Family and Friends

What a fun time we have been having in upper pre-primary. The days have been filled enjoying our ‘Family and Friends’ unit. The children were so proud of their family photos they brought to school. They each presented them during circle time and gave some information about who was in them. The next big work was drawing and painting their family portraits. As you can see from the display outside the classroom, they look amazing.

The children have been learning about the continents of the world, which continent they come from and of course the famous continents song which you all have heard! The older children have been busy making globes of the world while the younger children coloured maps.

We have been looking at animal families and the names of their babies. The children have enjoyed matching pictures of the animal mothers with their babies. They have been very curious to know more and have been asking the names of many different young animals. Laura was curious to know what a baby mammoth was called and Constantin ‘a baby mouse’! Great learning together!

To end our unit the children had lots of fun preparing for the exit point. First, they had to write the invitation, then make a little present for their Mum, then prepare the yummy snacks to eat. The children were very happy to invite all the Mums to meet our ‘class family’ and share our learning. They decided they wanted to act like real waiters and waitresses and take the drink orders. For this the children had to practice writing the appropriate letter sound for each drink! I think they all did a super job looking after their Mums. They were very proud to sing to them and recite their poems. Well done everyone!

This month the children have also learnt about our second personal goal ‘resilience’. They are indeed showing lots of resilience completing their work. They encourage each other never to give up!

We have had exciting times in UPP. The children are enjoying learning their letter sounds and some have even started reading little words. There is a great buzz of learning and enthusiasm in the air!

This week has been all about Halloween - making Halloween books, colouring pictures, making pumpkins, making bats, making spiders, writing spells, singing songs and learning poems! We ended with a wonderful ‘Halloween Party’. Thank you for all the yummy snacks!

Finally, I would like to congratulate Anan on his fifth birthday.

I wish you all a lovely holiday with your children and look forward to seeing you in November.

Ms. Mia