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