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Newsletter 15.11.13

If you hear your children saying,"Kumusta","Xin chao","Namaste" do not be surprised. These are what we have been learning in class in celebration of the International week. We have been focusing on the countries from Asia and the Pacific that are represented in F2 unit. Please have a look below for some amazing photographs of the activities the children have been doing.

Thank you to all the parents for sending photographs and objects representing your countries and coming to the classroom to lead an activity for the children. We still have 2 countries to talk about next week and we are looking forward to share more amazing stories and information to them.

Children all came dressed in their national costume.

Children enjoying what they have made during our Vietnam day in class.

They also visited the Vietnam room where they got to ride a real 'Vietnamese boat'.

They also learnt a game called 'Conglak' (Indonesia) that is similar with 'Sungka' (Philippines)

Ms Cheska taught them how to make a Filipino dessert called 'Turon' (banana fritter)

We also had a visit from Y6 children who taught them how to make a penguin using plasticine.

Victoria got to wear a 'sari' an Indian outfit.

Children took part in the International Fair.

Children have been enjoying our International Cafe.

Below are videos of the activities we have been doing at school.

Newsletter 8th November

Dear Parents,

Thank you for all your wonderful International week contributions and ideas.  If you haven't done so already, please remember to send us some photos of places your children have visited when they have gone back to their home countries. For children of Vietnamese nationality, you are welcome to bring in photos of their holidays in other countries.  

A reminder of whole school events:

Monday 11th November- F1 and 2 will join the flag parade this year in the hall and will parade at 8.15 am. Please bring your child into school wearing their national costume.  Please also make sure your child is on time.

Wednesday 13th November- International cafe and fair.  Please buy tickets from Ms Oanh in the office if you would like your child to take part in the fair activities.

The children have expressed a wide range of interests this week.  Please see below for what we have been up to:

The children loved playing with the new water wheel in the splash pool.

We have been pleased to see a wider range of friendships developing in the unit.

Most of the children have been interested in reading shark books(fiction and non-fiction).

We celebrated Minh's 4th birthday on Tuesday.  Happy Birthday Minh!

The children have been making their national flags for the international flag parade.

We have been counting the number of beats in words and copying simple rhythms.

We now have two very big sharks in the class!

Newsletter 01.11.13

"There's a shark in the park!"

Children have been very excited saying and even shouting these words in the classroom because we have been focusing on that book for some time now. Children have been joining in at re-telling the story to their friends and teachers.

These are the highlight of our week at school:

* The children made their own telescope and used them to look for sharks around the classroom.

* Lots of beautiful costumes were taken out and made available for the children to play. We have had police officers, heroes and princesses in the classroom this week.

* They have been playing with a big block of ice and started learning and using the vocabulary 'melting', 'cold', 'smooth' and 'rough'. We are going to build up on this next week and have an experiment on how ice is made.

* We have been busy colouring in our big shark display and children have all joined in the activity.

* More children have participated in our splash pool session and we are very happy about this!

* We have been doing lots of gross motor skill activities in the playground and the soft play room. Groups of children have taken part in playing football and doing different movements (Sticky Kids) in the soft play room.

Reminders:

* Please continue on bringing your children's swimming kit at school. We have been enjoying our splash pool sessions and would like all children to regularly join in.

* All your children's personal belongings should be labelled.

* Children have shown good understanding of BISCAT. We use BISCAT reinforce positive behaviour at school all the time. This half-term we are focusing on Internationalism and you will see below the objectives that go in the Internationalism strand.
* We have been using different educational websites in the class. If you want to visit and have a go at these websites with your child, please click on the links below. These are also available and can easily be seen on the side bar of our class' blog.

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Newsletter 18.10.13.

Dear Parents,

The last week before half term has been wonderful!  Here are the highlights:

-We have been mark-making on CDs and foil using cotton buds and a PVA glue and paint mix.

-As part of our shape focus we introduced further shapes, including a semi-circle, pentagon and hexagon.  We went on a shape hunt around the Fundino playground and the classroom!

