The tiger who came to schoolFor the next two weeks we are going to be listening to the story of The tiger who came to tea with lots of exciting activities and experiences. We will be introducing the story through a joint morning with Reception on Monday morning. First thing we will be acting out the story in the hall to the cd followed by lots of activities with Reception. Throughout the two week we will be listening to the story, making tiger masks, making plates of food for the tiger, role ply area based on the story, facts about tigers and lots more. At the end of the two weeks we have the finale of a joint tea party on Friday afternoon with Reception and all our parents. Please see letter with all details in pigeon holes regarding this event.

Hello everyone,

Wow, what an amazing week with the story of The tiger who came to tea. The children have really enjoyed the story and have continued their learning throughout the week with lots of fun activities. On Monday we started our morning in Reception. We listened to the drama of the tiger who came to tea and joined in with the acting and singing. The children have really enjoyed the CD and have learnt the songs. Then we went into Reception and did lots of activities including collaging a large tiger, weighing tiger food against food, play dough tigers, role play cafe and a tiger hunt outside. The pictures from this morning are up on display.  

Some of the children have painted their own tigers at the painting easel. The children have made their own tigers using orange and black striped paper. On Wednesday morning we had a tiger outline with orange and black paint. The children used cotton buds to paint their tigers. The children have used scissors to cut out their own tiger mask and then painted them. The children have become really good at knowing the story and are beginning to retell the story using the pictures. We have been thinking of words beginning with Tt.

This week we will be continuing the story of The tiger who came to tea. We will be making plates of food for the tiger. We will be talking about our favourite sandwiches and making them which involves the children using knives to spread and cut. We will also be making cakes for our tiger who came to tea party. We will also be learning about where tigers like to live and their habitats. On Wednesday we will be face painting tigers. Throughout the week when the children arrive at pre-school there maybe a few surprises!!!

Home learning

Can you bring an object or picture of something beginning with Tt?

Letters and Sounds

The children are becoming really good at rhyming words. We will be making our rhyming door. (We ran out of times this week to start this.)

Jennie Jigsaw

This week Jennie Jigsaw will continue to ask us what we are good at and we will be displaying our answers on our jigsaw board.

Notices 

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 26th January from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

It was lovely to see lots of our families at our stay and play on Saturday. We hope you had a great time. Look out for the next one next half term. 

On Wednesday 24th January we will be face painting the children as tigers if they would like to be tiger. Please return the permission slip for face painting. 

On Friday 26th January from 2.30-3.30pm we are having our Tiger who came to tea party. Please have a look at the letter which has gone into pigeon holes. Any questions please do come and see me. Children can come to school on this day as one of the characters from the book.  If anyone has some cake stands we could borrow for this event, please could you let me know. 

If you have not returned your session request for next half term, please could you bring them in as soon as possible to enable us to plan staffing.

Don't forget it is a staff training day on Friday 9th February so the last day of term will be Thursday 8th February. 

Julia and Pre-school Team

The Tiger who came to tea

Hello everyone,

Last week we had a fantastic week all about the story of The Gingerbread Man. The children have joined in regularly with the repeated refrain throughout the story. The children were able to tell me the story using the pictures and could tell me the similarities and differences between different versions of the book. The children were able to tell me the characters, settings and the main events in the story. The children really enjoyed cooking their own gingerbread men to bring home and decorate. If you have any pictures of the decorated gingerbread men, please bring them in for our display. On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning we did the gingerbread man experiment. The children had to predict what would happen when we put the gingerbread man into water. They came up with some great ideas. We then put him into the water and observed what happened. They were really fascinated and watched for a period of time. We also acted out the story of the gingerbread man in the hall. Throughout the week the children have made wooden bridges for the gingerbread man to cross, make their own gingerbread man out of play dough and lots more. Have a look at the display going up this week.  On Friday Sharon came in and the children made some bird food to go into basket which they decorated with beads to hang up for the birds in the garden. 

