Summer Reading Challenge

Librarians from Dorset County library have challenged all the children to join in the Creepy House Summer Reading journey. Check out Dorchester County library or www.creepy-house.org.uk  for more details.

It would be great if every single child at The Prince of Wales School spent some of their summer holidays enjoying some great books. i look forward to giving out lots of badges and certificates in September!

Healthy Living Week- Next week!

In ICT today the children all wrote an email to Sam who was our guide from the Dorset Wildlife Trust at Lorton Meadows. They are all getting very good at sending emails now.

We have been practising our sports skills in PE ready for next week. As it is Healthy Living Week next week there will be a range of activities happening each day. We will keep you updated on the blog!

We start off with skipping on Monday morning. 

Please remember to pack the children lots of drink as it is forecast to be very warm! They should all bring sun hats and have sun cream on before coming to school.

Lorton Meadows

We had a fantastic time at Lortn Meadows yesterday, it is defiantly worth a visit in this warm weather. http://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/lorton_meadows_reserve

The children all had a go at pond dipping. We found a variety of different creatures including: snails, larva, beetles and newt tadpoles.

After lunch we went into the woods bug hunting. We looked under logs where it was damp and found woodlice, ants, spiders, beetles, slugs and even a newt! We collected the insects in bug boxes so that we could have a closer look and draw them.

Finally we looked at the creatures that live in trees. We placed a net underneath the branches and shook them. Insects then fell into the net and we were able to identify and draw them.

It was a great day, we all learnt lots about insects and wildlife.

Trip on Tuesday...

We are looking forward to the week ahead. Just a quick reminder that we are off to Lorton Meadows on Tuesday. The children will need suitable footwear (there will be lots of walking involved), all weather clothes, hat, water and importantly have suncream on BEFORE they come to school. 

We will keep you updated on what exciting things we get to participate in on the trip. 

A brilliant reading week

We all had such a fantastic time during reading week. All of the adults in the room shared their favourite stories: 

Miss Hancock:

Mrs Hall's favourite book is: 

The children really enjoyed sharing their favourite stories with their friends. 

On Thursday the children used pictures of their friends in their class to make their own family portraits. These can be seen on the wall by the cloak rooms. 

And finally on Friday half of Year 1 swapped with half of the Year 2. Both classes worked on the same activities. The children worked in mixed groups to design and make a story box using a John Burningham book. The outcomes were amazing! You can see their creations in our classroom. 

Keep on reading! 

CAKE SALE TODAY.....

CAKE SALE TODAY.....

We are having a cake sale today after school in aid of Cancer Research, please come and enjoy our homemade selection of cakes.

This is in memory of our lovely colleague Katrina Green.

Family Portraits, photographers in the making!

We have had another brilliant day looking at a variety of books again today. Some children shared their favourite books with their friends.

Mrs Moger shared some of her favourite stories that were read to her as a child. One of which had lots of Nursery Rhymes in which the children enjoyed listening to.

The children looked at some of the family portraits that they bought in today. After looking at the different portraits they spilt into groups and made their own portraits. They all dressed up and took it in turn to be a camera man. They used a variety of different equipment

After posing for their photos the children wrote captions for their photos and some even wrote an explanation of how to set up a portrait and take a picture.