Week Beginning 5 December 2016

MESSAGES

• If you haven’t already sent your child’s costume in, please ensure you do this as soon as possible because the dress rehersal will soon be upon us!

LEARNING THEME

As the Christmas holidays get closer we have decided to learn more about this festive season.  Our classrooms will be bustling with energy as we start making our Christmas tree, decorate the wrapping paper to put on our presents, and make special aceesories to wear for the Christmas Concert.  We will be focusing on Christmas customs and traditions such as decorating a christmas tree, making snow men, and singing Christmas carols down the hallways.  The children are all very excited to perform for you on Friday!

We will continue singing the songs for our Christmas Concert- feel free to practise them at home together!

Snowflake Song

Dancing Christmas Tree

Reindeer Hokey Pokey             

Communication and Language & Understanding the world

Our wintery theme will provide us lots of opportunities for developing the children’s language and deepening their understanding of the world. We will be encouraging children to observe and describe the changes when they investigate the ice sensory trays. How does the ice feel? What is happening to the ice? What has changed?

KEY VOCABULARY

Ice, cold, warm, hot, melt, freeze, freezing

MANDARIN

STORY: 《Magic sleigh》《魔法雪橇》（mo fa xue qiao）

SONG:  《Jingle  Bells》《铃儿响叮当》（ling er xiang ding dang）                              

KEY VOCABULARY:  Christmas tree 圣诞树（ sheng dan shu）、Santa Claus 圣诞老人（sheng dan  lao ren）、reindeer驯鹿 （xun  lu）、christmas socks圣诞袜（sheng dan wa）、gift 礼物（li wu）、sleigh雪橇（xue qiao）

ACTIVITY:  Make a Christmas tree 做圣诞树（zuo sheng dan shu）

DUTCH

De Sint vertrekt dinsdag terug naar Spanje maar niet getreurd, het volgende feest wacht al om de hoek.   Jules gaat met papa een kerstboom kiezen.    Er zijn grote, kleine, dikke en dunne kerstbomen.  Welke boom zal Jules kiezen?

We versieren de kerstboom in de kleuterklas en maken een mooie kerstkaart.