Spring is Here Dear Parents,time is running - Spring Break is here and no doubt everyone is trying their best to enjoy this short holiday, even get out of Cairo for a 'breath of fresh air' before the rush into the last leg of our school year. I can't believe it that we're in April already.....
Term 3 AssessmentsYes, it is that time again. Term 3 is coming to an end. We will be having the assessment April 13-15. On April 10, we will send home a short revision packet with a study guide that can help your child prepare for the assessment. It is not obligatory and does not need to be returned to school. Good luck to our students. They’ll do great!
Story Time This week to celebrate the coming of Spring, our theme in English is Spring. The book we will be reading is called:
“Spring is Here”
This story follows the growth of the baby cow through the seasons of the year. Although the story shows all the seasons it concentrates mainly on the transformation from winter into spring. It also shows different weather conditions – snowy, rainy, windy and sunny.This also connects with our Science work too as we look at 'Weather'.
One of the points we can learn from the story is that during winter time when it is cold, the ground is usually too hard for most plants to grow and also too cold for most baby animals to survive. So spring is the time that most baby animals are born and when the flowers and plants begin to grow.
Although the change of winter into spring here in Egypt doesn't show as much in nature as in other climates - the children need to know that as the weather changes & gets warmer there are so many other natural things connected to this. The children get to see photos of other places in the different seasons to really appriciate the differences in the seasons.
Try to go online & find some more pictures showing the weather & seasonal changes in other countries...the USA, or a European country - these will have good diversity between the seasons.
This week there will be another story - one which the children have in their Stories & More Activity Books. These are pull out & take-home booklets, (like 'The Lion & the Mouse' and 'The Mitten'.The story is called
'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'In this story the 3 goats want to get to the other side of a bridge where the grass is greener and nicer to eat - but underneath the bridge lives an animal called a Troll who is bad & wants to eat the goats. In the story the goats outsmart the Troll and the biggest goat actually knocks the troll off the bridge & it dissappears.
I found a lovely colorful power point presentation of the story - paste the address below, then enlarge the psge - follow the directions of what to click on to move the goats, the mouse & the troll.
Enjoy it - after you've seen the presentation reading the take-home book & coloring it will be familiar to the children & to you they'll enjoy it more.... Act it out together - the children love to see us 'in action' - it brings any story to life.
http://fairytales.pppst.com/3billygoatsgruff.html
Lastly: Just a reminder about the supplies we asked for in this week's newsletter
• Kleenex – 2 big boxes
• Dettol wet wipes - 2 big packets
• Glue sticks – 4 small
• Rubbers – 4 (not plastic kind)
• Playdough – 2 colors
• Canson sketch book – white for painting
• Box of colored pencils
Thank - you and I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday.
Ms Rowena