Weekly Overview SK

Date: 10.11.13

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Reminders:
Monday 11- return the Post Office Trip Permission slip
Wednesday 12 Novemeber Excursion: Visit to Post Office
Show and Tell: Can we please have the kids bring in a photo of where they live as well as an envelope with their address on it. We will be using this for our UOI wall.
Communicator, Knowledgeable and Open-Minded
Learner profile focus
Empathy, Creativity and Respect
PYP attitudes

Personal, Social, Health &

Emotional

Language

Maths

Continue developing independence at the beginning and end of each day finding their names and hanging them up,
putting water bottle and diary folders in the correct place
Be a good listener and show respect to others ideas, feelings and emotions
Be a confident and knowledgeable communicator in sharing ideas and in expressing needs and wants
Speaking and Listening: Children will be able to continue to recognise and identify the emotions and feelings that the
person is trying to express through body language- facial expression, sounds, voice (tonality) and posture.
Phonics: Learning the letter a.
Reading/ Books: We will be reading books with the theme of letters The monster wrote me a letter, Letters from Felix.
Discussing a for ambulance, apple, ant, alligator, etc
Pre-writing skills: Writing letters and cards, designing their own stamps
Songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBAuIzZttP4 (Letter a song)
The concept of weight: Heavy/Light The children will be arranging parcels from the post in terms of weight and this will
be linked to our UOI by highlighting that the price of a stamp is directed related to the weight of an object. IN addition we
will be using non-standard measurements to measure different lengths of objects.
Revision of shapes (highlighting that cards can come in all shapes and sizes). Would be great if you could send in old cards
that we could look at and compare.
Songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-RW2A3oPSE Measuring Metric Mass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR8KyCt5XtA (Ordinal Numbers)

U.O.I/ Art & Craft

Computers

P.E.
Swimming
VLC
Music
Library

This week children will be exploring letters as a mode of communication. We will be getting the kids to bring in photos of
their homes for Show and Tell and an envelope with their address on it. This will be a way of getting them to think about how
a postman knows where to go to deliver mail. We have our own mail box in the classroom and this will be a focus point this
week. We will teach them the basic information that needs to go on the front & back of envelopes in order for mail to be
received. We will also be creating our own cards and so when we visit the Post Office we will go through the process of
buying a stamp, sticking it on the envelope and then mailing back to our families in Vietnam. We will also explore what
happens after the mail is posted and will be graphing when they receive the mail as a talking point for why we have seen a
shift in the reliance on emails and skyping etc . We will also be making our own class address book.
http://youtu.be/jzi_pj0iCKw (communication)
Starfall in the Learning to read section www.starfall.com. Enjoy playing with the letter a games.
You can watch YouTube videos to support learning. Please look at the following links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=jzi_pj0iCKw (Communication song)
(Why do we put stamps on letters?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC-sUhzSR0M
http://youtu.be/_EuESI6lVgQ (The Mr Men Show-Episode 083-Post Office.wmv -What happens after the mail goes to the
post office)
Ms Michelle (Beetles class)Tuesday and Thursday
Ms Julie (Dragonflies class) Tuesday and Thursday
dont forget to send in sports shoes
Ms Michelle - Monday 10:00-10.45 helpers please meet at pool 10:00am
Ms Julie Monday 10.45-11.30 helpers please meet at pool 10.45am
Beetles- Monday and Thursday/Dragonflies Monday and Friday
Tuesday and Thursday
Ms Michelle-Wednesday/Ms Julie - Monday (dont forget the library bag)
Please be aware that some classes may change due to students interest and focus.
If you have any questions, please drop us a note in the diary or come in any time to visit us in the classroom.
Kind regards The SK team