Week 10 - Numeracy Week

Hello parents of Kindergarten A

I hope that you have enjoyed your week this week as much as we enjoyed looking at

different kinds of maths and how it affects our lives.

English

This week in English our sight words were cost, bunk, bank and fond. We looked at these

everyday, practised writing them and used them in a sentence everyday as well.

We did more work in our phonics books, it got a little tricky this week as we were using a

crossword puzzle for the first time but we did a great job by helping each other.

We also learned a new game called spider! Where as a class we choose different letters of

the alphabet and try to guess a word or sentence. Western parents my know this game as

hangman.

Next week our sight words are - Milk, gust hand and next

Next week our phonic sounds are - SCR and STR

(three letter blended)

Maths

This week we have started to focus more on telling the time. The hours and o’clock is

relatively easy for us. However skip counting by five around the outside to get the minutes

has been a little more tricky.

I have included an example in the homework however it is a challenge page to see who

finds the skip counting to be easier and who needs a little more focus. So please do not worry

if your child struggles a little with writing the time accurately.

Numeracy Week

We had a great time looking at different maths idea in Numeracy week this week.

We were also introduced to the concept of money by earning Yen in class and using that for

market day this Friday to buy anything we wanted from the Abroad store.

This concept will be brought up later in the year in Kindergarten but it

was a fantastic introduction.

Next week we will be looking at analogue to digital time and being about to

read both accurately.

Unit of Inquiry

This week we have been pooling our knowledge of cause and effect, how the water cycle

works, erosion and how humans affect the environment around them.

We started this week with erosion, we learned about plant roots, how they hold soil

together even in heavy rain and even when a plant has died it can still help against erosion.

I introduced three baby mint plant cuttings to the class so they can learn about how plants

feed and what healthy roots look like before they go into the soil. The whole class has been

enjoying the plants but no one is really a fan of the smell.

We took a closer look at mudslides and floods and their effects on the environment,

I was very impressed with the conclusions that everyone came up with!

We also looked at the entire water cycle from the water’s evaporation over the oceans to

form clouds to their eventual precipitation falling over the land and their final journey back

to the ocean again. Everyone was really excited to learn this as it had been a burning

question on our board for a few weeks!

Finally we looked at how not only humans but animals change the environment

where they live to suit them better or to make life easier. From humans building buildings

or rabbits digging burrows.

Birthday Party

This week we celebrated the birthdays of Sule and Yuito!

Farewell San

This week we also bid farewell to San, we are sad to see you go but wish you

all the best on the next step in your journey!

Remember us fondly and we all hope to see you again somewhere in the future!

Play time

On days where it was too hot to go to the park we played games in the gym

with Kindergarten B. We played lots of group games but also learned to meditate!

We also had a lot of fun running around in the park on cooler days.

Important information

As you know next week is a three day week due to the G20 summit.

From Monday 24th to Wednesday 26th.  

Due to missing Thursday and Friday we have scheduled a Japanese lesson

to be taught on the Wednesday

Share time

Yuijiro - Tuesday 27th June

Should you have any questions please contact me.