We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend! The children came back with lots of holiday stories for our news groups. Although it's only been a three day week, it's been a busy one. Here's what we've been up to:
Literacy
We have been focusing on mark making. This has included supporting the children to hold a pencil using a tripod grip and tracing patterns such as lines, circles and zig zags to support pencil control. Some children have expressed an interest in writing their names so they have been practising some letter formation.
Library
Ms Precious shared a story called 'Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs' by Giles Paley Philips. The children enjoyed the story- it is available at the Fahasa bookshop on Le Loi.
Afternoon Focus Groups
I focused on rhyming words such as 'me' and 'see' and 'tree' and 'bee' through two stories: 'One Mole Digging a Hole' by Julia Donaldson and 'Monkey and Me' by Emily Gravett. Our focus on rhyming words is part of our preparation for Phonics which the children begin in F3.
Ms Precious led a Maths focus on prepositions this week. The children consolidated and extended their repertoire of prepositions and now includes, in front of, behind, between, next to, in and on. This can be quite a challenging concept for EAL learners and the children are mastering these concepts at their own pace.
Ms Clarissa has been focusing on PSED skills. The children recalled the story 'Angry Arthur' and talked about what makes them angry. These were some of their responses:
“I am happy because I ate a lot
today”
“I am happy because my friend
played with me”
“I feel angry when a friend
pushes me”
“I feel angry when I have to
wait for a long time”
“I feel angry when I don’t want
to sleep”
“I feel angry when I don’t want
to brush my teeth”
“I feel angry when mummy says no
to me”
Physical Development
In the splash pool, the children had fun playing with water balloons with Ms Precious. In the big playground, we practised balancing and moving around in different ways such as jumping, tip toeing, making giant steps and side steps. We also learnt to swing our arms as fast as we could in different directions! We will continue with this playground focus next week.
Music
The children joined in with a story about animals and made lots of great animal noises. They also enjoyed a 'guess the instrument' game in which one child shook an instrument and the others listened and guessed which one they had heard.
How you can help at home
Please talk to your children about how they feel and why in English and/or your home language.
If your child enjoys mark making at home, please try to provide regular opportunities for them to
draw and write. We would love to see their writing and drawing at school and will be desgnating an area to share their work from home.
Notices
-Please note that children's individual blogs won't be updated regularly as both Precious and I are writing end of year reports.
-F2 will be holding an exhibition of our children's work in June and we are also hoping to go on a trip. Details to follow soon.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Kind Regards,
Gurvinder and the F2 team
