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. . . . . . . From School to Home

2017 Term 2 Week 3

Dear Parents

This is an everyday routine which takes place every morning.

We will gather together in the classroom (sitting in a big circle) and

start off with our Good Morning songs in English and Chinese.

And taking time to pray, especially for our friends who are absent

We will discuss the date and day concept, weather and relevant issues

such as dental hygiene, good toileting habits, behavioural issues etc.

and current issues such as the haze situation, dengue, etc.


And we love to sing our praise action songs in English and Chinese.

These daily practises do help when it’s time to prepare for concert!

Circle time is not only fun but an important feature in our curriculum

as the children have the opportunity to develop physically (e.g. moving different body parts),

socially and emotionally (e.g. taking turns, developing confidence as they ask questions or share their

thoughts), cognitively (e.g. using subtraction to find out how many children are present in school, develop their

attention span) and improve their oral communication skills.

We Circle Time!

We are still exploring Europe ……..

Peace Joy Love (1&2)

English Language & Literacy


- Info Time:

Famous artists in Europe

a) Vincent van Gogh

-Starry Night

b) Leonardo da Vinci

- Mona Lisa, The Last Supper

c) Michelangelo

- Sistine Chapel ceiling, sculptures

Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)

a) Spray paint artists, street portrait artists

Famous composers in Europe

a) Beethoven (Für Elise)

b) Mozart

Orchestra

a) Symphony orchestra

-Flute, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, string family

b) Chinese orchestra

-Guzheng, pipa, erhu…

- Phonics

Peace:

a) Introduction to “un” word family

b) Activity: Read the “un” word and draw the picture

Joy:

a) Revision of short vowel family “at”

b) Quiz: Listen to the “at” word and fill in the first letter

- Phonics:

a) Sing ABC Song

b) Words that start with Letter J

c) Song: “Jumping Children, J,J,J”

d) Activity 1: jump from hoop to hoop

Activity 2: jump like a kangaroo,

frog, rabbit

Love 1

- Activities:

a) Worksheet: spread the “jam” on

the letter J. sprinkle some

toppings.

b) Jump with bean bags

c) Song: “Animals In The Jungle” &

“Best Animals Sounds”. Follow the

actions and make the animal sounds.

- Learning Corner:

a) Identify the odd one out

- Learning Corner:

a) Sort letters into upper and

lower case

b) Match countries to their

flags and places of interest


b) Unscramble the letters

c) Match countries to their

flags and places of interest

d) Phonics – Match rhyming

words (-og, -ot, -op, -ip)

e) Word Search

- Worksheet: Action verbs (e.g.

write, sing, drink, cook, sleep,

run, jump)

c) Find name and fill in missing

vowels

d) Phonics – write -at words

e) Phonics – Link pictures with

same beginning sound (Ee, Ll,

Oo, Ww)

- Worksheet: Tick the -at

words

Love 2

- Learning Corner: Find their picture

and spell their names (with ref)

- Info Time:

a) Landmarks - Paris: Eiffel tower

b) Olympics – the 5 rings, Olympic

flame, different sports

- Worksheet:

a) Do-a-dot letter h and i

b) Tracing letters C and D

Chinese Language

- 儿 Qr

歌 gP

: 龟 guF

兔 tX

赛 sDi

跑 pCo

- 儿 Qr

歌 gP

: 伦 lVn

敦 dUn

铁 tiR

桥 qiBo

跨 kuD

下 xiD

来 lBi

Love 1

- 部 bX

首 shMu

：氵部 bX

首 shMu

（游 yLu

泳 yMng

、浇 jiAo

花 huA

、洗 xH

手 shMu

）

- 词 cG

汇 huI

: 快 kuDi

慢 mDn

、轻 qFng

重 zhNng


- 作 zuN

业 yS

：氵部 bX

首 shMu

（游 yLu

泳 yMng

、浇 jiAo

花 huA

、洗 xH

手 shMu

）

- 词 cG

汇 huI

: 快 kuDi

慢 mDn

、轻 qFng

重 zhNng

- 作 zuN

业 yS

：图 tV

句 jX

配 pSi

对 duI

(兔 tX

子 zi

跑 pCo

得 dQ

快 kuDi

，蜗 wK

牛 niV

爬 pB

得 dQ

慢 mDn

；大 dD

象 xiDng

重 zhNng

，老 lCo

鼠 shW

轻 qFng

)

