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End of Year Greetings
End of Year Greetings
We would just like to say thank you for the wonderful year full of learning, growing and laughing! It was a special year filled with events, trip and people we will remember for a long time to come!
We would just like to say thank you for the wonderful year full of learning, growing and laughing! It was a special year filled with events, trip and people we will remember for a long time to come!
REPORTS: Will be handed out on 20 June @ 12:30. Any reports after 14:00 will be at the NBA Main Building.
REPORTS: Will be handed out on 20 June @ 12:30. Any reports after 14:00 will be at the NBA Main Building.
Have a wonderful holiday and safe travels wherever you may go!
Have a wonderful holiday and safe travels wherever you may go!
Weeks Beginning 11 June & 16 June
Weeks Beginning 11 June & 16 June
Topic - We will be talking about what we would like to be when we grow up. It will be interesting to look at old answers of the same questions when we did “People who help us” and compare them to what we want to be now. Have we changed our minds? And why?
Phonics - As we have completed our Phonics for the year we will be playing lots of phonics games to reinforce our learning. We will also be focusing on recognising the initial sound in words and try to blend the Phonics sounds together to make words. Let’s see who can try and write and copy some of those sounds!
Literacy - We will be answering questions like: I want to be a...because… I like the…. Because…. I think a….. Is…… We are going to draw our own picture of what we would like to be when we grow up and try and copy a word that matched the picture. We will be working on the Interactive Whiteboard creating what our job uniform will look like as well as listen to stories about those jobs.
Maths - In Maths, we will be looking at matching numbers with a set. The children will count out objects and afterward look at numbers. They will pick the correct number that matches the amount they counted out in the set.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to use our gross motor and do different actions
Like using scissors to cut out picture with more control and precision. We will use manipulate playdough to create flowers and play “Secret Garden” where they will be moving in different ways on the beat of music.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Weeks Beginning 26 May & 2 June
Weeks Beginning 26 May & 2 June
Topic - We will be looking at some baby pictures of ourselves and discuss how we have grown, what features have changed, what can we do now we could not do when we were little. We will also be talking about why we want to go to F2.
Phonics - As it will be assessment week we will be focusing on recognising all the sounds we have learned this year by playing fun phonics games and also see if we can use those sounds to blend/segment.
Literacy - We will listen and discuss the story of “Topsy and Tim start school” and what things we are going to learn when we go to F2. We will talk about our school experiences and see how well we can explain our daily routine.
Maths - As it will be assessment week we will be focusing on recognising all the numbers we have learned, count up to as far as we can, order numbers and match the number to the amount. We will also be looking at the size of objects and order them from big to small.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to use our gross motor and do different actions from when we were small like wiggle, crawl, walk, run, climb, balance and dodge.
To develop our fine motor we are going to use scissors to cut out facial features and assemble a picture of a face, use snap cubes to build a tower just as big as us and use buttons to make patterns.
Fun home activities
Fun home activities
Week Beginning 19 May
Week Beginning 19 May
Topic - We will introduce the story of "The ugly duckling" and talk about the feelings the duckling felt through the story. They will have a change to cut out different parts of a duck and build it all together.
Phonics - We will revise all sounds. Apart from Jolly Phonics sound and actions we will be playing attention to the formation of our phonics sounds. Using chalk, whiteboard markers and playground. As we are preparing them for F2 reading too, we will focus on improving their blending and segmenting of phonics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - Our story of the week is "The ugly duckling". As it is a new story we will only read the beginning and middle of the story. The children will have a chance to guess the ending of the story and draw their own ending. We will tell our ending to our friends and pick the one that is a good ending. After that we will listening to the story's ending and compare to the ones we guessed.
Maths - We will be counting out objects to 10 and explore with things that float and sink.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We will use our fine motor skills to decorate a duck, use different materials to create a duck nest and use pompoms to make a family of ducks. We will also play an all time favourite game called "Duck, duck, goose".
Fun home activities
Fun home activities
Week Beginning 12 May
Week Beginning 12 May
Topic - We will be using a template of a "Gingerbread man" and mixing our own salt dough to create a gingerbread man mold. We will use different art materials to decorate the mold.
Phonics - We will revise all sounds in Set 5 "j,w,z,v,y,x. Apart from Jolly Phonics sound and actions we will be playing phonics statues, "cookie jar" and "swat the phonics" games to revise (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). As we are preparing them for F2 writing, we will also work in letter formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - Our story of the week is "The Gingerbread man". We will be focusing on joining in on familiar refrains in the story and then looking at what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story. Talking about the events in the story and reasoning why we cannot change the pictures in the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pckuS--UlV4
Maths - As we are going to make a Salt dough to mold a gingerbread man in Topic, we will follow the instructions in Math to make it. The recipe will guide them to count out the measurements to make their salt dough individually. (See in Fun Home Activities to try at home).
