Christmas Party Day

Well what a busy half term we have all had.  Starting with Family Morning and ending with the Christmas production and party day.  Thank you to all of the children for a fun filled term.  We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope that you and your families have a lovely break.  Here are photographs of your children having a wonderful time during party day.

F3 Christmas Party!

Tomorrow F3 will be having their Christmas party!!! 

This means that the children can come to school in their party clothes.  

Parents please send your child to school with an item of food that can be shared with their friends during the party.  

Swimming will still happen as usual.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

Get Out, It's Winter!

A castle of shape

Outside PE Lesson

TX Christmas Musical Market

We would like to invite you to our TX Musical Christmas Market on Wednesday 14th December from 5.30-7pm.

There will be stalls with handmade Christmas crafts, refreshments, dancing Santas and musical performances from our MP3 Percussion Group, MP1 Choir, MP2 / 3 Choir, Chamber Choir, String Group and TX Orchestra.

There will also be guest performances from our TX Parent Group and some of our talented TX staff.

Do come along and get into the festive spirit.

F3 Phonics Coffee Morning

Throughout the first term of F3 we have been teaching your children the first stages of being able to read and write.  We do this during a lesson called Phonics.  Please come along to our F3 Phonics coffee morning next Wednesday where we will talk about how your child is learning to read and write.  We will also be telling you how you can help your child to read at home. This is a really valuable opportunity for you to understand how your child is learning.

We hope you can make it!  

F3 Parent Lunch!

Thank you to all of the adults that were able to join their child yesterday for lunch in the school canteen.  The children were very happy to see you at school during the day and we hope you enjoyed it as much as they did.  A full write up of the event and more photographs will be posted on Mr Ian's weekly newsletter on Friday.  Until then here are a few pictures to showcase a lovely meal time.

Term 2 Clubs

CHQ Club Sign-up for Term 2

The time has nearly come to look forward to your club choices in Term 2. The Term 2 CHQ club booklet will be available from Friday 9th December. You will have the weekend to look through the club choices and then CHQ will open online for sign up on Monday 12th December at 4pm.

Now is the time to get prepared with your CHQ login details. You will need your child's username and password to log in and sign up for the clubs. Sign up will close again on Friday 16th December.  Ms Emma will be hosting a drop in session on Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15thDecember at 8am in foyer. Clubs will be selected randomly by the CHQ system. Please visit or email Ms Emma in the office before Monday 12th December if you are unsure of your login details; Ms Emma will be able to help you identify these.

CHQ link on the school’s website

EYFS family morning

Dear Parents,

We hope by now that you have received a letter with details of this year’s EYFS family morning.  The children will be busy this week baking snacks to sell in preparation for the event!

Here are a few reminders of the event;

• ·        Please return the slip on the letter you received last week stating that you are able to come to the morning and if you are bringing a friend.
• ·        The morning runs from 8:30am – 11:00am.
• ·        Tokens to purchase snacks on the day are currently for sale in the office from 2:30pm – 4:00pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 10.000VND each.  All food and drink will be priced at 1 token and all money raised will be given to the ARC who are the EYFS community partner.  Additional tokens will be available to be purchased on the day.
• ·        If you would like to help run an activity on the day such as, face painting, nail art, food stall or arts and craft then please let your class rep know and they can assign you to an activity.  You will only have to help at this activity for part of the morning so that you can still be free to enjoy the rest of the morning with your family.
• ·        If you would like to donate any food for our bake sale then please let our class reps know what you will be bringing.  The food stall if for snacks so please bare this in mind when choosing your donation. 

A big thank you in advance for any one that can support this event or donate food and a special thank you to our class reps for their help and organisation.

We hope to see you all on Saturday!

Many thanks

Ms Hayley and Mr John 

Here are a few pictures from all the fun we had during last years family morning.  

THANK YOU!

The F3 teachers would like to say a huge THANK YOU for the generous gifts that they received for Teachers Day.

Your children are all awesome and it is a joy to teach them.  Thank you again for your continued support as parents.

Tea time for cloud X

While learning about the UK this week one thing the children learnt was that the English love a good cup of tea! Cloud X took on the biscuit dunking challenge while trying Ms Hayley's favorite hot drink.  Almost all the children enjoyed the taste of their tea dunked biscuits and many wanted a refil once their cup was empty. 

Making turtles with year 6

Tea on Cloud T

International Celebration 2016

Family Morning

If you would like to help in this event then please speak to your class teacher. 

We hope to see you all there! 

