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.

Parent Workshop - Why Messy Play is Important?

You are all invited for a workshop about Messy Play. Kindly see the poster below for more information.

Newsletter 25.04.14.

Dear Parents,

This week in F2

It's been an exciting week this week with our  TX Green Day and the F2 Safari Park.  The children also had a great time counting the beats on the drums in Mr Robbie's room.  In the classroom, the children played a listening game called 'Mrs Brown's Box' in which they had to guess which instrument was making the sound they could hear.  I also played a Maths game with the children where they tried to match different shapes to similar shaped objects in the classroom.  We had great fun in the splash pool this week with the children having swimming races and using the watering cans.  We also celebrated Toby's birthday.  Happy 4th birthday Toby!

Fun in the splash pool with watering cans.

Music with Mr Robbie.

Using the scoops and balls in the main playground.

Bill and Anthony in the F2 Safari Park jeep looking at the crocodiles.

Mr John and F3 visited us during Green Day to make skirts, belts and jewellery from newspaper and magazines.

Children's blogs
We are busy writing end of term reports so the children's individual bogs will not be updated as frequently as they usually are.  The class blog will be updated every Friday as usual.

Invitation
We would like to invite parents and carers into the F2 classroom to experience the F2 Safari Park.  Please join us from 8-9 am on Wednesday 7th May to lots of fun!

Messy Play workshop
All EYFS parents are invited to take part in the messy play coffee morning with Ms Grace and Ms Crislet. This will take place in F2 on Tuesday 6th May at 8.20 am.  Please join them to find out how messy play opportunities enhance your child's learning and how you can support your child with messy play activities at home.

Transition to F3
We will be sending a letter to you soon to let you know how we will be preparing the F2 children for their transition into F3 next year to ensure the children are ready for their new year group.

Birthdays
A gentle reminder that although we love to celebrate the children's birthdays in class, please only bring in a cake.  No other gifts or chocolate/sweets.

Holiday
BIS will be closed from Wednesday 30th April to Friday 2nd May.  It will re-open on Monday 5th May.

Have a great weekend.

Ms Gurvinder, Ms Grace and the F2 team.

Newsletter 18.04.2014

It is the first week back and the children have been showing so much excitement and enthusiasm engaging in different activities in and out of the classroom. Ms Gurvinder took the children for a 'Listening Walk' around the school. This term we will be focusing on our listening and speaking skills even more to prepare us fro learning phonics in F3. We are very pleased with how involved the children were during the activity, they have been using their ears and an extra pair of Elephant ears to listen to the sounds they hear around them.

It was also Khanh An's birthday at the beginning of the week.  Happy 4th birthday Khanh An!

In the main playground, Ms Grace led some groups of children in using the bucket stilts and scoops and balls. Some children were very confident walking around using the stilts whilst others tried their best to get on their feet.

Our role play area is still under construction and we can't wait to open it next week!

This week, we have asked Tam and Toby to share their weekend news on Monday.

Let's welcome our new friend, Lucy N!

Momoko took part in creating patterns using animal print shapes.

Andy tried using the bucket stilts in the main playground.

Well done Chao for throwing and catching the ball!

Children were also busy threading different kinds of wooden beads.

Listening Walk took the children to the office to hear and listen to different sounds around them.

REMINDER: 

Green Day Poem - Isaiah

Here is another lovely poem written by Isaiah and his mum. 

IF I WERE A TREE
By; Isaiah Mehrudeen consulted with Mommy

If I were a tree...
I will cry, please don't cut me!
      With love, I give my beautiful flowers
      With love, I give my tasty fruits and seeds to grow even more
      With love, I give a place to stay
The birds are calling me "Home"
And for you all,
We should be a best friend
Please don't cut me, I will cry...