KG 2B – Weeks 8 & 9

Hello everybody! We hope that you had a wonderful time at the KG Carnival yesterday. Thank you to those of you who were able to attend. It is so important to spend quality time with your children and this was a great opportunity to do so!

POCKETS – We have been very busy in class and have just finished our Pockets Module about the Farmyard. I hope you have all been reviewing farm animals at home with your children! This module was a lot of fun for us to learn and the class really enjoyed acting like animals and making the different sounds that they make!

JOLLY PHONICS – We have finished the third Jolly Phonics book and students should have a very tight grasp on their letters and letter sounds by now! Please keep on reviewing these at home. We will have a KG Quiz later in the semester and students will show their talents regarding reading and spelling – the more they can review at home, the better their performance will be!

ART – This week we finished our farmyard module and decided to use our handprints to make some sheep! We also made some bracelets!

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MATH – Most of us are able to order numbers 1 – 20 – good job KG 2B!

And of course, here are some photos of us playing with our friends!

KG 2B – Weeks 6 & 7

Hello everybody!

I cannot believe that February is over and that we only of 3 months left in KG 2B! We are going to work very hard over the next 3 months to ensure that we are ready for KG 3! I urge all parents to please do homework with your children everyday. It is so, so important that they repeat their reading words and receive positive reinforcement as often as possible. Thank you to those parents who are reading with your students – it is very clear who is practicing at home!

JOLLY PHONICS – Over the past two weeks we have focused on letters G, O, U and L. This is book 3 in the Jolly Phonics range and the song is available on http://www.youtube.com.

MATH – By now, your child should be able to count confidently from 1 – 20. We spend a lot of time counting individually and even practice outside to make practicing as fun as possible! We have spent a lot of time writing our numbers as well. Students should be able to write from 1 – 10 from memory by now. I urge everyone to practice this at home. You will be surprised at how much your children can remember! I’m very proud of them.

We have also spent some time ordering numbers from 1 – 20 both individually and in groups. Sometimes we put the numbers in order ourselves and sometimes we correct numbers when they are in the incorrect order (eg: 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

POCKETS – Our unit for the past two weeks was Our Community. We learnt about different members in our community and what they do to help us.

And of course, we had a lot of time playing together with our friends.

We ended the week last week with some amazing bubble painting.

KG 2B – Week 5

After all the excitement from Sports Day we had to focus really hard on getting back into school routine this week. We are still working through our ‘Making Toys’ unit in Pockets. This week we were lucky enough to have a lesson inside the Land of Dreams. This is such a nice space for our students. After explaining the instructions, I sent them off to find their own spaces to complete their work in – look how well they are working individuallly!

Of course we did some work in our classroom too!

I’m very happy to see how nicely the KG 2B students play with one another. Each day they are full of smiles and everyone has a friend to play with. Good job KG 2B!

We had a wonderful time on Friday creating art projects for our parents as a Valentine’s Day present. We made handprints in the shape of hearts and decorated frames to produce these beautiful creations – we hope you like them!

 

KG 2B – Week 4

Last week was exceptionally busy and exciting so I hope everyone had a lovely rest this weekend.

Please remember to continue practicing JOLLY PHONICS at home with your child and encourage them to count and read out letters in English as often as possible.

SPORTS DAY

This week we had a special guest from the Prawet District Office visit our school for the official opening of the new Kindergarten Department and the ‘Land of Dreams.’ There is a wonderful atmosphere in the KG area now that all the renovations are complete and we really hope you all enjoy the space as much as your children do.

 

Thank you so much to all the parents who supported us on Sports Day. It was an incredible day and so much fun for all involved! Please encourage your children to do some kind of physical activity – it is essential for them to strengthen their muscles and their core to avoid any difficulties they may have in the future.

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Congratulations to the Red Team for winning the best team cheer award and congratulations to the Green Team for being the overall winners of Sports Day.

