Hello everyone

 Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and have enjoyed the beautiful spring sunshine. It is so lovely to see all the spring flowers beginning to flower and being able to get out in the lovely weather. Our spring bulbs are about to flower and we are really looking forward to seeing them.

Last week we had a great week settling back into preschool and exploring the topic of Fairtrade. We found out about the logo and we explained the term Fairtrade using a chocolate bar which we then enjoyed tasting! We also used some Fairtrade bananas to make some banana bread, it smelt very yummy. We enjoyed sharing the story of Pablo the banana and Charlie and Lola Fairtrade story. A challenge for home this week... Can you find the Fairtrade Logo? We used tissue paper to create our own Fairtrade bananas. We made a large Fairtrade logo using shiny foil. We have really enjoyed playing with the coffee granules with cups, pestle and mortars, different sized spoons and exploring the texture through our senses. We have been very busy creating models with the Duplo and using our models in play. We have been busy building with the wooden blocks and the large transparent wooden blocks in building towers. We have explored magnets and how they work. We discovered which objects are magnetic and not magnetic. Also we used the magnets to go round the classroom and find objects which were magnetic. We used vocabulary including attracting and repelling. We also shared the story of Handa's Surprise and using the fruits and playmobil people and animals to retell the stories ourselves.  We have really enjoyed exploring outside this week in the warmer weather. On Tuesday we had PE with Mr Treble and used the apparatus to do some balancing and jumping off and landing with two feet. We played the game of pirate treasure which is one of our favourites. 

This week we will be continuing to settle back into pre-school and exploring the topic of Frogspawn, tadpoles and frogs as last week we found some frogspawn in our school pond and Arthur has bought some frog spawn in from his pond.  We will be learning about the life cycle of a frog through stories and a variety of activities. On Thursday we will be celebrating World Book Day with a variety of activities.

 Home learning Challenges:-

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

Socks and shoe challenge:- 

Can you challenge yourself to put your socks and shoes on all by yourself?

Rhyming Challenge:-

Can you think of as many words which rhyme with frog?

Sharing a story:-

Can you find a fun place to share a story? Send us a picture in of your chosen place. 

There is also a great link with a video book to share which is organised by World Book day. Here is the link: https://www.worldbookday.com/share-a-story-corner/

Notices

On the whiteboard outside the classroom door is a pocket with Home Wow slips in, please help yourself to these. We love celebrating the children's home WOW'S.

This week we will be sending home the children's Magical achievements book for them to share with you. 

On Thursday it is World Book Day, the children are very welcome to dress up as a Nursery Rhyme Character. 

If you are not attending Pre-school, we will give you a call to see how you all are, hear about what you have been up to and if there's anything we can do to help. Home learning packs will be coming out on Thursday and Fridays.

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

I know we say this all the time but we really do mean it, if you need anything, please  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything. My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

Here's to another fabulous week.

Julia, Helen, Sharon, Colleen and Karen

Hello everyone....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a great half term and enjoyed some fresh air in between the rainy days. It is so lovely to see the first signs of spring coming with bulbs shooting and lighter evenings. At pre-school in our new border the bulbs have started to shoot and we are looking forward to seeing the beautiful spring flowers. 

This week in Pre-shool we will all be settling back into pre-school and enjoying playing together. We will also be learning about Fair-trade. We will be finding the fair-trade logo, finding out about Pablo the banana, Charlie and Lola Fair-trade chocolate story along with some activities to support our learning. 

 Home learning:-

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

Can you find the Fair-trade logo on some packaging at home? 

Socks and shoe challenge:- 

Can you challenge yourself to put your socks and shoes on all by yourself?

Number Hunt:-

Can you go around the house or whilst out on your daily exercise and see how many different numbers you can find? Can you tell your adult whi
ch numbers they are? Can you show a number 1-10 using your fingers to represent the number?

Notices

If you are not attending Pre-school, we will give you a call to see how you all are, hear about what you have been up to and if there's anything we can do to help. Home learning packs will be coming out on Thursday and Fridays.

