Term 3's Fantastic Start!

Time has gone by so fast! We are now in our last term of the school year and F1 is just getting better! 

This week, 5 new children joined in our F1 family and we would like to welcome all of them and their families. We hope to make fond memories with all of you this term!

This term, our foci learning objectives are:

Personal Social and Emotional Development

-Build special relationship with other children.

-Learn that some actions can hurt/harm others.

-Express own preference/interest.

Communication and Language

-Understand 'who', 'what', 'where' in simple questions.

-Learn new words and use them in simple sentences. 

Physical Development

-Begin to use tripod grip. 

-Become more independent in self-care. 

Literacy

-Recognise own name.

-Engage in mark-making activities and describe their drawing. 

Maths

-Begin to use the language of size.

-Select a small number of objects from a group. 

Expressive Arts and Design

-Experiment with blocks, colours and marks. 

Understanding the World

-Learn that they have similarities and differences.

-Operates mechanical toys. 

These learning objectives are what we are going to work on this term. We are hopeful that by the end of this term, children will either achieve the targets or at least make progress in these areas. 

* This week, the children have been showing a great interest in taking care of babies. In the soft play room, they have been pretending that they have babies in their arms and they cuddle them to sleep. With this interest, we will be transforming our role-play area into a nursery. *

NOTICES:

* Monday and Tuesday 2nd and 3rd of May - Public Holidays. No school. 

* Wednesday 4th May - School re-opens. 

* As the weather gets really hot nowadays, may we ask you to apply sunscreen on your child before school on Splash Pool days (Tuesday and Friday). Please also put in your child's hat in his/her bag for outdoor play time. 

* Home time routine - Thank you for cooperating with us with regards to our new afternoon routine. The children are now becoming more familiar with it and are becoming more responsible with their belongings. 

* For our new theme, may we request you to bring in your child's baby photograph/s. We will be making a gallery of their baby photos and will also be sharing them with each other at group time. 

Thank you!

Have a relaxing long weekend! 

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace and the F1 Team

Newsletter 08.04.16

Dear Parents,

This term has been an amazing time to learn so many things and we couldn't be happier seeing the children develop their skills day by day. This term also sees the introduction of new approach to developing their skills and abilities. Apart from exploring the usual and familiar activities we have in and out of the classroom, children have been encouraged to participate in new and exciting teacher-led activities such as 'Focus groups', sharing of 'Weekend photos' and 'My Favourite Book', playing in the main playground and the use of 'Funky Finger' table.

Focus groups 

This activity aims to provide opportunities for all children to speak up, explore and discover learning in a small group. We believe that by doing small focus groups, children are given a richer opportunity to learn skills that sometimes are quite tricky to achieve when done as a whole class. This activity also gives opportunities for teachers to learn the skills the children already have and how we can extend it to further achieve their best potential.

Sharing of Weekend/Holiday photos and My favourite book

We have seen how the children have developed their confidence in speaking in front of the whole class and sharing their news with everybody. We are pleased that each one of them are trying their best to use the vocabulary they learn from each other as they describe the book or the photos they are sharing.

Main playground

We have also utilised the space we have in the main playground to develop the children's gross motor skills. Every week, we try to do different activities such as relay, kicking balls, obstacle course, drawing/painting.

Funky Finger table

This table specifically helps to develop children's fine motor skills. We have been using different tools such as tongs, corks, pompom balls and pine cones to help children learn and enhance their hand-eye coordination.

REMINDERS:

* School re-opens on 25th April 2016.

* Splash pool session commences that week so please ensure they have their swimming kit to school. 

* Please update your child's blog with photos of your holiday. Or you may email them to us at gracemaling@bisvietnam.com and/or crisletsilva@bisvietnam.com

Thank you very much and we're  looking forward seeing you all back at school in term 3.

Have a well deserved break!

Regards,

Ms Grace, Ms Crislet and the F1 Team

A Dino-mite Week!

First of all, we would like to thank all of you for all the children's fantastic dinosaur costumes! They all looked wonderful!

Our party started off with our new IWB Dinosaur register. All children had a go at looking for their names and finding out what kind of dinosaurs they are. All were so excited when they saw the new register and have been talking about the dinosaurs in it.

During our 'hello time', Ms Grace and Ms Crislet showed the children what they will have for the party. We had 'Dinosaur teeth' (slices of watermelon), 'Dinosaur bones (bone-shaped crackers), 'Dinosaur eggs' (grapes), 'Dinosaur scales' (waffles) and a Dinosaur cake! They all enjoyed the treats and had fun dancing afterwards.

Aside from our Dinosaur party, the children have been also spending time in our role-play area, pretending they were dinosaurs having a party! They have also been exploring the tuff spot and looking for dinosaur fossils. 

Ms Grace also did a cooking session with the children. They made dinosaur eggs using marshmallows, butter and rice krispies. They were delicious! 

In our splash pool session this week, we had a running race and also blew bubbles with straws. The children showed great confidence in water and actively participated in the activities. 

For our focus groups this week, Ms Grace facilitated a music and movement activity, Ms Trinh read a dinosaur story and Ms Crislet discussed how huge, small, tall and short dinosaurs were.

A fantastic week indeed! Well done F1 children for you great contributions to this week's activities! 

Notices:

- No Splash Pool Sessions next week. 

- Term ends on Friday 8th April. Home time for all children is at 11.30. 

- Easter holiday is from 11th April to 22nd April. 

- School re-opens on Monday 25th April. 

Thank you!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Grace  and the F1 Team