F1's Busy Flight Schedule!

What a busy but fun week we had in F1! The children are continuously showing their interest in transport and had actively joined in different activities in relation to our theme. They also flew to various countries with their passports and luggage. They went to Italy, Japan, Philippines, India, Hanoi and more. 

Look at the amazing journey we had this week: 

F1's Immigration office was put up and Olivia, Royce, Benz, Emily and Xavier had a go at collecting their friends' passports and stamping on them. The other children patiently queued and waited for their turn to get a stamp on their passports and board the aeroplane. SOme even had to call their Moms and Dads before boarding the plane! Outstanding role-play!

Balloon Printing! 
All the children had a go at this fun activity. They enjoyed seeing the balloons bounce and leave marks on the paper. They also chose different colours of paint to use. Fantastic mark-making!

Motorbike wash! 

The children were so excited as they washed Ms Precious and Ms Tam's motorbikes. They enjoyed playing with the sponges and soapy water and scrubbing different parts of the bikes. Some also had a go at using the water hose and splashing water on the bikes and even on their teachers and friends! It was a fun activity and we all had a fantastic time!

After our bike wash, we all headed to the splash pool and had a nice swim! 

What a great way to end our transport theme! Well done children for a yet another successful theme! 

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As the children are now preparing for the Christmas show with Mr Robbie, they have begun singing Christmas songs and talking about Father Santa in class. They have also expressed an interest in jingle bells and we made some for them to play with. Next week, to extend this interest, we have decided to start our Christmas theme. At the moment, we have started to redecorate our role-play area and it will be a winter scene. In relation to this, may we ask you to bring, if possible, one of your child's winter clothing that he/she may have (jacket, cardigan, gloves, scarf, snood, bonnet etc). We will use these for our role-play.

Thank you very much!

Have a great weekend! 

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and the F1 Team

Newsletter 22nd November 2013

     It has been another busy week in F1X as the children continue to show interest in transport.

 

     On Monday, the children hopped in at our very own red plane in the role play area. They are beginning to use the words hello, goodbye, up, down and stop. The children have also been learning some country names such as Vietnam, Philippines, USA, Australia, India, Japan and Italy.

 

     On Tuesday, some children made aeroplanes using recycled materials such as tissue boxes and rolls.

 

     On Wednesday, the children had a good go at colour mixing using powder paints and they really enjoyed it. Some children were naming colours whilst others beginning to copy words from their teachers.

 

     Thursday was a lot of fun as we made some playdough using tempera paint. the children came up with beautiful colours and they played with it on the tuff spot.

 

     On Friday, we continue to play with our transport resources. The children also made their hand prints on our rattan plates which will be displayed in the Fundino playground. It was indeed another fun-filled week in F1X. They all deserve a good rest over the weekend. :)

Notices:
School time
Please note that school starts at 8:00am.
Late comers should collect a LATE SLIP from the office.

Swimming
Please bring your child's swimming kit to school every Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Thank you
Thank you to all parents for your lovely presents on Teachers day. We truly appreciate them.

 

Learning about the Philippines

Children had the opportunity on Friday to learn more about The Philippines where Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and Ms Clarissa came from. We looked at the Philippine flag, food, places and costume. At snack time, the children enjoyed a popular filipino breakfast called 'champorado' (chocolate rice porridge) and another popular filipino snack called 'turon' (banana fritters). The children showed great listening as Ms Clarissa talked about the Philippines. Well done everybody! :) 

Invitation to all EYFS Parents

Tasting an Italian chocolate spread

F1X children enjoyed a taste of the Italian chocolate spread Nutella. David's Mum came and talked about how popular it is for adults and children in Italy. She also shared with the children the proper amount of sweets and nutritious food that one should take on a daily basis. Everyone then had a slice of the delicious Italian spread. :)

Colouring 'kabuto' with Daiki's Mum

As it is International Week, Daiki's Mum prepared an arts and crafts activity fom Japan that the children could work on. When she came in, she started the session by showing photos of the traditional 'kabuto' head dress. She then told the children about it and showed them what she made from home. The children then had a go at colouring their own 'kabuto'. They used crayons and had a go at picking their favourite colours too! The children did a fantastic job and so as Daiki's Mum! They absolutely loved their 'kabuto' hats :)

BISCAT: INTERNATIONALISM

The children were all awarded with BISCAT Internationalism stickers for joining in the school's Inetrnational Week Parade last Monday. Well done F1! 

