English

This week, we continued looking at 'Rapunzel' and focusing on exploring the story deeper. We created a class poem using different adjectives and nouns from the story together and once again explored through drama by creating a role on the wall all about Rapunzel.

Ask your child:

Which decoding words and tricky words have you been practising in school this week? Can you have a go at practising them together at home?

Group 1: spider, paper, post, acorn, tiger, child

your, their, people, oh, Mr, Mrs, Ms

Group 2: coat, road, boat, toad, goat, soap, full, room, food, moon, boot, cool, zoom, too, was, book, foot, wood, look, hook, you, card, farm, park, car, dark, they

Group 3: kit, kid, dad, dog, sock, pick, pot, set, ten, pen, pet, cup, duck, neck

Reminder: Please make sure to return the reading folders every Wednesday so we can prepare the new book to be sent home on Wednesday (1ST and 1EP) or Thursday (1ER and 1VR).

Maths

This week in Maths, our learners have been exploring fact families and number bonds within 10 using the Part Whole Model. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, the children discovered different ways to make the same total, for example finding all the pairs of numbers that add together to make 4 or 9. These experiences helped them see how numbers can be combined and separated in different ways to make a whole.

The children also learned that each set of numbers belongs to a fact family, a group of related addition and subtraction facts that use the same numbers. For example, from 3, 1 and 4, we can make 3 + 1 = 4, 1 + 3 = 4, 4 − 3 = 1, and 4 − 1 = 3. Using visual models, number sentences and games, the children developed confidence and fluency in understanding how addition and subtraction are linked.

Ask your child:

Can you show me different ways to make 4?

What number bonds make 9?

Can you tell me all the facts in the 3, 1 and 4 fact family?

 Science

This week, we continued learning about ways to help our planet. We set up an experiment to develop our understanding of 'Working Scientifically' and 'Materials'. 

The experiment involved placing different materials in jars to observe over the course of time. We added apple, plastic, cardboard, and some green mung beans. We aim to discover which materials are good for the environment and which ones are harmful to planet earth. We made predictions about what will happen! We talked about decomposing and what it means. 

Ask your child:

Which material will decompose the most quickly? Which will take the longest? What might happen to the mung beans? 

Can you explain why we should turn off the taps?

Can you help with the recycling this weekend and bring it to the Nadeen recycling cages? 

All of our recycling at Nadeen goes to Nidukki and they recycle the plastic here in Bahrain. They also bundle all of the cardboard and send it to be recycled. 

We encourage you to talk to your child about the importance of using the Nadeen recycling cages, supporting them to sort materials into plastic, card, paper and aluminium (cans) and bring a bag to school that we can recycle with them next week. 

Enquiry Learning

This week in Enquiry Learning, we continued exploring our new big question: “What Can We Do to Help Our Planet?”

This week, we have been adding to our Wonder Wall! Each class explored a photo and shared what they could see, what they thought might be happening, and what they wondered about. Together, we created our own questions for Nathan - our volunteer sea animal rescue worker and deep-sea diver who helps to protect and fix things in the ocean. We can’t wait to hear his responses and learn more about how he looks after our planet’s oceans!

Ask your child:
What animals could be harmed in the oceans due to plastic?