Activities this week- woodland hunts and maps. ‘What the ladybird heard’ song ‘On the Farmers Apple Tree’.
On the farmers apple tree, on the farmers apple tree
five red apples i can see four red apples i can see
some for you and some for me some for you and some for me
pick an apple from the tree pick an apple from the tree, – repeat verse counting down
Last week of term
Monday 19th – trip to Abbotsbury Swannery. Please meet at Pre-School 9.30. We will then allocate children to cars. Please bring your child’s car seat, a packed lunch in a named carrier bag. We already have a few parents willing to transport children but if you are able please let us know. We will return for 2.30 collection. If this is not a day your child normally attends but they wish to join us please let us know; they are most welcome.
Tuesday 20th – Teddy Bear hunt and picnic. There will be lots of lost teddies around the village which we will have to find and collect. Once we have done this we will be able to picnic on the village green (hall if raining). Please bring your Teddy and packed picnic lunch.
Thursday 22nd- Trip to Bovington Tank Museum. We will be travelling by train to Wool and walking/or taxiing to the Tank Museum. Please meet us at Dorchester south station by 9.20 – the train departs at 9.33. In order to compensate for travelling time this will be an extended day and we will arrive back at Dorchester south station for 15.48. Please bring packed lunch and a small back pack to carry this in.
Friday 23rd – All children welcome. So far the leavers want a day of presents and running, therefore a treasure hunt and sports will be part of the day. We will be finishing at 1.30 in order to get admin and equipment sorted for the Summer.. There will be a short presentation to celebrate the achievements of all the children who are leaving to go on to school. Parents are welcome to join us for the duration or from 12.45 in order to see their child’s presentation
Development of outside area
We now have a plan of what we can realistically afford and implement and an outline of this will be on display next week, please do add your comments to this.
As advised in previous newsletters we are going to develop the land to the rear of the hall as a permanent space for the children. We are nowat a stage pf scheduling the work and would like to make this a community project. There is some immediate preparatory work to be done: spraying weed killer, mowing, raking as well as cutting back brambles and ivy. This work needs to be done prior to our September return so that we can prepare the ground and assess what we have. If you would be willing to help us we are looking at organising a working party one day in the summer holidays. We anticipate that if we can get work done over the summer period the area will be ready for use in October.
We are about to start purchasing the list of following items, but before we do, we wondered if anyone has any of the following items laying around which we could put to use.
| Bag of concrete | Wooden gate/fence posts | Lawn weed and feed |
| Grass seed | Bark chips | gravel |
| Cobbles or pebbles | Weed control membrane | Broom poles |
| Buckets with handles | Plastic mini greenhouse | Exterior varnish |
| Blackboard paint | Vinyl carpet tread cover | Acrylic mirror |
| Plastic storage crates | Marine plywood | Wooden decking |
| Wireless doorbell. |
Committee meeting- this Thursday 15th July. 3 Marrs Cross, Sydling.(home of the Treasurer, Rebecca Maslen)