Hello everyone......

 

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a great weekend. We have all really been enjoying the story of The Gingerbread Man.

Last week we enjoyed sharing the story of The Gingerbread Man and we were great at joining in with the repeated refrains. Throughout the week the children have been cooking gingerbread men in the kitchen to bring home to decorate and eat. We have loved seeing all the amazing decorated gingerbread men and home learning.

On Monday we had great fun exploring the ice outside and finding it all around the playground. We talked about how ice is made and how it melts. We also explored how to make the ice melt.  

On Tuesday morning a group of children went to school and listened to the story of The Gruffalo read by some Thomas Hardye students. The children were amazing at using their listening ear. After the story the children created and drew their own monsters. To finish off the students created a game whereby the children had to move like a particular animal including animals from the story. Also on Tuesday morning a group of children went to PE and did some great balancing and climbing on the apparatus. The children are becoming really confident at this and are challenging themselves. We did some gingerbread man threading with a needle and wool. We drew a face on our gingerbread men. 

On Wednesday afternoon we did a science experiment with gingerbread man. We explored if they sank or floated in different liquids like milk, water and lemonade.

On Thursday we explored making our own boat which would float to carry the gingerbread man across the river. 

On Friday we had our trip to Shire Hall which was brilliant. The children went on the coach and they created their own gingerbread man using colours and tissue paper. The children then when on a tour around Shire Hall to look for the different characters in the story using a torch. The children enjoyed exploring and the tour around. They explored the court room trying on the different hats. The children made gingerbread men out of play dough. In the afternoon the children had a visit from the NSPC Pantosarus to talk about PANTS. We talked about the PANTS message and designed our own pants using different media. 

Throughout the week we have enjoyed using the small world to act out the story of the gingerbread man. We have been mark making in the flour and ginger. We have constructed with the transparent shapes and making making gingerbread men out of play dough. We decorated them with gems and buttons. We have enjoyed playing with the diggers and wooden blocks. We have been exploring the gingerbread men in the number area and giving them the correct number of buttons. 

We have learnt the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake, d-dinosaur, t-tower, I-insect, n-net.

Here are some pictures of the week......

Also see the pictures of the trip to Shire Hall on previous post on Facebook. Posted on Friday evening. 

Next week we are going to continue  sharing the story of The gingerbread man. We have got lots of exciting activities planned including cooking, Now Press Play, puppets, making bridges and lots more. 

We are also go to be learning the picture names for the Read write inc cards  P-pirate,G-girl,O-orange,C-caterpillar and review M,A,S,D,T,I,N 

Home learning:- 

Can you make a trap for the gingerbread man?

Method

1. Tell your child that they need to catch the Gingerbread Man.

2. Can they make a trap to catch him?

3. Look at the trap examples you have and talk about how they might work to catch the Gingerbread Man.

4. Allow your child time to design and make their trap.

5. Once your child has made their trap allow them to explain to you how their trap will work.

Notices:-

We are going to be junk modelling this week to make a model which floats to help the gingerbread man cross the river. If anyone has any plastic trays, yoghurt pots and junk modelling materials to help with this please do bring them in. 

We are going to be updating our collection of books including fiction and non-fiction books and we would love it if our families can tell us some of your favourite books. This can be both story and information books. Please drop us an email or bring a note in with the book details.

This week I will email a link of Tuesday information session for anyone who was unable to attend the zoom meeting. If you have any questions please do come and ask one of the team. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone.....

Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. We have had an amazing two weeks exploring the story of The three little pigs.

Last week we continued to enjoy the story of The 3 little pigs and we listened to some variations of the story including The 3 wolves and the big bad pig and There Is No Big Bad Wolf In This Story.

On Monday and Tuesday we made our own houses out of junk modelling. We used a variety of media and techniques in creating our houses. On Monday afternoon we did a science experiment with the hairdryer. We made a straw, stick and brick house and the experimented which materials blew with the hairdryer. On Tuesday morning a group had PE with Mr Treble and they used the apparatus. The children did lots of balancing, climbing, jumping and crawling over, under and on the apparatus. They really enjoyed the session. On Tuesday afternoon we did a science experiment using sugar cubes. We made a house of sugar cubes and Colleen poured hot water over it. We watched to see what happened. The sugar cubes dissolved. We also predicted what would happen if you poured cold water over it. On Wednesday morning we used the NOW PRESS PLAY headsets and acted out the story of The three little pigs. On Wednesday afternoon a group of children made pastry pigs for our snack. The children enjoyed rubbing the butter into the flour and then rolling it out with a rolling pin. They then folded the pastry to make a pig face. They tasted delicious. On Thursday when we arrived at pre-school we had some post from the wolf. He sent us some wolf masks and asked us to go on an adventure to find 3 little pigs. It was very exciting and we took up the challenge and found 3 not so little pigs at the roundhouse area and we huffed and puffed their houses down.  We also made some yummy fruit kebabs for snack time. In the afternoon we were all interested at having a another go with the NOW PRESS PLAY headsets.

On Friday afternoon we went to the trim trail and we were all resilient at keeping on trying.We also enjoyed rolling down the hills.

