Aliens and gingerbread people! What a week...

We had a great week with Literacy. 

1. We began our guided reading lessons. The kids enjoyed this a lot - they liked having conversations about what they could see in a book. 

2. We did some word hunts - this is a great and fun way to get the kids to read and differentiate between words. 

3. We used some natural material to trace words - it's an interesting way of getting the kids to practice letter formation. 

4. We had an intruder who broke in and stole some of our stuff! Maybe you heard your kids talking about the purple alien/monster. We made wanted posters to track him down - this was a fun way of getting the kids to write sentences and use descriptive words. 

But when we found him, he told us that he stole stuff because he just wanted to make friends. We told him that was a bad thing to do and he apologised. Now the kids of RM are taking extra care of Zogo and his twin brother Zigi. 

5. But we had another disaster! Our gingerbread people that we made yesterday ran away! So we had to make missing posters... but luckily, we found them all in the playground. The kids had some interesting stories of where their gingerbread people disappeared to. I think it's important to keep the learning fun and exciting for the kids and it was great to see how much they enjoyed their lessons this week! 

For numeracy, we enjoyed learning about addition. 

I apologize for the lack of photos in Non-Core, we are working on getting our class camera fixed! But you will find all their artwork from this week, in the kids' bags. 

Thank you and have a lovely weekend! :) 

RM Weekly Update Term: 2              Week: 10       Dates: 19th – 17th March 2017

                                                                                                                                        

	This Week (Transport)		Next Week (Space)
Literacy	This week, we introduced the sound ‘ss’. The kids understood that this means we hold the sound‘s’ for a bit longer. We also did a fun writing activity where we wrote a missing poster for our gingerbread people.		Next week, we will be covering the sound ‘ss. Again we will talk about words that end in ‘ss’ such as boss, hiss, kiss, less, mess. We will continue to blend and read sentences as well.
Math	This week, we did addition. We learnt that by drawing circles we can add up the total. The kids understood this concept and really enjoyed addition.		Next week, we will focus on 3D shapes. We will link this information to real life.
Science	We talked about parts of a car and how a car can keep moving. We also talked about boats and how they stay afloat. Then we made our own boats and tested if they sank or floated.		Next week, we will learn hot air balloons. Then we will make our own air balloons and try to make them fly.    I think the kids will really enjoy this and it will help them to understand how a parachute works.
Art	We used our imagination to make paper airplanes. This was a lot of fun for the kids – especially when they tried to make them fly!		We will begin our space topic. This week will be all about looking at pictures of space/galaxies and trying to replicate the background.
PSED/ Physical	We talked about the purple alien and why he was stealing our stuff – it’s because he doesn’t have any friends and he just wanted to talk to someone. He didn’t want to scare anyone, so he apologised and asked if he could be our friend.		We will do space yoga and learn how to make other people feel nice. We will practice saying one thing nice about our friends in the classroom. Then we will talk about how nice words can make us feel (when we hear them and say them).
Home Learning	Thank you for practicing shoe lace tying and for all the parents who sent in pictures. This week, I would like you to practice number writing with your kids. There are still times where they write numbers like 2,5,7 inverted and they can have moments where they forget how to write double digit numbers like 21 for 12. So, I think some extra practice at home could be beneficial.
Notices and Events		1.     Please note that our learning journeys will be held on the week beginning 20th March 2017. The signup sheets will be outside next week; please be sure to put your name down. 2.     The parent teacher conferences will be held on 28th and 29th March. If you would like a translator, please sign up for the 28th or before 4pm on 29th March. This is because Kru.Noon has duty at 4pm on Wednesdays.   3.     The class trip to Funarium will be on March 27th. Please let us know if you/your child will be joining, by the 22nd.   Thank you :)