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We will use our fine motor skills to stir, roll out, knee and press out shapes and mold a salt dough gingerbread man. In PE we will be playing "Catch the gingerbread man".
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 5 May
Week Beginning 5 May
Topic - We will work on developing an understanding of how a person’s actions can affect others by listening and talking about the story of "Goldilocks and the three bears".
Phonics - We will start with Set 4 of the Jolly Phonics "x and y". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). As we are preparing them for F2 writing, we will also work in letter formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - Our story of the week is "Goldilocks and the three bears". We will be focusing on the structure of the story like what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story. Talking about the events in the story and reasoning why we cannot change the pictures in the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2M0QuLPZs
Maths - As our focus is on the story of "Goldilocks" we will be using objects to order them according to their size. The big, middle, small chair and other things throughout the story will build us with measuring things in class.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are sorting buttons by size using tweezers, threading cut up straws and do some play dough disco. In PE, we are going to rein-act the story of "Goldilocks" by completing an obstacle course.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 28 April
Week Beginning 28 April
Topic - We will be introducing our new topic of “FAIRYTALES”. Our first story will be “The Little Red Hen”. In class we will be looking, feeling and describing the different textures of wheat, flour and bread dough.
Phonics - We will start with Set 4 of the Jolly Phonics "w and v". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). As we are preparing them for F2 writing, we will also work in letter formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will listen and discuss the story of “The Little Red Hen” and encourage the children to join in on the repeated phrases and also focus on the structure of the story. They will use pictures/masks and role play the story while the teacher narrates the “play”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smspKuKqt5c
Maths - We will be ordering numbers from 1 - 10. Ordering numbers can be done on different levels and we will focus on recognising numerals and putting them in the correct order independently before mixing up the numbers and they have to find the correct place where the numbers belong. After you can even pack out a line of numbers from 1-10 and leave a few numbers out and they have to complete the missing numbers.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to use fine motor finger muscles to do fun activities like “feed the hen”, “wash the chicks” and do some funny playdough disco!
Our other time will go into finalising our End Of Year Show!
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 22 April
Week Beginning 22 April
Topic - We will be taking a closer look into the similarities/differences of dinosaurs, what they like to eat and the names of their favourite dinosaur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FOZ0-VpcU. They will use their imaginations to build/assemble/design their own dinosaur.
Phonics - We will start with Set 4 of the Jolly Phonics "j and z". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). As we are preparing them for F2 writing, we will also work in letter formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will learn the poem of "5 Big Dinosaurs". The poem contains a lot of rhyming words and alliteration which will be our focus. The children will learn how to recognise words that sound the same and think/match other words that also sounds similar.
Maths - We will be focusing on counting out objects to 10 and take part in a fun number hunt around the school/class.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to use fine motor finger muscles to use pegs and pompoms in order to decorate and match colour dots on different kinds of dinosaurs. They will take part in an active obstacle course pretending to be a dinosaur. Make sand foam and build a house for your dinosaur. In PE we will be playing "Dinosaur Tag" and moving around in different ways.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 14th April
Week Beginning 14th April
Welcome back after the break! We are looking forward to a wonderful last term.
Topic - We are introducing "Dinosaurs" as our new topic. We will be having circle time about identifying different dinosaurs and discussing their names, what they look like, what they eat and will be making a dinosaur hat/mask/
Phonics - Revision of Set 3 of the Jolly Phonics "g,o,u,l,f,b. We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). As we are preparing them for F2 writing, we will also work in letter formation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will listen to the story of "Zog" and sequence the story in what the dragons learned in school from Year 1 - Year 4.
Maths - We will be revising numbers 1 - 9 as well as recognising, counting objects, clapping and matching numerals to quantity to 9.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to make dinosaur fossils from salt dough, do a hand-foot coordination exercise and do the "Dinosaur dice" game where they have to paddle, stretch, swing, flap, stomp and many more.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 31st March
Week Beginning 31st March
Topic - For a starter we are going to discuss all the aspects that goes into shopping, from who goes with us, what we use to why we are buying the things while we are shopping. Teachers will set up shop in the hall and each class will have a chance to go and do their “shopping”. Each child will get “money” to buy items by looking at the cost and working out how many notes they have to give.
Phonics - New phonics sounds "f" and "b". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will listen to the story of "Maisie Mouse - Shopping" and discuss all the things they had on their shopping list. In our groups we will look at some flyers and make our own shopping lists by cutting out the pictures and having a go at writing their initial sounds.
