Newsletter 24.06.16

Dear Parents,

It has been a tremendous year for all of us in F1. We are very pleased with the progress the children have shown throughout the year. We would like to extend our thank you to all the parents for the support you've given us. Have a lovely and relaxing summer holidays! See you all in August.

Please have a look at some photos from our Splash Day last Wednesday and our class party last Thursday.

Regards,
Ms Grace, Ms Crislet and the F1 Team

Hey Yellow Duck

Below is the video of the children performing 'Hey Yellow Duck'. Sorry for the late upload. Enjoy!

Newsletter 17.06.16

What a fantastic way to celebrate a year of learning! All children have shown great confidence as they explored all the play areas in Playtime. They have all been sensible during the bus ride and listened attentively to their teachers. Well done F1! 

        

Today, we also celebrated Carly's 3rd birthday! Happiest birthday Carly!  

NOTICES:

Tuesday 21st June - Splash Day: Please bring in your child's swimming kit on this day. 

Thursday 23rd June - Class Party:

- All children can come in wearing their party clothes. 

- Your child has chosen one food from this selection during our circle session. Please see your child's food slip for more details. 

Friday 24th June - Last Day of School Year: All classes end at 11.30am. Please collect your child on time. 

Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team

Newsletter 10.06.16

Dear Parents,

This week has gone by so fast and we are just amazed about how well the children have performed during the concert! Thank you Mums and Dads for coming and watching the show. You must be very proud watching F1 children confidently danced and sang in front of a big audience.

Here's a video of the children performing Hello Mr Golden Sun during the concert.

 

 NOTICES

 * Your child's End of Year report has been sent out today. For children moving to F2 next year, you will see a letter from Ms Sara (new F2 teacher who will be working alongside Ms Precious) and another letter informing you of the Transition Meeting that will take place on Tuesday 14th June at 1.30pm in the Multi-Purpose Room. Another Open Class will happen on Thursday 16th June. Should you have any concern about the report, please do not hesitate to speak to us.

 * F1 class will go on a trip to PlayTime on Thursday 16th June. Kindly ensure your child comes to school at 8am so we have ample time to prepare them for the trip.

 * Swimming is cancelled for the rest of the week leading to the end of the year. Although, we are planning for a one 'Splash Day' to culminate the theme Summer in class. More details to follow about this.

Thank you very much and have a relaxing weekend.

Regards,
Ms Grace, Ms Crislet and the F2 Team

Fundinos in the Sun - Photos

Term 3 - Upcoming Events

Dear Parents,

As the end of year draws near, may we remind you of upcoming events and activities.

June 14 Tuesday at 1.30pm (Multi Purpose room) - Transition meeting (Parents are invited to come)

June 16 Thursday - F1 end of year trip to Playtime

June 23 Thursday - F1 Class Party (more details to follow)

Kindly check our class blog regularly for more updates. Thank you.

Regards,
F2 Teachers

Transition Meeting

* This meeting is only for parents of children who are moving to F2 and F3 next year. 

Newsletter 03.06.16

This week, we have been busy rehearsing for our summer concert. Ms Clarissa has been teaching them the lyrics and we have been rehearsing both in the classroom and in the hall. The children are now showing great confidence when singing and dancing. We are getting excited to see them up on stage as they will surely shine.

For workshop this week, we have made paper plate ducks and Mr Sun with our hand prints. These will be put up for the summer concert.  

For ICT activity this week, we have been playing an online dress-up game. Children can be as creative as they are and chose from a wide range of options of clothings, accessories and more. Please feel free to play this at home as the children showed great interest in this game. 

Here is the link:  Dress-up Game 

For our Maths, we have been focusing on numbers and counting. We encouraged the children to select numbers of fruits from a group. We have also encouraged children to fill jars and follow certain levels. 

For fine motor skills activity, we put out nuts and bolts so children can try matching the shapes and put them together by rotating either of the two. 

For next week, we will be building up a new interest which is 'summer'. We will be gradually changing the role-play into a beach scene and will prepare activities to support this. 

NOTICES:

* Thursday 9th June at 8.30 in TX gym: EYFS Summer Concert - All parents/families are invited. 

Just a reminder on this day, please drop your child in the classroom at 8am sharp, say goodbye immediately and proceed to the hall so you can get a good seat. This will also help us settle them in and dress them up in their costumes. 

* Splash pool sessions are now cancelled. We will have our Splash Day soon and more information to follow. 

* F1 Class' End of Year Party will be on Thursday 23rd June. More information to follow. 

* For our new theme, please send us some of your beach holiday photos. 

Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team

EYFS End of Year Concert - Fundinos in the Sun

Newsletter 27.05.16

Dear Parents,

Thank you to those who have already brought in the yellow shirt we've asked for the EYFS end of year concert. If you haven't done so, you still have another week to give one for your child. Please hand them over to us or any of the teaching assistants.

This has week has been busy rehearsing the songs and the dance we will be performing on the day of the concert. We are very pleased to see each one of them getting more familiar with the lyrics, singing and dancing along. The concert will be on Thursday 9th of June 2016.

Here are the lyrics of the songs F1 will be singing.

Have a lovely weekend.

Regards,
Ms Grace, Ms Crislet and the F1 Team

School closes today due to President's Obama's arrival

Dear Parents,

You have been informed that due to President Obama’s arrival to HCMC, roads around TX will be blocked and so there will be difficulty accessing the school for certain periods of time.

Children will have lunch earlier than usual so you can pick them up at 11.30am instead. If you wish to pick them up prior to 11.30am please let us know.

We would appreciate if you could come on time. Please check your email regularly for updates about this matter.

Thank you very much for your kind understanding.

Kind regards,

Ms Grace and Ms Crislet 

Newsletter 20.05.16

This week, we continued doing a variety of activities about 'Babies'. The children are showing more awareness on how they should take care of their little brothers or sisters. 

In the investigation area, we placed a tub, a couple of baby dolls, soap, water and towel. We encouraged the children to bathe the babies and be gentle with them. Lots of children volunteered to do this activity and they loved it!

This past few weeks, we have been focusing on enhancing the children's mark-making skills. From holding the pens properly to describing their drawings using their words. Most of the children are showing progress when holding  pens. We are developing their tripod grips and some are now doing it well. 

Please have a look at some of their wonderful drawings focusing on themselves and their families. 

This week, Ms Clarissa also taught the children 2 new songs, 'Mr Sun, Mr Golden Sun' and 'Hey, Yellow Duck'. We will be performing these two songs on our End of Year Celebration. The children were all very happy singing and dancing to these songs. 

Here are the lyrics:

Fantastic week F1! You all did amazing! 

NOTICES:

EYFS End of Year Celebration: 

      

        - Thursday 9th June 2016 in the TX hall - Time to follow.

       - Please bring in plain yellow oversized shirt for your child on Monday 23rd May. This will be used as his/her costume for the show. We will be adding details to it thus the reason for asking you to bring it in early. 

                    

         - Splash Pool Sessions will only be once a week which is on Tuesdays. Please label all your child's belongings - towel, swimsuit and swimming bag/kit.

           

Thank you!

Have a great weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team

         

Newsletter 13.05.16

Dear Parents,

We continue on taking part in the role play area about Babies. Children have continuously engaged themselves in caring for our baby dolls. They have been using all the resources that were made available for them.

Over the course of the week, I have shown videos and photos of my daughter Aria to further extend our children's knowledge of what a baby does and what things a baby needs. It was a joy to hear them talk about what they've seen and relate it with what they remember their mums and dads do for them when they were still little babies. Ms Crislet also helped them share their baby photos to the rest of the class. If you javen't sent your children's baby photos, please email them to us so we can share them to the children.

As you are aware, it's hotter than usual these days and our splash pool doesn't have a cover. In order to ensure that children are safe under the sun, we would like to adjust our routine in the splash pool. Beginning next week, F1 will only be swimming once a week (Tuesday) until the end of the year. We would also like to ask you to follow the suggested swimming clothes for your children to ensure that they are well protected.

Should you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to email us or speak to us.

Have a lovely weekend.

Regards,
Ms Grace, Ms Crislet and the F1 Team

REMINDER - Splash pool session

Newsletter 06.05.16

This week, we developed a nursery role-play to extend the children's interest in babies. All of them showed eagerness in taking care of the babies and ensuring that they don't get hungry. Most of them showed knowledge in feeding the babies and even in changing their clothes. Victoria, Kathy and Carrot even thought of using the feeding bottles as iron and ironed the babies' clothes. Harry also asked 'Where baby shoes?" This is why next week, we will be adding more resources in our role-play area to stimulate children's creativity and give their play an array of possibilities. 

Here are some photos for this week:

Fantastic Play F1!

NOTICES:

-  Please bring in your child's baby photograph/s or email them to us for our show and tell and gallery. (email us at gracemaling@bisvietnam.com and crisletsilva@bisvietnam.com)

-  Library books should be returned to us on or before the following Tuesday so your child can borrow a book during our library session every Wednesday. 

- Please ensure that your child has his/her swimming kit every Tuesdays and Fridays. Swimsuits and towels must be labelled. 

-  As it gets very sunny in the mornings, please ensure that you apply sunscreen on your child before coming to school on swimming days. 

Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team