  

PLAYDOUGH

On Friday, KG 2B made our very own playdough! This activity required our students to practice patience group work and listening skills. THey worked in groups of 4-5 students so the process took a lot of waiting and co-operation and I am proud to say they did a fantastic job!

   

KG 2B – Week 3

We are three weeks into the term and everyone has settled into routine beautifully! I’m so proud of how well are class is doing and how nicely everyone had improved!

Congratulations to Muna and Amir who were awarded Student of the Month for December and January respectively. You both did such a great job and I am exceptionally proud of you both.

By now you have all received a notice about KG Sports Day – which is taking place on Thursday, 5 February 2015. Please ensure your child is dressed in a PAIS Sports Shirt and that they are wearing the correct colour (letters have been sent home indicating team colour and there is also a list outside the classroom).

I’d also like to urge parents to complete homework with their children everyday – our words for last week were I, the it, sit and tap. Please, please, do not forget to practice with your child EVERYDAY.

JOLLY PHONICS – this week we learnt letters ‘M’ and ‘D’. This is the end of Book 2 in the Jolly phonics series – your child should now be able to write or at least recognise the following letters: s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, h, r, m & d.

MATH – We practised counting from 1 to 40 in class this week as well as writing numbers 1 through 10 from memory.

POCKETS – Our unit theme for Pockets this week was ‘Making toys’. I hope you all found the vocabulary list in your communication books. Please practice these words at home and maybe even makes some toys with your children!

ART – this week we used white crayons and watercolour paint to make some artwork.

As you can see in the photos below, KG 2B is having a lot of fun this semester and I hope the continue to do so!

 

KG 2B – Week 2

We had another wonderful week in KG 2B this week. Our students are maturing so beautifully and it is wonderful working with them everyday.

JOLLY PHONICS – new letters for this week were h and r. On Monday we will be starting our new homework curriculum and these letters will be included. Please continue practising reading and sounding out letters with your child.

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POCKETS – we continued with our ‘I am Healthy’ module this week. I will be sending a small book home on Monday that I encourage you all to read with your students so that they can remember all we’ve learnt so far.

MATH – this week we counted from 1 to 35. We used toys, counters and various other objects to count with.

iPADS – during iPad time, students often help one another navigate through various apps or games and it is incredible to see them working together without any guidance or requests from me.

ART – every Friday we’ll do an art project. This Friday we made turtles. Our students do all cutting, pasting, painting and decorating on their own. They turned out exceptionally well.

 

P.E & SWIMMING CLASS – now that the weather is a little cooler, we no longer have swimming class. Instead, Teacher Marlon teaches us P.E. The students ha an incredible time learning and playing with him on Tuesday!

And finally, some photos of us having fun.

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KG 2B – Week 1 – Welcome back to school!

Welcome back to school everyone! I hope you all had an exceptional holiday and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones. Everyone returned to school looking fresh, happy and excited so I’m sure we will have another fantastic semester! Semester 2 will be a busy and fruitful semester and I am so excited to continue teaching the students of KG 2B and having the privilege to watch them learn and grow!

Our Department has undergone a few changes over the holidays and the KG corridor is now a quiet, safe place for our students to walk and play. We hope you are all as excited by the improvements as we are! As you can see our class loves the new library-play area; we’ve even had some lessons there!

Happy Birthday to Patcy and Adnan who celebrated their birthdays over the holidays and also to Scarlett who celebrated hers this weekend!

This semester we will be placing a lot of emphasis on phonics and hope to introduce CVC words (reading) in the next few weeks. It will be wonderful if you could read with your child everyday and including CVC words in these activities would be great!

JOLLY PHONICS – The letters we have covered thus far are: s, a, t, i, p, n, ck and e. You can use these letters to form any CVC words with your child – they will be updated weekly. Some examples for this week are: cat, pin, at, pen, pit.

