Hello everyone....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful half term full of lots of fun with family and friends. We look forward to hearing all about the children's adventures. 

The last week of term we had great week continuing to explore different countries along with a couple of visitors. On Monday we paired up with Year 3 and made our own wind turbines to light up a light. 

On Tuesday Sofia's mum came in and talked about Egypt. We learnt lots of amazing facts and tasted some Egyptian foods. We also did some Egyptian food cooking with Sofia's mum. We really enjoyed trying new foods. On Wednesday Laureline's mum came in and talked about France and we learnt some great facts. We also learnt how to count and colours in French. In the afternoon we looked at the Eiffel Tower and then used a variety of construction to make our models of the Eiffel Tower.

On Thursday we met Thomas the Gorilla and in the afternoon we had great fun playing hide and seek with a gorilla. We also did a drama workshop with Thomas the Gorilla and a group of children did a green screen film. We all enjoyed watching the film we made. 

Throughout the week groups of children have loved swimming and it is lovely to see how confident they have become in the water. 

 We have really enjoyed finding the plastic coloured worms in the compost and sorting them into colours and size. We have also been measuring them using the rulers. We have organised them in size order. 

When we are outside we love watching and waving at the bin lorry and we have been interested to learn all about different types of rubbish and which things we can recycle. 

We have been busy creating habitats with a variety of media including playdough, broccoli, leaves, sticks, wild animals, logs. 

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, K-kangroo, u-umbrella, b-boot, F-flower, E-egg l-leg, h-horse, r-robot, j-jack in box, v-vulture, y-yak, w-worm, z-zip, q-queen, x-exercise .

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

This week we are going to be celebrating Pancake Day on Tuesday and on Thursday we are going to be celebrating World Book day and Friday we are going to visit the planetarium at school. 

Home Learning:-

Check out the World Book Day website for some great resources to share at home including audio stories, video stories and activities.  https://www.worldbookday.com/families/

Notices:-

For children that attend preschool on a Friday and due to us being closed on 18th February, credits will be added to your invoice for the Summer term 1st Half as Spring 2nd half invoices have now been done. 

On Monday it is Staff training Day and we look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday.

The children who were due to swim on the last day of term (Friday) will be able to swim this Friday. Please bring in swimming kit.

On Thursday it is World Book Day and children are welcome to dress up as their favourite book character and bring along their favourite book. Also lunches to be wrapped in Birthday Paper. See previous letter for details. NO HOT LUNCHES ON THIS DAY

Community Makeover Day- Saturday 5th March 10-4pm

A letter will be sent out this week about the trip to the Mars Exhibition on Tuesday 8th March.

 

Please find information below about a useful advice line for parents and carers of 0-5years.

ParentLine is a new confidential text messaging service for parents and carers of 0-5 year olds in Dorset to seek advice via text message from our Health Visiting team about their child’s health. 

Parents and carers can seek advice about a range of issues such as breastfeeding, bottle feeding, weaning, sleep, toileting, minor illness, behaviour, parenting and more.

ParentLine will run 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding weekends and bank holidays) with a ParentLine Practitioner responding to messages within one working day. If a text is sent outside these hours the parent/carer will receive an automated message with advice on where to get help if they require it urgently. This new messaging service is being provided in addition to the current Health Visiting service offer.
Text 07312 277162 for confidential advice and support from a member of the Health Visiting team
ParentLine is not an emergency service, for urgent medical attention contact your GP, 111 or 999.

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

Here's to an amazing first  week back.

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

Hello everyone......

 

Hi Everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend with your families and friends. It is a rather wet and windy Sunday but it is lovely to see the daylight is lasting longer.

Last week we flew or boated all the way to Germany on Monday. Herbie's Dad came in on Monday morning and talked about some amazing facts about Germany and we learnt the colours and numbers in German. For snack we had German sausages and pretzel. We were great at trying new foods. 

In the afternoon we made the German flag using tissue paper. We also watch Go Jetters and their trip to Brandenburg Gate. 

On Tuesday a group had PE with Mr Treble and the large apparatus was out and we did lots of climbing and jumping off a block landing safely. Our confidence has grown so much with climbing and jumping off a high object. It was was great to see children be resilient and keep on trying with jumping off till they succeeded independently. We flew all the way to Australia and we watched Go Jetters at the Sydney Opera House. We talked about how it is summer and their night time there. We did some Australian dot art and we found out a Kangaroo can jump 9m. We measure out 9m in the playground and then measure how far we could jump. We also enjoyed mark making outside with chalks. 

On Wednesday we flew off to the Artic and Antarctic and discovered where they are on the map and what animals live there. We also read the story of Penguins in the fridge. The children made their own penguins to put in the fridge. Some amazing scissors skills when cutting them out. The children also enjoyed naming their penguins. In the afternoon we did a science experiment with Ice. We took ice cubes outside and put them in different places to see which ice cubes melted quickest and slowest. Oscar had a great idea of burying his ice cube. The children cam up with some great ideas and language to describe what was happening. 

On Thursday we flew off to the Philippines and Arthur's mum came in to tell us some amazing facts including about the foods, animals, tribes and lots more. We learnt some greetings, days of the week and numbers.  We also tried a Philippines treat which was made of coconut. It was really yummy and we are going to make some at pre-school. We then watched the Go Jetters and the chocolate. hills. It was very exciting as we had a zoom call with Zuben's dad who was in Belize. In the afternoon our new resources arrived and we went to school and collected them. Some great team work in getting them back to pre-school. We loved playing with our new resources including ladders, camp fire tripod and roadways. 

On Friday we spent lots of time outside and visited the play trail and the big yellow slide. We all loved going down the big yellow slide. 

