Highlights of the Week (23/24 Term 2 Week 6)

Our pre-nursery class had an exciting week filled with learning and imagination. As we continued our journey into the world of letters, we focused on the letter P. Our young artists had so much fun using pom-pom paint brushes to paint and make marks over the huge letter P. Alongside this, we explored the concept of on and under in mathematics; the students giggled with delight as they stacked toys on top and under the blocks. Additionally, we organized a sorting activity, where the children grouped objects as "on" or "under" by placing them in corresponding containers. Through stories, discussions, and creative activities we dove into our theme of the pet fish. We created beautiful fish collages using coloured paper and craft materials, allowing our kids to express their creativity while exploring the vibrant colours. With each passing week, our pre-nursery class continues to be a place of excitement and growth. We eagerly look forward to our future adventures.

This week has been incredibly interesting as we continue to explore our topic of Space! Our K1 students have really enjoyed exploring outer space over the past few weeks and they are very excited to finish off this Critical Thinking theme by making their very own telescopes. They have all worked really hard to paint, assemble and decorate their telescopes as they used it for the first time searching for stars in the dark. The fun does not stop there as our students start our ‘Food’ topic in Cambridge where they express which foods they like and don’t like. It’s all about trying new things in Phonics and Math this week as our students try blending for the first time! They have really impressed their teachers by how well they are able to recognise 2-sound words. They have also been learning a new pattern (ABCABC) concept in Math, while using their fantastic coordination through fun games both in the lesson as well as during Physical play. We look forward to the week ahead for more adventures with our K1 crew!

This week in K2 we continued our Space themed activities where our Critical Thinking lessons became more engaging as we explored the characteristics of the moon whilst also understanding the concept of rotation. We then started a fun craft to get a visual understanding of the ideas we were discussing in class.

In Maths, we revised our counting to 90 and participated in team activities encouraging us to help one another whilst strengthening our mathematic abilities.

As we were now familiar with our new Cambridge books, we made our way to unit 2 where much to our delight, the topic to be covered was Toys.

We have started to gain more confidence in our blending skills and therefore started our attempts at writing our own sentences using words from our weekly stories.

But then at last, Friday arrived where we got to celebrate our March friends’ birthdays by indulging in yummy sweet treats and exploring the many fun activities around our school.

We have had a super fun week and are eagerly looking forward to the next week of activities in store for us.

Hello again, everyone! We’ve had another great week here at ABC, especially because it was birthday party week! We had a wonderful time during our party going to all the different activities in each classroom. During Critical Thinking, we did a planet research project. In each K3 class, the students chose one particular planet in our solar system to learn more about. We learned about different characteristics, cool facts, and more about each planet we chose. There is so much information to learn when it comes to learning about our celestial neighbors. In our Maths lessons, we continued our money discussion by introducing coins of Hong Kong. We talked about the difference between dollars and cents as well. For our Physical Play this week, we focused on building our gross motor skill of balancing through different obstacles, such as a balance beam. We hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week and we will see you all back here on Monday!

主題-有益的食物

本週開始進入主題「有益的食物」，透過故事《食物王國》，幼兒認識了基本的四大類食物(其中包括五穀類、蔬果類、奶類和肉類食物)，並能與老師分享自己喜愛的食物。透過分享，幼兒增強自己的表達能力及自信心。

另外，透過食物金字塔，幼兒認識了日常生活中常見的五穀類和蔬果類食物，並知道要多吃這兩類食物對身體有益，建議爸爸媽媽在家也多提醒幼兒多吃五穀類和蔬果類食物，逐漸培養幼兒的健康飲食習慣。

認字方面，幼兒嘗試認識「米」的字形和字義，並用小手指觸摸認字「米」的筆順。其後，老師讓幼兒觸摸米粒，加強幼兒理解認字「米」的字義。老師並邀請幼兒唸讀出認字「米」的字音。

學習目的： (1) 認識健康飲食金字塔

(2) 認識幼兒生活經驗中常見的五穀類食物及其名稱

(3) 認識「米」的字形和字義

主題：「有益的食物」－健康的蔬菜水果

今週主題繼續圍繞「有益的食物」。老師透過遊戲，讓幼兒運用不同的感官，幼兒先觀察水果的外型，透過觸摸幼兒學會形容水果的質感，再用嗅覺聞一聞水果的香氣。幼兒亦進行了模擬購買蔬菜活動，從而認識到蔬菜的外貌及形狀。在本星期，幼兒除了能說出多款蔬菜及水果的名稱，更知道多吃蔬菜及水果的益處。家長們也要與幼兒共同建立均衡飲食的好習慣，培養每天吃水果的呢！

學習目的:

1. 認識蔬菜的益處，並鼓勵兒童每天多吃蔬菜

2. 認識水果的益處並鼓勵兒童每天都有吃水果的習慣

主題----「小小科學家」

今週展開新的主題「小小科學家」，幼兒透過不同的小實驗探索紙的特質，在實驗前與幼兒一起預測實驗結果，透過觀察和實踐，他們亦可說出實驗的變化，享受當中的樂趣。過程中認識不同的動詞，例如放、摺疊、掃上等，讓幼兒更理解字詞的讀音及字義。他們更以句式:「我用_____做實驗。」與老師和同學分享自己進行的實驗。

此外，老師與幼兒的一起重溫語文元素中代表「時間」和「地點」的詞語。他們在不同句子中找出合適的「時間」和「地點」的詞語。同時，老師帶領幼兒聆聽「紙上談兵」的成語故事，在討論的過程中讓幼兒明白做事不可空口說白話，要想辦法解決問題。

學習目的：

1) 認識紙可承托、發出聲音和吸水的特性

2) 能說出實驗的變化和記錄結果，享受實驗的樂趣

3) 願意觀察加入甚麼材料才能令紙張不吸水