Rumble in the jungle!

Hello Parents,

We had great week learning about various animals that live in the jungle. We also said goodbye to our superhero theme.

The kids learned that animals in the jungle like to live in different places and they also look different in colour, size, what they eat and the sounds that they make.

Here are the kids exploring the various activities that were set out for them.

The kids did a lot of free play as well - it's great to see them practicing writing and mark marking compared to Terms 1 and 2. 

We learned that boy lions have a lot of fur around their face and this is called a 'mane'. We did an art project to practice learning the word mane by fork painting hair around a lion face!

We also learned that giraffes have long necks so that they can reach the leaves high up in the tress. 

Our phonics letter of the week was 'U' - the kids have a tendency to say 'you you you' instead of 'uh uh uh' - so please practice this letter at home: 

Jolly Phonics 'u'

I would like to ask all parents to support us by helping your kids become independent. I am aware that a lot of parents are doing this already but I have noticed a few parents still carrying in bags and emptying out the items that need to go in the baskets. I am confident to say that every single member of KM is competent enough to do the morning routine by themselves – as such please allow your kids to carry in their own bags and empty the items out by themselves. If they get it wrong, you can help them. By doing this, the kids are gaining consistency from school and home. It also helps them to prepare for the fast pace reception level next term.  Thank you in advance.

We are becoming more and more independent in KM. The kids can now get their own paint for art and help each other to dress in paint jackets.

Finally, I want to say thank you to the parents who were here for our LJ conference week. The kids loved having you here and I hope you enjoyed seeing what the kids have been learning this term.

What are superheroes about?

We wrapped up our superhero topic last week. The kids enjoyed doing a lot of junk modelling and crafts related to superheroes; it was great to see how far they have come with regards to their gross and fine motor skills.

I was very impressed with some of the 'connection of topics' going on, in KM. We learnt what prepositions were; 'in', 'on' and 'next to', in particular. 

Ploen took her knowledge of prepositions and connected it to a previous topic. She drew a jellyfish 'inside' a gruffalo!

 Mai practiced writing the words 'in' and 'on' while sounding out the letters.

The other kids practiced prepositions by placing our superminions 'in', 'on' and 'next to' a cup.

We also learnt the phonics sound to our first vowel 'e'. The kids practiced this through various activities.

Mai really impressed me with her 'outside the box' thinking. When I asked her to tell me the weather, she said it's cloudy and rainy before, so she put the arrow between the two boxes. Well done!

As our term is reaching to an end slowly, I would like to request that parents practice the following with the kids at home:

1. Name writing (initial capital letter but lower case for the rest, for eg: Myshi).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYvIqxXXl4

2. Phonics (Phase 2). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug&list=PL2CA55091A4843E70

3. Recognition of numbers from 1-10.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUvEWvlb60g