​EARLY YEARS SPORTS DAY!
​The Learners in Early Years were absolute sports stars and were brilliant at showing the fantastic skills that they had been learning in PE. The learners also truly showed their resilience and cooperation skills during the events.  It was great to see so many families come along to cheer for the teams. Thank you for your support.

​This week we have been busy learning about Autumn. We looked at video clips and non-fiction books about activities people do in Autumn. We also looked at the weather patterns and leaves changing colours. In our tuff spot tray we had natural  leaves and information books and we  used a magnifying glass to look closely at the leaf patterns and the colours. 

Literacy
In phonics this week, we continued to explore rhyming words. We have also been practising tuning into different sounds we hear in our environment. We had fun making marks on leaves.

Literacy
This week we have been assessing the learners on their phonics knowledge and skills, We  separated them into three groups. This will help us support the needs of each group and ensure the learners feel confident in all areas of phonics. The areas they will be covering are new sounds like j and v, blending skills and sounds set 1/2 (s,a,t,i,p,n,m,o,g,d,ck)

Learning Journey
This week we have been looking at summer. We looked closely at the changes in weather patterns and activities people enjoy around the world during summer time. We enjoyed making  a summer collage, cutting pictures of summer activities people do around the world. We also enjoyed threading sun patterns and made ice-cream decorating it with shapes. We had fun making sandcastles and sunglasses. We also made sunflowers with paper plates. 

Maths
In maths we have been recapping  learning about more and less. We enjoyed playing mucky monsters on the Interactive whiteboard.

Mucky Monsters
http://www.ictgames.com/m

Literacy
In phonics we have been playing mix-pair-share using rhyming words. We have also been  practising Phase 1 aspect 4- rhythm and rhyme and aspect 5- alliteration   through letters and sounds games and activities. We enjoy playing games listening to the initial sounds of our names and objects. 

Learning Journey
​We had a happy and fun welcome first week back by starting Learning Block 4 with our new topic of MINIBEASTS. We had fun trying to walk through a big spider web and a thick wall of tall trees . We are investigating what mini-beasts are this week and we really enjoyed going on a mini-beasts hunt around our garden. We looked all around the school and garden with magnifying glasses and we took pictures of all the mini-beasts that we found.  We were surprised to see so many insects and had a discussion about them after the adventure. We enjoyed making different minibeasts masks and enjoyed playing with the minibeasts in the slime. We also made binoculars using toilet rolls for our minibeasts hunt. We had great fun learning the different movements of the minibeasts. We used insect stencils to create colourful pictures and made mini-beasts using junk materials.

​We will be working on our new personal goal: PRINCIPLED. We have discussed the meaning of PRINCIPLED and take responsibilities for our actions, be honest and make good choices.

Maths
In Maths this week, we have been recapping ordinal numbers and have been matching flowers to the correct number as well as ordering leaves and insects.

Literacy
This week we have been recapping all of phase 2 letter sounds and tricky words. We have been practising using WOW words in sentences for Big Talk and we have been trying to read words in our guided reading lessons with the big books. We were excited to discuss and draw our holidays and have been looking at names and pictures of different mini-beasts and have been trying to write their initial sounds. We drew our favourite mini-beasts in our journals too!

Literacy
This week we have been busy in phonics finding words that begin with the letter sounds s,a,t,p,i,n. We played various letter sound games  such as I spy with my little eyes and rhyming soup. 

Learning Journey
There was great excitement in the reception classrooms this week as we started our Christmas festival topic. The learners shared their knowledge of Christmas and how they celebrate in their homes. They enjoyed many creative projects like hand print Christmas trees, decorating cookies, drawing on cards and decorating trees on the computer. Throughout the week in teams they have been expressing their knowledge of different festivals that have been covered and making information posters. Come and view them in your child's room. We have also been writing Christmas cards, playing with arctic animals in the snow and listening to Christmas songs. 
On Friday the learners had a great time at our exit point Christmas party with iCAN play.
We shared some yummy treats and played different games. To finish off a busy and short learning block, the children baked some Christmas cookies and decorated them (it was sticky job). 

Maths
This week the learners have been revising their numbers up to 20. They have ordered them, written them and matched them with their value. Some children also enjoyed  skip counting in 5s and making paper chains for our party. ​

Learning Journey
This week we focused on learning about spring! We extended our knowledge looking  at various websites and links on the weather changes during spring time. We made collages of butterflies and a spring tree. We also made rain clouds and beautiful rainbows.

Learning Journey
The Year of the Pig- this week the reception learners focused on Chinese New Year celebration. They enjoyed watching the dragon dances and writing both numbers and letters in Chinese. We used lots of red and gold in our art projects. The children made dragons, lanterns and money envelopes. On Friday the learners took part in their own 'great race' and used ordinal numbers to record each others place in the race.  

​The students have also been enjoying the birthday role play corner and making lots of yummy cupcakes for their friends birthdays. 

Literacy
In Phonics this week: The learners have covered all the alphabet letter sounds and  they have been practising and  putting these sounds together to make words. They have even started to blend and read 4 letter words. Our tricky words for this week are Mum and Dad: Can you find these words in books you read together? 

Please note that reading books and blue bags will not go home over the holidays. Your child will still read next week however after Thursday the bags will stay in school. 

Learning Journey
This week  we had our EXIT POINT celebrating our learning about FOOD. We had fun going on a food hunt at iCANPLAY. We paired up and found food and shared it,naming the different type . We also discussed healthy  and unhealthy food. We made healthy sandwiches and enjoyed eating them. It was very yummy!!!!!!

