WEEK'S UP FOR WEEKENDING 4 NOVEMBER 2016

The party prop!

It has been articulated that one shouldn’t ask the age of a lady and this is what happened to remind us of that adage:

Overheard at arrival;

Interested parent of school mate: “Hi, how old are you?”

Confident, petite, five-year-old, with a contemplative look: “Excuse me, do I know you?”

COSTUME PARTY

Our Dress-Up Party was a smasher! Some costumes were remarkably creative. A sample of them, are featured below.  The staff and the children had a cracking time, highlighted by our Sankalp's iconic pose! He is pictured below!  We would like to thank all our volunteer parents for their efforts.  To access our photos, please click on the following link:  https://goo.gl/photos/RA7YFXUTMmGqnQiS7

HOLIDAY PAGEANT
We sent home the Holiday Pageant 2016 flyer through your child.  It holds details of our events on 19th and 26th November 2016.  Kindly return the completed form not later than Wednesday, 9th November 2016.

MOVEMENT IN THE CLASSES
In preparation for the upcoming Holiday Pageant 2016, the children will engage in practices which we will begin in school next week.  They will be divided according to the performances in which they are involved (please see below*).  This would mean that your children may not be in their regular ‘home rooms’ for this period.  The teachers have been preparing the children for this move.  The regular work cycle will continue followed by a session of practices.  

*Please note that all the children, regardless of participation in the actual event, will be engaged in practices. This is part of the curricular cultural activities within the school curriculum.

'READING PARENT' PROGRAMME

Mrs Honerkamp (Snr.) reading with children

Here's a huge thank you, to our parents and grandparent, who offered their time and effort into our 'Reading Parent'. The children, have benefited considerably, from your support. Should you be interested in helping us next term, please look out for information which will be sent out in the new year. 

IN THE CLASSES THIS WEEK...

Montessori

· Experiment - the science topic for this week was what does; 'sink or float'.
   - This was a hands on experiment.  The children dropped various objects into a 
   transparent bowl of water to witness the sinking or floating of the items.

 · Zoology - Parts of a Turtle.  We explained the importance of each part. The older children matched the cards and slips as a reading activity. They also drew the turtle and named the parts.

· Exercises of Practical Life - ‘Washing Hands’ We repeated the presentation of 'washing hands' by following these steps:

1. Palm to palm

2. Between fingers

3. Back of hands

4. Base of thumbs

5. Back of fingers

6. Finger nails

7. Wrists; and

8. Rinse, wipe and dry

Mandarin

1. Names of some vegetables: Cucumber (黄瓜), Chinese Cabbage (大白菜), 
Chilli (辣椒), Cabbage (包菜), Asparagus (芦笋), Watercress (西兰花), 
Cauliflower (菜花), Potatoes (马铃薯）

2. Parts of a turtle (龟的组成部分)
3. Songs: let's go for a walk, jingle bells
4. Names of Objects: Door (门), Window (窗), Table (桌子), Chairs (椅子)

Extended-Day

Care of Environment: Washing a chair and Cleaning a Plant

· Learning to keep their surroundings neat

· Learning to respect their environment

Sensorial:

The children used multiple sensorial materials to make patterns.  This activity promotes spatial awareness

Mathematics:

Number Rods - The children made combinations of numbers under ten, with the Number Rods (learning ‘number bonding’).

Art activity: Carving a pumpkin.  The children helped to scoop out the seeds

Songs: Christmas songs

BIAN DANG BAN

Topics of Discussion:

- Classifiers

- Sequence of writing Chinese characters

Songs: Autumn songs and Jingle Bells

Craft: Carrot

HINDI

Group activity

Enacting the story - Chalak Siyar

Story time 

१ चालाक सियार

शिक्षा : ताकत की जगह बुद्धि का इस्तेमाल करना अधिक लाभदायक होता है।

२ सच्ची मित्रता 

शिक्षा : सच्चा मित्र वही है, जो समय पर काम आए।

Poems  

१ मम्मी की रोटी गोल गोल,

पापा का पैसा गोल गोल,

दादा का चस्मा गोल गोल,

दादी की बिंदिया गोल गोल,

मम्मी की बेटी गोल मटोल….

२ वक्रतुंड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभा ।

  निर्विघ्नं कुरुमे देव सर्व कार्येशु सर्वदा ॥

३ चल मेरे घोड़े टिक टिक टिक 

दाए चल या बायें चल…

INFANT COMMUNITY

1. Matching Objects and Corresponding Cards : Clothes

· Objective: The accumulation of experience from the physical to the concept

2. Five Boxes (Montessori material)

· Learning ‘big’ and ‘small’

· Identifying ‘big’ and ‘small’.

· Trying different ways to lay the boxes from big to small

3. Songs: *Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, ‘xiao xing xing’ 小 星 星, *Rain, Rain Go Away

4. Story: The Little Red Hen