Hello everyone......

 Hi everyone....

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and it is lovely to see the beginning of lighter evenings. 

This week we have enjoyed sharing the story of The Gingerbread Man and are great with joining in with the repeated refrains. On Monday morning a group of children made biscuits to take to the care home on Wednesday morning.  On Monday afternoon we made gingerbread people puppets and we were amazing at using the scissors to cut the shape out. We used a variety of media to decorate them with. On Tuesday morning we used the Now Press Play headsets to act out the story of the gingerbread man. We did some great drama. Also a group of children made gingerbread men for our science experiment. Somehow the gingerbread men ran out of the oven and ran away. We went on a hunt all around the school looking for them and made posters to stick up around preschool. On Tuesday afternoon  we did a science experiment to explored what happened when you put a gingerbread man in a liquid of water, oil and milk. We talked about floating and sinking.  Wednesday morning a group of children went to the care home to sing and eat delicious cakes. The other children drew around each other on large paper and then painted their own gingerbread people. In the afternoon we went on a gingerbread hunt in the forest area and found some. On Thursday we did some junk modelling and made gingerbread houses and ovens. We used a variety of tools and techniques in creating these. On Friday morning we used a variety of construction (Duplo, Mega Blocks, lego) to make bridges across the river (Blue fabric). We have enjoyed constructing with the lego and octagons and gears. In the number area we have been matching the correct number of buttons to the numeral on the gingerbread man. We have also been talking about the different emotions on each of the gingerbread men faces.   We have enjoyed marking making in the ginger flour using our fingers. We have also enjoyed using the playdough to cut out gingerbread men using a variety of tools and materials including gems, buttons and pom poms. In the small world area we have been busy acting out the story of the Gingerbread man using the props and characters. The children are amazing with the repeated refrains of the story.  On our finger frenzy table this week we have been threading the gingerbread man outline with the skill of back to front and in and out.

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. 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 added to our rhyming door.

During group time this week we met Reggie the Resilient tortoise friend Rose the Resourceful Spider. 

How can you help your children establish Resourcefulness at home?

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. 

Some pictures of the week.....

For the next two weeks we will be exploring the story of The Gingerbread Man. We have some great activities planned including some cooking, a trip to Shire Hall, science experiments, drama,  gingerbread man game and lots more 

Home learning

Can you tell a family member some words which rhyme?

Can you recall the story of The Gingerbread Man at home?

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

Notices 

We are going to be doing some junk modelling and if you have any cereal boxes or similar boxes to this size along with smaller boxes please bring them in. 

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. 

On Tuesday evening we have our parent information session in the preschool hall. I will be sharing about Read Write Inc, school readiness and supporting children learning at home.This will start at 8.00pm but please do come along from 7.30pm for nibbles with some of the POWSA parents.

On the Pre-school window is the sign up sheets for parents evening. Please see letter which came home last week for details. 

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

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

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

We are all really looking forward to seeing you all and here's to an exciting and great week  full of fun and adventures.

Julia, Colleen, Sharon and Lauren