Week 13 in K2

K2 Morning of Sport

The children thoroughly enjoyed demonstrating their agility, dexterity, hand-eye coordination and speed in a wide range of activities yesterday morning. It was lovely to see them showing their skills, and to see how they are all developing their ability to listen to and follow a set of instructions.


It was wonderful that so many parents, grandparents, siblings and helpers were able to watch and cheer the children on, too. Thank you to everyone involved, especially the P.E. Department, for making it a very special morning.

UN Day in the Infants: Friday 21 November

We look forward to welcoming you to school for another UN Day!

The morning will begin in your child’s classroom. Each K2 class is going to focus on two countries (see below). There will be a couple of hands-on activities set up in each room, and you will be able to go around the different K2 classrooms, doing a variety of arts and crafts, whilst learning a little about those countries along the way.

The following countries will be represented in the classrooms:

K2HWe
Japan & The World

K2SMH
Ireland & England

K2JiS
Mexico & Indonesia

K2ZBr
India & Vietnam


The timings of the morning will run as follows:

8:50am  Arrive at UWCSEA

9:00am-10:00am  Activities in classrooms

10:30am  Infant Parade and songs in the Main Hall

11:00am  Finish

If you have not yet filled in the google doc informing us which flag(s) you would like your child to make for our UN Day celebrations, please do so by Monday 10 November, as we wish to start making the flags. If we do not hear from you, we will use your child's nationality as indicated in the UWCSEA documentation. If you are unable to stay for the Infant Parade and songs, please arrange for another adult to take your place.

Events like these are an important part of our philosophy of holistic education and develop many skills, such as cooperation, spatial awareness, social, gross motor and communication skills.

Staff Training Day - Monday 10 November

UWCSEA will be closed for Staff Training on this day. We are welcoming Celena Larkey back from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York who is running further training on Reading Workshop. Our staff training continues throughout the week, both during the school day and after school. There will be times when the teachers are involved in labsites (training in classrooms with the children). When this occurs, we will have cover teachers taking our classes so your child may come home and tell you that for a small part of the day, he/she had a different teacher.

K-G2 Parent Presentation: Nurturing Our Young Readers

Celena will also be doing a presentation for K-G2 parents 'Nurturing Our Young Readers'. This will take place on Wednesday 12 November, in the Multi Purpose Hall at 6:30pm. Learn more about the research behind Reading Workshop and how parents can nurture and support young readers at home. If you would like to attend please sign up through the link in the e-Brief.

iLearn Parent Workshop: iPads for Learning 

Tuesday 18 November   6-7pm David Watson Library

It will not have escaped the notice of many parents that iPads are quickly becoming a popular tool for enhancing teaching and learning throughout the Primary School. What is perhaps less obvious is the why, the how, and the 'what do we use them for?'. This workshop will explore the most common apps your children use at school, particularly in the Infant School and Grade 2. iPads will be available for you to use, although you are welcome to bring your own.

Please RSVP here. For more information contact Sean McHugh. We recommended that you visit the Dover DLC blog and read this post prior to the workshop.

Next Week

Maths

Investigations will continue with Measurement, alongside our number work.

Why is it important to know how heavy things are and how long they are?
Which words can we use to describe length?
Which words can we use to describe weight?

The children will be learning how to describe an object using different measurements e.g. length, height, weight, size. Comparisons between two objects will be made: Which is longer/shorter, taller/shorter, heavier/lighter?

Literacy

Our main areas of focus will be:
• Handwriting (numbers, name and ‘one armed robot letters’ r, b, n, h, m, k, p)
• Writing Workshop
• Reading Workshop
• High Frequency Words
• Phonics
• Vowels
• Blending and decoding of CVC words

The K2 Team