London 2012
As you may have noticed, Pre-Prep & Nursery are all celebrating the same topic this term – London 2012, including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. Bunting, portraits of the Queen, the River Thames, maps of the London Underground, buses, taxis – all appearing in every conceivable format around the Pre-Prep! Many of the children made wonderful scrap books over the holidays which are displayed on tables in the department .… please do take some time to browse through them: the information gathered, collages made, photographs reproduced and (in Tali’s case) 3 whole books made out of red paper bags! read the full post »
Next Week in the Pre-Prep & Nursery
Clubs as normal up to and including Thursday. Thursday – Year 2 to Amberley Museum. Consent forms back asap please. Friday – last day of term. No clubs. Waiting House until 5.20pm. No tea. Buses as normal
‘Ephemeral Art’
Reception spent a wonderful hour in the woods doing ‘ephemeral art’ … meaning short-lived, in this case because the art was created using natural materials. The children made some beautiful butterflies, ladybirds and Alexander and Kimberly showed some excellent creativity with their spider and fat worm; Lucas and Xavier’s butterfly should be on display in the Tate Modern!
Reception News
Although it was a little bit on the cold side, Reception also had great fun doing the Toddle Waddle with the Nursery on Tuesday. The duck treasure hunt was very exciting: Mr Lee had hidden them very well! We’d like to say thank you to all the mummies and daddies for sponsoring us, and a very big well done to all the children! We said a sad goodbye to Mrs Lock, who left us at the end of this week as Mrs Bird returns on Monday after her maternity leave. However we will be welcoming Mrs Lock back to Copthorne read the full post »
Dressing Up Day
Congratulations to the winners for imaginative costumes: Ben Bigwood as Mr Saucepan Man from the Faraway Tree, and his brother Matthew as Mr Whatsisname; Charlie as The Stick Man; Macie as Handa from Handa’s Surprise; Henri as Harry Potter (for good broomstick manufacture!); Marco with an excellent Pinocchio nose and Emily W as Angelina Ballerina. In the Nursery, prizes were awarded to a green Mrs Powley (Princess Fiona from Shrek) and Mrs Jubb (Wanda from Where’s Wally), Layla – another lovely Angelina Ballerina and Arun as The Gingerbread Man. Thank you to all those mums and dads who had gone read the full post »
Reception & Nursery Toddle Waddle
This is taking place on Tuesday 6th March. Do please make sure your child is prepared to walk in all weathers – and in yellow if desired! Sponsorship monies for the Meningitis Trust will be most gratefully received. Any children not in the Nursery on Tuesdays should be in by 10.30 and can be collected by 12.30.
Book Week
Korky Paul visit – much of our week centred around this famous illustrator’s visit. Calling himself the ‘world’s greatest portrait painter and dinosaur drawer’, Korky produced some special portraits of an Oriannosauraus, a Jemimasaurus and an Alexanderosaurus – one from each class. After their session with Korky, many of the children produced some wonderful drawings of their own. They also made ‘Winnie the Witch’ bunting, designed new hats for Winnie and reviewed Korky Paul’s books Korky’s easy manner was much appreciated by all the staff, who he referred to as a particularly fun and dedicated group of teachers, the majority of whom read the full post »
Aunty Mabel
In Reception this week we watched Aunty Mabel and we learnt about how an egg hatches into a chick. Then we decorated cakes with nests and chocolate eggs. YUM, YUM!
