Hello everyone....

Hi Everyone.....

 We hope you have all had an amazing weekend. We loved our surprise Christmas room at pre-school when we came in on Monday. We have loved playing in the Stick man  role play area and the Christmas dress up shop. We love all the lights. We will continue to play in the Christmas room for the next two weeks. We have been listening to lots of Christmas stories and signing some Christmas songs at group time. 

On Monday and Tuesday morning we went over to school to explore Narnia and walking through Narnia. On Wednesday a group of children went to visit the residents at care home. We sang songs, listened to a story and played with the parachute. We all enjoyed some yummy Christmas cake which we made at preschool The residents really enjoyed our cakes. We had a lovely time. Another group had PE with Colleen and Lauren and enjoyed exploring the climbing equipment..  On Thursday morning we had the school photograph come and take our photo at pre-school . In the afternoon we had great fun dancing around in the snowflakes. We also created snowy day pictures. On Friday afternoon a group of children went to St Georges Church to decorate the Christmas tree with the decorations we made. We had a good look around the church and at everyone else's decorated Christmas trees. Throughout the week we have been busy making christmas decorations for the christmas trees at St Georges Church and St Mary's Church. 

Throughout the week we have been busy decorating our Christmas Cakes with icing and decorations. We used the skills of rolling out the icing, brushing the jam on and decorating with sprinkles using a pincer grip. We have also been doing some printing on our Christmas bags.  Throughout the week we have been busy constructing with popoids, toolo and plastic straws. Our finger frenzy this week we have been using the geoboards and elastic bands to make shapes.  We have been mark making on whiteboards.  On the number table this week we have been  giving the elephants the correct number of links to the numeral. We have been busy exploring shaving foam and cornflour.

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. In our Harold Scarf time this week we have been talking about sharing with our friends and kind hands and words. 

Some pictures from this week...

This week we will be continuing with our Christmas activities including a trip to the garden centre, making mince pies for snack, creating some christmas decorations to bring home, sharing Christmas stories and lots more.

Home learning:

-Can you make a model using a variety of different junk modeling shapes e.g. Kitchen rolls, yoghurt pots, cardboard boxes etc?

-Can you make a den and share a story inside your den?

-Can you think of words that rhyme?

Notices 

Parent information session Here is the link to the parent information session. Any questions please do come and ask. 

We have our trip to Poundbury garden centre this week to see the Christmas Displays and to have a drink in the cafe. Please return permission slips for this trip if you haven't already done so. 

On Tuesday morning we have our Family Christmas Breakfast in the main school hall from 8.30am-9.00am. Please return slip if you haven't already done so. We are really looking forward to seeing you all there.

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 Friday morning at 8.30-9.00am. We also have one this Saturday from 10-11.30am.

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.

Here's to an exciting and amazing week. 

Julia, Colleen, Sharon and Lauren