Book week competition

BOOK ART COMPETITION

Think about your favourite book.

What would you do if you were in the story?

Draw a page from the story with you in it.

Be imaginative:

Would Dorothy come to your house to tea?

Would you go for a drive with Mr Toad?

Would you go dancing with Humpty Dumpty?

All entries must be handed into Class Teachers by Wednesday  2^nd October.

Our visiting author Liz Million and Miss Charlie will be the judges and there will be a winner in every Mile Post.

Remember be creative, GO WILD!

Newsletter 27th September

Dear Parents,

It's been a very busy week!  Here are the highlights:

-Last week, lots of children had been baking using playdough and cupcakes.  On Monday, we decided to have a go at making some real ones.  We baked banana and oat muffins.  
-On Wednesday we planted some 'grass' (rice seeds) in preparation for our dinosaur den and display.  
-On Thursday we shared a book called 'Bumpus, Jumpus, Dinosaurumpus' by Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees.  The children joined in with the dinosaur and actions and learnt words such as 'dinosaur', 'tail', 'horns' and 'huge'.
-Today, Ms Grace shared the story 'Digger' by Liz Million.  In the story there is a dinosaur called Digger who is trying to work out what he is good at.  The children also began thinking about what they are good at.

-The children have also been doing lots of counting with dinosaurs.

As you can see, the children been expressing an interest in dinosaurs.  Next week is Book week at TX so we will continue to focus on the Digger story.  Please see the Book week post and the class noticeboard for details of events and how you can join in.

Notices:
-There will be no swimming or News next week due to Book week activities.
-The children go to the library on Tuesdays.  All library books need to be returned before or on that day so that your child can borrow another book.

Planting rice seeds in the Fundino Playground.

Baking banana and oat muffins.

Henry is enjoying playing a counting game on the IWB.

We shared a PowerPoint about dinosaurs.

Book week 30th September-4th October

Next week is Book week here at TX.  Please see below for our daily activities.

Liz Million parents workshop

Newsletter 20th September

Dear Parents,

4 weeks of school have already passed and it is really nice to see children showing more confidence interacting with other children and adults in class. They have also been doing things independently in the classroom such as putting on their shoes, choosing activities to engage on, serving their own food during snack bar and lunch time.

This week we are also very proud of how the children have performed during our Moon Festival celebration. This is just the start of many school performances your children will participate in at school.

Just a few reminders :

* Kindly make sure to get a 'Late Slip' from the office before you take your child to the classroom.
* Bracelets or any other accessory/jewelry apart from earrings (studs) are not allowed to be worn at school.
* Girls have been wearing really nice hair clips lately however we are afraid that these accessories might get lost. May we ask to limit your child's hair accessories to a simple pony tail or clips?
* We will be celebrating Book Week in a couple of weeks at school, more information will be sent to you next week.

Thank you very much and have a lovely weekend.

Enjoy the Moon Festival performance clip below and some photographs of the children in action.

Regards,
Ms Grace and Ms Gurvinder

Children seemed to enjoy scoops and ice cream dough!

Tam persevering in climbing up the climbing equipment

Mr Robbie teaching them '5 Little Monkeys' rhyme.

Children looking beautiful in their Ao Dai

They were very independent helping themselves with moon cakes! Yum!

Moon Festival Celebration

You are all invited to come and celebrate with us. Please see details below.

Newsletter 13th September photos

Isaiah and Victoria took turns to ride the bike and be the passenger.

The children played with buckets and sponges in the splash pool.

The full-time children have steadily settled into their lunchtime routine and are getting used to serving themselves.

We celebrated Thien Nghi's 4th birthday.

Lots of children have been reading books in the book area independently this week.

Newsletter 13th September

Dear Parents,

It's been a very busy week in the F2 unit.  Here are the highlights:

-This week, the children visited the library for first time this term.  Ms Grace shared an 'Elmer' story with the children after they had chosen their books.

-We have been busy practising for our EYFS Moon Festival parade.   We have also been making lanterns which have involved lots of cutting skills and painting.

-The children have been enjoying using different Mathematics games on the computers.  Their favourites have involved counting and number recognition.  www.topmarks.co.uk and www.crickweb.co.uk are websites that you might be interested in having a look at, at home.

-The children have enjoyed reading 'Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?' and 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?'

-This week was the first week full-time children had their lunch at school.  As mentioned by Ms Sue in her newsletter, we have a new menu which includes both Western and Asian food.  The children have been encouraged to choose the food they would like to try and serve themselves, as well as clear up their dishes afterwards.  All children are given vegetables and encouraged to try a wide variety of food.  Lots of children have opted to try both the Asian and Western options!

Please note:
-Full-time children will be in all day next week 7.55 am-2.30 pm.  All full-time children should bring a toothbrush and toothpaste with them
-EYFS will celebrate Moon Festival on Thursday 19th September in the foyer at 8.30 a.m.  Please bring your child to school in traditional Ao Dai and a uniform set in their bag.  All EYFS parents are invited to share our celebration.
-Parent consultations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday next week.  Please see the sign up on the classroom noticeboard.

Newsletter - 6th September

It has been a lovely time at school this week. We have been doing lots of activities in the classroom and we have had a great time exploring other areas around the school for the first time such as the soft playroom, Fundino playground and the Music room!

Children chose an animal to identify our unit and they have decided that the Elephant will best represent F2. Starting today, we will be called F2 Elephants and below is the song/chant that we have started in class.

Elephants, Elephants
We're F2 Elephants
Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp

Elephants, Elephants
Great, big elephants
( Make the elephant noise 3x)

Children enjoying different texture in the tuff spot.

Daisy digging in the sand pit

Phuong Anh and Thien Nghi hanging baby clothes to dry.

Meeting Mr Robbie for the first time!

Khoi being brave climbing down the climbing equipment!

On another note, please see below the copy of the F2 timetable. There is a slight change in music time from the one we sent to your email addresses.

Swimming sessions and library time will start next week.  The New Book was sent home with Phuong Anh and Daisy this week.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to speak to us or send us an email.

Thank you and have a lovely weekend.

Regards,

Ms Grace and Ms Gurvinder

First week of school

Children have had a busy first week at school. They have been happily exploring different areas in the classroom and have been playing nicely with their friends.