Weekly Update

International Week 

As you already know, next week is International week.  Across the school the children will be learning about different countries around the world.  F3 will be focusing on learning about the UK and exploring the differences between life there and life in Vietnam.

On Monday please dress the children in their national dress ready for the parade in the gym.  You are welcome to watch the parade with the rest of the school which will include a number of wonderful performances from the children and their parents.

On Wednesday the children will enjoy a national buffet for their lunch in the canteen.  Look out for pictures on next weeks blog!


Letter Formation

The children are continuing to learn how to form the letters of their name and the letters of the sounds they are learning correctly.  Below is a picture of a sound mat that we have in the classroom to support their writing development.  As you can see all of the letters have a picture that not only helps the children to identify the sound but also acts as a reminder of how to write the letter correctly.  In your child's home school dairy you will find a page that include the rhymes for each sound, explaining how to write it.  At the moment we are still focusing on writing lower case letters, except for the first letter of their name.   If you would like any more information about supporting you children with their writing at home then please feel free to speak to Ms Hayley or Mr John.



Have a lovely weekend
The F3 team :-)

World Nursery Rhyme Week

This week the children have been celebrating 'World Nursery Rhyme Week'.  They are been drawing story maps of their favourite nursery rhymes and making up new ones of their own.  The children have also enjoyed watching video's of the EYFS children at BIS AP1 and BVIS singing nursery rhymes.  Ask your child to share their favourite rhyme with you at home, you could even challenge them to make up a new one of their own.

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who came to join us on Thursday afternoon.  The children loved showing you around their classroom and showing you some of the activities they did this week.

Nursery Rhyme Week

Dear Parents,

This week is 'World Nursery Rhyme Week'.  The children in EYFS are learning lots of nursery rhymes and enjoying taking part in activities inspired by the rhymes.

We would like to invite you to the F3 classroom on Thursday 10th November at 2:00pm to share our learning with you.

The classroom will be full of the children's work and activities for you to do with them.

We hope to see you then.

Thank you for your continued support,

The F3 Team

Welcome Back!

F3 have all returned from their half term holidays full of excitement and stories of their adventures.  Thank you to all the parents who have uploaded pictures to your child's tapestry account sharing what you have been doing at home.  Your children have been enthusiastically talking about these pictures to their friends as we show them in news time.  

F3 Office! 

To start the new half term F3 have a new role play.  Introducing the F3 office!  

Over the coming weeks we will be sharing with the children more about what happens in an office and setting them challenges to complete when they are at work.  At home you could talk about what people do in an office.

Phonics 

This week the children were taught phonics in new groups! So far all group have been taught the following sounds...

'a' 's' 'm' 't' 'd' 'i' 'n'

The children have learnt to read and write these sounds and are now beginning to blend words made up of these letters. 

Lateness 

Please can we remind you that teaching starts promptly at 8:00am in F3 so it is of great importance for you to ensure that your child arrives at school on time.  We understand that sometimes an occasional late can not be avoided but continued late arrival will impact your child's phonics learning.

Messy Play 

Thank you to all of those who attended the Messy Play coffee morning.  As promised here is a copy of how to make playdough at home.  

Easy Playdough Recipe Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup salt 2 tablespoons cream of tartar 1 1/2 cups hot water Food colour Method: 1.   Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a    bowl. 2.      Add food colour to hot water and then to dry    ingredients. 3.    Knead until smooth.

More messy play ideas will be shared on the blog soon! 

Thank you all for your continued support. 

Have a lovely weekend

The F3 Team :-) 

Messy Play

You may often wonder why the children come home with a 'dirty' uniform!  Come along to our EYFS Messy Play coffee morning to find our more about the importance of messy play in your child's development and the learning opportunities that they gain from these experiences. 

F3 Update!

This week the children have enjoyed learning more about transport and have even invented their own form of transport for the dragon!

Phonics 
All F3 children have now learnt the sounds 'm,a,s,d&t'.  This week we have been practising to hear these sounds in words and read simple words made of these sounds.

Maths
The children have been focusing on finding the number that is 1 more than a given number to 20.  They have been playing the game bus stop in the classroom where they are adding passengers to a bus and counting on 1 or 2 more.

Whats new?
This week a story telling shelf was introduced into our reading area.  Story telling is a very important skill for our children to develop and this shelf provided the F3's with puppets and props to make up their own stories or retell ones that they already know and love.  Telling stories helps to build the children's imagination and vocabulary.  Why not try making up stories with your children at home and recording it for their tapestry page?!