             

    

Tuesday: India and Vietnam

Yesterday, we focused on two countries - India and Vietnam. Daiwik is from India and most of the children, Ms Tam and Ms Trinh are from Vietnam. 

VIETNAM:

Ms Tam taught the children how to make spring rolls. She used pork, taro and onion for the filling. The childred did an amazing job wrapping the spring rolls. Ms Tam needed an hour to fry all the spring rolls that the children made. After that, we cooled them down and tasted them. They were fantastic! Yum!

Ms Trinh had prepared a Powerpoint Presentation about Vietnam. She showed us where Vietnam is located on the map, which food are popular here and also showed us the Vietnamese traditional clothes (Ao Dai). We learnt so much about Vietnam! Thank you Ms Trinh and Ms Tam for preparing those activities for us! We had fun!

             

INDIA:

Sari is India's traditional costume for women. Yesterday, Daiwik's Mummy and her friend visited our class. F1 children had the opportunity to see how the Sari is worn and some of them was able to get a chance to wear one. Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and Ms Clarissa also had a chance to wear beautiful Saris! A big thank you for Daiwik's Mum and her friend! It was our pleasure having you in class!

             

International Fair!

It has been such a fun day with the children as we had our International Fair at the foyer. The children get to choose what they would like to do from the range of activities at the from different countries. Most of the children chose to take 'to he' (clay figures), skin tattoos from Korea, bouncy balls from Japan and balloons as well. Ms Charlie encouraged the children to have their faces painted. Hannah, Emily, Subo, Royce and Dawik were very brave to try it on their faces! At home time, the children get to bring home the toys they got from the fair. Everybody did a fantastic job! Well done children. :)

International Buffet

Lunch was different today as we are celebrating International Week. The children had a go at trying a range of food from different countries such as India, Korea, Philippines, Italy and a lot more. The children pointed to which ones they would like to try. They had some korean chicken, nan from India, kimbab from Korea, a range of dumplings from Vietnam and rice cakes from the Philippines. The children particularly liked the ice cream from Italy and truly enjoyed the offerings from the International buffet this year :)

It's International Week!

Last Monday, all the children, teachers and staff dressed-up in their traditional costumes. Everyone looked wonderful as they paraded in the hall. F1 children were very brave as they paraded infront of all the students, mummies and daddies. Well done F1 children! 

           

We also had the opportunity to visit the Vietnam room. It looks amazing and some of the children had fun going in the boat, holding and smelling the rice cakes, walking on the bridge and looking at the lotus flowers. The Vietnamese parents and staff did a wonderful job decorating the entire multi-purpose room. A big thank you to all of you! 

          

          

          

  

Vroom! Vroom! Beep! Beep!

Dear Parents,

It was a great week in F1X! We had fun playing in the role-play area, driving the car, motorbike, bus and truck! We all made sure that we follow the traffic lights and drive safely. We indeed have fantastic drivers in F1X!

Here are the highlights from this week:

             

Monday - David and Ms Crislet shared their holiday photos in class. David was very happy to see photos of him with his mummy and daddy on the Interactive Whiteboard when they went to Nha Trang. He was also very excited when he told us about his experience in riding the cable car. He said "It go up, up, up!"

Tuesday - Daiki shared his holiday photos. His whole family went to Singapore and visited Universal Studios. Daiki's photos were equally wonderful!

Well done David and Daiki for showing great confidence!

