What we will be doing next week - Week Beginning 26th Sept

Next week, we will be recapping the first set of letter sounds - don't forget to practice these regularly at home and have fun singing along to the songs. We will begin a mini topic of  'Journeys' as part of our Literacy lessons, talking about journeys  we do regularly (e.g. going to school) and making up fantasy journeys (e.g. going to the moon). We will also meet another character of the Oxford Reading Tree scheme, 'Floppy' the dog. In Numeracy this week, our focus is patterns. We will be looking at patterns of shapes, colours and objects and we will be creating our own patterns. We will also be learning to recognise the number 8. As part of our topic work this week, we will be talking about where we live and adding ourselves to a map of Gran Canaria. We will also continue drawing pictures of our family and learn to name them in English.

What we did this week - 19th September

Printing with shapes

This week in Numeracy, we did lots of activities involving 2-D shapes as we are learning to name and describe the properties of  'circle', 'square', 'rectangle' and 'triangle'.We have also been learning to recognise the number 7.

 

Playing shape dominoes with the teacher

Making pictures with magnetic shapes

Making Jam Sandwiches

We cut our sandwiches into shapes



Our i, p, n display










We continued practicing our first set of letter sounds. We learned to read and write 'i', 'p' and 'n' and learned lots of new vocabulary for each sound: iguana, Indian, internet, ink, ice cream; pineapple, pizza, pear, parrot, paint, panda; nest, net, night, neck, nails and night. As part of our creative activities linked to our letter sounds, we explored what happens to ice cubes when they are out of the freezer for 'i',  collaged pizzas to go in our cafe role play for 'p' and printing numbers for 'n'.



Practicing formation of our first letter sounds

Tracing a picture of Kipper, one of the Oxford Reading Tree characters

We looked at how we have changed


In Literacy this week, we have been recapping the phrases "I am...." and "I like/don't like.....". We also met 'Kipper', a character from the books we will start reading next term. As part of our topic work this week, we looked at our baby photos and compared them to photos of us now. Miss Joanne thinks we were all very cute babies! We talked about how we had changed and how our needs are different now.

What we will be doing next week - Week Beginning 19th Sept

Next week, we will be learning the letter sounds 'i' 'p' and 'n' and taking part in creative activities linked to these sounds. We will begin practicing our first key words, which will be sent home in their green books. We will be introduced to the first character of the Oxford Reading Tree Books and will be recapping the phrase "I am...." and "I like/don't like......". In Numeracy, we will be looking at 2-D shapes and learning about their properties. As part of our topic work, we will be looking at ourselves as babies and now to see how we have changed.

PARENTS - if you have not already sent a baby photo in of your child, please do so as soon as possible! Thank you.

What we did this week - 12th September

This week, we have continued to learn about our new class. We are all getting better at sitting nicely on the carpet and listening to our teacher or other children speaking. We really enjoyed starting to learn our letter sounds this week. We learned how to read and write 's' 'a' and 't'. We also learned lots of new English vocabulary for each letter sound such as star, sock, snake, skates; ambulance, alligator, ant, apple; tree, tiger, teddy bear and tomato. For our display and to emphasise our learning, we coloured a snake for 's', collaged an apple for 'a' and gave a teddy bear a toothbrush and toothpaste for 't'. REMEMBER all the songs and sounds are on the CD for you to practice at home and every Friday, you will have the sound sheets in your little book to practice writing.



Our Jolly Phonics Display for ´'s' 'a' and 't'




The vocabulary we have been learning




We played a number lotto game with the teacher





Ordering number teddies to 5


 In Numeracy this week, we have been focusing on remembering the numbers 1-6. We have been matching sets of objects to each number and we have been ordering numbers to at least 6. In our topic work this week, we looked at pictures of animals with their babies and talked about when we were babies ourselves.. We will be showing our baby photos next week and discussing in more detail how we have changed. In circle time this week, we talked about things we like or don´t like using the phrase "I like......& I don´t like....."

What we will be doing next week - Week Beginning 12th Sept

Next week, we will start our journey of learning the letter sounds in preparation for reading and writing. We will be learning 3 sounds a week starting with the sounds 's' 'a' and 't'. As well as learning how to read and write these letter sounds, we will be learning lots of new English vocabulary of things that begin with each sound. To reinforce our learning, we will also be getting involved in creative activities linked to each sound.

We will also be practicing our numbers up to 5, matching sets, playing number recognition games and ordering numbers to 5. We will be practicing basic English commands such as "Water please" / "Toilet please" and we will be discussing our likes and dislikes using the phrase "I like/don't like......".

Our First Week in K2 - 5th September

Using stencils on the writing table

Spelling our names with magnetic letters

Counting cubes to match set cards

Pouring and filling in the sand area

Working together to make a puzzle

Playing in the 'Baby Clinic' role play

Making the letters in our names with play dough.

Using the computer

Welcome parents and children in K2 to another fantastic year! Our first week has been filled with lots of exciting things. We have been getting to know our classroom, learning where things are kept and playing with lots of new toys. We have also been learning the new class rules and trying hard to sit nicely on the carpet to listen to our teacher. This week we have focused on introducing ourselves in English using the phrase "I am .....".

Welcome to the start of the New School Year 2011-2012

Welcome children and parents to K2. My Name is Miss Joanne and I will be your new teacher.  We have some changes within the school this year. We have a new Head Teacher, Miss Claudia supported by the Deputy Head Teacher, Miss Paula. Lets work hard this year and we will succeed in whatever goals we set for ourselves.