Welcome back to school!

What a wonderful start to the new school year we have had in upper pre-primary. The children are becoming a real little family! They are enjoying working and playing together and are all eager to learn. During these first few weeks the children have been getting to know their new class and new classroom routines. The children have learnt our first personal value ‘respect’. They are learning to take care of toys and other classroom material and to respect each other and the people around them.

We began the school year by doing some lovely activities with the other upper pre-primary class (Mr. Michael’s class). We played games in the garden and had a fun trip to a playground near the school.

Already this year we have done a small study on owls. The children have learnt facts about owls, made a lovely owl craft, coloured owls, learnt a poem about an owl but the most exciting part of our study was dissecting a real owl pellet. The children were like scientists as they discovered the feathers and bones in the pellet. Don’t forget to ask your child more about this!

Our first IPC unit this year is all about ‘family and friends’. We started with a lovely ‘entry point’. Each child brought something from his own house to create our special classroom home. Thank you everyone for all the items you brought. The children decided where each item should go. In doing so they created a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen. The children are having lots of fun playing together co-operatively in this cosy area. Through playing they think of things they need. They decided to make a television with some remote controls for the living room. Next week the plan is to make a washing machine!

We have already had our first family meal together! The children carefully chopped apples to make delicious apple sauce.

The ‘family and friends’ unit is definitely off to a great start. The children have been painting their flags and discussing where their family comes from. More information about this learning will come in the next blog!

To take care of our classroom each child has a different responsibility each week, for example cleaning the tables, keeping the bookshelf in order, line leader etc. The children are being very responsible and taking their jobs seriously. Well done everybody!

All the children in the class are very interested in learning their letter sounds. The older children have almost completed their first Jolly Phonics book and the younger children are busy making their special sound book.

The children are also busy counting and practising writing numbers. We will be starting our Mathemagic workbooks next week.

As you can see, we are having a great time in upper pre-primary with lots of fun, love and learning!

Finally, congratulations to Marceau whose fifth birthday we celebrated this month at school.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Mia