Hello everyone.....

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend enjoying some blue sky and sunshine. We love seeing all the adventures you have been getting upto. 

Last week we continued to explore the story of The gingerbread Man which the children have really enjoyed and our amazing at recalling the whole story and refrains. 

On Monday morning our last group of children made their gingerbread man to bring home and decorate. The children made me one and I had it for lunch. It was delicious. In the afternoon we did the story of The gingerbread man on NOW PRESS PLAY. The children were great at acting out the story and following the instructions. 

On Tuesday a group of children had PE with Mr Treble and used the climbing frame equipment with ladders. The children became really confident at climbing the equipment and challenging themselves to see how high they could climb. In the afternoon we made our own gingerbread man finger puppets and used the puppet theatre to recall the story. 

On Wednesday we used all the great junk modelling resources to make a boat and we tested them out to see if they sank or floated to carry the gingerbread man across the river. There were lots of amazing boats made using different materials. In the afternoon we played on the interactive whiteboard the gingerbread number game. Here is a link:- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

On Thursday morning we worked in groups making a large gingerbread man by drawing around a friends body and then painting it. It was great fun and we painted with brushes and our hands. 

In the afternoon we made a bridge outside for the gingerbread man to cross. We had to think about what we could use to make a bridge. We were amazing critical thinkers and were able to adapt our bridge by making it taller. We then had to work out how to get on the bridge. Great team work. The children all challenge themselves to cross the river and were great at balancing along the planks. It was so much fun. 

On Friday we made a story map in groups of The gingerbread man story. We were amazing at recalling the story and drawing pictures of what happened. In The afternoon we tidied the garden by sweeping up all the leaves. The children were great helpers and really enjoyed it. 

Throughout the week the children have been experimenting with different objects to see which ones float and sink. They have recorded their finding and explain why things float and sink. The children have loved the finger frenzy with popping the bubble wrap. In The construction area the children have been exploring the Luna Park and how to make the cogs go round. We have also been mark making on the perspex frame with cotton buds. We have been using the vet role play into a hospital and been making each other better. 

We have learnt the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake, d-dinosaur, t-tower, I-insect, n-net, p-pirate, g-girl, o-orange, C-caterpillar.

Jennie Jigsaw this week has been talking about never giving up and always reaching your goal.

Here are some pictures of the week....

Next week we are going to be exploring our country and the City of London. We we be looking at maps, famous landmarks and sharing some stories about London. If you have any objects or information to support our learning, please do send it in. We have got lots of exciting activities planned. 

For the last two weeks we will be exploring some other countries around the world including Germany, Egypt and lots more.

Home Learning:-

Can you make something that reminds you of the country we live in?

Notices:-

WEAR SPORTY CLOTHES DAY

To help celebrate the launch of ‘FITNESS FEBRUARY’, children are welcome to wear ‘sports clothes’ to school all day on Tuesday 1st February 2022.

On Wednesday evening there is a POWSA meeting in the school hall at 7.30pm. Everyone very welcome and a great opportunity to meet other parents and be part of a fabulous fund-raising team for the school. 

On Friday it is  #InspiredToLearn Maths Day  (WHOLE-SCHOOL DRESS UP - MATHS THEME).

FITNESS FEBRUARY - To help combat the winter blues and to inspire your household this February to get fit...Here at the Prince of Wales School we are challenging all children to increase their fitness throughout February - and beyond.   You could try something new everyday like: trampolining, stretching, yoga, ball skills, Joe Wicks or dancing.    To help motivate your child to walk, run, cycle or scoot we are challenging the school to record how many KMs we can travel in the month.    Our first mission is to get to Berlin - fill in the form below every time you do some exercise and help us to reach our target -   https://tinyurl.com/POWFitness2022    There will also be competitions between each class to see which year group travels the furthest.       Please share any photos and videos of anything that gets your child moving.

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone......

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend. We have all really been enjoying the story of The Gingerbread Man.

Last week we enjoyed sharing the story of The Gingerbread Man and we were great at joining in with the repeated refrains. Throughout the week the children have been cooking gingerbread men in the kitchen to bring home to decorate and eat. We have loved seeing all the amazing decorated gingerbread men and home learning.

On Monday we had great fun exploring the ice outside and finding it all around the playground. We talked about how ice is made and how it melts. We also explored how to make the ice melt.  

On Tuesday morning a group of children went to school and listened to the story of The Gruffalo read by some Thomas Hardye students. The children were amazing at using their listening ear. After the story the children created and drew their own monsters. To finish off the students created a game whereby the children had to move like a particular animal including animals from the story. Also on Tuesday morning a group of children went to PE and did some great balancing and climbing on the apparatus. The children are becoming really confident at this and are challenging themselves. We did some gingerbread man threading with a needle and wool. We drew a face on our gingerbread men. 

On Wednesday afternoon we did a science experiment with gingerbread man. We explored if they sank or floated in different liquids like milk, water and lemonade.

On Thursday we explored making our own boat which would float to carry the gingerbread man across the river. 