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

I know we say this all the time but we really do mean it, if you need anything, please  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything. My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

We are all looking forward to seeing you tomorrow and our families at home on Thursday and Friday with our door step deliveries.

Take care and keep smiling

Julia, Sharon, Helen, Colleen and Karen

Hello everyone

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend and enjoyed getting out in the fresh wintry air.  Let's hope we get a sprinkle of  snow this week.

We have love seeing all your amazing home learning you have been sending in. Keep sending all the wonderful things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and  headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. 

Last week we explored shapes through a variety of activities. We went out on a shape hunt around the school grounds and spotted lots of different shapes. We made some shape monsters and did some shape printing. We then turned our shape printing into things. We had great fun playing the pizza shape game. We also went to soft play and built with the large 3d shapes. In the playground we drew lots of shapes with chalk and played a game of jumping into the correct shape. We enjoyed playing the games of guess the shape. We closed our eyes and picked a shape and described it e.g. it has 3 sides and 3 points, its a triangle. We did lots of describing of shapes. At snack time we had a variety of different shaped snacks. On Tuesday we had Mr Treble and we went on the large climbing apparatus. We were amazing at climbing up, down and across  the frame and the ladders. Throughout the week we have enjoyed playing with the puppet theatre and making up our own puppet shows, we enjoyed making play dough shape cakes and decorating them with gems, playing with the magnetic shapes and constructing dog homes with the shapes and plastic dogs, sharing lots of stories and playing outside.  

 

This week we are going to be exploring China and Chinese New Year with a variety of activities including some yummy food tasting. If you have any resources to support this theme at home, please do bring them in. 

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Rainbow Salt Tray:- 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED?

You will need 5 basic things to create your very own Rainbow Salt Tray: about 100g cooking salt, sticky tape, coloured paper, a tray (see below for some ideas) and a paint brush.

1. Cut the paper to fit and cover the base of the tray in order of the colours of a rainbow.
2. Place sticky tape over the joins of the paper to avoid the salt moving underneath the coloured paper.
3. Cover the paper lightly with salt.

Tip: Only a small amount of salt is required for this activity as too much can make it harder to see the drawings.  You can also make your tray any colour you would like, possibly your child’s favourite colour, whatever motivates or interests them!

Ice boats Water play:

WHAT YOU WILL NEED?  

You will need food colouring, straws, sticky tape and craft foam for the sail as it is water proof and light.  You will also need containers for freezing the water in; I reused some empty yoghurt containers and just cut the height down to size.  I added yellow and red food colouring to the water to make this sensory play a bit more interesting.

• You can basically use any materials to make the sail for the boat but do keep in mind that it needs to be light and well balanced with the size of the ice boats as the sail can flip the boat upside down if it is too heavy.
• I added the straw sails to the ice boats when they were partly frozen.  You could alternatively use blu tac or plasticine at the bottom of the container when adding the water.

Maths Challenge:- 

Can you find....

 

1 toothbrush

2 spoons

3 books

4 socks

5 shoes 

February Get Fit

To help combat the lockdown, winter blues and to inspire your household this February to get fit...Here at the Prince of Wales School we are challenging all children to increase their fitness throughout February - and beyond.

You could try something new everyday like: trampoline, stretching, yoga, ball skills, Joe Wicks or dancing. 

To help motivate your child to walk, run, cycle or scoot we are challenging the school to record how many KMs we can travel in the month. 

Fill in the form below every time you do some exercise and help us to reach our target -

https://forms.gle/SwuMPDbEudZhZFE26

There will also be competitions between each class to see which year group travels the furthest. 

Please share any photos and videos of anything that gets your child moving.

Thank you in advance for your contiunued support.

Warm regards,

Ms C Browne - PE Subject Leader

c.browne@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

On Tuesday 9th February I am doing a virtual zoom Purple Mash information session at 7.30pm. A link for this session will be sent out on Tuesday afternoon. Please see email sent on Friday for more details.

We break up for half term this Thursday (11th February) and return back on Monday 22nd February.

