Saturday 18 October 2014

Week 8

Dear Parents,
We’ve started with a great welcome back from Eid break this half-term with new letters, numbers, shapes and colours to learn. We also welcome a new addition to our team, Miss Mai Mihaimeed, our English Language Coordinator in the Early Years Unit for Unit for both age groups 2-3 and age 3-4. Miss Mai is a British national and holds a BA degree In English language and linguistics (Hons) from the University of Kent in the UK. She also works as an Editor at Sudan Vision daily.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Miss Mai will be working with the age group 3-4, Foundation 1, introducing the letter of the week, using the well-designed programme “Jolly Phonics,” and will support the programmes with hands-on activities in addition to the work sheets. Not only this, but Miss Mai will be working closely with the children on their weekly theme, while the Assistant Teachers support  the activity in their small groups. We hope this reorganisation of duties will be even more effective in developing the language skills of your children.

Week 8 from 13-18 October

Theme

This term we have introduced a new theme for the month, Health and Safety –Keeping ourselves healthy and safe.
This week the children were taught proper dental health.

Teaching young children proper dental hygiene is crucial to promote lifelong healthy habits. It is normal for some children to be unwilling to brush their teeth.

We have taken the chore out of brushing and made it fun by providing and planning exciting lessons, activities and songs to encourage healthy dental hygiene routines.




                                                               Happy and sad teeth

The children carried out an experiment to see what would happen to a tooth if it wasn't brush using an egg, brown paint and a toothbrush. 

Literacy

This week, the children were introduced to the letter N. The children took part in fun activities that reinforced the letter’s sound and shape.











                                                                        N is for Notes



We learnt the Jolly Phonics letter N song:

“Hear the aeroplane nnnnn (the children will spread their arms out mimicking an aeroplane)

Hear the aeroplane nnnnnn

Hear the aeroplane nnnnn

Making lots of noise!"


 The children with Miss Mai

The children were taught how to recognise a small n and capital N as well as how to write a small n using play dough, our white boards and sand. 

How to write a small n: line down, up again, around and down.



















We made n for nests and n for night crafts:










The children enjoyed making noodle necklaces and had fun eating delicious noodles for lunch on Saturday. We also made and painted salt dough letter ornaments and went on a hunt for cardboard cutout n's around the centre area.

Numeracy, colours and shapes

The children also learnt all about the number 6, the colour orange and the star shape.

They learnt how to trace the number 6 and made a collage. 

Our head teacher Ms Tahani also taught the children how to sort size by big, bigger and biggest and position words, in/out.

Next week the children will be learning the letter C and number 7 and will be taught about germs and keeping our hands clean.

3 comments:

  1. What about mis shima!

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    1. Ms Shayma is still with us, she is head of both Nursery and Preschool.

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  2. سعاد المفتي19 October 2014 at 23:38

    Good job

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