Reminders
Please ensure your children wear the correct shoes to school, especially on PE days.  The children run around during this lesson as well as at play time which means crocs and sandals are not appropriate.



Star of the week 
Well done to Benjamin (F3X) and Minjae (F3T) for being this years first stars of the week.  This week the certificates go to....

My Ut  (F3X)
Alex (F3T)

We hope that they have a lovely weekend with our class mascots and that the rest of F3 enjoy their weekend with their family and friends.

Book characters parade

Snuggle up and Read

Today we had so much fun in Clould T. We wore our cosy pyjamas and year 5 children joined us to read books. We also drank chocolate milk and ate marshmallow.

F3 making new friends.

F3 had a visitor - The Skeleton

We are mechanics

Weekly Update!

Well F3 have had a very busy week!  It all started with Mr John's bike breaking and the children becoming mechanics to put it back together again.  Look out for Ms Chau's slide show of the children hard at work.

Phonics

F3 have started their phonic lessons.  This week both F3T and F3X have learnt the sounds 'a' 's' and 'm'.  In phonics the children learn the letter sounds and not the letter names for letters because this helps them when it comes to reading and writing.  If you are unsure how to pronounce the sounds properly then try to down load the 'sound mat' from www.zatphonics.com as a useful tool for you and your children to learn all of the sounds.

When teaching phonics and early writing your children will learn to write lower case letters.  If you are doing any writing at home please encourage the children to write lower case letters and not capital letters.  They can write a capital letter for the first letter of their name but the rest of the alphabet can wait until later in the year.

Brilliant Books

On Monday please dress your child as their favourite book character! We will be joining years 1-6 in a costume parade at 8:45am.  You are invited to watch the parade that will take place in the school hall.

On Friday the children will take part in 'snuggle up and read'.  This is when the F3 classes join another class for a hot chocolate and marshmallow treat to share books.  On Friday please put a set of Pyjamas in your child's school bag for them to wear at this time.

Busy Books

Today in the classroom the children shared what they have been doing at home in their busy books.  Thank you to those of you who have encourage their children to do some activities at home.  There is now a new list of suggested activities stuck in the children's busy books.

And lastly...

Thank you to all of you who have been adding observations of your children at home to your child's tapestry account.  It is lovely to see what they get up to outside of school.

Have a lovely weekend
The F3 Team

Moon Festival

Updates and Reminders

Parents Evening

Thank you all for parents that attending parents evening last night.  We enjoyed talking to you about how your child has settled in to life in F3.  We are look forward to meeting with the rest of you throughout this week.  Please remember if you ever have any questions, concerns or celebrations you can share them with us at any time by speaking to the teachers at the end of the day or by e-mail.

Moon Festival

Tomorrow (Thursday 15th September) is our EYFS Moon Festival celebration.  Please can you dress your child in an Ao Dai and if you can, join us in the foyer at 8:15am for some festival fun!

Tapestry Coffee Morning 

Next Wednesday is our first EYFS coffee morning of the year.   Please join us in the MPR at 8am to learn about how to access and use your child's individual online learning journal.

Thank you for your continued support
The F3 team

Cloud T make a mess with Year 5

EYFS Moon Festival Celebration

You are invited to come and join your children in celebrating this years Moon Festival through taking part in lots of lovely activities.  Our fabulous Teaching Assistants have been busy preparing many crafts and games for you and the children to enjoy.  There will also be a chance for you to take a photo of your child and their new class.  We hope to see you there! 

Dates for your diary!

Parents Evening

Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September

There are now sign up sheets outside your classroom for you to book a meeting with your child's class teacher.  This meeting will be an opportunity for you to hear how your child has settled into F3 and ask any questions that you may have.

Tapestry Coffee Morning

Wednesday 21st September 8:00am in the MPR

Come and join the EYFS teachers as they talk you through how to log on to your child's tapestry account and follow their learning journey at school.  You will be able to see what your child has been doing at school and will be shown how you can contribute to their online journals. 

If you have any questions about these events please to not hesitate to speak to either Mr John or Ms Hayley.  We are happy to help!

First F3 Swimming lesson in the BIG POOL!

Wow!  Today the F3's had their first F3 swimming lesson in the big pool and they were incredible! Mr Ali could not believe that they had so much confidence in the water and Ms Emma was so impressed that she told Mr Ian to come down and see the children in the pool.

A big well done to all of the children! 

Here are some pictures of them playing in the water at the end of their lesson.