Take Care and Keep smiling

Julia, Helen, Colleen, Sharon and Karen

Window Wanderland and an extra arty challenge! Jiggly Jellyfish! - 4th February 2021

Window Wanderland and an extra arty challenge! Jiggly Jellyfish! - 4th February 2021

Window Wanderland and an extra arty challenge Jiggly Jellyfish 

  Hopefully you have all received your latest lockdown goody pack today!  You will find included some tissue paper and some black card to help you join in with this week's challenge. 

#InspiredToLearn - Lockdown 2 - Week 5 Challenge

We have been asked by Window Wanderland to take part in a Dorchester Wide community event!  

Window Wanderland is coming to Dorchester on 19th-21st February, 6-9pm.

This event asks people to decorate a window at home as part of a window trail around our local community.

Window Wanderland’s aim is to bring the whole community together to create a magical outdoor gallery of hope and solidarity, at this difficult time.

 

They are asking everybody, from individuals to businesses, to register and create a window display on the theme, 

 

'A Brighter Future.'

 

All are invited to view the wonderful windows and Dorchester's community spirit on a safe, Covid-friendly evening walk.

It would be great if you would consider signing up and creating a window even if you don’t live in the local community or want to take part in the actual event.

 

If you do want to be part of the trail, registration is quick and simple at: www.windowwanderland.com/Dorchester

 

If you have enjoyed getting Arty with your own windows and fancy an extra challenge how about making a Jiggly Jelly Fish to hang in a shop window?

Then you need #InspiredToLearn EXTRA ARTY CHALLENGE!

We have been approached by Store6 in Poundbury to help us decorate their windows with your models of Jellyfish made from recycled materials.  If you fancy joining in and seeing your design in a shop window during the window wanderland event, please bring your completed jellyfish to school by next Friday 12th February and place it in the box inside the front entrance.  Please add your name and a hanging thread to your design so that it can be hung up for all to see!

Don't forget to look out for your design if you take part in the Window Wanderland Event between the 19th and 21st of February.

Hello everyone

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed getting out in the fresh air and enjoying some wet muddy walks. 

We have enjoyed seeing all your fantatisc  home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having a great time and learning lots. Keep sending all the amazing things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. We really are missing all being together and hope soon we can all be back together again. 

Last week we continued with the story of The three little pigs and we also read the story of The three little wolves and the big bad pig. We also enjoyed watching The three little pigs ballet and Mr Tumble telling the story with signs. We used sugar cubes to make a house and then experimented what happens when you put hot water onto the sugar cubes. We made some piggy cupcakes which we took home . The children were excited to eat them. We made our Three little pigs and houses display. We made the different houses out of straw, lollipop sticks and brick wall paper on cardboard houses. We went to the roundhouse and explored what it was made of and acted out the story. We have really enjoyed acting out the story and playing Whats the time Mr Wolf. We made some Piggy snouts using egg boxes. 

We had PE with Mr Treble on Tuesday and we did some balancing along different benches we also jumped on the apparatus and landing on two feet. Throughout the week we have really enjoyed playing with the puppet theatre and making up our own stories, constructing with the magnetic lego, playing with the diggers and blocks in the oats. 

This week we are going to be exploring shapes with a variety of activities. We will be looking at 2d and some 3d shapes and where we can find them in our environment. Also we are going to be talking about how we can describe the shape e.g. corners, edges, faces, sides, points etc. 

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Have a game of musical Statues:

How to play

o Play fun music to dance to – when the music is stopped everyone freezes.

o Add in elements, e.g. jumping, big movements, dance like a robot, dance like you’re in space, to provide variety to the dancing.

o Add challenges, e.g. when the music stops... freeze in an animal shape, pulling a face, with your hands on your head, etc.

o With more than one child you can add some friendly competition.

Questions to ask

What parts of your body are you using? Are you listening to the music?
How can you freeze without falling over? How can we describe our movements? Are they big/small/fast/slow?

Maths Challenge:- 

Can you lay the table for dinner? How many knives, forks and spoons will you need? How many plates and cups? 

Make fruit and vegetable prints:-

What to do

o Look at your collected foods. Name the fruit/vegetables together. What do they feel like, smell like? Which do we like to eat?

o What do they look like? Think about what they might look like inside, if you cut them in half.

