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October Newsletter
Dear Parents,
Welcome once again to the October edition of our newsletter. The last two months were filled with numerous activities for children. Each of them was carefully planned, so that we could make each moment an enjoyable experience for the children. We begin, by giving a brief description of each activity
- Read to me – Parents were invited to our space to narrate stories to the children. Mr. Patel wore the Ganesha mask and entered the class. Children gathered around him and asked? Why are you wearing elephant mask? What is the reason behind it? . He smiled and narrated the particular episode in Lord Ganesha life. They listened to it with apt attention. Mrs. Mehta and Mrs. Nebhrajani also shared some popular stories and the children asked questions and interacted with them.
- Visit to our neighborhood – We took the children to nearby places. They visited the tailor shop, fabrication center, vegetable vendor and a cycle shop. We saw the people in action. They interacted with the children, answered their questions. In the cycle shop, one child asked “what are you doing with the tyre? Why are you pouring water in it? The shopkeeper explained to them the process and told that he was doing it to check the holes in the tyre. In the vegetable market, the children were fascinated with the weighing machine and saw vegetables being weighed on them using different weights for example – 1kg, half a kg etc.
- Rhyme sharing – The children thoroughly enjoyed singing rhymes related to community helpers. They sang with a lot of joy, happiness and in rhythm.
- Chefs at work – We made sprout bhel. We showed the ingredients and actually demonstrated the making of sprout bhel. The children touched, tasted and smelled the ingredients. They observed process, ate the bhel and shared their experiences with the teachers.
- The children also actively participated in both the events that is - garba and diwali craft making activity. In Garba, they were dressed in their best outfits and danced to popular film music. In the diwali craft making activity, the children made toran, greeting cards with rangoli design on it and painted the diyas. They participated with full enthusiasm and proudly exhibited their work to everyone.
- The session ended with a diwali party wherein the children shared their food with each other. They listened to stories and shared their holiday plans with each other.
- Along with these fun filled activities, the academic work went along simultaneously. We will give a brief outline of what we have completed, so that you could revise the portion at home.
Language – a) Recognition of letters – with their associated sounds and words.
b) Writing of letters Aa to Zz
c) Rhyming words - Reading of three letter words from CIE reader – a,e,i,o,u ( they are a-also called word families/ rhyming words – ad words, ap words, og words etc
d) Sight words given in the notebook
e) Vowel combinations
f) Prepositions
g) Question words
h) Use of punctuation marks – full stop, question mark, use of capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.
i) Encouraged children to draw and label their drawings. This is a first step to writing sentences – process writing
j) Reading of sentences from CIE reader
Maths –Recognition, counting of objects from 1 to 50.
b) Backward counting from 50 to 1
c) Before, after, between numbers from 1 to 50
d) Circle the biggest and the smallest numbers from 1 to 50.
e) Know the position – ordinal numbers
f) Arrange the numbers from the smallest to the biggest numbers
EVS – Topics – community helpers, clothes, festivals.
Hindi – Please revise from the workbook and the notebook.
Important!
- The school reopens on 3rd November 2011. Regular school timings – 8:30 to 12:30
- Please send your child in complete school uniform – Girls – Pinafore with brown Velcro shoes and socks
Boys – Half pant and shirt with brown Velcro shoes and socks
- Winter wear – Sweat shirt of the The Orchid School. Children may wear warm inner clothes under the uniform.
- Please send an extra pair of clothes along with undergarments in the child’s bag on a daily basis.
- Please sign the report card and send it back along with the child to school. Also send the pink folder along with them.
- Please complete the worksheets and send it back for correction.
With this information, I end the newsletter for the month of October. I am also sending an article as promised, this time it is about the varied activities one can do at home related to Maths and Science. I will send it separately. Enjoy reading it and do feel free to post any comment or ask any query through mail.
Have a peaceful and a happy Diwali!
With regards and best wishes from
Vallidi and Monadi
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