Wow, the term came back from break with a bang and swept us all off our feet! Here’s what we’ve been up to! We began our new IEYC unit Dinosaur Detectives by finding dinosaur eggs all around the classroom and we’ve been deep in dinoland ever since. We’ve got vines hanging from the doorframe, leaves on the windows, and an immense amound of dinosaur books on our bookshelves! We’ve read about the Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar and another book about dinosaurs in school where even the head teacher had turned into a dinosaur! We’ve studied opposites via dinosaurs and … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 11 and 12 Update
What a great two weeks it has been. So sorry I missed last week’s update. We had lots of great learning both last week and this week. Monday of Week 8 we went to visit our friends at Happy Boat! We had a fun time playing a game flipping over fall leaves and then enjoying ourselves on their indoor play structure. In Week 8 we finished up our Gingerbread Man unit doing our best to retell the story, sequence story pictures and write labels on those pictures. This week we began our new unit on Festivals! We started by looking … Term 1 Week 8 and 9 Update
It was a short week but one filled with great learning. Just a note: we will be going to visit our sister kindergarten Happy Boat on Monday morning. There is nothing special that needs to be prepared for that. We started to implement our feelings board and various calm strategies like our calm bottles. The children requested that we make one to go home as, and I quote, “I feel mad at home too, Ms. M”. To use the calm bottle, when your child is feeling a big feeling they may need to center and ground themselves they can shake … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 7 Update
What an incredible week we had! We started the week off with a vist from Ms Nila! She’s a dentist (and also Naka and Ayaka’s mom). She showed us how to take care of our teeth. We might have been shy around her at first but we came around and had a great time! We explored patterns in Maths and that doesn’t just mean visual patterns either. We made patterns we actions and patterns with sound. Our Maths assessment was on Thursday to see how everyone was coming along and I’m pleased with the progress this class is making. We … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 6 Update
Well that was a short week! It was so lovely to see the children’s smiling faces all through school as they returned from their holiday. As part of our Healthy Habits unit, our homework this week is to check and feel your heart beating through different exercises. If you don’t want to do the ones suggested in the homework pack, it’s OK! You can choose some of your own exercises. Speaking of feeling our hearts beat, that’s what we studied in IEYC the last couple of days. We did exercises and felt our hearts. We tried to take our pulse … Ms M’s Class Update Term 1 Week 5
We had such a fun week! There was so much active learning going on it’s hard to capture it all in just a few paragraphs and photos. The students really enjoyed sharing their photos and videos in this week’s Homework Sharing Time and those students who didn’t have homework to share were a little sad. This week we don’t have homework per se for the Chuseok holiday but if you could kindly send a photo or two of what you did during the holiday so the students can share with the class that would be great. If you’re taking the … Ms. M’s Class Update Term 1 Week 4
Wow! We’re really into the swing of things now! A couple reminders before I begin: Please send a full change of clothes to keep in your child’s locker. There may be a bathroom accident or we may want to play with the water trays or another messy activity. Either way, it’s best if there’s a full change of clothes in their lockers at all times. If an item of clothing comes home, please send its replacement the next day. We will be using the water table in Week 4 so please send clothes ASAP. Some students are still not comfortable … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 3 Update
Hello! What a wonderful and exciting week we had. Just a little housekeeping before we begin our update. LibraryWe have library every Friday with Ms. Yuli. Please remember to bring your library folder on Fridays. If you have any books from last year, please remember to send those in. If you’ve lost your library folder, let me know and we’ll get you a new one. Thanks! PEJust a reminder that PE is every Monday and students should come dressed in sports clothes and sports shoes. Classroom TemperatureDifferent people find different temperatures of the room comfortable. I try to keep an … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 2 Update
We had a very tiny class this week but we made it work. We made All About Me posters and Initial Sound Name Posters in IEYC. We also had an amazing Entry Point where we found a suitcase! Whose could it be? We also found 4 passports. Could one of those people be the owner of the mystery suitcase. Since we’re great detectives, we discovered the suitcase belonged to Jack Jones, a 34 year old man from the USA. We also determined he must have been travelling to China! We did our phonics testing in order to start our whole … Ms. M’s Class Update Term 1 Week 1
Just a quick update to let you know that a date and time has been chosen for the curriculum orientation meeting. It will be Tuesday August 27th at 11:40-12:30. That is at the begining of Week 2. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Please remember we have PE on Monday and to come dressed in your PE kit. Also remember to wear your favourite or special clothes on Tuesday, and parents are welcome to join us from 9-10. Just let me know if I should expect you. Have an excellent weekend and I look forward to a great week … Ms M’s Class Term 1 Week 0 Update
