Bugfest!!!!!

WOW!  The Tuesday morning children were so lucky today to join the rest of the school for an hour of bugs, some of them were very big,... spiders, millipedes, scorpions, some of them were very long, snakes, and some of them were deadly ! one of the members of staff found the spider a bit difficult! however the children were brilliant even though the music was quite loud and they were sitting at the front. well done pre school! Earlier in the morning at story time we talked about important things to remember in Reception class and we decided one of the most important things is good listening, and they did that.

We continue with healthy week enjoying lots of outside games and healthy foods and drinks, so far the fresh orange juice the children squeezed themselves was very popular, as was the strawberry milkshake today. We have also been talking about sun safety.
lots more to come.

Thank you for all your replies  to the barbeque on the 16th its not to late for a late acceptance.
Don't forget our fish and chip lunch on the 17th Mr Gibson is looking forward to joining us.
Theatre visit on Friday 18th. as you have probably seen the plans have changed slightly, do reply if your child is coming, the theme is pirates, so come dressed up as a pirate or princess.

The books next week will be the Capt Flynn and the pirate dinosaurs books. Amanda

healthy me week

Hello everyone,
We have been really enjoying the sunshine this week, the children are loving our new water activity centre, we have had lots of great thinking about how we can us it, how water travels and what happens if I......
The superhero and fairies have been so popular, with lots of dressing up and imaginative games, using all our junk modelling resources to make lots of interesting models etc. Erin our student has been making some lovely sparkly hats and masks as well with the children.

The swop day went really well Wednesday, thank you for your patience, the children enjoyed the change and a picnic at snack time, and it really helps the younger children. next one 10th July.

The coming week we join the school for a healthy me week.
The activities will include, football, bat and ball games, obstacle courses and dancing.
We are going to talk about being safe in the sun,  the children will be able to make pictures and posters about how we can look after ourselves in the sun.

Of course we will be thinking about food, and will be making smoothies, fresh juice, and milkshakes. Potato wedges and dips for snack, healthy sandwiches and much more. everyone will be able to have a go at a number of these food activities, they will be for snack and won't be coming home.
 However we would love to hear what you favourite healthy foods are in your family, fruit or vegetables? salads or pasta, juice or smoothies, do let us know on a wow or even a piece of paper.

All these activities are important to your child's physical development, moving and handling and health and self care.

We will be watching some of the sports days, and the school skipathon on Friday.




Don't forget your slips for the barbeque, fish and chip lunch.

pre school team

remember!!!!!

Parents,
Don't forget we are swopping classrooms with nursery tomorrow for the whole morning so please arrive at the nursery door. pick up at 12 noon from nursery, pick up at all other times from pre school.


Also please remember if you have organised for someone else to pick up your child you must hand in a signed permission  slip, unless this is regular and you have filled in a form.


The reception and pre school teams are sorry but the barbeque is only for reception and preschool children. cold drinks will be available for parents and older siblings.


pre school team

20th Birthday Party POWSA Message

Your Country Fair needs YOU!!!

I hope you are all looking forward to this weekend.  Planning is well underway, and we here at party HQ are all ready.  There is still time to prebook your tickets and food, so dig out that booking form, fill it out and hand it in to the school office.We are still looking for volunteers to help on the day, so please consider signing up for just one hour.  If we all do a little bit we all get to enjoy the party with our friends and families as well as helping out our fantastic school.  The sign up sheet is in the staff  room, so if you wish to volunteer please ask at the school office.Fingers crossed for lovely weather!  See you on Saturday.Kate and the POWSA team

birthdays

hello everyone,
We had a great week last week exploring our whole school theme of India, the children did some lovely work making biscuits, elephant pictures, peacocks and pictures of Indian puppets, and looking at maps, however when asked the children all said they enjoyed the food! We had nan bread, popadoms, chutneys, dip and korma. We also used a pestle and mortar to grind spices and herbs, chilli and garlic, which some of the children really loved, and the playroom smelt wonderful!

Thank you so much to all the parents who brought something from India it certainly added to the week and gave us lots to look at and plan from.

This week as a school we celebrate our 20th birthday, so we thought we would enjoy some birthday party activities which will start with reading Shirley Hughes 'Alfie gives a hand'
The children will be writing party invitations, making masks, and dressing up with the theme of superheros or fairies. The costumes we are using are pre schools, which gives the children the opportunity to invent their own superhero, so please do not send your child into preschool wearing a costume, we want them to use their imagination.

There are lots of dates coming up with farewell activities for the children to enjoy, do look out for letters, I will blog a complete list soon. Amanda and team

India week

This week we join in with the school's India week.
We will start the week by showing the children where India is on the globe and  asking the children how  they think they might get there.
 We are then going to look at some photographs of the country, people and animals, and ask them what they would like to do and learn about.
Our learning focus this week will be holding a pencil effectively and correctly. We have lots of activities planned for this stage of development, decorating elephants, chalking patterns, hand printing and collage.
On Friday there will be an Indian café in the school hall, so for that event we will be making biscuits in the shape of animals that live in India eg elephants, monkeys.
For snack we will be enjoying some different Indian breads and popadoms, and the children will have the opportunity to smell some of the spices as well.
Do you have anything from India or a picture that your child would like to share with the group?

The swimming pool is open again, so afternoon swimming starts again.

         Amanda and pre school team

a bus journey

We continue our journeys theme, with a bus journey. We are going to look at some bus journey stories and see where the children would like to go, and of course sing 'the wheels on the bus song,'
 making up some new verses.

This week we are also going to have a mathematical theme, with some new fun number games for us to play, including fishing games and bingo, with lots of opportunities to enjoy counting and recognising numerals.