Week Beginning 23.09.2013

The children in F1X learned more about Farm Animals this week. We have turned our role play area into a lovely farm! The children have been busy naming the different animals such as horse, cow, sheep, cat, dog, pig and duck. They have been making animal sounds as well. Most of the children enjoyed tidying the farm using the rakes whilst others were busy feeding the animals. All the children did a great job this week. Well done F1X! :)

Notices:

Monday 30th September:
Please bring in your child's favourite story book from home (any language).

Tuesday 1st October: Parents Workshop
Author and Illustrator Liz Million will be visiting BIS. Parents are invited to the EYFS Parents Workshop at the Meeting Room. Please see the poster below.

Thursday 3rd October: 'Snuggle up and read'
Please bring in your child's set of pyjamas and any of their favourite soft toy for our 'Snuggle up and read' activity.

Friday 4th October: Book Week dress up  day
Please send your child to school wearing his/her favourite story book character.

We would like to invite parents who might be interested in sharing a story book from their home country to F1X children. We will put up a sign up sheet on the door by Monday 30th September.

Thank you and have a lovely weekend,

 

Ms Precious, Ms Crislet and the F1X team





Moon Festival Celebration

EYFS team had our first parade and performance last Thursday to celebrate Moon Festival. All the children were fanstatic! Everyone was also impressed at how F1 children confidently paraded and sat beautifully during the whole programme. This week, we have been using the dragon costume and dancing around the classroom. Some played the drums and made music and some used the dragon costume. The children also decorated their fantastic lanterns which we put up in the foyer for everyone to see. Whilst we have been celebrating Moon Festival this week, the children have also shown great interest in animals. We have put out animal costumes and masks in the Role-play area which they enjoyed wearing in class. In line with this interest, we will be focusing more on Farm Animals next week. We are sure that this will be a great theme and that the children will do amazing!

Here are some photographs from this week. 

                   

                    

                    

                    

* A big thank you to all the teaching assistants for a well-planned Moon Festival Celebration. We would also like to thank the parents for watching and supporting our EYFS team. Last but definitely not the least, a big congratuations to all the children for a gorgeous show! Well done everybody! 

Moon Festival Rehearsal

This morning, we had our first reharsal for our Moon Festival Celebration. F1 children paraded and sat beautifully. They all watched attentively as F2 and F3 children performed for everybody. We are all very excited for Thursday! Hope to see you all then! 

                

You are all invited!

Week 3 in F1X

F1X children have been busy engaging in various tasks in the classroom. This week, they particularly showed interest in zoo animals and the sound each animal makes. The children have been pretending to be tigers, lions, crocodiles and elephants. Most of them are making really good impressions of these animals.

We also celebrated Emily's 3rd birthday on Monday. We all sang the birthday song for her and she had a go at blowing her candle. Everyone had a small piece of cake at snack time which was lovely!

During our carpet sessions, we have been singing animal songs such as 'A Tiny Crab' and 'Teasing Mr Crocodile'. We also played the 'Animal Symphony' story using the interactive white boad.

It has been a busy week for the children. They all deserve a good rest over the weekend. Well done F1X!

Notices:

Staggered Start Week 4: Whole class together

Please note that the schedule for next week is 8.00-11.00am for all the children.

Parents Evening:

The Parents' Evening sign up sheet is now posted on the Notices Board outside the classroom. Please sign your name at the slot that is most convenient for you to meet with us.

Moon Festival:

We would like to invite all parents on Thursday 19th September for our Moon Festival Celebration.

Children should come to school in the morning wearing their Ao Dais. 

F1 children will parade with their parents to the foyer at 8.30am.

After the celebration, parents are all invited to go back to the classroom as we will share moon cakes with everyone.

As the children are still settling, parents who wish to bring their child/children home early will be allowed to do so.

We all look forward to seeing the whole class next week!

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Precious, Ms Crislet and the F1X team

Week 2 in F1X Unit

It was a wonderful week 2 in F1X unit. The children were happier and more settled this week. They have been exploring the classroom, the Fundino playground and the soft-play room with so much interest and curiosity.  

This week, we had a chance to play with the sand and animals in the tuff spot, paint and make collages in the workshop area, cook and take care of the babies in the role-play area. The children also helped Ms Precious make blue and pink play dough and they made them into cakes and pizzas! The soft play room and the outdoor playground have also been very popular this week!

Well done children for a yet another fun-filled week!

Upcoming Events:

Monday and Tuesday 16th and 17th September from 1.30pm-3.00pm - Parent-Teacher Meetings  

Each parent will be given 10 minutes to see the class  teachers to discuss about the child's progress during the settling in period. A sign-up sheet will be posted on our F1 board.

Thursday 19th September - EYFS Moon Festival Celebration 

Children should come in school wearing their Vietnamese traditional clothes- Ao Dai. More details to follow.

Reminders:

- All children should bring in their water bottles in school. We want to lessen the use of plastic cups to help our environment. 

- Please bring an extra pair of clothes in case of any toilet accidents.

- We would like to request parents and carers to say goodbye to the children when they arrive in class and wait in the foyer until home time. We will update you about your child once in a while but please do not peek at the classroom window as this unsettles the child more. We are in our settling stage and we would like to create good relationships with the children and establish a secure and happy environment for all of them.

We do hope for your utmost understanding and consideration on this matter.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards,

Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and the F1 Team   

Making playdough

This week, we have decided to make our play dough in F1X. The children took turns in scooping flour, squeezing the food colour, pouring the mixture from the jug to the tub, mixing the ingredients and lots of kneading. When we finished, the children pretended to make food such as cake, pizza and chocolate! Emily said 'Yummy!'. What a fantastic job!⭐

Play dough recipe:

Flour 400ml

Salt 200ml

Oil 4 tablespoon

Food colour 5 ml

Water 100ml

Songs we have been singing in F1X

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Hickory Dickory Dock

Little Peter Rabbit

Fish Alive

Miss Polly Has A Dolly

5 Little Men 

Incy Wincy Spider

I'm A Little Teapot

Pat-A-Cake

Little Green Frog

5 Little Ducks

Grand Old Duke of York

5 Currant Buns

Hello Song:

Hello hands, how are you?

Hello hands, how are you?

Hello hands, how are you?

How are you today?

(One big clap at the end of the song)

Goodbye Song:

Goodbye friends, see you soon!

Goodbye friends, see you soon!

Goodbye friends, see you soon!

See you tomorrow.

(One big clap at the end of the song)