How we express ourselves: We can express our learning through our use of language and the arts.I have attached copies of this unit's newsletter in both Arabic and English. Please read to find out what your child will be doing during this term. Last week we introduced our new unit of inquiry to the children. The transdisciplinary theme for this unit is "How the world works" and the central idea is "Exploration of the natural world provides opportunities to observe and wonder". There will be more details to follow shortly. In the mean time, as an introduction, we took the children for walks around the school to discover and wonder at nature for themselves. This week we have been inquiring into how we use our sense of touch. We have taken part in lots of activities where we have explored the textures of many different things. Some were very messy but lots of fun too!! Last week we inquired into how and what we use our sense of taste for. We did activities that included making a fruit salad, baking cupcakes cakes and eating them, tasting different sorts of food and fruit printing. Our second unit is all about our 5 senses. So to help the children really understand what they are and how we use them, we have been concentrating on one sense per week and doing activities based on it. So for the first week back after the holiday, we inquired into what and how we use our sense of smell.
Here are some of the activities we have been doing about smell in Pre K. We have recently started our second unit of inquiry “Who we are” with the central idea being “ We explore using our senses” .We have been inquiring into what are our 5 senses, what they are called and how we use them.
For the next 5 school weeks (we will continue into the new term) we will be looking at one different sense a week. The children have been taking part in different activities focusing on the sense of the week in their classes. So to help reinforce what they have learnt, we are going to ask you to help them at home. Each week we will ask you to focus on the sense that we have been learning about. So please can we ask your child to find two things regarding the sense of that week, then for you to take some photos of what they found and record any comments( In English or your home language) that they make. Please can the photos and comments then be returned to school. Once we have finished this unit, all your photos and comments will be added to your child’s journal . Last week we were inquiring into our sense of sight, This week we have been learning about our sense of hearing. Thank you for your support. The Pre K team. |
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