Reception

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Asslaam-U-Alaikum

Amazing effort everyone! In such a short time despite challenge of COVID looming over us all young learners cope very well with the pressures and expectations of transition phase. Majority of our Receptions have attended school regularly and smoothly blended in new routines. Our students have shown amazing level of resilience to respond to change. In this article we are going to share snippets of our settling down phase and learning in areas of curriculum.

English

In this area of curriculum students have been working this term to acquire proficiency in identifying letter/sound knowledge and using this skill to blend and segment sounds in words. Then students have used these skills to have a ago at decodable readers. Students have exposed to various literary texts with the focus on looking at the book cover and blurb. Students were encouraged to predict about the text, identify characters and to describe characters using descriptive vocabulary.

Mathematics

In Mathematics, our focus was on identifying numerals 0 to 10, 2D shapes, days of the week, attributes such as long/short, big/small, few/many. Students were engaged in hands on learning activities as well as book work around these topics.

Science

We have explored topic Growing Well in science. Students have been engaged and involved in observing how plants grow and what do plants need to stay healthy. We did few experiments to observe different phases of plant growth and how some systems in plants work. The most interesting one was when students saw small buds came out of small beans. Here are some photos of our experiments. Our work is still in progress. We are observing effects of sunlight, water, air and soil on our plants. Some of our learners have suggested they want to see the effect of affection on plants as well. (Amazing how students are taking charge of their learning. They are real scientists.)

HASS, Arts and Digital Technologies

Reception have explored the concept of family and learned vocabulary related to this topic. In arts students have been practicing their fine motor and artistic skills through art activities involving cutting, pasting, gluing, painting, and drawing. Students have been exploring the concepts of hardware, software and peripheral devices in digital technologies.

Extracurricular Activities

This term Reception has been involved in Gymnastics and Auskick Clinic through school sport program. Students have also participated in clean up Australia Day activities and Harmony Day celebrations. We have explored concept of harmony through stories, songs, and art works. Here is gallery of photos from Reception’s learning journey in Term 1.

We wish you very peaceful Ramadan and restful holiday break, Inshaa Allah see you all in Term 2

Kindest regards

Mrs. Qudsia Haider

Mrs. Helen Ouban