Dear Parents and
Caregivers
Welcome to a new school year and a new beginning for
your children in our Nursery Class. Our class name is the
Throughout our school year we have overarching Unit of
Inquiry studies that help the children to understand themselves and the world
around them. Each half term there will be a focus as shown below.
These units encompass many facets of science,
geography and general knowledge. Your children will have the chance to make
observations and inquiries into how the world works. During some of the units
we take the children on field trips to enhance their learning.
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Unit of Study
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Field Trip with Class
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1
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Mini Beasts
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2
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Our Five Senses
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We visit
Suphatraland in Rayong
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3
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Wild Animals
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We visit the Rayong
Aquarium
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4
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People Who Help Us
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5
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Light in Our Lives
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6
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Transport
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We visit the
vehicle exhibition at the Old Siam Country club
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As
well as these units we will be supporting the children in their learning and
interests by spending time with them focused on their particular interests and
passions. This is called Passion Learning and we will be telling you
more about this as the term progresses.
Literacy activities
in our class will begin with reading times together every day and with the
children going to the library every
Friday to choose a book to bring home. We will be working on Phase 1 of the
Letters and Sounds literacy program that teaches the children to learn to
listen and differentiate the attributes of sound, things such as environmental
and musical sounds and loud and quiet. Information about the Letters and Sounds
program can be found at
Mathematics
in Nursery and throughout Primary is based on Singapore Math
which is the most successful way of teaching mathematics to children in the
world today. We will be starting by trying to give your children a deep
understanding of the basic numbers zero to five and how they work and relate to
each other. The activities the children take part in will be through solid 3
dimensional hands on activities that they then learn to create pictorial and
numerical representations of later.
In Nursery we are looking at the health and
development of the whole child. This of course means including their physical
health and development. PE is part of our program twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the
children take part in a program to help them develop age appropriate
coordination both as individuals and in a group with a specialist teacher Khun Kik.
Every day at school the students take part in
singing, dancing and exercises that also enhance this development. Every Monday our music teacher Ms Michelle
takes the children for more focused music classes that take place
in our Foundation Hall.
Then on Wednesdays our students have water
play activities in our top playground to build their confidence and safety
awareness with water.This is an opportunity for the children to also take part
in another great socialization activity which helps them relate well to others.
We are looking forward to a great year of learning
with your children. You will be able to access ongoing information about your
child’s experiences and the program on our class blog at http://nursery.gardenrayong.com
Many Thanks, Ms Jane
Our first two days of Nursery Class...
More photos to come...
