Welcome back!

First of all, we would like to welcome all of you back and we hope you all had a fantastic Christmas holiday!

This week, we also welcomed 5 new children in our F1 family. We hope to have great times with all of you throughout this year! 

As this term commenced, we have  begun observing children's interests to see what theme we could have next. 

In the role-play area, the children have been showing a great interest in cooking especially in preparing and serving pizza to their friends and teachers. They have been 'reheating' the pizza in the microwave and putting the left overs in the refrigerator. This interest will then be extended next week by setting-up a 'Pizza Parlour' in the role-play area and doing an array of activities about this interest.

As our Maths focus, children are encouraged to recognise and name basic shapes. This week, we added shape boards as part of our Maths continuous provision so we have been sorting shapes accordingly and hopefully, begin naming them as weeks progresses. We also had a circle session wherein children were asked to hop on different shape mats according to what we pick from the shape basket, We will continue this activity to support our focus on the following weeks. 

In our workshop area, children have been spending time painting pictures. For language development, we have been encouraging children to tell us what they have painted or even name the colours they've used. We found it amazing how children can describe their picture and even share stories about it.  

Children were also encouraged to try the spray painting activity in the Fundino playground and some of them had fun using the spray bottles. This activity is to develop their fine motor skills especially their grip. 

For Literacy, Ms Clarissa and Ms Grace took the children to the library for a tour and some housekeeping. This served as an introduction to our library sessions which will start next week. We will have a story in the library every Wednesday and children will be able to borrow a book and bring it home for a week.. 

For ICT, we have changed our self-register into flowers and we have been encouraging the children to look for their names. This is one way of teaching name recognition. Ms Grace and I have also begun using tongue depressors with children's names during circle sessions. Some children are already able to recognise their names and even their friends' names. 

What a busy and fun week indeed! Well done F1 Children! 

NOTICES:

- Splash Pool sessions will start next week. This will be every Tuesday and Friday. On these days, please bring in your child's swimming kit with a towel and his/her swimsuit - all properly labelled with your child's name. 

- Library sessions will start next Wednesday. Your child will be able to borrow a book and bring it home. We encourage you to share the book with your child as this is one way of supporting your child at home. Please return the book and your child's library folder on or before the Tuesday of the following week. 

- EYFS Teddy Bears' Picnic will be on Wednesday 20th January at British Vietnamese International School at Binh Chanh District.  More details to follow. 

- Class and individual photographs for the yearbook will be on Friday 22nd January. Please bring your child in class wearing the complete uniform.

- Parent-Teacher Meetings will be on Thursday 21st January. If you haven't signed-up for this, please do on the online sign-up page sent by Ms Emma or let us know if you want to meet with us on a different day.

- For our news, please send us some of your holiday photos so your child can share them in class. Please send them to Ms Grace (gracemaling@bisvietnam.com) or to me (crisletsilva@bisvietnam.com).

Thank you very much!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team