Maths - We will recognise numbers from 1-10 and continue to share objects between a group of 3 or 4.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - We are going to move to the beat of the different "vegetables songs". Each song has a different tempo and rhythm. We are also going to revise our fine motor skills activities like cutting, play dough disco and giving the mouth some teeth.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 17th March
Week Beginning 17th March
Topic - We will complete puzzles on people who help us and discuss what they wear to work.
Phonics - New phonics sounds "g" and "o". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will listen to the story of "Maisie Mouse - Doctor" and discuss what is in a doctors case/ first aid fit / how doctors help us/ when do we go to the doctor
Maths - We are going to compare two groups of objects, and try to say when they have the same number/ amount.
Gross Motor Skills - "place the teeth in the mouth" with tweezers, pray the "fire" in the water tray, hang up the washing with pegs
We will do some "imaginative moving" exercises where we have to "move and do like the fireman". Afterwards cooling down to the "fireman big & strong - The workers" dance.
Fun Home Activities
Fun Home Activities
Week Beginning 10th March
Week Beginning 10th March
This week will mostly be introducing our new topic and doing assessment.
Topic - Teachers will dress up as different occupations and have a info talk in circle times.
Phonics - Revise recognising Jolly Phonics s,a,t,p,i,n,c,k,e,r,i,m,d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will look at a slideshow of different occupation and discuss all the people who help us.
Maths - Revise all numbers learned from 1-8 and shapes.
Gross Motor Skills - Using a spoon to colour sort waterbabies, decorate a template of our teacher, cutting skills
We will also do an obstacle course, pretending to be a fireman!
Things we did this week:
Things we did this week:
- We recognised names of shapes and used them to build a bus
- In Fine Motor skills we used our finger muscles to create a horse
- We enjoyed Interactive Whiteboard games about farm animals
- It is always fun to make a role play mask and pretend we are on the farm, we made some sheep
NBA School Fayre
NBA School Fayre
Please come and join us at the Main Building where the Annual NBA School Fayre will be taking place this Friday, 8 March. It will be an amazing afternoon filled with activities like, bouncy castles, mini golf, BBQ, bubble ball, face painting, fancy dress show and MANY MANY MORE.
Topic: Revision of Animals (Week 9 - 3 March)
Topic: Revision of Animals (Week 9 - 3 March)
Topic - We are making role playing masks and reenacting animals we saw on the farm.
Phonics - Revise s,a,t,p,i,n,c,k,e,r,i,m,d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We are recognising familiar words, sounds and signs of things we saw during our trip to the farm. We will tell our friends something of what we can remember or that was lots of fun.
Maths - We will be identifying and using different shapes to make a school bus we went on for a trip to the farm.
Gross Motor Skills - Using a brush to “scrub the plastic farm animals”, stack the “horses mane” with pasta and “feed the cat with a spoon”
We will also be playing “Jockeys and horses”.
WOW, what a fun and busy time it has been!
WOW, what a fun and busy time it has been!
- We had Sports Day, where we competed in our colour groups to do fun games. From obstacle courses, bean bag racing to ball skills and colour sorting! Thank you for everyone who joined in on the memorable day!
- Science week was jam packed with exciting experiments, silly hair and crazy outfits. The little ones learned so much about science, chemical reactions and the human body.
- The highlight of the week must have been the Farm Trip. Even the bus ride was an adventure on its own. Each class had his own scientist guiding them through the green houses, show experiments, seeing how animals grow and even having the chance to feed them. This trip will definitely stay with us for a while.
Important reminders (24 February: Week 8)
Important reminders (24 February: Week 8)
Crazy Scientist Dress Up Day: As we are celebrating Science week we would love to have a crazy dress up day to end it off with.
Oryx: Wednesday, 27 Feb
Pearl: Thursday, 28 Feb
Farm Trip: We will also be going on our first topic related trip to Al Sulaiteen Farm.
1. Packed snacks and lunch
2. Bottled water
3. Towels, wipes, tissue and sanitary gels
4. Sunscreens and hats
Note: The children will be leaving the farm around 12:15 and are estimated to return to school around 1:15. We will keep you updated via the VLE and Class DoJo.
Pearl: Wednesday, 27 Feb
Oryx: Thursday, 28 Feb
SCIENCE WEEK!!
SCIENCE WEEK!!
We will be doing a variety of activities to promote scientistic curiosity with our classes. Here is a look at what we will be attempting. Feel free and try some of these at home under adult supervision.
