WEEKLY UPDATE

RE Weekly Update: January 16th  to January 20th, 2017

	This Week	Next Week
Phonics/ writing	This week, we reviewed all the letters learned we know and practice blending some 3 letter sound words. We learned the letters ‘n’ and ‘e’ and wrote a story about an elephant.	Next week, we will start blending words from our third unit and we will learn the letters ‘k’ and ‘j’.
Math	This week, we were introduced to the basic concept of ‘addition’. We used our fingers to add and count and played various games to understand this very complex concept.	Next week, we will learn how to read time and describe the time such as 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock, 3 o’clock. For our third lesson we will learn the days of the week and their correct order.
PSD	This week, we talked about that sometimes we don’t always get what we want.	During this lesson we will learn about different cultures and that children all over the world are like us but speak different languages, dress differently and don’t eat the same food as us.
Science	This week, we talked about the importance of healthy eating and exercising. Then for our second lesson we talked about where our food comes from.	Next week, we will make our class world map and learned about continents and have an introduction to Europe to follow our next topic ‘The Netherlands’.
Art	This week, we had a lot of fun. We learned how to draw fruits and painted with our fingers various fruits with dots and circles. Then for our second lesson we painted with spaghetti and experimented with color mixing.	Next week, we will learn how to use watercolor and will experiment with different techniques and make our own world map.
Physical	This week, we went on a obstacle race and learned how to climb, jump and how to shoot rings.	Next week, we will work on our fine motor skills through various activities all themed based on Chinese new year.
Notices and Events	Book borrowing: please remember to return the borrowed book before Tuesday. Thank you. Sports Day: Tuesday January 24th, please have your child wear their house color shirt. Thank you.

                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                   

Construction workers in the sand ...

Today our boys began to dig holes to plant seeds to create a vegetable garden, but inspired by shovels our little gardeners began constructing and digging. They started building trucks and excavators. Soon our little garden became a construction site! 

Totem is driving his excavator

Harry is driving his excavator 

Posche is driving all different types of truck. His truck even turned into a robot truck!

Let's get Physical this week!

Obstacle course Day!

This week for our physical lesson we ran on an obstacle course. We learned how to run, jump, climb and shoot rings. Everyone really enjoyed the activity and cheered for their teams.