Week 13 - Celebrations!

We had a lot of fun at RM learning about various celebrations from around the world. It was a great chance for the kids to learn about the world map and where certain countries are. We focused on China and the Chinese New Year; we learnt that each year they celebrate a different animal and next year it will be the rooster. So we coloured and decorated a very vibrant rooster!

We also linked our Maths lesson to Diwali in India and birthdays. So we decorated lots of birthday cakes and rangoli with patterns! 

For Science, we revisited our topic of healthy eating and had a lot of fun categorising different food onto different plates. We worked in pairs and did really well! 

For Literacy, we learnt some new camera words. They were hard but we kept practicing and now we know them!

It has been a busy week for us because our parents came to visit for our Learning Journey Conferences. 

We also celebrated Harry's birthday today!

And our star of the week is Lucas!!! Because he has been dancing so well this week. Well done, Lucas :)

Here is our review and preview for your information. 

	This Week (Celebrations)		Next Week (Life in the Arctic)
Literacy	We focused on ‘f’ and ‘h’. We also learnt the new camera words – she, be, we, was me, my.		We will be focusing on ‘r’ and ‘l’. We will be learning some new words – sit, sip, log, hot, hop, soft and clap.
Math	We focused on pattern and quantity – more and less.   We linked this to the festival ‘Diwali’ that is held in India.		Next week, we will be introducing addition and subtraction to Reception.
Science	We reviewed our topic on healthy eating and digestion. And we linked this to the food festival La Tomatina’ that is held in Spain.		We will learn about life in the arctic; types of animals, the weather and how people live there.
Art	We learnt about birthdays and how to write the date of our birthday. Then we made a three tier (paper) cake and decorated it.		Next week is all about life in the arctic. We will focus on a few art projects on how to create a nighttime sky using water colour paint, how to make an igloo with junk models and how to draw a polar bear.
PSED	Our PSED was linked to different celebrations and how to stay safe during these times.		Our PSED will be about global warming, its effects on the ice and how we can help to save energy.
Physical	We linked this to the Art lesson and learned how to wrap birthday gifts and write birthday cards.		We will try to make some Christmas cookies during our Physical lesson. Please advise me if you do not want your child eating any food made in class.
Home Learning	Please continue to practice the old camera words and our new camera words. Perhaps you can play a game of ‘spot the word’ when reading books; put a post-it every time you come across it. Have a chart with all the camera words and count which word came up the most! The kids love this game when we play it in class.
Notices and Events		If you haven’t sent in the Christmas gift and concert outfit, please try to send it in next week. Thank you J

Have a lovely weekend and see you next week!

Miss.Myshi :)