For the next two weeks we are going to be listening to the story of The tiger who came to tea with lots of exciting activities and experiences. We will be introducing the story through a joint morning with Reception on Monday morning. First thing we will be acting out the story in the hall to the cd followed by lots of activities with Reception. Throughout the two week we will be listening to the story, making tiger masks, making plates of food for the tiger, role ply area based on the story, facts about tigers and lots more. At the end of the two weeks we have the finale of a joint tea party on Friday afternoon with  Reception and all our parents. Please see letter with all details in pigeon holes regarding this event. 

Home learning

We would love to see some home learning around our story of The tiger who came to tea. It could be something you have made, books and objects etc. 

Letters and Sounds

The children are becoming really good at rhyming words. We will be making our rhyming door. 

Jennie Jigsaw

This week Jennie Jigsaw will be asking us what we are good at and we will be displaying our answers on our jigsaw board.

Notices 

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday 18th January from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday January 20th is our stay and play Saturday morning from 10.00-11.30. Hope to see lots of you there. 

On Saturday January 20th we have got our community make over afternoon from 2pm till 5pm working on the wildlife garden. It would be great to see you there.

On Friday 26th January from 2.30-3.30pm we are having our Tiger who came to tea party. Please have a look at the letter which has gone into pigeon holes. Any questions please do come and see me. Children can come to school on this day as one of the characters from the book. 

Julia and Pre-school Team

The gingerbread man

Hello everyone,

We have had an amazing first week back. It has been lovely to hear all about our families Christmas. In small groups we have shared our news about our Christmas holiday. The children talked about their families, Christmas presents and food they had enjoyed. From doing this the children have been sharing their news and drawing a picture of their Christmas with their Key worker. These will be up on display this week. We have been reading The gingerbread man story. The children have really enjoyed this and have been joining in with the repeated refrains. We have read different version of the gingerbread man and talked about the similarities and differences in the stories. The children have been making bridges for the gingerbread man to cross with the wood block centre, acting out the story of the gingerbread man with the puppet theatre and making gingerbread man out of play dough. 
On Wednesday one of the children bought in a worm farm for us to look at. The children were really interested learning about worms and what they do. The drew pictures of the worm farm. As the children were really interested we ordered our own worm world for preschool which came on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon we made our worm world by digging up soil and worms and then layering the soil and sand layers and placing worms in the tank. These are on the nature shelf, please do have a look. 

This week we will continue the story of The Gingerbread man as the children were interested and enjoying this story. We will be talking about the story setting, events and principal characters and joining in with repeated refrains. We will be cooking our own gingerbread man to bring home which you can decorate at home and bring in a picture, acting out the story of the gingerbread man and moving in different ways. We will be doing a science experiment with a gingerbread man, playing a number game on the whiteboard and lot's more. 



Jennie Jigsaw:- 

Last week with Jennie Jigsaw we talked about challenges and some of us set ourselves a challenge.  

We will be continuing to set ourselves some challenges at pre-school. Have you done a challenge at home you would like to share with us?

Letters and Sounds:- 

We will be continuing to use repetitive story phases and suggesting a person who has a name beginning with a given letter. We have started to be able to give people names beginning with a certain letter. It lovely to hear lots of children rhyming words now.  

Home learning:-

When you bring home your Gingerbread man this week, can you decorate it and bring in a picture of your gingerbread man. 

If you have a story of the Gingerbread man you are very welcome to bring it in and we will share it with the group as there are lots of variations of the story. Can you retell the story of the gingerbread man to your families? 

Notices:-

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday 10th January from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Tuesday 9th January there is a POWSA meeting at 7.30pm in the school staffroom. Would be lovely to see you there. Please let me know if you would like more information. 

On Saturday January 20th is our stay and play Saturday morning from 10.00-11.30. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Julia and Pre-school Team

Happy New Year

Hello everyone,

We would like to say a big thank you for all the lovely gifts you gave us for Christmas which we have have all enjoyed. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and we wish you a very Happy New Year.