Explore the different ways you can make interesting prints by dipping different parts of the food or slicing in different ways.

o Try different colours and explore making patterns or pictures.

Can you turn your prints into flower, people or animals?

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday your next home learning pack will be delivered or will come home with your child. It will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. 

On Wednesday there will be another blog with some interactive links to enjoy and explore. 

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Take care, keep smiling and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Karen, Helen, Sharon and Colleen

Happy Wednesday everyone...

Hi everyone,

Here are some interactive ideas based on the story of The Three Little Pigs.....

How about watching Mr Tumble sign the story of The 3 little pigs? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08lc7jz/mr-tumble-tales-the-three-little-pigs

How about listening to the story of The three little wolves and the big bad pig?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxhaMmsXYmo

How about playing the Teddy number game?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Have a great rest of the week and we look forward to hearing more about your home adventures. 

Keep smiling 😃

Julia, Helen, Colleen, Sharon and Karen 

Hello everyone....

Hi everyone,

We hope you have all had a good weekend and enjoyed getting out in the fresh air. It's a shame we missed out on the snow.

We have enjoyed seeing all your wonderful home learning you have been sending in. It looks like you have all been having a great time and learning lots. Keep sending all the amazing things you are up to by emailing them to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk. 

Last week at pre-school we shared the story of The three little pigs which we really enjoyed and were great at joining in wit the repeated refrains. We had great fun collecting straw, sticks and bricks and making these into houses and seeing which ones the hair dryer blow down. We also then took our building materials outside in the wind. On Wednesday morning we had a live zoom call with Maiden Castle Farm and met some pigs. We learnt all about pigs. We have also enjoyed making some pig masks using different materials and shades of pink. We really enjoyed using shaving foam as pretend cement and using wood bricks and lego bricks to make a wall using the different tools to spread the cement on the bricks. Also the children have really enjoyed the 3 little pigs small world scene and acting out the story and also making up their own version. The children have  become fantastic builders of marble runs and have created some large runs. This has been a particular favourite. We have also done some lego brick printing, exploring different shades of pink and watching the number blocks story of the 3 little pigs. 

On Tuesday we had PE with Mr Treble and used the climbing frames and benches to move along in different ways, balance and jumping off and landing on two feet. 

This week we will be continuing with the story of The three little pigs. We are going to be doing some junk modelling, making our 3 little pigs and house display, exploring making a house with sugar cubes and predicting what happens when you put hot water on the sugar cubes and lots more.

Things you might like to do at home this week...

Everyday Mr Spracklen has Good morning POW at 9.30, 11.20 virtual assembly and 4.00pm Evening POW. This can be accessed on Facebook and you tube and is a great way of seeing what everyone is up to. It's really interactive and guarantee to make you smile.

In the home learning packs that have been coming home, we have included the Read Write Inc cards. At the moment we are just learning the picture names through a variety of games like hide and seek, fishing the picture etc.

Make your own Skittles

How many can you knock over in one go?

Which numbers did you knock over?

9. Magic dancing milk

For this activity – an engaging introduction to chemical reactions – you’ll need a shallow dish, full-fat milk, food colouring, cotton buds and washing up liquid. Pour some milk into the dish, add some drops of food colouring, then dab with a cotton bud dipped in washing up liquid. Use a few different colours at the same time for maximum impact, and try dabbing in different places.

PE with Mr Treble and a ballon:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPT8sHPZ8w

How many wheetos can you put on the (kebab) stick before the timer runs out ... throw the dice as quick as you can!

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday your next home learning pack will be delivered or will come home with your child. It will be based on the story of The Three Little Pigs. 

On Wednesday there will be another blog with some interactive links to enjoy and explore. 

Notices

We love seeing all the lovely home learning you are all doing so please do email it in to j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk and headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Please always remember you can  call or email  us anytime if you have a question or need anything.

My email is: j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

If you are not attending pre-school you will not be charged for your sessions. If you are attending sessions Caroline will send out an invoice for these sessions soon.

Stay safe, keep smiling and we will look forward to speaking or seeing you soon.

Julia, Helen, Sharon, Colleen and Karen