- Baking soda and vinegar balloons
- The Rainbow milk experiment
- Lollipop sticks catapults
- Static electricity butterfly
On the last day we will learn all about the human body and 5 senses we have.
Week 8: Animals - Farm (24 February)
Week 8: Animals - Farm (24 February)
Topic - We are finding different tools to use for different purposes. What can we use to clean the dirty cow, what can we use to give the cows water/keep the water in what? What can we use to keep the cow safe?
Phonics - Revise c,k,e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We are listening to the song of “Old McDonald had a farm” and recognising different farm animals. The children also going to try and remember the correct order like in the song.
Maths - We will work on telling what number identifies how many objects are in a set.
Gross Motor Skills - Do the star jump, Move with animals yoga and sort the chicken eggs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCQfYsFa3Q
We will also be playing “Round up the sheep”.
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
Important reminders (17 February:Week 7)
Important reminders (17 February:Week 7)
- Sports Day will be held on Wednesday, 20 February. Please send your child to school in their colour shirt (stated in the letter send home a while ago). F1’s will start from 8:00-9:00 at the NBA Main building gym hall and return back to NBA Oryx/Pearl around 9:15.
- Dress down Day will be on Thursday, 21 February, where the children can dress as their favourite sport star or sports gear and bring a donation of either juice cartons or small water bottles to school for the School Fayre.
- Farm trip letters are going out today: We are very excited about our first trip of the year on Wednesday, 27 February (PEARL) and Thursday, 28 February (ORYX) to Al Sulaiteen farm. Please read the letter and return the slip/money as soon as possible so we can start confirming numbers.
Week 7: Animals - Wild/Zoo (17 February)
Week 7: Animals - Wild/Zoo (17 February)
Topic - We are finding different objects or materials in the environment to make a house/cage/enclosure for our zoo animals.
Phonics - Revising sounds s,a,t,p,i,n Phonics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We are listening to the story of “Dear Zoo” and recognising different wild animals. The children also get a chance to guess what is in the last box and make up their own ending.
Maths - We will work on telling what number identifies how many objects are in a set.
Gross Motor Skills - As we are preparing for Sports Day activities
Fine Motor Skills -
- Pencil grip
- Make a lion with spaghetti
- Use playdough to make a tiger stripes
- Pick up buttons and form them on ready drawn patterns.
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
Week 6: Animals - Pets (10 February)
Week 6: Animals - Pets (10 February)
- We will be having a revision week (only 2 days).
- SPORTS DAY PRACTISE: On Sunday, 10 Feb, in preperation for our big event, we want to have a run through with all the games. So please send them to school in normal PE clothes.
Mid Term Break:
Mid Term Break:
We wish you all a wonderful Mid Term break and a grand National Sports Day celebrations too!
We wish you all a wonderful Mid Term break and a grand National Sports Day celebrations too!
School will be closed from Tuesday, 12 February and will open on Sunday, 17 February.
School will be closed from Tuesday, 12 February and will open on Sunday, 17 February.
Things we have been doing in class!
Things we have been doing in class!
- In Literacy, we read the story of "Some Pets" and labelled the different
animals and recognised the initial sounds.
- We practised our Sports Day games during our PE.
- It was also fun using the computer to find information and pictures
about our favourite pets.
- When we went to the library, we looked for books that was about animals.
- During our Fine Motor, we strengthened our finger muscles by
"feeding the cat", finger painting a dog template, and sorting objects from
rice.
- In Phonics, we practise the c,k and e formations.
Week 5: Animals - Pets (3 February)
Week 5: Animals - Pets (3 February)
Topic - We are going to find some information about different pets on the computer. After we discussed different pets, we will pick a pet and do an art activity about it.
Phonics - Singing, doing the actions and recognising of “c/k” and “e” from Phase 2: Jolly Phonics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We are listening to the story of “Some Pets” and labelling the animals with their names. Listening and looking at the sound the word starts with will help us to label the correct word to the correct picture of the pet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOGSedNnjVI
Maths - We will focus on how many “pets” are in a set and matching it with the correct numeral.
Gross Motor Skills - As we are preparing for Sports Day activities:
- Bean bag race.
- Ball skills and dodging objects
- Egg & Spoon race
- Obstacle course
TIPS to improve pencil grip
TIPS to improve pencil grip
- Hold something in the palm of their hand with the pinky and ring finger (and or middle finger).
- Get a rubber grip for pencils they like to write with.
- Put a string around their palm to support the pencil.
- Practise picking up small objects with thumb and show finger (and or middle finger) for muscle strength.
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
Things we have been doing in class!
Things we have been doing in class!
