sábado, 31 de enero de 2015

Peace/winter

The five year olds have been learning about peace, winter and feelings.

Peace/winter

The four year olds have been learning about winter and peace. To learn about peace, we talked about feelings and being together with friends.

This is 4A:


This is 4B:

Australia Day

As you know, this year we are learning about continents as part of our school project. We started off this term by celebrating Australia Day. We learnt a traditional song "Waltzing Matilda", The national anthem "Advance Australia Fair" and made our own flags.

jueves, 29 de enero de 2015

Phonics guide for parents.

After today's meeting, some parents have asked me to explain how synthetic phonics works and how they can help at home. I will add more activities, videos, and worksheets you can print and use at home (when I have time!).
To begin with, here are the guides to "Jolly Phonics".

JOLLY PHONICS GUIDE FOR PARENTS

English
Spanish
  
3 YEAR OLDS

The three year olds will be practising groups one (S,A,T,I,P,N), two (C,K,E,H,R,M,D), and three (G,O,U,L,F,B). In CAPITAL LETTERS. Although they can practise all single letter sounds. They should be able to associate these letters with their sounds. These activites are great practice:

SONGS
STARFALL

WORKSHEETS: (I will look for some soon!)

4 YEAR OLDS

The four year olds will be revising groups one, two, and three (term one/two). They will begin groups four (ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or) and five (z,w,ng,v,oo) in term two and continue in term three. They will be practising the "difficult songs" and learning to distinguish between CAPITAL LETTERS and lower case. They should be able to associate MOST of these sounds with their letter. These activities are great practise:

SONGS
STARFALL

WORKSHEETS: 
JOLLY PHONICS WORKSHEETS
UPPER AND LOWER CASE
SHORT VOWELS
BEGINNING SOUNDS

5 YEAR OLDS

The 5 year olds will be revising all sounds with Jolly Phonics Songs SINGLE LETTERS and DIFFICULT SONGS.  They will also begin learning high frequency words and "tricky words".
They will begin blending sounds to read words. They will also focus on beginning sounds and final sounds. They will learn about alternative spellings. They will start reading short sentences.These activities are great practice:

STARFALL

WORKSHEETS:
BUTTON WORDS 1
BUTTON WORDS 2
BUTTON WORDS  3
GROUP ONE BOOKS
GROUP TWO BOOKS
GROUP THREE BOOKS
GROUP FOUR BOOKS
GROUP FIVE BOOKS
GROUP SIX BOOKS
GROUP SEVEN BOOKS
SHORT VOWEL FLASHCARDS
LONG VOWEL FLASHCARDS
STARFALL BOOKS


lunes, 19 de enero de 2015

Australia Day

To celebrate Australia Day on the 26th of January, the children are learning a traditional song: "Waltzing Matilda".

 
And of course, the national anthem "Advance Australia Fair".