Throughout the week we have been playing with the babies in the water tray. We have been bathing them, brushing their hair and teeth. We have got them dry and dressed them. We have really enjoyed playing in our new role play vets. We have been busy making different animals better. We have been using the puppet theatre to retell the story of the three little pigs using the stick puppets. We are really engaged with constructing with the lego and have created a variety of models. We like returning to the lego and improving our models. We have also enjoyed using the pipettes and huffing and puffing to explore mixing colours. We have been busy mark making in the mud and exploring it with our hands. 

We have learnt the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake.

Here are some pictures from the week...

Next week we are going to be sharing the story of The gingerbread man. We have got lots of exciting activities planned including cooking, science experiments, trip to shire hall and lots more. 

We are also go to be learning the picture names for the Read write inc cards d-dinosaur t-tower, I-insect, n-net

Home learning:- 

Can you decorate the gingerbread man you made at pre-school and take a picture to bring into pre-school?

Notices:-

We are going to be junk modelling this week to make a model which floats to help the gingerbread man cross the river. If anyone has any plastic trays, yoghurt pots and junk modelling materials to help with this please do bring them in. 

We are going to be updating our collection of books including fiction and non-fiction books and we would love it if our families can tell us some of your favourite books. This can be both story and information books. Please drop us an email or bring a note in with the book details.

Also we would love an unwanted ribbons for our threading activity this week.

On Tuesday at 8.00pm there is an information session via zoom. A link for this will be emailed out on Tuesday afternoon. If you have any questions please do email me.

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the fish game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week.

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe

Hello everyone....

 

Hello everyone....

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend. WOW, what a fantastic first week back in the Spring term.  The children have settled really well back into pre-school this week and lots of exploring, experimenting, engaging and playing has been achieved. 

Last week we spent time settling back into pre-school along with sharing at group time our Christmas adventures. The children have really enjoyed sharing the photos that you have emailed in. The children have also been mark making and sharing their Christmas memories with their key workers. See picture below of the display.

We have really enjoyed listening to the story of The three little pigs and are amazing at joining in with the repeated refrains. We have also watched Mr tumbles sign along version of The three little pigs. 

On Wednesday afternoon we collaged using a variety of media 3 little pigs and on Thursday afternoon we made 3 houses out of straw, sticks and brick printing to go with the 3 little pigs. 

On Tuesday morning a group had PE with Mr Treble and they used the apparatus. The children did lots of balancing, climbing, jumping and crawling over, under and on the apparatus. They really enjoyed the session. 

On Thursday afternoon we played some great games in the hall like the floor is lava, freeze game and the firetruck song. On Friday we did some huffing and puffing painting with pipettes and exploring mixing colours. In the afternoon we went to soft play and had a great time.  

Throughout the week we have really enjoyed playing with the wooden bricks and cement (Shaving foam) with spreaders and constructing towers, walls and models. We have also enjoyed acting out the story of the three little pigs at the small world table with straw, sticks and bricks. We have been very busy constructing with lego, magnetic shapes, wooden meccano and octagons. We have been experimenting with guttering and wooden planks to see which object roll down them. We have also been constructing with them in our play. In the water play we have been making towers and castles with different shaped blocks. 

Here are some pictures from the week.....

Next week we will continue with the story of The three little pigs and looking at some different variations of the story. We have got lots of exciting activities planned including some science experiments, cooking, Now free play drama, junk modelling houses and lots more. We are also go to be learning the picture names for the Read write inc cards M-Maisie next to the moutain,A-Apple,S-Snake

Home learning:-

Can you tell the story of The three little pigs. Can you use different voices for the characters? You could even act it out together?

Can you build a model of a house that you think would stay standing when the big bad wolf huffed and puffed. You could try blowing it with a hand dryer to test it.

Notices:-

We are going to be junk modelling this week the three little pigs houses. If anyone has any boxes and junk modelling materials please do bring them in. 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. We are also missing one of the booklets which was with the ducks game. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2022
You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2021.
The closing date for applications is 15 January 2022.
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-school-for-the-first-time

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week of The three little pigs

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe
 

Hello everyone....

 Hello Everyone, 

We hope you have had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed lots of time creating lots of memories together. Thank you again for all our lovely Christmas cards, gifts and chocolates.

This week we will be settling back in, sharing our Christmas holiday news and we will be starting to explore the story of The 3 little pigs. We have lots of fun activities planned and can’t wait to get these started.

Home learning:

We would love to see some pictures of your Christmas holiday to share during group time. Please bring them in or email a couple of pictures to Julia (j.nineham@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk)

Notices 

This week we will continue to send home our play library. If you have one at home  please bring it back when you are next in. Please see link for video for information about this. https://www.facebook.com/POWFS/videos/1039096813302955

Due to the current Covid situation there will be NO STAY and PLAY SESSIONS at the moment.

Applying for Reception Place to start in September 2022
You can apply for a reception place from 1 September 2021.
The closing date for applications is 15 January 2022.
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/education-and-training/schools-and-learning/apply-for-a-school-place/starting-school-for-the-first-time

Please do come and see myself or a member of team if you have any questions.

Here's to a great week back full of adventures. 

Julia, Sharon, Colleen, Karen, Lauren, Zoe, Chloe