Hello everyone.....

 WOW, what an amazing first week back we have had. The children have all been amazing and have settled in really well. It has been great spending time getting to know all the children through lots of play inside and outside. Last week we spent lots time exploring our preschool classroom and outside space. We have also been busy looking after the chickens and guinea pigs.

Throughout the week we have been looking in the mirror and painting our self portrait. We talked about our face features and colours. Here is a display of our self portraits.

In group time we have been enjoying a variety of stories and used our great listening ears. We have also met Harold the Giraffe and we told him our names.  Every morning a small group of children have helped prepare snack for everyone. At snack time we have had the challenge of recognising our name card. 

On Wednesday morning a group of children had PE with Mr Treble. We played lots of fun games which involved following an instruction and using our listening ears. We played sleepy pirate, Traffic lights and lots more. Next week the other group of children will have PE with Mr Treble.

On Thursday afternoon we enjoyed going to soft play in small groups. We loved playing with the large soft play shapes and the ball pool. On Friday we made cheese on toast for snack, it was very yummy. In the afternoon we put on our all in one suits and wellies and went outside on a puddle walk in the school grounds. We had lots of fun jumping in the puddles. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed playing with the small world diggers and wooden blocks. We have been busy using our real life experiences to play in the role play home corner. We have enjoyed painting lots of pictures with different paint tools. We have been exploring the number peg boards and recognising some numerals and counting out the pegs. We have been busy constructing with the magnetic shapes, wooden blocks and Stickle bricks. We have enjoyed using the whiteboard pens to mark make on the whiteboards. To develop our fine motor skills we have been using the tweezers to pick up the pom poms to put in the pot. We had the challenge of using the tweezers with one hand and with good control. We enjoyed playing at the water tray and using and exploring lots of different water toy resources like jugs, sieves, squirters etc.

In playdough we rolled out the playdough using the rolling pin and used the shape cutters. We decorated our shapes with gems. We enjoyed playing alongside others at the seaside small world scene which had sand, sea creatures, blue fabric, boats, shells, stones and people, 

Here are some photos of the week....

For the next two weeks we will be sharing the story of Shark in the Park which is one of the children's favourite stories. We will also be sharing the different variations of the story including shark in the park on a windy day and shark in the dark. This is a great story with repeated refrains and lots of positional language. Throughout the week we will be doing lots of activities linked to the story  and the children’s interests including telescopes, shape hunts, cooking and drama along with lots more.

This week we are also going to meet Reggie the Resilient Tortoise.

Home learning

Visit your local park for a play. Can you swing, jump, balance and climb? Which playground equipment is your favourite? 

Share the story of Shark in the park with your family. Here is a link for the story:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjw2mLboml8   

Use a clothes peg to make your own shark. You could draw straight onto the peg; just draw on some spikey teeth; cut out a shark shape and stick it on or just use your imagination. Use your shark peg to go around the house and see what your shark can bite and even pick up. Can it pick up some paper? A sock? The stem of an apple? A hair band? Etc. The action needed to use a peg requires important finger muscles that your children need to develop at this age. If you use the peg for a while, they will start to feel it in their fingers!  We would love to see your shark pegs. Please do bring them into show your friends. 

 

 

Notices 

Please do bring in any cardboard tubes you have home this week as we will be making telescopes for our shark hunt.

 

On Wednesday evening at 7.30pm POWSA have got a meeting in the school hall. It is a great opportunity to support the pre-school/school and meet new friends. If you would like more information please come and ask. 

Stay and play morning sessions are now posted next to our door on the window. It would be great to see you. These run once a week on a different morning each week from 8.30am-9.00am. We also have one every half term on a Saturday.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2023

You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 20222.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2023.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-school-for-the-first-time

Uniform

To order uniform for Pre-school please see link below. We also have some second hand uniform available.

DEP School wear shop

(DORSET EMBROIDERY AND PRINTWEAR LTD)

W: https://www.dorsetprintwear.com/the-prince-of-wales-school

T: 01305 750292

E: sales@dorsetprintwear.co.uk   

I will be doing an information session about what we do in Year 2 e.g. book bags, changing bags, Key worker groups, Jennie Jigsaw, Sounds and Letters,EYFS, trips, swimming etc. Please look out for the letter and hope to see lots of you there, as there will be lots of useful information to support your child. This will be on Thursday 22nd September at 8pm in the pre-school hall. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have and if you need some WOW slips, please ask a member of staff.

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

Here's to an exciting and amazing Shark in the park week  full of fun and adventures. 

Julia,Colleen, Sharon, Karen, Lauren and Ebony