Topic

This week our theme has been Puppets.

Over the week we have looked at many

different types of puppets and looked at

how we use them. We looked

at stick puppets, finger puppets, hand

puppets, string puppets to name just a

few. We used puppets to retell our

stories and past events. We also used

our hands to make shadows onto the Interactive

white board by making shapes in the light.

Our theme of puppets was made complete with

our trip to the puppet workshop at

Sitara. The children had a wonderful

time and made their own amazing

glove puppets.

We also got to draw fantastic pictures

of the Gruffalo!

Numeracy This week we have been comparing

groups of objects and determining if

they contain the same amount. We

played a game where we looked at

the amounts in two groups and shook

our hands towards the highest number

or above our heads if it was the same.

We used our large floor dominoes to

compare the amount of

dots on each side. We

then matched those

which had the same

amount of dots.

We also played a game of Alligator

Numbers on the

Interactive white

board where we

compared written

numbers and

groups and

directed the

alligator’s face towards the biggest

number. Making our learning fun!

News From FS1 Cairo English School Early Years Department

Volume 2, Issue 5, 9th February 2017

ARABIC أعزائي أولياء األمور ـ بعد التحية :

خالل هذا األسبوع: .قمنا بعمل مراجعة عامة على ما سبق دراسته من حروف

تعرف األطفال على شكل وصوت حرف ) ط ( من خالل قصة

طائرة -وقاموا باستخراج الكلمات التي تبدأ بالحرف مثل )طـبـق

طاووس (. -طبلة -طعام -

.قام األطفال بعمل نشاط ) ط ( من خالل تمييزالطعام المفيد

تدرب األطفال على كتابة حرف ) ط ( من خالل تتبع النقاط

داخل الكتاب المدرسي.مرسل مع الطفل ورق عمل للتأكيد على حرف ) ط ( الواجب :

وبعض الحروف األخرى.

Literacy Our focused book this week has

been The Gruffalo. When sharing our

story, we were able to investigate its

structure by looking at what

happened at the beginning, in the

middle and at the end. Lots of

eager and meaningful discussion!

We also made and used stick puppets to recall the

story and then we made masks

which we used to act out the

story when in the garden, what

fun!

In Phonics this week we recapped all the letter

sounds learned so far and thought of lots of words

that begin with these sounds.

Birthdays in February FS1K - Mayar El Seroury 2nd

FS1F - Muhammed El Naghy 15th

Adam Amer 17th

FS1J - Taha Tarek 4th

FS1D - Pavly George 9th

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A few pictures from FS1S, FS1F and FS1N at the

puppet workshop this week.

FS1 Homework

9th February 2017

Name: ___________________________

Literacy Activity:

This week we have been using stick puppets to recall and investigate the

structure of stories.

The literacy activity this week is to make some stick puppets and use them in

retelling a story.

Talk to your child about their favourite fairy tale or story. Can they tell who are the characters are

and what they do?

Talk about the structure of the story:

What happens at the beginning, how did the story start?.

What happens in the middle, what are the characters doing?.

What happens at the end, how did the story finish?

With your child make some stick puppets of the characters from this story. (Directions below)

Together retell the story and pay attention to the story structure. Send the finished stick puppets

into class. (Write any comments on the back of this sheet)

Talk Homework:

Look at the picture you received for ‘Talk Homework’ for the “Let’s Pretend” Topic.

Questions to ask your child:

Do you think the picture is of a birthday party. Why do you think this?

Who’s birthday party do you think it is? How do you know?

How many children are at the party?

How many children are wearing a costume? How many are not wearing a costume?

Compare the two groups of children - those in costume and those not in costume.

Are there the same amount of children in each group? How do you know?

(Please write your child’s responses on the reverse of this page).

What did your child enjoy?

What does your child need more practice doing?

Remember: You should be guided by the pace at which your child wants to go.

If interest is being lost, leave the activities for a while and then come back to them later.

Do remember to give lots of praise and encouragement.

Draw the main

characters and

colour them in

Carefully cut

them out

Attach a stick or

a pencil on the

back using tape