We are all very impressed with the F1 children this week. After the holiday, most of them came back happy and excited to engage in new activities. Some were a bit unsettled and found it hard to say goodbye to their carers but, this is normal after a holiday. We are confident that they will get settled again on coming days.
This week, we have still been focusing on 'My Home' and 'My Family'. The children are still very eager to play in the home corner and imitate gestures that they have seen from home. They make cups of tea and coffee for their teachers, cook food and even wash the dishes.
For our malleable area, we have made a cornflour and soap dough. The children helped in mixing the ingredients and kneading the dough. Some needed support and encouragement to hold the dough but most of the children had fun patting, squeezing, stretching and rolling the dough.
As we all came from a week-long break, we have begun sharing news with each other. This activity helps support children's language development and enhance their confidence when expressing themselves.
Kin was the first one who shared his holiday photos. He told his friends that he went to a shopping centre with his mummy and daddy and visited a toy shop. He also shared that he played with trucks and buses,
Ms Crislet also shared how she spent her break. She showed us her photos with her husband and friends in Mui Ne. She said she had fun swimming in the beach and eating lots of seafood.
Minh Anh was very excited when she saw her photos up on the IWB. She told us that she and her brother joined in SSA's skills factory class held in An Phu 1 campus. She even showed us how she kicked the ball on the field.
Carrot has also shared her holiday news. She told everybody that she went swimming in Dong Nai river with her mummy and daddy. She even shared that she wore her beautiful swimming suit.
The children did so well in sharing their holiday news. It was really amazing how they got excited seeing their photographs up on the board and how much fun they had sharing stories about their holidays. Well done!
For Literacy, our focus story was 'Mr Gumpy's Outing'. It is a story about Mr Gumpy taking 2 children and different animals in his boat. He agreed to have them on board his boat as long as they don't squabble, hop, chase, tease, muck, bleat, flap, trample and kick. Everything seemed well at first but, when they all start moving about, the boat tipped over and they all fell off the boat! They ended up swimming to the bank and having tea at Mr Gumpy's house.
The children particularly enjoyed making animal noises and counting them one by one. We showed them a Powerpoint with all the characters appearing one at a time. The children had fun watching them ride the boat and were all very good at naming the animals.
For ICT this week, we have been learning new songs on the IWB using 'Super Simple' songs. The children have been learning the words and even the actions of songs such as '5 Little Monkeys', 'Pinocchio' and more. Look at how the children pretended to be little monkeys jumping and falling off the bed! Fantastic!
For Maths, the children have been completing peg and 4 piece puzzles very well so we have been encouraging them to complete big floor 15 piece puzzles. Their favourite so far is the double-decker bus. We have been teaching the children how to complete the puzzles by looking at the pictures, colours and shape and matching them. We will be focusing on this more next week.
What a fun and great week we've had! Great job children!
You are all stars!
NOTICES:
F1's 1st School Trip: Thursday 5th November. Children will be visiting Ms Crislet's house and look at the different parts of the house. They will also be cooking in Ms Crislet's kitchen! This trip is to extend children's learning about our theme 'My Home'. Please see trip letter for more information.
- We are encouraging ALL children to join this trip but, if you decide on not letting him/her join in, please inform us as soon as possible. We are sorry but your child needs to stay at home on that day as all adults will be joining the trip and no one will be in class to supervise your child.
Holiday Photos: If you haven't done so, please bring in or sent me your child's holiday photos. These will be used for news so your child can share them in class. This is for your child's language development as well as building up his/her confidence when speaking in front of a group.
Thank you very much!
Have a relaxing and fun weekend!
Kind Regards;
Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team
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