Hello everyone,
We hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. We have had a great week sharing the story of the three little pigs at group time.
On Monday morning we used a variety of media to create the 3 little pigs. We used a variety of media and techniques in creating our pigs. We also had PE with Colleen and Sharon and used the climbing apparatus. We were great at challenging ourselves this week. In the afternoon we played number bingo which we all really enjoyed and we are great at recognising numerals.
On Tuesday morning we had kickboxing and we went on a monkey adventure to find banana seeds to plant. We had lots of fun. We also stuck her wow's and creative pictures in our magical achievement books. In the afternoon we did a science experiment with sugar cubes. We built a house or tower out of sugar cubes and experimented what happened when you poured warm and cold water over the cubes. We learnt the word dissolve. We know about what an experiment is and we are beginning to make predictions from linking previous learning.
On Wednesday morning a group went to visit at the care home which we all really enjoyed. We had a sing song with the residents and enjoyed the parachute with bubbles. The children who stayed at pre-school made some junk modelling pig houses. The children used a variety of techniques and tools in joining the materials together and creating their houses. In the afternoon we enjoyed role playing the three little pigs story outside using the climbing frame.
On Thursday afternoon we made some pastry pigs to bring home to eat. They looked delicious. We also playing some ring games including pig pig wolf, guess who hiding under the blanket and key detective.
On Friday morning we went over to Reception for a story and drawing club. We had a great time exploring. In the afternoon we went on adventure to Pets Home. We looked at all the animals and all the different things to buy for different animals. We also chose a pet for Pre-school. We bought a pet hamster who we have named Snickers. The children had a shopping list of all the things we needed to keep a hamster.
We have enjoyed constructing with the Duplo, mini octagons and construction flower garden set. In the number area we have been exploring the wooden people, small pots and numicon pieces. We have been matching the numerals on the people to the number of dots on the pots. We have also been putting the wooden people in the numicon holes and doing lots of counting. We have been solving problems using one more and one less and how to make different numbers using a combination of numicon pieces. We have enjoyed marking making in the mud using lollypop sticks and painting pictures. We have also enjoyed exploring the shaving foam (cement), wooden shaped blocks and spreaders. We have been using the cement to build wooden shape towers and houses. In the small world area we have been busy acting out the story of the three little pigs with the story props. The children are amazing with the repeated refrains of the story. We have loved bathing and caring for the dollies in the water tray this week. On our finger frenzy table this week we have been using the pipettes with watered down paint. We have explored mixing colours.
Throughout the week we have begun to learn the Read Write inc picture names in group time. We have learned Maisie next to the mountain, apple, snake, dinosaur, insect, tower, net, pirate, girl, orange, caterpillar, kangaroo and umbrella. We have also met Fred Frog. Fred Frog can only say sounds and no words. We have been doing lots of rhyming games and stories. We have been adding to our rhyming door.
During group time this week we met Reggie the Resilient tortoise friend Rose the Resourceful Spider.
Resourcefulness is all about being an independent and imaginative learner, being ready to learn in
different ways and using all of the resources available to help you. The skills for life long learning
that we are aiming to instil are those of Questioning - being curious, going deeper; Making
Links - looking for ideas and concepts that connect together and are meaningful; Imagining - using your minds eye to help you learn; Reasoning - thinking methodically and Capitalising - making the best of resources available.
You can do this through play and day to day activities at home by:
•Encourage questions.
•Demonstrate making links between different ideas.
•Keep imagination alive and celebrate and value a love of adventure. •Help children to find ways of using resources such as reference books, dictionaries, the Internet.
Read Write Inc Picture Cards we have learnt....
Home learning
Can you play I spy using colours e.g. I spy with my little eye something that is red?
Can you recall the story of The 3 little pigs at home?
Can you have a go at wipe your own bottom after going to the toilet?
Can you practiced skipping, hopping and standing on one foot?
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)
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T: 01305 750292
E: sales@dorsetprintwear.co.uk
