Newsletter 13.06.2014

Children in F2 have been enjoying listening to and acting out parts in the story Snow White. We have taken out various Fairytales costumes that they can use and all of them were very eager to wear princesses, kings and knights clothes. Some of them still are very enthusiastic about making potions in the Investigation area. They even put the potion in the apple to make it poisonous for their role play. 

We have been using a FREE iPad app in the classroom called Snow White by TabTale. You might want to download one for your child to also use at home.

Please also see the link Princess Long Ago to listen to and sing along with the song.

In Maths, children have been doing lots of counting activities such as:

* counting/tapping body parts to 20.

* counting backwards - rocket blast off

* counting jumps, star jumps and hops

In the swimming pool, children have shown more confidence exploring the area. Ms Cheska played a game with them called 'Salmon says'. All of them were able to do the actions Ms Cheska told them to do such as 'chin in the water', 'rain drops on your head', 'wash your face' and 'turn around'. We are very pleased to see that all F2 are enjoying this activity so much and they are showing their swimming skills confidently.

Out in the main playground, we have been enjoying using the 'Dome', 'Supernova' and the bikes! They have been showing increasing confidence using these resources with no support from their teachers.

We have also been doing lots of activities on Rhyming and Alliteration. Please see the youtube video of a song they have been singing in Music with Mr Robbie. 
Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOu-QkmInKc

Please meet our beautiful princesses in F2!

REMINDERS

* We have been invited in Year 3's Rainforest Cafe on Monday 16th June 2014. Tickets cost 10,000vnd which you can buy from the office. (Please see another post for more information.)

* F2 will be going on a trip on Friday 20th June 2014. Please make sure to send your children to school on that day. It will be a fun day to culminate all our learning the whole year.

* There will be a Transition Meeting for all EYFS parents on Wednesday 18th June at 3pm. Please note that this meeting is only for parents. See poster below.

* School will finish at 11.30am on Friday 27th June 2014.

Have a lovely weekend.

Regards,

Ms Grace and F2 teachers

Newsletter 06.06.14.

Dear Parents,

This week's main event was our first trip to the big pool.  The children went down to the pool in three separate groups.  They were introduced to Mr Chau, our PE TA.  We focused on how to get in and out of the pool safely using the ladder and moving around the pool in different ways.  The majority of children coped very well with using the ladder and moved around the pool on their own.  Most children were eager to show off their swimming skills too!

The other activity the children really enjoyed this week was baking rainbow cakes.  This idea came from the story 'Happy Birthday Winnie' in which Winnie uses her magic wand to make a huge cake.  One of the layers is a rainbow cake.  Ms Cheska led this activity and she was very impressed with the children's cooking skills and how well they concentrated during the activity.  The children have continued to be interested in magic potions and spells but lots of children have also been enjoying playing with our castle and fairy tale characters.  With that in mind, we will be sharing the fairy tale 'Snow White' next week.

We celebrated Lucy Ngo and Momoko's 4th birthdays this week.  Happy Birthday!

Notices

• F2 will be going on an end of year trip on Friday 20th June to a play area called Playtime in D11.
• End of year reports will go out on Friday.

Please see below for photos.

Kind Regards,

Gurvinder and the F2 unit.

Newsletter 30.05.2014

We could not believe that we have done so many things at school this week. Take a look at all the photographs below and see how much fun we had!

Abracadabra! Here is Witch Daisy!

We had a visit from Witches Venus and Anastasia. They taught the children how to make potions! They showed them different ingredients they use to make a potion. 'Fairy dust', worms, crocodile tears and monkey blood!

Dress rehearsal on Wednesday.

Dress rehearsal on Wednesday.

Dress rehearsal on Wednesday.

Dress rehearsal on Wednesday.

Dress rehearsal on Wednesday.

Elephants, elephants they are very elegant!

Big long trunks that gently swing.

Hey brown duck!

"What do you find so funny?"

REMINDER:

    * Week beginning 2^nd June 2014 splash pool session will be on Mondays.

·  * Big swimming pool session every Wednesday.

· * Kindly ensure that your child has his/her swimming kit during these times.

