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