Throughout the week we have been sticking in our photos in our magical achievement books and talking about what we were doing in the photo with our keyworkers. 

We have been using hammers to bang in the golf tees in the polystyrene board. We have been constructing some great models using stickle bricks including planes, cars and kites. We have created some great habitats using the wooden blocks for the wild animals. We have also  be creating with the coloured arches, pebbles and people. We have been exploring and mark making with shaving foam paint on foil. Also we have been exploring the water tray with a range of resources and using lots of language full, half full etc. We have been busy exploring the different English coins in the sand and sorting them into groups. We are continuing to love our bus in the role play area and have been travelling to lots of places. 

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, K-kangroo, u-umbrella, b-boot, F-flower, E-egg l-leg, h-horse, r-robot, j-jack in box.

Here are some pictures of the week....

This week we are going to be travelling to Egypt on Tuesday. On Monday and Thursday morning we have got some special visitors and throughout the week we have got swimming. 

Home learning:-

-Can you get dressed and undressed everyday during  half term?

-Can you play a game talking turns?

-Can you create something that reminds you of space? (In preparation for our topic next term)

Notices:-

This week we have swimming, please bring in swim costume, towel, swim nappy if needed and goggles if children would like to on your child's swimming day.

If you have a play and learn library bag at home please can these be returned by Wednesday as they are being collected on Thursday. 

If you great to meet you either on Tuesday or Thursday for parents evening and to share with you how your child has settles into pre-school Year 2, all about their learning and next steps. If you were unable to attend one of these session, please let me know a time which is good for you.

We are collecting empty 2 litres lemonade, coke bottles etc for a project after half term. If you have any please do bring them in. We are also looking out for astronaut dressing up costumes. 

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.

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment. Play and Stay session will resume after half term.

We break up for half term on Friday and return back to preschool on Tuesday 1st March.

We hope you all have a lovely half term and we look forward to hearing all about it when the children return after half term.

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

Here's to an amazing week.

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

 

Hello everyone....

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a fantastic weekend with your families and friends. 

Last week we explored our country of Great Britain and the London the capital city. At group time we shared some stories about London including The queens handbag, The queens hat and Charlie and Lola visit London. Emma bought in a great story called Ron the royal guard. We also looked at maps of Great Britain and our home town of Dorchester. We also enjoyed watching Peppa pig goes to London and Go Jetters visit London Bridge. 

On Monday we had great fun painting our own London bus for our role play area which we have loved playing in throughout the week and visiting diffrent places on the bus. We had tickets, bus times for our journeys on the bus. We looked at the Great Britain flag and painted our own flag. In the afternoon we looked at a map of Dorchester and found out where we all lived and how to get to each others houses. We labeled the map.

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 celebrated the start of Fitness February and did the daily mile track at school. We were all did really well with running. 

Afterwards the Queen(Julia) made an appearance at the Preschool door and had come to see us all and cross the London Bridge we had made outside using crates and planks of wood. We also made her some afternoon tea in the mud kitchen. We made our own crowns and tiara using paper plates and a variety of media including sequins, colouring pens etc.

On Wednesday and Thursday we have been busy junk modelling and making carriages for the queen to travel in. We had amazing ideas how to make carriages. 

On Friday it was NSPCC Maths day and we made some Numicon biscuits which we decorated with smarties in the afternoon. We counted out the correct number of smarties to match our numicon piece. We also made shape jam or cheese sandwiches for snack. In the afternoon we ate our delicious English afternoon tea. We also sang a variety of number songs at group time and read some lovely number stories. Great dressing up everyone. 

Throughout the week the children have really enjoyed playing the fishing game in the water tray. They have been using rods and nets to catch the magnetic fish. Some great sharing and turn taking with the rods. We have been busy exploring the different English coins in the sand and sorting them into groups. The finger frenzy table this week was threading beads onto spaghetti. This was tricky but some great pincer grips and resilient. We have been working with friends and creating marble runs. We have made crowns out of play dough and decorated them using gems and jewels. We are amazing at making train tracks and have really enjoyed playing trains with our friends. Also we have spent lots of time in our new book area enjoying books with friends. We love the new cushions, armchairs and rug. Thank you POWSA for supporting this. 

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, K-kangroo, u-umbrella, b-boot, F-flower, E-egg.

Our Jennie Jigsaw group time last week- 

Ask Jigsaw Jenie to try and build a tower but it collapses. Jigsaw Jenie gives up and leaves the bricks saying things like, ‘I can’t do it, it’s too hard’.

Help Me Learn

Ask the children if this is what they would do. What should Jigsaw Jenie do? Explain to the children how we all find something tricky but we should never give up and keep trying until we can do it.

Questions: What would you do? How can you achieve your goal?

Let’s Think. Ask the children to think of things that they find tricky. Explain to them that this is going to become their goal, and they will practise

Here are some pictures of the week....

This week we are going to be travelling out of our country and our first place to visit is Germany on Monday and then we will be travelling to some other countries over the week. Please let me know if you have a country that you have a link too and would like to come in and share with the children. 

Home learning:- 

Can you cook a recipe from another country? You make like to make Pizza/Pasta from Italy or Mussels from France etc

Notices:-

On Tuesday and Thursday evenings it is parent consultations. These will be held face to face in the pre-school. Please come to drop off door for these. If you are unable to make these days and times, please email Julia to arrange a convenient time and date.

On Friday evening it is POWSA  family Bingo. Doors open at 5.30pm and eyes down 6.00pm. Please see letter or ask Julia for more details. A great family fun evening. Hope to see you there.

We are collecting empty 2 litres lemonade, coke bottles etc for a project after half term. If you have any please do bring them in. We are also looking out for astronaut dressing up costumes. 

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.

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment. Play and Stay session will resume after half term.

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