. We are all really looking forward to doing this when we can. Also thank you for all the lovely presents  which we have all enjoyed sharing with our families.

This week we will be sharing the story of The gingerbread man and have got lots of great activities planned including cooking our own gingerbread men, using large construction outside to help the gingerbread man cross the river, some science experiments to enable us to make predictions of what might happen, gingerbread men puppets, acting out the story. We will be learning the 5 little gingerbread men song, here is the link to the song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCZ3dzFK6BI&list=PLjKs_NzR8ACoYWc_fGJXSYOb_OF68OJ3R&index=1

At group time we will also be talking about our adventures at Christmas, children are really welcomed to bring in photos to share. 

Letters and Sounds

Last term we introduced Maisie next to the Mountain, Apple, Snake, Tower, Dinosaur, Insect from the read write inc cards. We will also continue with Fred talk with Fred the frog. This week we will continue with our rhyming games. introduce net, pirate and girls from the read write inc cards. 

Home Learning

When you bring home your gingerbread men, can you decorate them and bring a photo in of your yummy decorated gingerbread men?

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.

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

Over the next couple of weeks we will send the Magical moments books home so you can contribute your Christmas adventures.

On Tuesday 5th January @7.30pm in the main school staff room is a POWSA meeting. If you would like more information please speak to a member of staff.

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

Here's to amazing  first week back.

Julia, Karen, Colleen, Helen and Sharon