Newsletter 15th of May, 2015

Our F2 Hair Salon and Spa has been very busy this week!  It is a delight to see children learning new vocabulary such as 'massage', 'hair wash', 'haircut', and also 'nail polish'.  The children have been taking turns in giving each other salon and spa services.  The most popular one is hair washing and hairstyling.  It is impressive to see how good the children are in using the hairbrushes, combs, and other grooming tools.

We focused on 2 concepts in Maths this week--counting up to 20 and the use of positional language.  The children practised their counting skills through Lego painting.  The children also partook in a focus activity about positional language and learnt the words 'under', 'behind', 'in', 'on', 'beside', 'above', and 'on top'.  We have been encouraging proper usage of these words with the children and we hope you can reinforce the use of these words as well at home!  

We have also begun doing activities for Letters & Sounds by doing a Listening Walk.  Children put on their 'listening ears' and went around the school to listen to different sounds in their surroundings.  The children identified different sounds such as bouncing balls, cars and motorbikes, engines, chirping birds, and voices of teachers and children talking.  

For Arts & Design, the children recreated their faces by putting plasticine on a blank face template.  They first looked at themselves in the mirror and identified the parts of their face--the eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth.  The children came up with lovely self-portraits that are now displayed on one of our boards.  You are welcome to have a look when you come in the classroom! 

Thank you to all the parents who have sent their children with their favourite books this week.  The children are doing such an amazing job in talking about their books and also in answering the questions asked by their friends and teachers.  

Our name writing practise is still ongoing.  Some children have already begun writing their names properly whilst some are still practising their letter formation and pen grip.  We have been teaching children to write their names properly by writing the first letter of their names in capital/big letters and in small letters for the rest.  If your child has 2 names, for example 'Minh Anh', it would also be helpful to encourage them to practise writing both of their names instead of just the initials.  

It has been a busy week for everyone!  Have a lovely weekend!  

Kind Regards, 

Ms Clarissa, Ms Grace, and the F2 Team

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NOTICES: 

• A lot of children have been feeling ill these days.  Let us work together in encouraging the children to drink plenty of water and to wash their hands from time to time. 
• Thank you to the parents who already brought a book for our Book Sale.  You can still bring books up until Wednesday next week (20 May).