Hello everyone.....

Hi Everyone, 

We hope you have all had a great weekend. It was lovely to see so many families at Autumn Fest. 

Last week we enjoyed sharing a variety of stories about Autumn including we're going on a leaf hunt. 

On Monday we did some bubble painting using Autumn colours. The children were great at blowing through the straws and making some great bubbles. In the afternoon on Monday and Tuesday we did some conker rolling down the tubes and we drew a number line. We rolled the conkers down the tube and saw how far our conker rolled using the number line. 

On Tuesday morning we read the story of We're going on a leaf hunt and acted the story out using the school grounds. We collected lots of different coloured leaves. It was great fun. In the afternoon we used the leaves we collected to do some leaf printing. 

On Wednesday we did some leaf threading which involved using a needle and wool. The skills we used was to hold the needle with a pincer grip and to thread back to front and in and out. 

A group had PE with Mr Treble and we practiced our ball skills using footballs. We kicked, rolled and threw the balls. We played lots of games using the balls and a game of toilet tag!!

On Thursday morning after listening to the story of We're going on a leaf hunt we had the idea of making stepping stones across the river. The children came up with the idea of using the crates as steeping stones and the hose with running water as a river. We did great balancing and stepping to each crate without falling in the river. In the afternoon we played with the helicopter seeds and watched what happened when we threw them in the air. We also played on the play trail and Julia invented the wind game. 

On Friday morning we went to the pumpkin patch in two groups. We learnt about how pumpkins grow. We also observed different colours, sizes and shapes of pumpkin. We had great fun choosing a pumpkin to take home. We were very resilient with pushing the adult sized wheelbarrows. We loved climbing up the hay bales and coming down the slide super fast. 

Throughout the week we have spent time exploring the conkers in the number area and have done some great counting with the conkers. We have matched numerals 1-5 to quantities. We have been exploring the Autumn objects and animals on the small world table and making up our small world play. We have been using ribbons to thread through the cooling racks. This involved using our pincer grip. We have done some great construction with the stickle brick and animal duplo.  We have really enjoyed playing with the farm on the floor. We have continued to enjoy exploring the scales using a variety of seeds from the farm. We have enjoyed exploring filling different sized cups with different sized spoons and pouring the seeds. 

In the playdough we have been making tracks with the tractors, using the animal cutters and making fields for the plastic animals. We continue to meet Reggie the Resilient Tortoise. He is one of learning powers which encourage us to keep on trying. He enjoys celebrating our resilience with us. 

 Here are some photos of the week....

This week we will be continuing with our theme of Autumn alongside swimming and designing our Christmas Cards. More information to follow about ordering Christmas Cards. 

Home learning:

Can you make an obstacle course and complete your obstacle course?

Can you play a game to help you recognise your own name?

Can you collect different coloured leaves and do some leaf rubbings at home?

Notices 

This week it is our swimming week, please could children bring in their swimming kit on the day given to you in a letter earlier in the term. Please email Julia if you are unsure of the day your child is swimming. 

Here is a link to watch the parent information evening recording:- Information session

It was lovely to catch up with you all at parents evening last week and share your child's learning and adventures.If you were unable to make parents evening please do come and speak to Julia about a date and time which would be good to catch up.

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. This week stay and play is on Thursday morning at 8.30-9.00am.

We are a NUT FREE SCHOOL, so please can we remind our families that the children have no products containing nuts in their lunchbox.

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

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have. We will pop some Wow's in everyones pigeons holes this week to bring home. 

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

Here's to an exciting and amazing week  full of fun and adventures. 

Julia,Colleen, Sharon, Karen, Lauren and Ebony