Highlights of the Week

Another fun week at ABC! PN students had plenty of activities this week. We learnt the words that start with letter I and made an igloo! We also reviewed the numbers 1-3and got introduced to the number 4. The theme of this week is about being healthy and keeping our bodies clean. Another exciting thing was meeting a real tortoise! The students were so curious and enjoyed spending time with their new animal friend. They got a chance to feed it some leaves.The children were also excited coming to school with their outer space / Science outfits for birthday party. This whole week was such a blast for everyone!

Another month has passed for our K1 students, and the fun continues as we explore brand new, interesting topics in all our English subjects! For Math, we are learning about ‘more and less’ and the number ‘7’. For Cambridge, our K1 children have been busy exploring different emotions: happy, sad, angry and scared. The students have been enhancing their drama skills acting out the different facial expressions. This goes hand in hand with the discussion of senses as we begin our theme of ‘Fun Science’ for Critical Thinking. Our K1 children have really familiarised themselves with different parts of the body and their functions. Our K1 students also had a blast meeting and feeding a friendly turtle (T for turtle!). Finally, let’s not forget our spectacular ‘Space/Science’ themed birthday party to end an such an eventful week!

Another month has passed for the K2 students and a lot of things has happened since. For Math, we continue to familiar ourselves with numbers from 1-20. We had exercises where we guess what comes before or after a certain number. For Critical Thinking, we are learning about our five senses. The students learnt the concept of “sight”, “touch”, “smell”, taste” and “hearing”. We experimented with the sense of “smell” where students must guess what is inside the cups by only using their noses. It was a fun activity, and it was interesting to see that the smells we know the most are the ones we are accustomed to every day.

The K3’s had a fun week discussing senses and making popcorn. We reviewed all 5 senses and talked about the words we use to describe things we eat, hear, taste, touch, and see.We used those words to describe popcorn before and after it pops. We listened to the popping sounds as well as smelled the air when the popcorn started cooking. We were also able to eat and enjoy the tasty treat. For math, this week, we have been learning to tell time to the hour and half hour and saw the difference between an analogue clock and a digital clock. We started learning and practicing basic subtraction this week. We used our senses during physical play to listen to music and see how different sounds make us feel. It was a fun and exciting week with some birthday fun to end the week.

主題：「我愛上學」－上學真快樂！

來到主題「我愛上學」的最後一週了，在這四星期裏，幼兒對學校的環境和人物已建立了基本的認識。同時，幼兒的自理能力也提升了，並逐漸培養出關愛別人的品格。

今週，老師與幼兒一起建立「我們的班級樹」，增強幼兒的歸屬感。幼兒嘗試分享和表達自己在學校裏最喜歡做的活動，由老師協助寫在樹葉上，最後，請幼兒將樹葉貼在樹幹上。完成後，幼兒都感到滿滿的滿足感呢！

另外，幼兒在老師的協助下完成了「如何上學去」統計表，過程中，幼兒嘗試説出短句，例如每天是誰送上學？上學乘搭甚麼交通工具？還是步行回校？最後，老師與幼兒以統計表的結果作主題的總結。

學習目的：

(1) 嘗試分享和表達自己在學校裡最喜歡做的活動

(2) 學習與人分享每天如何上學去

(3) 重温單字「人」、「月」、「口」、「手」、「耳」

主題：「認識自己」─耳朵和嘴巴

今週主題繼續圍繞「認識自己」，課堂從上週的五官繼續延伸，我們透過尋找聲音來源的活動，學習「耳朵」的功用，並延伸至保護耳朵的方法。另外，圍繞自己的日常生活經，幼兒分享自己喜愛的食物，再延伸辨別甜、酸、苦和辣的味道，從而讓幼兒明白嘴巴和舌頭的功用。老師亦教導幼兒正確的刷牙方法，爸爸媽媽在家也要提醒幼兒早晚刷牙，培養良好的個人衛生習慣啊！

學習目標：

(1) 認識耳朵和嘴巴的位置及功用

(2) 認識不同食物的味道

(3) 學習培養保持個人衛生的好習慣

主題：「動物」 ─ 寵物

今週主題主要討論一些常見的寵物，例如小狗、小貓、烏龜和鳥兒等，老師把自己的寵物帶回校與幼兒分享主題，並配合影片分享，讓幼兒了解不同的寵物，幼兒及後也踴躍介紹自己家裏的寵物，包括牠們的名字、進食習慣及生活習性等。老師也藉着主題延伸討論做個盡責小主人的態度，例如尊重生命、領養不棄養、飼養寵物前要注意的事項和應如何妥善照顧寵物等。

若家裏已有寵物，建議家長可請孩子幫忙準備寵物的飲食或清潔居住環境等，延伸是次的主題學習外，也可增強孩子的責任感。

學習目的：

(1) 認識一般常見竉物的名稱及其外形特徵

(2) 認識竉物陸龜的生活習性

(3) 培養照顧寵物的責任感

主題：「幫助我們的人」─大家都在忙些甚麼?

今週展開新主題「幫助我們的人」。老師利用故事書《大家都在忙些甚麼》作引起動機，讓小朋友知道每個人也有不同的工作崗位，忙碌工作，藉此讓小朋友明白及學習體諒爸爸媽媽有時或許因工作關係未能跟他們出席所有的學校活動或經常陪伴在他們左右。另外，為了讓小朋友更理解父母的工作，老師請他們回家訪問父母，老師亦藉此教導小朋友訪問別人的用語及應有的禮貌。

最後，老師與小朋友討論一些感謝父母的方法，希望藉此培養他們懷有感恩之心。

學習目的：

(1) 明白每人也有不同的工作崗位

(2) 認識父母的職業

(3) 培養小朋友懂感恩的態度