Topic

This week, our theme has been

Kings and Queens. We have

looked at kings and queens,

both past and present. We

discussed what they do and

what they wear. We found out

that they live in palaces and in

castles. We had lots of fun

learning how to walk regally.

We made crowns using fantastic gems, which

looked just like real ones and then had a go at

writing our names using the

quills that we

had made out

of a straw and

feathers.

Numeracy This week we have been thinking

about what we can do with shapes.

We talked about the properties of

2D shapes; how some have four

sides and others have three. We

also counted how many corners

they each had and which ones

have points? We discussed using

shapes to construct, like using the

wooden building blocks, which are

3D shapes, to build a castle.

We also played a game using a

computer program

of shapes to build a

climbing frame. We

then went out to

see which shapes

we could find on

our climbing frame.

News From FS1 Cairo English School Early Years Department

Volume 2, Issue 2, 19th January 2017

ARABIC أعزائي أولياء الأمور ـ بعد التحية :

خلال هذا الأسبوع: .قمنا بعمل مراجعة عامة على ما سبق دراسته من حروف

تعرف الأطفال على شكل وصوت حرف ) ش ( من خلال قصة

شارع -وقاموا باستخراج الكلمات التي تبدأ بالحرف مثل ) شمس

شمسية ـ شرطي ـ شباك (. -شجرة -

.قام الأطفال بعمل نشاط ) ش( من خلال تشكيل الشمس

تدرب الأطفال على كتابة حرف ) ش( من خلال تتبع النقاط

داخل الكتاب المدرسي.مرسل مع الطفل ورق عمل للمراجعة على حرف ) ش ( الواجب :

وبعض الحروف الأخرى.

Literacy Our focussed book this week has been Alice in

Wonderland. As well as enjoying the story, we

discussed what Alice did. We asked; ‘Is it a

good idea to eat and drink things we are not

sure of?’ and ‘Is it a good idea to follow

strangers? We decided that the answer was

'No!’. We then made some character head-

bands and wore them when

we were out in the garden to

act out the Queen and Alice

playing lawn croquet.

In Phonics, we recapped the

sounds learned so far and introduced the

sounds t and i. We had fun when we used our

gross motor movements to form these letter

sounds in the air.

ش

FS1M have been very busy this week being

Kings and Queens.

We played

lawn croquet

in the

garden.

We used wooden building

bricks to build a castle

ready for a princess!

We made beautiful crowns!

FS1 Homework

19th January 2017

Name: ___________________________

Numeracy Activity:

Use clip below, on the properties of shapes, with your child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-I0beQHSM8

Look at the shapes below with your child:

How many sides has each shape got?

Have they got corners or points and how many?

Which one is their favourite one and why?

We’ve also added a tricky one

(star), can you tell how many sides

there are and how many points it

has?

Talk Homework:

Review the picture you received last week for ‘Talk Homework’ for the topic

“Let’s Pretend” ...

‘Can you see the King and the Queen in the picture? Lets talk about them’ (please write

your child’s responses on the reverse of this page).

Questions to ask your child:

Do you think they are a real king and queen or are they pretending? Why do you

think this?

They have really lovely costumes. What colours are they?

If you were a king or queen what colour costume would you have? Why?

Can you see the castle? How many towers and flags does it have?

Would you like to live in a castle? Who would live in the castle with you?

What did your child enjoy?

What does your child need more practice doing?

Remember: You should be guided by the pace at which your child wants to go.

If interest is being lost, leave the activities for a while and then come back to them later.

Do remember to give lots of praise and encouragement.