-The children loved our bubble blowing activity this week and made some fantastic prints.

-Ms Grace shared an new IWB resource with the children.  We joined a virtual tour of the Smithzonian Natural History Museum and looked at the dinosaurs there.
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-The children have been interested in making sounds with pasta, so we added some different containers.  The children filled them and shook them, talking about the different sounds they could hear.

After half term,  we will be focusing on the story 'Shark in the park' by Nick Sharratt.  Ms Grace shared this story with the children initially and since then they have been choosing to look at it in the book area.

Notices
-It is half term next week.  We will return to school on  Monday 28th October.
-Thank you to all of you who have posted weekend news and comments on your child's blogs this term.  It would be great to have some holiday news as well from half term.
-A reminder that swimming days in F2 are Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Swimming bags should go in the baskets which are placed outside the classroom.  Please ensure that all towels and swimming kits have your child's name.

Newsletter 11.10.13.

Here are the highlights from this week:

We have been focusing on 'shape' as part of our Mathematical focus.  We shared 'Harry and the Dinosaurs have a Very Busy Day' and played a shape game on the IWB. The children have been naming and recognising triangles, circles, squares and rectangles.  Next week, we will extend this to other shapes and continue to focus on vocabulary such as 'sides', 'long' and 'short'.

Ms Grace and I have been really pleased to see children showing more confidence in getting messy!  This week the children have explored cornflour gloop and hand and foot printing.

We have lots of new toys in EYFS.  The children were very excited to play with our big shiny shapes and built both 2D and 3D models with them.  We used our new binoculars to look for hidden dinosaurs around the classroom.  There are lots of Music and movement toys as well!

The children have been engaging in several activities focusing on developing their fine motor skills, which are crucial for their drawing and writing skills.  The activities included threading pasta to make snakes, bracelets and necklaces, using scissors and using different puzzles.

Following on from Book week, the children have continued to enjoy learning about dinosaurs. They have loved dressing up in our dinosaur costumes and listening to our Dinosaur sound track.

Today it was Bill's 4th birthday.  Happy Birthday Bill!

Hand printing

                                                       Phuong Anh told us she was building a "house".

                                          Thien enjoyed practising his scissor skills.

                                              

                                 Lam laughed as everything looked very big through the binoculars!

                                               

                                     Daisy was pleased with the pasta bracelet she had threaded.

Minh and Toby shared 'Harry and a Busy Day'.

Happy Birthday Bill!

                                                   

Newsletter - 4th October

 Roar! roar! roar! Children have been so engaged in our theme - Dinosaur that they have also enjoyed when Ms Liz Million, the author and illustrator of the story Digger came to visit. They were treated to an exciting drawing session and we were very pleased with all of their drawings.

In the classroom, teachers have made our role play very exciting by setting up a Dinosaur Den. The children have been spending time digging dinosaur fossils and learning about some dinosaur names such as 'Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Pteranodon' etc.

The children also took part in a 'buddy class' activity with Year 6 children where they shared and listen to some stories read to them by older children at school.

Last Wednesday, children were treated to an afternoon of marshmallow, hot chocolate and a book for our 'Snuggle up and Read'. They were very excited to choose a book on their own whilst sipping a cup of hot chocolate with their friends.

And to end our fabulous Digger theme Book Week, F2 children had a Dinosaur Party this morning complete with a dinosaur cake which they decorated.

Colin helped Ms Grace make a dinosaur fossil footprint using 'mud-rock'.

Children listened very well to Ms Liz as she told them what to do during the drawing session.

Daisy, Benjamin and Phuong Anh were all busy looking for dinosaur fossils!

F2 children listened to Y6 children storytelling.

Henry chose and book and quietly sat on the carpet to look at his book.

Tina helped Ms Grace decorate our Dinosaur cake.

Dinosaur cake!!

Thien Nghi and Khanh An having a treat!

REMINDERS:

* Swimming session will resume next week. All children should be swimming therefore, please make sure to bring your child's swimming kit to school.
* All library books need to be returned on or before Tuesday every week in order for your child to borrow a new one.