- We learned about some phonics while playing in the Sand Area.
- All of us had so much fun going on mini beast hunts.
- In Maths, we matched a set of bugs with the correct numeral.
- We used different media and playdough to make caterpillars and mini beasts
- Using different colours we painted our hands and made our own “very hungry caterpillar”.
- Ms. Jomana learned them a fun new Arabic sound too!
Week 4: Animals - Mini Beasts (27 January)
Week 4: Animals - Mini Beasts (27 January)
Topic - We are taking magnifying glasses and going on a “Mini beast hunt” outside to see what type of bugs we can find! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8xgh2H5dGw
Phonics - Singing, doing the actions and recognising of “i” and “n” from Phase 2: Jolly Phonics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - Listening to a old time favourite story “The very hungry caterpillar” and trying to answer “how” and “why” questions. We will also sequence the story from beginning, middle and end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY
Maths - We will focus on how many “mini beasts” are in a set and recognising numbers.
Gross Motor Skills - As we are preparing for Sports Day activities:
- Bean bag race.
- Ball skills and dodging objects
- Egg & Spoon race
- Obstacle course
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
Things we have been doing in class!
Things we have been doing in class!
- We learned about the different planets and their names.
- We started with our Phonics sounds: “p” and “t”.
- In our groups we went for shape hunts and made a pictograph.
- Using our fine motor skills we gave it a try writing/copying shapes and sounds.
- We did a new Arabic sound and decorated it!
- We used shapes to build things from space like rockets and planets.
- AND many many more….
WEEK 3: Space ( 20 January)
WEEK 3: Space ( 20 January)
Topic - We are using homemade soft glue to make planets out of paper mache.
Phonics - Singing, doing the actions and recognising of “t” and “p” from Phase 2: Jolly Phonics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy -Enjoying singing a song and learning the names of the planets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WApvQ8yp5WE
Maths - We will be using shapes out of the environment to make a graph and count which shapes we found the most of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEHBrmZxAf8
Gross Motor Skills - As we are preparing for Sports Day activities:
- Bean bag race.
- Colour balls sorting
- Egg & Spoon race
- Obstacle course
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
THINGS WE CAN ENJOY AT HOME!
Things we have been doing in class!
Things we have been doing in class!
- The STEM Xplorers presented us with a sensory experience in the “Space Dome”.
- We started with our Phonics sounds: “s” and “a”.
- We built our own astronauts.
- We learned new Arabic sounds.
- In role play we “packed our bags and went to moon” and afterwards did an activity.
- In Maths we used shapes to build a rocket. Some rockets where from big shapes and others we tried to cut and put together ourselves.
- We practised writing numbers and our names.
- AND many many more….
Week beginning January 13th, 2019
Week beginning January 13th, 2019
What we are learning this week for SPACE!
What we are learning this week for SPACE!
Topic - Enjoying circle times where we discuss questions like “What do they use in space? How do you get to space? What would you pack if you go to space?”
Phonics - Singing, doing the actions and recognising “s” and “a” from Phase 2: Jolly Phonics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - Listen to stories like “ Whatever next” and “Back to earth with a bump”. Children can bring an item to school and tell their friend about “how” and “why” they would use it in space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5cb0u0rPM
Maths - We will be using different shapes to make a rocket or spaceship.
Fine Motor Skills - As we are preparing them for independent drawing and later on formation of numbers/letters, we are going to strengthen our finger muscles by:
- Making planets with galaxy dough.
- Using a marker to follow the lines and “write” their name.
- Using tweezers or washing pegs.
Week Beginning 24 th March
Week Beginning 24 th March
Topic - We will be singing the song "When I grow up" and imitate movement in response to music. Each child will get the opportunity to dress them self up in an outfit of "People who help us" (baker, police, fireman, doctor etc.) and appear in front of a green screen to act out a scene. A photo will be taken to portray a real life situation.
Phonics - New phonics sounds "u" and "l". We will do the Jolly Phonics sound and actions (also incorporate some verbal blending of sounds).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCMvsQho4ZE&t=55s
Literacy - We will listen to the story of "Maisie Mouse - Plane" and draw pictures that explains what a pilot does, where he goes, how he gets there etc.
Maths - We are going share objects between 2/3 people and see that it is fair and also discuss what happens/ what to do when the sharing is not fair.
Gross/Fine Motor Skills - They will roll out cookie dough and press it in a preferred shape. We always enjoy doing some "Playdough Disco" too.
We will participate in a team game of "cops and robbers" where children "robbers" have to try and carry all the bean bags from the center of the hall to the corners, without the "cops" catching them.
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