Hello everyone.....

 Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend with family and friends.

Last week we enjoyed listening to the different variations of Shark in the Park. We listened to Shark in the dark, Shark in the park and Shark in the park on a windy day. We were great at joining in with the repeated refrains. 

On Monday morning a group of children made shark biscuits to bring home. Another group of children went to PE and played a variety of games which involved moving around in different ways, listening and following instructions and negotiating spaces On Monday afternoon we played the underwater counting game on the interactive tv. Here is a link if you would like to play it home Counting underwater game. 

On Tuesday and Wednesday we had great fun exploring and experimenting using the torches in a dark room. We made shark shadows along with other shadows. We found sharks which were hiding around the room with our torches. We talked about what we saw and did. On Tuesday afternoon we went on a shape hunt around the school grounds.

On Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning we began creating our Christmas Cards. More information will follow this week about how to order these. All money raised with support POWSA.  

On Wednesday morning a group of us had PE with Colleen and Lauren and we played a variety of games which involved moving around in different ways, listening and following instructions and negotiating spaces.  A group of us went to the care home for a sing song, story and to eat shark biscuits which we baked for the residents. In the afternoon we went to the park and had great fun exploring all the playground equipment. We did lots of swinging, sliding, climbing and balancing. 

On Thursday we made an obstacle course in the pre-school and had a great time timing how long it took to do the obstacle course. We went and visited the book fair and enjoyed listening to some of the new stories there. We also went to soft play. We did some shape printing. 

On Friday we finished off our Christmas cards, self portraits and had a great play outside. We also made cheese straws for snack. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed exploring the object tray and play eye spy with the objects along with guessing what is missing from the tray.  We have enjoyed playing with the small world diggers and wooden blocks. Also playing with the small world playmobil park. We have been busy using our real life experiences to play in the role play home corner. On the finger frenzy table we have been using spoons topick up marbles to put in different sized containers. This has developed our hand eye co-ordiantion. 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 shark cutters. In the number area we have been exploring the weighing scales.

This week Harold came and talked to us about how and why we brush our teeth. We also shared some books with Harold about sharing and friendship.

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

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. Towards the end of the week we will beging to explore Autumn.

Some photos from the week...

Home learning

-Can you go on a shape hunt at home? How many diffrent shapes cane you find and name?

-Can you share your favourite story with an adult?

-Can you use your fork and spoon to eat your dinner with?

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.

On Tuesday afternoon at 3.10pm we invite you to come to story time. Please come to the door which you drop off and collect from. We also have stay and Play on saturday from 10-11.30. Hope to see you there.

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:-

POWSA have a meeting on Wednesday evening in the main school staff room from 7.30pm. Everyone welcome. Hope to see you there.

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