Hello everyone......

 Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend with your families and friends despite all the rain we have had.

Last week we had a great week exploring hedgehogs, spiders and snow!

On Monday we read the story of Spinderella by Julia Donaldson. It was a story about spiders, football and numbers. In the afternoon we visited the school library to share some stories. 

On Tuesday we started our monring with our first Stay and learn session and it was lovely to see you there. We read the story of Spinderella and then explored a variety of activities including finger frenzy, Hedgehog board game, puzzles, construction and creating a spider using a potatoe masher, paint and black paper. We then had a very special visitor which was a hedgehog. We learnt all about Daisy the hedgehog.  We also had our very first kickboxing session and we went on an adventure as a mnkey to find some bananas. We had to climb some very tall trees which involved moving on our hands and feet. In the afternoon we did some cosmic kids yoga.

On Wednesday morning a group of children had PE with Julia and Lauren. We used some equipment to practice jumping off and landing on two feet, balancing and climbing over and under, stepping stones. We also went on an adventure in jungle and pretended to be diffrent types of animals. Another group went to the care home for a sing song and yummy cake. The children are becoming more confident with talking to the residents. In the afternoon we had a great time playing outside and playing whats the time Mr Wolf

On Thursday it was SNOW DAY. We had a great time playing out in the snow and sledging down the hill. We also created some amazing snow pictures. We enjoyed some yummy hot chocolate and enjoyed watching Tabby McTat.

On Friday we enjoyed playing outside exploring the snow and ice. We also made our very own snowman using paint and a variety of materials. In the afternoon we had Razz and we had a great time dancing and doing some drama.

Throughout the week we have been busy constructing with Popoids, zoo waffle and magnetic shapes with teddy bears. Our finger frenzy this week has been using tweezers to rescue the spiders from the web.  On the small world table we have enjoyed the duplo forest friends. In our role play are we have been playing with the woodland and campfire scene along with the tent. We have been making spiders and bugs in the playdough. In the sand tray we have been finding the treasure. 

This week we met Reggie the Resilient Tortoise which is one of our Building learning Powers. Please do tell us on a WOW or send a video in of your child being a Reggie at home. Here is some information about Reggie the Resilient Tortoise:-

Here are some pictures from this week...

This week we will be continue are learning about Spiders and Hedgehogs.  We are also going to be making the decorations for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Georges Church. We are going to be doing some Christmas cooking and Christmas Bags.

Home learning:

Can you practice throwing a large ball?

Can you recognise some words which rhyme from a Julia Donaldson story?

Can you go a Shape hunt and name the different shapes you find? Can you describe the shape e.g. corners, sides, points

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 Friday 29th November we have Stay and Play from 8.30-9.00am. We look forward to seeing you there. Younger and older siblings welcome.

It was great to see everyone at parents evening before Half term. If you were unable to make an appointment please do come and speak to Julia to arrange a convenient time to catch up

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2025

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:-

On Wednesday 27th November in the Main school staffroom at 7.30pm, POWSA are meeting to chat about events coming up. It would be great to see you there.

Don't forget to book.....

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