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Wellbeing

Germs

In K1 this week, we have been talking about all the things that are happening with COVID-19 and how to keep ourselves safe and healthy. This week we started talking about germs. What are germs? We looked closely at our

 hands with the magnifying glass to see all the shiny and squiggly germs walking around. We discussed washing our hands multiple times a day, singing washing, washing our hands and keeping the germs away and also covering our mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, and then throwing it away immediately in the bin. We have been practicing this every day and all the time. K1 children are beginning to understand why we need to wash hands and keep the germs away.

Special announcement

ACTION

During a 14 day quarantine period, Kojyu took great action at home.

- He wore school uniform for our video calls in the morning and joined enthusiastically during circle times and all the learning engagements

- He took great part in home learning challenges that were sent home.

He counted and played math games

UOI

We are learning all about our environment and how we take care of it!

Kojyu created a robot using recycled materials

In literacy

He listened to his favourite story

Mr Doughnut.

Unit of Inquiry

- Reviewed life cycle of a bean

-Planted our own bean

-Observed and created our own mini bean journal

We are taking care of our beans every day and record our observations through illustrations.

Sensory activities

- Magic milk experiment

- How do flowers bloom experiment

Literacy/Phonics

- We continued Jasper's Beanstalk

- Story map

- Jasper Beanstalk's rhyme- We are becoming very confident with our rhymes

Phonics

- Rhyming basket

- Bingo rhymes

- Match the rhymes

Mathematics

- We counted numbers and guess how many in a bag?

- Mr Owl planned a holiday to Chiangmai and packed his suitcase, but forgot to label numbers in order. We helped him order numbers so that he could fit all his stuff in the suitcase.

- We then went outside our classroom the next day to find presents Mr. Owl wanted to take for his aunty. We had to find the right numbers in order by looking at our number line and find out what were in the box. Learners had lots of fun finding candies in the last box.

This week we reviewed our Learner profile attribute

" Caring"

We discussed what does caring means to us and how can we practice that this week. Learners had a very good understanding. They understood that being caring means sharing and taking turns when working or play in a group.

Next week

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme

Sharing the Planet

Central Idea:  We connect with the natural environment through our curiosities and responsibilities     

Line(s) of Inquiry :

Looking after out outdoor play spaces (responsibility)

Caring for the natural environment develops our understanding of the needs of living things (causation)

Sensory explorations of the natural environment help us to make connections (reflection)

Where we are in the inquiry cycle this week. 

Sorting Out

Approaches to learning (complete at least 2)

Research skills- Gathering and recording information, Evaluating and communicating, Creating, reliability of resources

Self-management skills- Managing self, Goal setting

Communication skills- Media representation, informed choices, interpreting

- Redesign our garden

• Plant and clean our garden
• Look and observe our beans - record them in our bean journal 

In Mathematics

 Roll a dice and build the tower.

-  Ordering numbers 1-10/Find the missing the numbers

-  Shapes and patterns 

-  Number puzzles

- Number games- Number car park

  Watch number 1-10 youtube videos and Blippi

In Literacy
YOU CHOOSE

Tuning in:  Look at the book cover and discuss, if you could go anywhere in the world, eat anything, live anywhere and choose absolutely everything about yourself, what would you choose? I would wear... - get out the dressing up clothes and invite the children to choose what they would wear to a party. 

Finding out: Rhyming words and alliteration - have fun thinking of words that rhyme with choose
Sorting out: choose some things from the page about food to make and eat together. Talk about whether they would actually want to eat some of the things

Going further: Creating costumes or something they have from home
Action:  You choose party -  Come dressed as you like and bring food you like to eat. Let’s celebrate!
Read books as part of our T4W

Continue Jasper’s beanstalk

National Geographic Readers: Storms!

You Choose

In Phonics

We are starting phase 1 aspect 7

Oral blending and segmenting

Talking about sounds-Robbie Robot

Tuning in - Robbie Robot’s - Create our own robot for sound talk

Finding out -  Finding objects and things in the sandpit and sound talk - 

Sorting out - I SPY-  Several objects on the floor - Cap, boat, car, spoon, etc-
Going further -  Listening and remembering sounds

Action - Cross the river -  Look listen and jump

Wellbeing

Yoga

Mindful games to control our emotions

Continue washing our hands regularly