Week 10 Update

Friday 3rd November 2017

Weekly update, Term 1b week 1

Welcome back,

We hope you had a great holiday. The children seem refreshed and keen to carry on with their learning.

In Art, the children got to have their first try at using the potter's wheel. They had a lot of fun playing with the clay and trying to keep the clay in a shape!

As we have finished our Topic on 'Living Things Need Light', the children showed us what they have learnt. The children were given four different activities to complete in class. The activities focused on how light helps us to see, how light is reflected, how it makes shadows and how light is connected to humans. You may have noticed some of their great work on Seesaw, where the children were asked to talk about how light is connected to humans and communicate their ideas clearly.

In Maths we focused on the days of the week, months of the year and being able to use a calendar. We discussed seasons and how Phuket has 2 seasons, the dry and the wet season. The children found out which months fall into which season.

In Literacy last half term the children were learning how to write a good procedure. With it being Halloween last Tuesday, the children watched Mr Jackson make a Halloween pumpkin and then wrote a procedure on 'How to make a Halloween pumpkin'. It was good to see that so many of the children have improved with their procedure writing and included many more specific features. The children have reflected on their procedure writing and posted these reflections onto Seesaw.

To end the week we had the spectacular celebration of Loy Krathong. It was great to see so many of you in the class helping to make the krathongs with your children. The children looked fantastic in their Loy Krathong outfits and they performed brilliantly in the assembly.

Notices

From next week we will be working on writing for enjoyment.  The children will be able to use their imagination and creativity to write a fun story. In order for the children to keep these stories, we would like to ask for your help. Could you please, along with your child, buy them a notebook that they can write their stories in. It can be any kind at all. However, it must have lines which are not too narrow for them to write on. Here is an example.

Have a happy Loy Krathong evening and a great weekend.