Italy

Hello parents,

This week, we learnt all about Italy! The kids really enjoyed it. They understand that Italy is a country in Europe and they are famous for Pizza, pasta, the leaning tower and gondolas!

 We made some masks and Italian flags too!

 After making real pizza, some of the kids wanted to do a pizza craft. They did this one completely independently!

We also did a bit of travelling! 

For Literacy, we practiced a lot of writing this week. We also learnt our new sounds 'y' and 'z' 

And we continued to practice our camera words: so, you, her, all, are, said. 

For Numeracy, we learnt about prepositions: above, below, inside of, on top of, left, right, etc. 

Moving Mr.Bootsie Booboo around was a lot of fun!! 

	This Week (Italy)		Next Week (Scotland)
Literacy	This week, we focussed on the sounds ‘y’ and ‘z’. We will wait to do ‘w’ and ‘v’ till next week as they will take a bit more time. This week we learnt our new camera words: so, are, all, her, you, said. It will be beneficial for the kids to practice recognizing these at home.		Next week, we will differentiate between ‘v’ and ‘w’. We will also learn some new words and continue blending.
Math	We learnt about position and direction. It was a great way of learning our left and right. A good idea will be to practice this at home so that the kids get used to it. We also learnt new prepositions such as ‘beside, between, above’.		Next week, we will continue to practice time. If the kids have grasped the idea of telling the hour, we may go onto learn minutes. This is a more complex concept, so it will only be an introduction at this stage.
Science	We learnt all about Italy; the culture, types of food, landmarks and what Italian sounds like.		Next week, we will focus on Scotland. We will look at the landmarks of the country and what kinds of animals you see in Scotland.
Art	After learning about Italy, we focused on ‘the leaning tower’ and ‘gondolas’ as Italy is known for these. We then used junk to make the above.		We will learn about some of the landmarks of Scotland – how there are still many castles left and how beautiful they look.
PSED	We did a lot of role play this week. We had chefs making pizza and pasta while some families went to the Italian restaurant.		Our PSED lesson will be about what Scottish traditional outfits look like. We will learn about tartans and what they represent. We will then make our own RM tartan. We may meet a Scottish person who will talk all about their country!
Physical	We watched some videos on Italian dance and tried to make our dance!		We will learn an easy ceilidh dance called the ‘Gay Gordons’ and practice it while listening to Scottish music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QyoSIQocKI
Home Learning	Please practice the camera words for this Unit: ‘so, you, are, all, her, said’. Thank you J
Notices and Events		For international day, we will be doing the ‘Wild Wild West’. If you would like to get a head start on the outfits, here are some ideas.