Term 1 Week 12

Hi Parents,

We had a great week learning new words, practicing numbers and exploring the topic of different families.

Here we are learning our words of the week and practicing sounding them out and writing them. RM did really well and are getting better and better at blending by themselves!

For numeracy, we practiced some number recognition and worked in pairs to quiz each other. 

 We then worked in groups to build block towers. This required the kids to learn to work together to make one tall tower, rather than make their own ones. It was a lot of fun trying to keep them up while we counted the blocks!!

 Since the numbers went past 20 - we decided to learn some bigger numbers!

Kru.Noon taught us about her favourite artist 'Picasso' and we tried our own versions of his art. RM did fantastic at this!

 Through this, we learnt the difference between a front profile and side profile when drawing a face.

We also had a lot of independent play time. I was very impressed with some of the junk models that I saw. 

Ploen said "Look, Miss.Myshi, I make a bracelet for bad people so they cannot get away!"

 Pailin: "Miss.Myshi, me and Lex, we make the camera and it so cute with decoration!"

Ploen and Linin: "Look, this house have a slider"

Lexie and Irene made me a beautiful bracelet that just made my day! 

	This Week (Different families)		Next Week (Celebrations)
Literacy	This week we focused on ‘i’ and ‘i’. We learnt that they are usually found as middle sounds in words. We learnt new words – big, pig, fig, lips, bus, bug		We will be focusing on ‘f’ and ‘h’. We will be learning the new camera words – she, be, we, was me, my.
Math	We reviewed and practiced 1-20 counting and representing. We focused on the numbers 13 and 14 for writing.		Next week, we will be learning about quantity – more and less.
Science	We learnt about different families in the world. We learnt new words for baby animals. We kids, so we will practice that more next week.		We will continue to learn about family trees. We will also look at different families – animal families and families around the world.
Art	We learnt about the artist ‘Picasso’ and then practiced drawing similar side profiles.		Next week is all about celebrations, so we will learn about five celebrations from around the world. We will be making various crafts to match our celebration of the day.
PSED	We focused on the importance of love and support between family members. We looked at families that look similar and different and learnt that despite what we look like and where we are from, we all have something in common: that is love.		Our PSED will be linked to different celebrations and how to stay safe during these times.
Physical	We compared frontal and side portraits of each other.		We will link this to the Art lesson and learn how to wrap birthday gifts. This will involve learning how to tie a knot, which in turn will be useful when tying shoe laces.
Home Learning	I have noticed that the some of the kids have forgotten how to write ‘g’. They also get confused when writing ‘p’,’d’, and ‘b’. This is normal, but some extra practice from home can help.
Notices and Events		Our class trip letter has been sent home; please remember to send us the slips back if your child is participating. You will see that this invites one parent to come along. We would like to kindly ask that only one parent joins us as it is safer for keeping a count and it also lets the child be more independent. Thank you J

My family

Literacy

This week we focused on ‘r’ and ‘l’. We learnt new words – rat, hat, fat, sat, drum, flip

Math

This week we reviewed 2D shapes and learnt two new shapes – pentagon and hexagon.

I do apologise for the lack of photos in the other areas, we had some problems with our camera. It is currently getting fixed and I will upload more photos next week. In the meantime, please have a look at our weekly review and preview. 

	This Week (My family)		Next Week (Different families)
Literacy	This week we focused on ‘r’ and ‘l’. We learnt new words – rat, hat, fat, sat, drum, flip		We will be focusing on ‘i’ and ‘u’. We will be learning the new words – bug, bus, mud, big, fig, pig, lip, lips, lost
Math	This week we reviewed 2D shapes and learnt two new shapes – pentagon and hexagon.		Next week, we will be reviewing 0 -20; counting, counting backwards, representing quantities and ordering.
Science	We learnt about families and how to make a family tree – oldest at the top and youngest at the bottom. When it got to aunts and uncles, it was confusing for the kids, so we will practice that more next week.		We will continue to learn about family trees. We will also look at different families – animal families and families around the world.
Art	We practiced drawing our families, taking into account size differences and similarities.		We will practice side portraits. This will be linked to the topic of Picasso.
PSED	We talked about families and how we treat each other. We talked about the importance of being loving and supportive towards each other.		Our PSED will be linked different families around the world. We will read the book ‘different families, same love’. It will be followed by the idea that despite differences, all families love each other.
Physical	We made a real tree using chopsticks and cut out leaves with family pictures to add to the tree. It was a very fun project!		We will observe and compare the differences between a frontal portrait and side portrait. This will be linked to our art lesson.
Home Learning	Please practice and distinguish between the letters ‘r’ and ‘l’ – this has been particularly confusing when speaking.
Notices and Events		The learning journeys will begin in Week 13 (21/11 – 25/11). Please remember to sign up as this is a great opportunity to be involved in your child’s learning progress. Thank you J

Our star of the week is Totem because he has been very attentive and joined in, in lots of activities this week. Well done and keep it up! J