- 阅 yuS

读 dV

：鸡 jF

欢 huAn

喜 xH

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 配 pSi

对 duI

: 瘦 shNu

、胖 pDng

、

高 gAo

、矮 Ci

- 作 zuN

业 yS

：圈 quAn

一 yF

圈 quAn

( 快 kuDi

慢 mDn

、轻 qFng

重 zhNng

)

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 填 tiBn

空 kNng

（儿 Qr

歌 gP

）: 雨 yW

、头 tLu

b) 数 shW

数 shX

: 七 qF

和 hQ

十 shG

c) 笔 bH

画 huD

（拼 pFn

字 zI

）: 上 shDng

、下 xiD

- 词 cG

汇 huI

: 三 sAn

；红 hLng

和 hQ

蓝 lBn

Love 2

- 词 cG

汇 huI

: 星 xFng

期 qF

天 tiAn

，快 kuDi

乐 lS

天 tiAn

；

高 gAo

矮 Ci

；七 qF

（复 fX

习 xG

）

- 角落区 :

corner :

a) 数 shW

数 shX

: 七 qF

b) 排 pBi

序 xX

: 星 xFng

期 qF

一 yF

，穿 chuAn

新 xFn

衣 yF

；


b) 配 pSi

对 duI

: 猪 zhU

睡 shuI

觉 jiDo

、猫 mAo

吃 chF

鱼 yV

、狗 gMu

看 kAn

门 mQn

、猴 hLu

子 zi

爬 pB

树 shX

c) 配 pSi

对 duI

: 狼 lBng

来 lBi

了 le

、狮 shF

子 zi

晒 shDi

太 tDi

阳 yBng

、猩 xFng

猩 xing

吃 chF

香 xiAng

蕉 jiAo

、狐 hV

狸 li

逃 tBo

跑 pCo

了 le

d) 配 pSi

对 duI

（量 liDng

词 cG

）: 根 gPn

、

个 gS

、朵 duM

e) 排 pBi

序 xX

: 今 jFn

天 tiAn

是 shI

＿＿月 yuS

＿

＿＿日 rI

星 xFng

期 qF

＿

d) 配 pSi

对 duI

: 高 gAo

、矮 Ci

e) 配 pSi

对 duI

( 汉 hDn

字 zI

数 shX

字 zI

/阿 A

拉 lA

伯 bL

数 shX

字 zI

) : 二 Sr

、四 sI

、六 liX

、八 bA

、

十 shG

星 xFng

期 qF

二 Sr

，肚 dX

子 zi

饿 S

；星 xFng

期 qF

三 sAn

，去 qX

爬 pB

山 shAn

、星 xFng

期 qF

四 sI

，看 kDn

电 diDn

视 shI

c) 分 fPn

类 lSi

：红 hLng

、蓝 lBn

、黄 huBng

和 hQ

绿 lX


Science & Discovery

Discovery Corner

Love 1

Enjoying our again … but this time during craft time!

Just like the cooking process, there were different steps to get that “perfect” pizza!

Spreading glue to stick the red coloured paper (i.e. tomato base)

More glue ……

And the most important step… putting the toppings – lot of cheese, olives, mushrooms and capsicums!


Joy & Peace

Zooming in to the famous landmark of Paris….

The EIFFEL TOWER!!!

The children will construct the Eiffel Tower using straws!

Blue straws, green straws, translucent straws and striped straws…

They exercised creativity when they…

determined for themselves the colours they wanted to have,


the length of straws to use,

and the placement of those cut-straws by using lots of white glue!


It was interesting to see how some would line the Eiffel Tower with straws

while some would fill the Eiffel Tower with straws instead.

Hence, each construction of the Eiffel Tower is a very special one!

Show, Tell & Share

Love 1


Kendrick picked up a long brown part of a plant. He was very excited to show his friends.

Love 2

Left to right:

En Xiu brought a castanet and demonstrated its use. Slotting a finger through the elastic and clapping it

together to create the sound!

Vianna turned the knob on the back of her dinosaur toy to show the class that her special dinosaur can walk!

‘Wow!’

