Health Care Plans

Please could you return all completed Health Care Plans for your child to the Office

Many Thanks
Mrs Hibberd

wow

Our WOW board is starting to look fab thankyou to those of you that have brought your WOW moments in.

KEEP THEM COMING!!!

WOW!

Dont forget your WOW moments. These are moments that you have had at home.  They can be anything, from tasting curry for the first time, swimming, riding a bike without stabilisers, to running the fun run. You can find these WOW moments on the board in reception. Please ask us!!

We haven't had any yet!!!

Farm Trip

On the 3rd October the Reception children will be visiting Maiden Castle Farm we will be going just after registration and back in time for lunch, the children will be eating their snack at the farm.

Please make sure your children have a waterproof coat and wellies for this trip.

If you are able to help on the morning please see a member of the Reception Team

The school has a formal protocol for parents to adhere to on school trips, for the childrens safety. If you are helping on a school trip please ensure that you are in school with your child by 9am in order to hear this information

Thank you

Echo

Dear Parents

On Tuesday 25th September the Echo will be taking a class photo for the New Reception class.

FANTASTIC NEWS!

I am delighted to confirm that our school film 'Running Blind' has been
selected to be screened at the Co-operative Film Festival 2012.
Congratulations! The organisers of the Film Festival are currently in the
process of creating a programme for the festival and a letter confirming the
date and time of our screening (Thursday 1st November or Friday 2nd November)
will follow in due course. For more information about the Co-operative Film
Festival 2012 please visit: http://www.co-operative.coop/filmfestival/About-the-Festival/.
For more information about 'Running Blind' see our previous Blog post at: http://pow-office.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/film-premiere-big-success.html
and to watch the film click here: http://pow-office.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/our-paralympic-inspired-film-watch-it.html

Did you miss Friday morning?

 

Did you miss our parent information session on Friday morning? If so, you can watch the whole talk now below or direct on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3R2WPv2Fhc&feature=youtu.be. We hope you find the below useful.

Listen back to our pupils on Wessex FM!

Every morning this week Wessex FM are playing clips from pupils at the Prince of Wales First School as part of their Breakfast Show feature 'School Report'. This is currently going out each morning on Wessex FM at 6.30am and 8.30am (after the news). If you have missed the first two days, you can now listen back at: http://www.wessexfm.com/school-report.php. For more information about the pupils visit to Wessex FM, check out the Digital Leader Blog at: http://www.dl-pow.blogspot.co.uk/

Healthy Snack

Please ensure your child has a healthy snack, fruit is avaliable each day. Mr Farrington would prefer children to have fresh fruit rather than snacks that come in wrappers.

Thank you for your continued support

Year 4 and Reception Buddies

The Reception children have all got a Year 4 child as a buddy this really helps the children feel more confident at break times and they sit together during assembly. Im sure your child has mentioned this as they do find it quite exciting. If your child cannot remember their buddies name please ask as we have got a list in class.

Medication

If your child has been ill and on medication but well enough to be at school please see a member of  the team who will ask you to fill out a pink medicine form this is really important as we would not be able to give your child medicine with correct information .

Medication such as calpol has to be prescibed by the doctor and have the original box and labeling.

Thankyou

Tool kits

In your childs tray there is a clear wallet with writing and number aids please can these stay in the trays as we will be using them daily and its important the children have them to hand.

Book Bags

Please make sure you child brings their book bag to school each day we will soon be starting group reading with the children and it is important they have their book bag each time we read.

Many thanks

Collecting Your child from school

If anyone other than the parent or main carer is to collect the child from school, the parents must inform staff in order that this information can be recorded on the white board in the classroom. This might include a relative, friend or because the child is attending an after school club. At the end of the school day the white board will be read and adhered to and the classroom door will be opened. The staff member should ensure that the parent/carer is visible within the Reception waiting area and the child can then be sent to that person.

If your circumstances change during the day please contact the office and inform them who will be collecting your child from school, they will pass the information to a member of the Reception team.

Thankyou

WE LOVE A GOOD COMMENT!

We love it when we log in and see that a comment has been made on our blogs! It shows you are reading them and encourages all of us to write more! All comments made on the class blogs, through the school website, can also be read out to the classes during carpet time...which the children love! To make a comment simply click the blog title on the school website and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Fill in the comment box with your comment and sign in with one of several account options or just add your comment as a guest by selecting ‘name/url’. To publish your comment, click ‘publish’. Any questions, please see Mr. Spracklen.

'Running Blind' to be shown in ICCI 360 Cinema

We are excited to announce that our Paralympic inspired film 'Running Blind' will be shown tomorrow (05/09/12) from 3-4.30pm as well as on Saturday (08/09/12) and Sunday (09/09/12) in the ICCI 360 Cinema in Weymouth. The ICCI 360 Cinema is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and more information about the cinema can be found at this link - http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/icci360.

Further information about our film can be seen below:

We have made our own animated film to celebrate a year of Paralympic activities in our school and we are now really proud to share it with the world! Inspired by blind footballer David Clark and ex-pupil and former Paralympic medallist Mark Newton, we have created Running Blind a Paralympic story with an agricultural twist featuring an angry bull, a Dorset farmer and the Team GB Paralympic training camp at Maiden Castle. Children across the school worked with a team of artists to write, draw, animate, voice and direct the three minute film which is being screened during London 2012 Paralympic Games. Blind goalscorer David Clarke faces the challenge of his life as he prepares for the Games. Players are baffled when a lost match ball is mysteriously heard moving around the pre-games venue at Maiden Castle.

With the help of other Paralympians, sharp-eyed schoolchildren help solve the riddle but getting that ball back takes all of the blind striker’s extraordinary skills. Project producer and drama therapist Sharon Hayden said the children had come up with some wonderful story ideas. “Through drama sessions and working with our scriptwriting mentor, they have produced a great story - and done it justice with some lovely drawing and animation. “We are incredibly grateful to funders First Light and West Dorset District Council who have given these children the opportunity to make something which will be seen by thousands of people.”

Assistant head Gary Spracklen said the experience had been one that would live with the children forever. “The team of artists from our production partner Nisbet Media have done a wonderful job and involved the whole school in this project. It has been extraordinary to see the different elements of the film come together.”

Running Blind is funded by the Lottery through the BFI's First Light initiative.

Film:

Making of film:  

September 2012

Welcome!!
Mrs Birbeck and the Reception team would like to welcome you to the start of your time here at The Prince of Wales School, we have lots of exciting things planned and look forward to meeting the children again.
The School day starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.30pm