Wednesday - F1's Library Session. Children were divided into 2 groups and they visited the library. Ms Crislet shared 'The Big Red Bath' story and the children were able to borrow books. Please return your child's library folder by next Tuesday.

Thursday - Ms Precious showed the children a video about road signs and traffic lights. She also modeled how to play in the role-play area.

Friday - It's F1's Movie Day! We watched 'Cars' and looked at how fast cars can go. We talked about fast and slow and the children enjoyed it!

A very fun week indeed in F1! A big well done to all the children for partaking in different activities all week!


Notices:

Next week, we will be celebrating International week.

At the moment, here are the confirmed activities:

Monday - Dress-up day. Children should come in school wearing their traditional costumes. We will join in the parade up in the hall together with the rest of the school. May we ask you then to please drop your children in the classroom as usual and then proceed to the gym hall. We want the children to settle in class first before the parade.
             - Photo booth - Children need to buy a token worth 20,000Vnd. Each child will get a copy of the photo.
             - F1X class will visit the Vietnam room at 10am.

Tuesday - Vietnam and India Day. Ms Trinh and Ms Tam will prepare activities about Vietnam. If Vietnamese parents want to share any activity, please let us know.
              - Daiwik's mummy will come in class to show the children how to wear a Sari. The chidlren will definitely look amazing in them!

Wednesday - International fair in the foyer. You can buy tokens from Ms Oanh so that  your child can participate in some art and craft activities from around the world. F1 teachers will bring a group of children at a time in the foyer so they can all go around and check the activities.
                   - International Buffet. Food will be set-up in the canteen. F1 will then be given their share to enjoy in the classroom.

Thursday - Japan and Italy Day. Daiki's mummy will be coming in class and will facilitate a Japanese activity.
               - David's mummy will be coming in class to show the children how to prepare Nutella sandwich. We will also prepare activities about Italy.

Friday - Philippines Day. Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and Ms Clarissa will prepare activities about the Philippines. We will also be cooking 'turon' (banana roll), a famous snack in the Philippines.

Parents are still welcome to come in class if you want to facilitate an activity or bring in any objects, costume etc in class about your home country. We will try to make a gallery with things from Italy, Japan, India, Philippines, Vietnam, USA and Australia.


We are all very sure that next week will be a yet another fun-filled week! We are all excited to see the children in their traditional clothes on Monday! We bet they will all look gorgeous!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kind Regards;

Ms Crislet, Ms Precious and the F1 Team

Newsletter 28th October 2013

First of all, welcome back from our mid term break. We hope you all had a lovely time with your children.
We started the week by asking the children what they did over the holidays.
At circle time, we used the questions:
-How are you?
-Where did you go?
-What did you do?
The children responded to the questions using one to two words and short phrases.
It was lovely hearing what they have done over the holidays.
This week, we also had our first music session upstairs.
The children walked beautifully going up and had a lovely time with Mr Robbie.
On Friday, we ended our dinosaur theme by watching the story 'Land Before Time'.
We have also started learning about the different transport  and focused on cars and buses this week. Next week, we will be looking at aeroplanes or trucks and the different transport sounds.
Overall, the children did a fantastic job this week! Well done everybody! :)

Notices:
School shoes
We would like to remind everyone that CROCS is not allowed in school. Please have a look at the Parent Handbook for the appropriate school shoes.

Baskets in the classroom:
Please be aware that there are 2 baskets in the classroom (swimming basket and hat basket)
We would like to encourage everyone to ask your child to put their swimming kits in the swimming basket and their hats in the hat basket. Their water bottles should be placed on the shelf next to the water station.

Holiday photos:
If you would like to share what you have done over the half term break, please send your photos to our email or hand us a copy and we will share it with everyone in the class.
Ms Precious: preciousvillanueva@bisvietnam.com
Ms Crislet: crisletsilva@bisvietnam.com

Thank you parents for your continuing support.

Have a lovely weekend :)