This week we will be talking about our families Christmas celebrations. We will be talking about all the things we have done at Christmas in small groups. Then with our Key Workers we will be drawing a picture from the Christmas holidays and recalling what we did. 
We will be reading the story of the gingerbread man which we saw at the garden centre on our school trip. We will be talking about the story setting, events and principal characters and joining in with repeated refrains. We will be cooking our own gingerbread man to bring home, acting out the story of the gingerbread man and moving in different ways. We will also be using the wooden blocks to make a bridge for the gingerbread man to cross.

Jennie Jigsaw:- 

This week with Jennie Jigsaw we will be talking and setting ourselves challenges. What challenges have you done at home?

Letters and Sounds:- 

We will be using repetitive story phases and suggesting a person who has a name beginning with a given letter. 

Home learning:-

It would be lovely to hear all about what you have been doing during the Christmas Holidays, so please do share with us what you have been doing. Also you may have a WOW from the Christmas holidays you would like to share. 

If you have a story of the Gingerbread man you are very welcome to bring it in and we will share it with the group as there are lots of variations of the story. 

Notices:-

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Thursday.  This week Stay and Play will be on Friday 5th January from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

On Saturday January 20th is our stay and play Saturday morning from 10.00-11.30. Hope to see lots of you there. 

Heres to a great first week back.

Julia and Pre-school Team

Stay and play dates

Spring Term Stay and Play Dates:- 

Our stay and play morning start from 8.30 till 9.00am and we welcome all our families. Younger and older siblings are very welcomed too. 

Friday 5th January
Wednesday 10th January
Thursday 18th January 
Friday 26th January
Wednesday 31st January
Thursday 8th February

HALF TERM

Friday 23rd February
Wednesday 28th February
Thursday 8th March
Friday 16th March
Wednesday 21st March
Thursday 29th March


SATURDAY STAY AND PLAY SESSIONS

Our Saturday stay and play morning starts from 10.00-11.30am. We welcome all our families and all siblings are welcome too. 

Saturday 20th January
Saturday 10th March

Hello everyone,

Last week we had a fantastic time visiting the garden centre to look at the Christmas lights and decorations. We went to the garden centre in the taxi and the children really enjoyed this. On the way the children were pointing out where they live and where friends live. When we got to the garden centre we talked about what we could se. The children were fantastic with their colours and also shapes. We talked about the nativity story using the props. The children were talking about 2d shapes and 3d shapes. We then went to the cafe and had a drink and biscuit. The children were amazing and we were all proud of them for being so polite and well mannered. Please take a look at the pictures on display and the children recall from the trip to the garden centre. Well done pre-school.

We have continued our story advent this week and have really enjoyed the different Christmas stories. We have been very busy making lots of lovely things to bring home for Christmas. 

On Wednesday we went to the roundhouse with Reception in the afternoon and sang Christmas songs and had hot chocolate and mince pies. We all really enjoyed this. 

On Friday we helped prepare for the Christmas Fair by taking over all the donations and cakes to school using the trolley. 

The children have really enjoyed playing in Santa grotto this week. They have been role playing their ideas of Christmas with friends e.g. wrapping presents, filling stockings etc.

This week we will be continuing to make our Christmas makes to bring home at the end of the week. We have also got a nativity role play area this week for the children to act out the story of Nativity. We will be continuing  our advent story each day. One afternoon this week we will be joining year 4 for a surprise. On Monday morning we are going to watch the dress rehearsal of Key Stage 1 Christmas play. On Wednesday it is Christmas lunch day. On Friday Morning we are having our Christmas party, we will be playing lots of fun games and having party food. On Friday afternoon we will be going to school to join in with the Christmas carols. 

Letters and sounds:-  We are going to start our rhyming door this week  as we ran out of time last week and continue with body sounds games.

Home learning:- It would be lovely to hear all about what you have been doing during the Christmas Holidays, so please do share with us what you have been doing.  We would like to make a display to help the children recall what they have done over Christmas. Also you may have a WOW from the Christmas holidays you would like to share. 