On Friday we had our trip to Shire Hall which was brilliant. The children went on the coach and they created their own gingerbread man using colours and tissue paper. The children then when on a tour around Shire Hall to look for the different characters in the story using a torch. The children enjoyed exploring and the tour around. They explored the court room trying on the different hats. The children made gingerbread men out of play dough. In the afternoon the children had a visit from the NSPC Pantosarus to talk about PANTS. We talked about the PANTS message and designed our own pants using different media. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed using the small world to act out the story of the gingerbread man. We have been mark making in the flour and ginger. We have constructed with the transparent shapes and making making gingerbread men out of play dough. We decorated them with gems and buttons. We have enjoyed playing with the diggers and wooden blocks. We have been exploring the gingerbread men in the number area and giving them the correct number of buttons. 

We have learnt the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake, d-dinosaur, t-tower, I-insect, n-net.

Here are some pictures of the week......

Also see the pictures of the trip to Shire Hall on previous post on Facebook. Posted on Friday evening. 

Next week we are going to continue  sharing the story of The gingerbread man. We have got lots of exciting activities planned including cooking, Now Press Play, puppets, making bridges and lots more. 

We are also go to be learning the picture names for the Read write inc cards  P-pirate,G-girl,O-orange,C-caterpillar and review M,A,S,D,T,I,N 

Home learning:- 

Can you make a trap for the gingerbread man?

Method

1. Tell your child that they need to catch the Gingerbread Man.

2. Can they make a trap to catch him?

3. Look at the trap examples you have and talk about how they might work to catch the Gingerbread Man.

4. Allow your child time to design and make their trap.

5. Once your child has made their trap allow them to explain to you how their trap will work.

Notices:-

We are going to be junk modelling this week to make a model which floats to help the gingerbread man cross the river. If anyone has any plastic trays, yoghurt pots and junk modelling materials to help with this please do bring them in. 

We are going to be updating our collection of books including fiction and non-fiction books and we would love it if our families can tell us some of your favourite books. This can be both story and information books. Please drop us an email or bring a note in with the book details.

This week I will email a link of Tuesday information session for anyone who was unable to attend the zoom meeting. If you have any questions please do come and ask one of the team. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone.....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. We have had an amazing two weeks exploring the story of The three little pigs.

Last week we continued to enjoy the story of The 3 little pigs and we listened to some variations of the story including The 3 wolves and the big bad pig and There Is No Big Bad Wolf In This Story.

On Monday and Tuesday we made our own houses out of junk modelling. We used a variety of media and techniques in creating our houses. On Monday afternoon we did a science experiment with the hairdryer. We made a straw, stick and brick house and the experimented which materials blew with the hairdryer. On Tuesday morning a group had PE with Mr Treble and they used the apparatus. The children did lots of balancing, climbing, jumping and crawling over, under and on the apparatus. They really enjoyed the session. On Tuesday afternoon we did a science experiment using sugar cubes. We made a house of sugar cubes and Colleen poured hot water over it. We watched to see what happened. The sugar cubes dissolved. We also predicted what would happen if you poured cold water over it. On Wednesday morning we used the NOW PRESS PLAY headsets and acted out the story of The three little pigs. On Wednesday afternoon a group of children made pastry pigs for our snack. The children enjoyed rubbing the butter into the flour and then rolling it out with a rolling pin. They then folded the pastry to make a pig face. They tasted delicious. On Thursday when we arrived at pre-school we had some post from the wolf. He sent us some wolf masks and asked us to go on an adventure to find 3 little pigs. It was very exciting and we took up the challenge and found 3 not so little pigs at the roundhouse area and we huffed and puffed their houses down.  We also made some yummy fruit kebabs for snack time. In the afternoon we were all interested at having a another go with the NOW PRESS PLAY headsets.

On Friday afternoon we went to the trim trail and we were all resilient at keeping on trying.We also enjoyed rolling down the hills.

Throughout the week we have been playing with the babies in the water tray. We have been bathing them, brushing their hair and teeth. We have got them dry and dressed them. We have really enjoyed playing in our new role play vets. We have been busy making different animals better. We have been using the puppet theatre to retell the story of the three little pigs using the stick puppets. We are really engaged with constructing with the lego and have created a variety of models. We like returning to the lego and improving our models. We have also enjoyed using the pipettes and huffing and puffing to explore mixing colours. We have been busy mark making in the mud and exploring it with our hands. 

We have learnt the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake.

Here are some pictures from the week...

Next week we are going to be sharing the story of The gingerbread man. We have got lots of exciting activities planned including cooking, science experiments, trip to shire hall and lots more. 

We are also go to be learning the picture names for the Read write inc cards d-dinosaur t-tower, I-insect, n-net

Home learning:- 

Can you decorate the gingerbread man you made at pre-school and take a picture to bring into pre-school?

Notices:-

We are going to be junk modelling this week to make a model which floats to help the gingerbread man cross the river. If anyone has any plastic trays, yoghurt pots and junk modelling materials to help with this please do bring them in. 

We are going to be updating our collection of books including fiction and non-fiction books and we would love it if our families can tell us some of your favourite books. This can be both story and information books. Please drop us an email or bring a note in with the book details.

Also we would love an unwanted ribbons for our threading activity this week.

On Tuesday at 8.00pm there is an information session via zoom. A link for this will be emailed out on Tuesday afternoon. If you have any questions please do email me.

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe