Hello everyone.....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wondeful weekend enjoying the beautiful weather. 

Last week we have loved sharing the story of Shark in the park and Shark in the park on a windy day by Nick Sharrat in group time. The children were able to join in with the repeated refrains and do the actions for the positional language of the Timothy's telescope. We learnt about what an Author is and we compared the difference between the front of the two books. We also learnt about speech bubbles. 

On Monday we made sharks with sharp teeth. We used the scissors to cut out sharp triangle teeth. These are on display in the classroom. We used the skills of using scissors with one hand and learning how to snip along a line. In the afternoon we did a science experiment exploring floating and sinking. A group of children had PE with Colleen and Sharon in the Pre-school hall. We played lots of fun games which involved following an instruction and using our listening ears. We played sleepy pirate. 

On Tuesday we made telescopes using cardboard tubes and transparent cellophane. We found out what happened when you looked through the coloured transparent cellophane. We also went on a shark hunt and found a shark in the school pond. We acted out the story of Shark in the park with our telescopes.

On Wednesday a group of children had PE with Colleen and Lauren in the main school hall. We played lots of fun games which involved following an instruction and using our listening ears. We played sleepy pirate. Another group of children walked to the care home at the top of Maiden Castle Rd to sing songs and share a story. We enjoyed some very yummy cakes and had a chat with the residents.

On Thursday and Friday morning the children cooked some shark biscuits to bring home. The children used a variety of tools and cooking skills like mixing, rolling and cutting. We hope they were tasty. On Thursday afternoon we played parachute games.

Throughout the week we have enjoyed mark making in the blue grit.  We have enjoyed playing with the small world diggers and wooden blocks. We have been busy using our real life experiences to play in the role play home corner. On the finger frenzy table we were using the peg boards to create patterns and practice our pincer grip. We have been busy constructing with the Duplo, magnetic lego, straws. and octagons. In the playdough we rolled out the playdough using the rolling pin and used the shape cutters. We decorated our shapes with gems. At small world table we enjoyed playing with the playmobil park with the scene of shark in the park. In the number area we made shape pictures.

We met Respectful Raya which is one of our Building learning Powers. Here is some information about Respectful Raya:-

Some Photos from the week:-

This week we will be continuing with Shark in the park but also looking at the version of Shark in the dark and Oh no, shark in the snow. We have a trip to the park this week on Wednesday pm. We will also be exploring torches and shadows and lots more. 

Home learning

-A challenge this week with torches, can you make a shadow using your torch? Can you make a shark shadow using your fingers? How can you make your shadows bigger and smaller? We would love to hear about your exploring, so please feel in a WOW and/or take a photo. 

-Can you practice your scissors skills and using them with one hand?

-Can you put your practice putting on your own shoes and socks?

Notices 

It was lovely to see you all at the parent information session. Here is a link to the recording. When you have watched the video please let Julia Know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ1s3k04CzU If you have any questions please do come and ask or email.

 

 If you could provide us with a clearly marked water bottle that we can keep at preschool all year. This way we can ensure the children have access to fresh drinking water throughout the days with us. We find the children drink more from their own bottles. Can all drinks bottles be able to be placed in the dishwasher.

Every week there will be a blog about everything we have done during the week, what is happening at pre-school in the next week, home learning you may like to do and notices. This is normally published on a Sunday evening.

We place all lunch boxes in the fridge, please label lunch boxes and drinks bottles with your child's name. If you would like to order your child a hot lunch, please speak to a member of staff and Caroline will arrange a hot lunch code for you. 

It would great if all pre-school t-shirts and jumpers can be named.

It was lovely to see you at our parents Information session on Monday evening. A video recording of this session will be released shortly. Please do take time to watch as there is lots of important information for the year ahead of adventures.

On Friday afternoon at 3.10pm we invite you to come to story time. Please come to the door which you drop off and collect from. 

Please bring any WOW's for our WOW board you have and if you need some WOW slips, please pick some up from the notice board outside.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2025

The Prince of Wales School has an Opening morning on Wednesday 16th October at 9.30am.

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

The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/starting-school-for-the-first-time

Powsa Events:-

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 and Lauren