Newsletter W.B. 23.05.2014

F2 children have turned into witches and wizards in the classroom this week and they have been very busy making and perfecting potions!

We have also been busy practising our songs for the summer concert with Mr Robbie and we are very excited to show to everybody.

A small group of F3 children came to visit to teach us how to make a spell that turned some of the children into FROGS and teachers into DUCKS!!!

Tina made her own magic wand.

Toby and Thien Nghi used the broomstick to fly around the classroom!

Lucy N drawing some pictures to add to her potion list.

What a spooky ingredients to use for Isaiah's potion!

Here's Wizard Hai all focused in finishing his magic wand.

Abracadabra! turn F2 children into FROGS!

                           

Stir one, stir two, What is in the witch's brew?!

Reminders

- There will be NO SPLASH POOL session next week.

- Please make sure you child has his/her hat in school everyday.  It is too sunny to go out without one!

- Please ensure there is a spare set of uniform in your child's bag including underwear.  This needs to be full school uniform and not clothes worn at home.

Have a lovely weekend.

Ms Grace and the F2 team 

EYFS' End of Year Concert

You are all invited to watch our End of Year concert. Information about the costumes/clothes your child will be wearing have already been sent to you. Should you have any questions please ask any teachers in class or kindly see the notice board.

Thank you very much and looking forward to see all of you.

F2 Teachers

16.05.14. Newsletter

Dear Parents,

The week has flown by!  This is what we have been up to:

The children had great fun using giant sheets of paper.
Some children chose to draw around their hands and feet!

We have been using the climbing frame in the big playground.

We explored cornflour and sand gloop.

The children loved trying out the shark fin floats and flippers!

Happy 4th birthday Phuong Anh and Vivi!

The children made a structure from the pipes and had fun seeing
where the sand and water would end up!



Wizards cooking up a feast!

We played two listening games to prepare for learning Phonics in F3: Granma's Footsteps and Noisy Neighbours.  As part of their Maths focus, the children have been learning to use positional language such as 'behind', 'on top of' and 'in front'. This built on the language we learnt last week: 'inside', 'outside' and 'in'.

The children have begun to express an interest in wearing witch and wizard costumes this week and cooking in the cauldrons.

We have also been busy practising for our EYFS Summer Performance, which will take place on Thursday 29th May at 8.30 am in the gym.  Information to follow regarding costumes.  We hope to see you all there!

Reminders

-We encourage parents to apply sunblock/sunscreen to their children in the morning before they go to school in time for our splash pool session. This is to protect the children's skin from the harmful UV rays and thus prevent sunburn.

-Please make sure you child has his/her hat in school everyday.  It is too sunny to go out without one!

-Please ensure there is a spare set of uniform in your child's bag including underwear.  This needs to be full school uniform and not clothes worn at home.

Have a lovely weekend.

Ms Gurvinder and the F2 team

Newsletter 09.05.2014

We are extremely happy to see lots of parents and other teachers join us in the classroom this week. It is always nice to have visitors in the classroom especially when we share great activities with them. Enjoy the photographs from this week's F2 Safari Park.

Let us also welcome a great addition to F2 this week! Zander joined us last Tuesday and it was a pleasant start for him. He immediately engaged in activities and has started to build good relationships with his teachers and children. 

Welcome to F2 unit Zander! 

Children were very careful looking for crocodiles around the park. They used torches to make sure they see those ferocious animals clearly!

Here comes 'Mighty Bill the Giraffe'!

Good listening there Bob!

Anakha had sold so many tickets for the Safari tour. Well done Anakha!

Lucy listening attentively to her mum.

'Cheetah Phuong Anh' was busy creating different things using play dough.

Daniel needed a little help from his mum.

Darrene was a good park guide to her mum.

Andy and his dad enjoying the mini safari on the carpet.

Hnery getting a little help cutting the rhinoceros from his granma.

REMINDERS:

* We have emailed the parents about the Breakfast Club that will commence in a few weeks time. If you want your child to join in please fill out the form and give them back to us. Payment will be made to Ms Oanh (office)

* We encourage parents to apply sunblock/sunscreen to their children in the morning before they go to school in time for our splash pool session. This is to protect the children's skin from the harmful UV rays and thus prevent sunburn.