POCKETS – Our current module is ‘I am Healthy’. Please continue to reinforce healthy habits with your child as often as possible. This week we learn about exercising, washing our hands, blowing our noses, combing our hair and a few others.

MATH – This week we counted from 1 to 30 and spent a lot of time using our listening skills to create accurate pattens.

Of course, a very important part of Kindergarten, if not the most important part, is learning how to socialise through both free and structured play. Play time builds various skills – conflict resolution strategies, team work, sharing and patience. Our class plays very nicely together and are exceptionally kind towards one another. Great job KG 2B!

 

KG 2B – Week 17

Hello everybody! We have been working very hard in KG 2B with our International Day rehearsals and finishing Unit 1 of our new Pockets curriculum. We revised 8 different people that work in our school – the gatekeeper, bus driver, secretary, cashier, music teacher, gym teacher, principal and janitor. This week we looked at some pictures and identified which people in our school work in which rooms.

KG 2B loves to paint and create beautiful things. This week we did a joint art project (with KG 2A) and created a beautiful combined piece. Students had to be exceptionally patient as only one hand print could be painted at a time. They did an excellent job!

Here we are painting papers that are the same colours as the Sri Lankan flag – all in preparation for Saturday.

On Friday we worked on decorating our elephants. This process took a lot of time and concentration. Students had to use tiny sticks to apply glue to their paintings and then chose from a variety of glitter colours to decorate them.

We are working very hard to help our students form new and strong friendships – please encourage your children to speak about their friends at school!

KG 2B – Weeks 15 & 16

Now that the rain has started to subside, we’ve been able to play on the field outside! This is a great way for us to exercise and also gives us a chance to develop our imaginations and play all sorts of games. It is so wonderful watching the students play outside – they run, laugh, hide in the plants and everything in between! I believe this kind of outdoor play is very good for their development and we will continue to do so for as long as possible!

We are still having lots of fun studying Pockets and Jolly Phonics. Most of the students take so much pride in their workbooks and work really neatly and beautifully. At the beginning of the year they could barely focus for 5 minutes at a time and now we can complete a 20 minute lesson without any problems! Very impressive.

We had a wonderful time at Playtime last week. There are various photos available on our school Facebook page but here are a few of our class specifically.

We did some more counting and counter work. This time, we were only given the instructions once and then we were expected to work as a group and help our friends! After we finished using our counters for counting, we used them to make various shapes.

We celebrated Father’s Day as a school last Thursday and our girls did a sterling job during their performance!

To end off, here are a couple photos of us having fun at school.

KG 2B – Weeks 13 & 14

As November draws to a close I’d like to send a heartfelt thank you out to those parents who offered to assist our class with International Day. We are SO excited to perform for all of you and it means so much to us that you are willing to put time aside for our class. Thank you!

Beautiful Muna turned 4 this month and we had a wonderful time celebrating her birthday on Monday the tenth. Happy Birthday Muna – thank you for sharing your day with us!

We are working very hard in our Jolly Phonics books. Our class is so proud of their work and have learnt to treat their books so well. Jolly Phonics helps us learn letter sounds and formations and is a great way to help us prepare for reading CVC words!

We spent a lot of time making the beautiful butterflies that are currently up outside the classroom. I hope that you have all noticed vast improvements in the artistic abilities of your children. At the beginning of the year most of our painting projects ended up as a mix of colours, resulting in pictures that were mostly brown. Now our students are cleaning their brushes thoroughly and working carefully to ensure their pictures remain colourful and beautiful. I’m so incredibly proud of them all.

We have spent a lot of time working on the ‘Pockets’ series. Over the past two weeks we have learnt the names of 8 different people who work at school – cashier, janitor, gym teacher, music teacher, principal, secretary, gatekeeper and bus driver. As your children if they can name any of these people for you – they have done very well memorising them!

To end off the week we started getting some decorations ready for International Day – another example of how much better our concentration spans are getting, well done KG 2B.

And finally, some photos of us having some fun at school.