Notices-

Our family Christmas breakfast is on Monday at 8.30 till 9.15am in the school hall. Look forward to seeing lots of our families there.

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Wednesday. This week Stay and Play will be on Thursday  14th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

Thank you to everyone who supported the school fair on Friday. It was fantastic to see so many of our families there and the donation of cakes for refreshment. I will update you soon with how much was raised. 

On Friday 15th December it is our Christmas class party. If your child doesn't usually attend please return slips so we can organise staffing. Food sign up sheet is in the cloakroom. 

We return to pre-school on Tuesday 2nd January 2018. 

Don't forget if you are doing your christmas online shopping, it would be great to go through the Easy fund-raising page as this raises money for the pre-school. Here is a link for more information.  https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk

BOO's toyshop at Poundbury and Brewery Square are giving back to the pre-school 10% on purchases when you mention Prince Of Wales School throughout November. 

Finally we would like to wish you all a very happy and fun Christmas. We look forward to hearing all about it when we start back in January.

Julia and Pre-school team

Christmas

Hello everyone,

Last week we made our decorations for the St Georges Christmas tree Festival. We learnt the song 5 little snowmen on a sledge. The children decided which decorations they wanted to make based on the song. They came up with Snowmen, Santa, snow and sleighs. The tree's stay up till after Christmas so you can go and have a look. It looked beautiful. Well done pre-school.

We have been learning to sing Jingle bells with the bells this wee in preparation to record it for the school Christmas play. We sang rudolph the red nose reindeer and have been busy making reindeer food for the school fair. The children were really get at storing the mixture and spooning it into bags with fantastic control. 

We started our advent stories whereby each day we have a Christmas story wrapped up and one child unwraps the story and we share the Christmas story which is inside. Year 4 children came to read to us on Monday and Wednesday afternoon and the children really enjoy this so much so they ask if they are coming. 

This week we are off on our adventures on the bus to the garden centre to see the Christmas lights and decorations. We will talking about shapes, colour and textures whilst we are there. The children always love going on the bus. 

We will be starting to make our Christmas decorations to bring home. One afternoon we are joining reception to have a Christmas song afternoon at the roundhouse with hot chocolate and mince pies. We will be continuing our Christmas advent stories. There is a surprise for the children in the role play area....the elves have been very busy!!

Home learning: What reminds you of Christmas? It might be a picture, an object or something you have made. Please bring them in. 

Letters and Sounds- We are going to start our rhyming door this week and continue with body sounds games.

Notices

 It was so lovely to see so many of you come to the stay and play session on Saturday 2.12.17. We were so pleased that we are hoping to make this a regular event during the term. More details to follow soon. It was great for me to get to talk to you all and meet the other siblings in your families.

Our family Christmas Breakfast is on next Monday 11th December from 8.30-9.15am. Please return slips if you would like to join us so we know numbers. Hope to see lots of you there.

Don't forget to bring in your child's WOW moments. We love to share and celebrate these with everyone. There are spare WOW's by the WOW board in the corridor. 

It was lovely to see some of you at Stay and Play on Friday. This week Stay and Play will be on Wednesday  6th December from 8.30-9.00am. Everyone is very welcome including younger and older siblings. Hope to see lots of you there.

The Christmas fair is on Friday 8th December from 3.30pm in the main school. There will be a special visit from Father Christmas. More information to follow. If you are able to help at the Christmas fair, please let Julia know. Please bring in cakes Thursday or Friday for the preschool refreshment stall. 

On Friday 15th December it is our Christmas class party. If your child doesn't usually attend please return slips so we can organise staffing. Food sign up sheet is in the cloakroom. 

Don't forget if you are doing your christmas online shopping, it would be great to go through the Easy fund-raising page as this raises money for the pre-school. Here is a link for more information.  https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk

BOO's toyshop at Poundbury and Brewery Square are giving back to the pre-school 10% on purchases when you mention Prince Of Wales School throughout November. 

Thank you for your continued support.

Julia and Pre-school Team