In LB 3 we will be starting our new topic  SEASONS!
How many seasons are there in a year?
What is the weather in Cambodia?

Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about  healthy and unhealthy food. We enjoyed making a healthy Pizza. We have also been learning how to stay healthy through looking at various websites and links. We sorted fruit and vegetables, as well as healthy and unhealthy foods, using 3D food, toys and pictures. We discussed and made large unhappy and happy teeth to stick healthy and unhealthy food onto. We enjoyed painting and making watermelons. 

Literacy
This week we have been practising our rhyming words with various letters and sounds games. We enjoyed playing cross the river with rhyming words. We have also begun to listen to initial sound in words. We played various games and activities listening to and saying the initial sounds  in words.

Maths
This week we have been making patterns with shapes and making pictures using the shapes. We also focused on counting the corners and sides of different shapes. We enjoyed working in pairs to practise. 

Literacy
As part of the transition to LB3, both reception classes have been learning new letter sounds together. This week they have covered 'b, f and ff'. The learners have also been improving their reading understanding and vocabulary.
 
Can we please remind parents to bring in the blue book bags each day so we can read in school with each child and change their book when needed. 

Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about  different types of bread. We looked at  non-fiction video clips on how bread is made.  We listened to the story The Little Red Hen and had fun acting out the story. ​We enjoyed pounding bread crumbs and in art and craft making a  pizza. 

​Next week we will make our own yummy Pizza!

Literacy
This week we have been looking at rhyming words through nursery rhymes and stories. We have also been making silly soup and crossed the river with rhyming words. We have been practising recognising and writing our names in glitter and flour. 

Maths
This week we  have been learning number rhymes such as ‘5 Green Speckled Frogs, 1 Elephant and 5 Fat Sausages’. We had so much fun acting out the rhymes and counting.
We  enjoyed listening to the story  TEN-IN-THE BED.
We also practised writing numbers (1-5), (1-10) using different materials in the tuff spot tray with chalk and glitter.
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Learning Journey
​This week our focus was Vegetables. We have been learning the names of the vegetables through non-fiction books and video clips. We investigated some real vegetables, felt and smelt them and discussed what our favourite vegetables are. We enjoyed making a vegetable pie by cutting and chopping vegetables. It was so delicious.  In our art and craft,  we made carrots and used them for vegetable printing. ​

Literacy
In phonics we have been playing mix-pair-share using rhyming words. We have also been  practising Phase 1 aspect 2' General Sound Discrimination: Instrumental Sounds' through letters and sounds games and activities.

Maths
This week in maths we sorted vegetables and fruits. We also focused on counting 1-5, 1-20 using various counters and number songs. We have also been learning about more and less. We enjoyed playing mucky monsters on the Interactive whiteboard. 

Muck Monsters 
http://www.ictgames.com/mucky.html

Learning Journey
For the past few weeks we have been learning and exploring all things about SPACE. We learned about the planets, rockets and astronauts. We made a human planet Earth, learnt space songs and enjoyed finding out and exploring how astronauts live in space. 

​This week during our topic ‘SPACE’ we had fun learning about aliens. We used our wild imagination to create fantastic alien caps and pictures of aliens. To celebrate our learning of space we had fun having an alien party as our Exit Point. We made alien cupcakes, alien cookies, asteroid popcorn and a green coloured alien drink. We enjoyed our party, taking part in many games and activities. 

Literacy
This week in phonics we have been learning the letter sounds 'e' and 'u' and the high frequency words 'and ' & ‘I’. We are starting to segment and blend words in simple sentences. We also read the story Elmer the Elephant and did a patchwork colouring during an ICT session on the computer. We love to play phonic games by segmenting and blending simple phrases on the interactive white board.

How to support your child’s reading at home.
Your child will start taking home picture books in their blue book bags from week 2 of LB2. Here are some useful tips that will help when supporting your child on their reading journey. Remember to keep the experience informal, not stressful and comfortable. Ask your child to pick an area in your home that feels quiet and comfortable to them. Maybe you could add blankets and cushions to this area. Reading with your child should be an enjoyable experience for both child and parent.

•  First tell them about the author and illustrator of the book. Look at the cover and name of the book- ask questions like; what you think this book might be about? Is there anything in the picture that might give us a clue?
• While exploring the pictures talk about the names of the characters, how they might be feeling and why, what might happen in the next page, how they might feel if something similar happened to them?
• You might like to search for different objects in the pictures starting with different sounds. For example ‘can you find two things in the picture that start with s” (sun and sock). Similarly you could play ‘I spy with my little eye something starting with N” (child might answer nest)
• Once you have finished the story ensure you ask your child questions about the story. Comprehension is very important and often missed. Questions such as; tell us can one character we meet in the story? , Where did the story take place, a city, a house, a forest? , What did x character do that was bad/good in the story, How did x character feel when x happened?
• Please fill in your child’s reading record and ensure to bring their blue book bag to school each day. There books will be changed once they have read with a Learning facilitator three times and the Learning facilitators feels they are ready to take on a new story.

Please remember we are trying to instill a love for reading within the learners so make it fun and as comfortable as possible. If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s reading speak directly to either Ms Vijaya or Ms Helen.

Happy reading- watching a young child learn to read is a wonderful thing, enjoy!

Maths
In Maths we sorted  food, 2D shapes and used some caterpillar pictures to compare and sequence lengths using play dough.