Welcome back to school! I trust you all have had a relaxing holiday.
As we start the new term, let us all welcome a new member of F2, Tam. He started attending part-time last Monday and is beginning to get used to our routine in the classroom.
New term, new role play area! Children have been really busy supervising our newly opened 'business venture' - the F2 Salon and Spa. We have a complete and relaxing services available for all your needs. Children are all well trained in hair dressing and styling, nail care and even doing different kinds of massage. We have also been learning about different vocabulary related to our role play area.
In Maths, we have been doing loads of counting and representing these numbers in different ways. Some children have also been showing interest and awareness of simple number problems.
Ms Clarissa have been supporting them in their mark making skill of copying and/or writing their names. We are very pleased that majority of the children are able to recognise their names and are beginning to show good awareness of correct letter formation as they write their names. We are doing this activity to prepare F2 for when they move to F3 next year.
Next week, we are going to start introducing Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds. This is a fun way of introducing basic Phonics to children this age.
"Phase One of Letters and Sounds concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase 2. The emphasis during Phase 1 is to get children attuned to the sounds around them and ready to begin developing oral blending and segmenting skills."
We have also been reading the story 'We're going on a bear hunt' and have been learning about positional language such as 'under', 'on', 'in' 'on top' etc. Please see the link to watch a video of the story being told by the author himself, Michael Rosen.
We're going on a bear hunt
As you can see, we have been really busy considering that this is just the first week back. Although our hands are full, we are all having fun at the same time!
Thank you very much and have a lovely weekend!
Regards,
Ms Grace and F2 Team
REMINDERS:
* Please remember to always bring your children's water bottles and hats to school. We have been noticing that a few children have been forgetting these items at home.
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