Week 5 - How does the weather make us feel?

Hi Parents, 

We had a great week learning about our feelings and linking it to the weather. We talked about what kind of weather makes us happy, sad and angry. We then delved into why this is - some kids felt that when it's hot, they get angry because they are sweaty! Others said that they love it when it rains because they can jump in muddy puddles! Then we used this information on the weather to make weather charts. It was interesting to see how amazing their drawing skills have come along from Kindergarten!

 We did some group work to describe a picture about feelings.

 We had a lot of fun making our faces into the sun!!

 Doing the emotions wheel got us thinking about the kind of things that make us happy, sad, angry and sleepy.

In Literacy, we covered our new sounds 'c' and 'p'. We did lots of fun games to recognise these sounds and made sure we knew how to sound them out. We also practiced letter formation through various, fun activities!

 Listening to sounds and jumping to them was a lot of fun!

Turning the letter 'p' into various things that start with it was a really fun way of learning letter formation as well as associating the sound with words. 

EQ made a p-p-pig

 Mungkorn liked his 'p' in p-p-purple.

 Linin made her 'p' into a p-p-pizza!

 Porsche made his 'p' into a p-p-pineapple.

We did a lot of fun maths activities and focussed on the numbers '6' and'7'. 

 Here the kids are matching numbers to quantity.

And finally, we had a great house colours day. The kids really got into the spirit of supporting their teams and we made lots of cool things for our houses!

 We had a spoon and egg race,

 a tug of war,

 throwing beanbags into a hoop and

 a dress-up race!

I'm sure the kids are very tired from the fun day we have had. I hope you all get some rest and I look forward to seeing you next week for our very exciting 'Wizard of OZ' themed book week!!

Here is our weekly review and preview:

RM Weekly Update Term: 1.1              Week: 5           Dates: 19th – 23rd Sept 2016

                                                                                                                                                                        

	This Week	Next Week (Book Week)
Literacy	For literacy, we covered our new sounds ‘c’ and ‘p’. We also revised all the sounds learnt so far. This involved learning the sound and recognizing items around us that start with the sounds. It was a lot of fun picking out kids who had the sound ‘P’ at the start of their name – we have quite a lot in our class! We also practiced writing these letters.	Next week, we will cover our new sounds ‘g’ and ‘o’.   Since we would have covered 8 sounds by then, it will be time for us to start reading! We will blend the sounds together to learn new words – it will be a very exciting week.
Math	We are getting better at reciting 1-20 and we practiced putting the numbers in order. We also focused on the numbers ‘6’ and ‘7’. By focusing on individual numbers, it ensures that we cover the basics before we move onto bigger numbers.	We will focus on number formation of ‘8’ and ‘9’, next week. We will also learn how to match quantities and mentally represent these numbers. We will continue to practice reciting from 1-20.
Science	We focused on how different types of weather make us feel. We then talked about why the heat makes us agitated or the cold makes us sad. It was a great way of linking feelings to our bodies.	As a way of linking our book of the week (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), we will talk about Kansas and the Cyclone from the story. It will be a great way of talking about extreme weather.
Art	We had a lot of fun drawing ourselves and mixing colours to represent feelings through art!	Art will involve learning about the characters from Wizard of Oz through various crafts and paintings.
PSED (Book Day)	We listened to the ‘Pout-Pout Fish’ and talked about how sometimes although we’re sad, our day can pick up and we have the power to make ourselves happy. We also made a very cool Pout-Pout fish!	Our book, The Wizard of Oz, will teach us about the importance of ‘love’ and ‘courage’. We will then link this to various scenarios and how we can be brave and loving every day.
Physical	We learnt how to talk and draw stories together. We also made weather charts which involved cutting and using fine motor skills.	Our physical lesson will be linked to our class party with various dances and games for us all to enjoy!
Home Learning	Having observed the kids’ cutting skills, I would like to ask parents to practice using scissors with the kids at home. This can be done in fun ways – cutting out of magazines, drawing and cutting to create a story etc. By practicing cutting, the kids are also building strength for writing and pencil holding.
Notices and Events	Next week is book week. I have sent home a letter involving several events next week – please check the contact books for more information. Thank you, Miss.Myshi :)