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GUN CH A BH AN

AND MADH AV I

Kindergarten News 1 6 T H J A N T O 2 0 T H J A N , 2 0 1 2 .

I MPO RTANT

NOTE:

Kindergarten

Form Day - 25th

January, 2012 at

9:30am.

We welcome Re-

vant Mathur and

Manuel Campos

to our Kindergar-

ten family.

On Monday the

23rd of January

2012, students

have to bring a

souvenir/picture

from a birthday

party that they

have attended.

This will be used

as a part of an ac-

tivity related to

our ongoing UOI.

Homework:

Numeracy

worksheet on

ordinal num-

bers.

Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year

Unit of Inquiry:

Kindergarten has started their third Unit of Inquiry, ’Let’s Celebrate’ on the Trans-

disciplinary theme, ‘How we express ourselves’. The central Idea for this is :

‘People recognize important events through celebrations and traditions.’ For this

the students will be inquiring, finding out and sorting information related to the

unit.

This week students of Kindergarten:

Were welcomed to a decorated classroom which further lead to an inquiry

and discussion on the topic of Cele-

bration. They inquired on the reason

of decorating the classroom and

guessed the event that was cele-

brated (the first day of school after

winter vacations). Their inputs were

recorded on a mind map.

Made connections to the discussion

held on the previous day and re-

called different events, they have liked to celebrate. Further they also illus-

trated their favourite celebration.

Were shown a variety of audio-visuals of different festivals/occasions.

Discussed and shared their views on the term ‘Celebrations’. Their inputs

were recorded on a KWL chart

(what we Know, what we Want to

know and what we have Learnt).

Enjoyed a puppet show where Win-

nie the Pooh and Piglet (the pup-

pets) came to Kindergarten. They

helped piglet make a list of things

that he would need to organize a

birth-

day

party

for

Pooh.

Literacy:

Recalled the 42 sounds of letters and diagraphs

in English, through a Jolly Phonics audio-visual.

Revised word families and sight words through

an activity on reading, identifying and matching

the rhyming words.

Were assessed on their ability to recall, se-

quence and comprehend story, ‘The Toy’s

Party’ through a variety of comprehension ac-

tivities.

Enjoyed shared and guided reading sessions

where they listened to stories, ‘Rainbow Fish’,

‘Little Luigi’, ‘Big Bear’s Cake’, ‘The Toy’s Party’,

‘Nirali Poshak’ (in Hindi), ‘Lalu Aur Peelu’ (in Hindi) and ‘Kissan Aur Saanp’ (in Hindi).

Numeracy:

Practised writing and sorting numbers up to 50

as what comes before, after and in between.

Recalled and wrote numbers in words.

Were introduced to ordinal, through a variety

of manipulatives and worksheets.

Hindi:

For Standard level in Hindi-

Discussed their New year’s celebra-

tions.

Recalled the names of different celebra-

tions.

Found out about the importance of Re-

public Day celebrations (as the event

approaches).

Recalled all the Svara and Vyanjan let-

ters and sounds covered in the Term-1,

through the following activities:

Identifying and reading the let-

ters.

Writing practise to reinforce the formation, direction and spacing of letters.

Matching the svara with the picture related.

For Abinitio level in Hindi-

Were introduced to svara and words beginning with

it.

Enjoyed colouring pictures of objects beginning with

the svara.

Practised writing the letter to reinforce the formation,

direction and spacing.

Were introduced to the names of colours.

A message from the Principal:

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

I wish you all a very Happy New Year and welcome you to a busy and fun filled calendar in Semester 2. We have planned multiple activities for our children; please mark the dates of these important upcoming events in your schedule. Thursday, 9th February Grandparents Day Tuesday, 21st February Day camp for KG and Grade 1 22nd, 23rd and 24th February Camps for Grade 2, 3, 4 and 5 Tuesday, 28th February Village Sports Day Friday, 2nd March Sports Day and Holi celebrations for entire school

You will receive detailed information for each event closer to the date.