Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed the summer break and are ready to start the new school year with as much enthusiasm as I am. I have already had the pleasure of meeting many of you this past week and I may already be a familiar face to some but I'd just like to briefly introduce myself...
My name is Sarah Pratley and I've been teaching here in Thailand for the past 10 years and I love it! I have two little girls here so I am both a parent and a teacher at Ascot which means you'll probably see me around a lot. Please feel free to come on over and say Hi. I am always happy to talk.
I am really excited to be teaching this year's Nursery class. They seem like a really wonderful group and I'm looking forward to helping them discover more about the world and each other through lots of fun songs, crafts and play based activities. The first couple of weeks can be tough so we are mostly focusing on settling in and getting used to new routines and slowly introducing our first topic, "Ourselves".
We would love it if you have any topic related photos, books or toys which you would like to share with the class to help personalize the theme and make it more meaningful for the students. For example, I would like to ask everyone to bring in one or two family photos which the class can show their friends and which can also be used on our "We are family" display board.
This week we have been enjoying exploring the different areas of the class room and getting to know each other through unstructured play. Here are just a few of the things we got up to....
Experimenting with colour in the sensory tray
Some of the class have really loved being creative in the art and design corner
In the book nook
Swimming was so much fun!
Beginning to share and work together
Outdoor play time
Thanks for visiting our blog. See you next week!
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