Hello everyone.....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend with your family and friends. The preschool staff had a fabulous day on Saturday preparing a surprise for the children when they come to school on monday.  Photos of the surprise will follow on  our facebook page. 

Last week we enjoyed sharing the story of Spinderella by Julia Donaldson at group time which was all about spiders, football and numbers. 

On Monday we made our own spider biscuits and when making them we had to use the scissors to cut the fruit strings into 8 legs. We were great at counting 4 legs on each side and 8 altogether. They looked very yummy. In the afternoon we made Christmas cakes ready to decorate in the next couple of weeks. We also made spiders webs outside to climb through. On Wednesday morning a group of children had PE with Colleen and Lauren. We used the large apparatus to climb on. Another group went to the care home for a sing song and ate some yummy cake. In the afternoon we did a science experiment using whiteboard pens, foil and water. We drew spiders on foil and then put water on top of the foil and the spiders we had drawn lifted away from the foil. On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning we made spiders webs by threading wool through holes in a plate and making a spider. On Tuesday and Thursday morning some groups of children made Christmas cakes ready to decorate in the next couple of weeks. On Thursday afternoon we went and played on the trim trail. We are becoming really confident at climbing, swinging and balancing independently.On Friday afternoon we had basketball with Coach Luca. On Friday we all decorated Caroline's office with Elves as a surprise for her on Monday. Throughout the week we have been busy constructing with Knex , magnetic shapes and Geomag. Our finger frenzy this week has been using the tweezers to rescue the spiders from the spiders web. We have been mark making emotions on the large paper with pre drawn circles. We have looked at the emotions stones and the different emotions we have. On the number table this week we have had unifix cubes and number block cards. We have been making the different number blocks and repeating patterns. On the small world table we had a football pitch with spiders and a football to retell the story of Spinderella. On the playdough table we have been making hedgehogs and spiders using a variety of media, tools and techniques. We also had a tray of sand with hidden metal objects to discover using the metal detectors.   In our role play are we have been playing with the firestation and dolls house. We have been exploring rhyming throughout the week at group time with a variety of fun games and stories. Also we continue to talk about Reggie the Resilient Tortoise. Every day this week we have been doing Healthy Movers which is a great programme to develop children's physical skills. Please see below for some home learning to support this.

Here are some pictures from this week...

For the next three weeks we have lots of fun Christmas activities planned along with Christmas stories and songs to share. If you have a favourite Christmas story please bring in to share at group time. 

Home learning:

Can you get yourself dressed and undressed each day?

Can you share a favourite story?

Can you tell your families some rhyming words?

Healthy Movers:-

Notices 

Parent information session Here is the link to the parent information session. Any questions please do 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. This week stay and play is on Thursday morning at 8.30-9.00am.

We have a photographer coming on Thursday to take photos. If you are not due in on this day and would like a photo taken with or without siblings please return your slip and a time slot will be sent out to you. If you have any questions please speak to Julia.

On Friday 1st December is Christmas Dress up day. Please see letter for further details. Children to bring in a donation for the tombola for the Christmas Fair on Sunday.

The Christmas Fair is on Sunday 3rd December from 2.00-4.30pm in the main school hall and we have a magician show at 3pm.

On Tuesday 5th December we have our family Christmas breakfast in the main school hall. Please return RSVP to enable us to cater for numbers. We really look forward to seeing you. Father Christmas will be making an appearance.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2024

You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2024.

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2024.

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 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.

POWSA

Future POWSA Events

Here's to an exciting and amazing week. 

Julia, Colleen, Sharon and Lauren