Mathematics

- Math is Fun:

Peace

a) Patterns (AB, ABB,AAB,ABA)

b) Activity: Use the sliders to create the pattern called out

Joy

a) Counting in twos (2 - 10)

b) Activity: Learning rote counting in twos by flipping up

alternate red tabs of the little tool given.

- Math is Fun: Shape Recognition

Use playdough to form shapes (triangle,

circle, square)

Love 1

a) Story: “One Lonely Fish” by Andy

Mansfield & Thomas Flintham.

Count the fishes (1-10) when they


appear.

b) Shape recognition: sort the shapes

into the correct boxes (circle,

square, star, heart, triangle)

c) Number recognition (1-10). Count

and match the jigsaw puzzles.

Love 2

- Learning Corner: Match the

landmarks to their shadows

- Learning Corner:

a) Addition (up to 20)

b) Subtraction from 10

c) Number bonds of 10

d) Rote counting in 2s (up to

20)

e) Match number words to

quantity (1-10)

- Worksheet: Count in 2s (up

to 10). Write number digits

and number words

- Learning Corner:

a) Addition (up to 5)

b) Subtraction (from 5)

c) Write numerals 1-10

d) Count backwards

e) Place correct quantity to

numeral (1-15)

- Worksheet: Number bonds of

5. Fill in missing numbers.

Writing


Language

Joy: Writing small letters “k, l, m, n, o”.

Peace: “I love to read.”

Fun & Movement

Mass Activity

The children got into groups and performed some static balance exercises together!

This was followed by forming a longgggggggggg Bethany Kindy bridge.

Where the first pair would break the bridge, and go through to the other end

to join hands with each other again.

It was great seeing how the children are now able to facilitate the continuation of the bridge

with lesser prompting from the teachers!

Love 1 & 2

Two “X”s were marked to encourage the Love children to initiate their own turn taking.

They made a dash towards the chairs in front of them..


And performed donkey kicks!

(Lifting their feet off the ground by transferring their weight onto their hands.)

Thereafter, they took turns to ride a scooter.


Children don’t necessary know how to ride when presented with one.

Exposure is needed and we are thankful to have a couple of scooters

(some given by our Alumni) for our children’s free play 😊

Joy & Peace

This game requires the children to not just know their friends’ names

But to also be very quick in giving a friend’s name when their names are called!

Otherwise. . .


The person standing in the centre will go towards the name being called and give a gentle whack to him/her!

The Joy children are still learning how the game works!


Call another friend’s name fast, or get… WHACKED!

Children are forced to train their reaction and response time through this game.


Aesthetics (Cooking)

+

it’s time!

One of our all-time favourites …… and we are quite good at making them ….

From the ingredients ---- ready for the oven ------- and it’s done !!!! …. QED!

(French loave slices; tomato paste with toppings of sausage slices, onions and mozzarella cheese)

Watch the stance - Spreading the tomato paste confidently with knife on one hand;

the other hand holding firmly the slice of bread ….


How they have learnt from previous pizza making lessons … when they are putting on the toppings!

We don’t say, “ I don’t like onions and I don’t want to put it on my pizza!” …

Because .. we are making the pizzas for everyone and

not just for ourselves and we will learn to eat everything


And when it’s all nicely topped up, the pizzas go into the baking tray; into the big oven in the kitchen

And the little Love children went into the kitchen to have a peek

And here comes LaoShi …. With our trays of freshly made pizza ,,,, ummm … we love the AROMA !!!!!

Yes it’s all YUMS!!!! With many, many servings ….

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Aesthetics (Music & Movement)

Love 1 & Love 2

Music element: Volume

The Love children were given disposable plates and tongue depressors to act as drums.

They learnt to differentiate volume through the playing of their “drums” - exerting more force when hitting

them to make it sound louder.

Joy & Peace

Music element: Rhythm

This week Joy and Peace children were introduced to “ta” and “titi” and tried coming up with their own rhythm

using “ta” and “titi”. Eg. Ta titi ta ta


They were later given “drums” – disposable plates and tongue depressors, to follow the different rhythms

played in Snow Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V9dPe5WXgs).

To extend their creativity, they were asked to replace “ta” and “titi” with other names and create rhythms with

the new names given.

Some of the suggestions they gave: Pen-Pencil, Apple-Pear, Tissue-Box…

Songs:

a) “Here We Go Looby Loo”


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