NEWS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
APRIL 2017
April has been a month of exploration and
adventures. First, we had our Bumble Bee
Brains for Blue and Green classes. Then, all
the classes had an Easter hunt and, finally,
we had a school trip to the Stefanikova
Observatory. We also had a special guest
visit from Bricks for Kidz which the children
really enjoyed. Spring is in full force so
don’t forget to bring those rain suits
and boots.
News from the Yellow Class
Last month we continued to talk about Spring, this time, from animals point
of view.
We discussed animals on a farm, their pups and sounds. We read books about them like
"Farm", "Farm Animal Friends" and “On the Farm“. We sang songs "Old McDonald Had
a Farm" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep". We practised our memory with animal flash-cards,
farm puzzles and played games like "What do the animals say?" or "Who's that?".
We also had a Bumble Bee Brains competition during the month. We checked out
our logic and maths skills. We also tested our knowledge of colours, numbers, and shapes
in different tasks and games. It wasn't about wining but about having fun and enjoying
the games. The winner was everyone who joined in.
Of course we spent a lot of time working on Easter projects. We planted seeds
of spring grass, decorated Easter eggs, made very cute paper Easter chicks and went
looking for surprises the Easter bunny left for us.
With the weather getting nicer we also spent more and more time outdoors.
We went for walks and played in the garden with motorbikes and cars, which will be part
of our next topic.
Have a nice rest of spring,
Petra
News From The Red Class
In April we continued with a Spring theme. The books we read, the songs we sang or projects
we made were all attached to this topic.
We also enjoyed preparing for the Easter season, talked about our traditions, decorated
the flowerpots, planted the seeds, made cute Easter bunnies and as every year we organized
an Easter egg hunt in our garden.
In April we took a part in BB brain competition, which included accomplishing variety
of counting tasks, color recognition, object sorting and worksheet activities. We were also
introduced to a project "Bricks for Kidz" and had a great time using the lego blocks some other
way then we are used to.
We continuously work on expanding our vocabulary by using new phrases, correct
prepositions...and we try to use as much English as we are able in communication among each
other.
In April we celebrated two birthdays. Samík and Adam turned 4 and we wish them all the best!
Very interresting was a trip to the Observatory, were we saw a movie about the Sun,
could touch the real meteorite and could look through the telescope.
Next month topic will be all about transport and travelling.
Oli
News from the Blue Class
April was a month of exploration. We had a Bumble Bee Brain week which
the children really had fun with; putting together puzzles, learning Sudoku, and memory
drawing games. The Easter hunt was very exciting and the children loved the presents
the Easter bunny left for them. We also had a special guest, Bricks for Kidz, who taught
the children how to make Pokémon characters and a flower garden. The children had
a wonderful time learning how to build Pikachu from Legos.
During this month, our main topics were planet Earth, our solar system,
and galaxies. We discussed what our planet is made of and how it looks from space.
We talked about what is in space near our planet and made rockets out of paper.
Our solar system was a big topic. We went through all eight planets in our solar system
and made a replica of it out of paper. We discussed what our sun is made of and what
the temperature is like on it. We also discussed other galaxies and what they are. We had
a fun discussion about whether there is life in other galaxies and what that life might look
like. We had a wonderful trip to the observatory; our guide showed us how we study
the stars and how important it is to understand how our sun affects our planet.
Spring is in full force and we are enjoying the warm weather when we can.
We have been going to the nearby parks and enjoying the sun when it decides to come
out. We are now getting ready for next month’s adventure, school in nature.
I hope to see you there. Have a wonderful spring season.
Holly
New From Will’s Green Class
The month of April was a great success for our Green Class. We were able
to enjoy all of the beautiful weather as well as enjoy the holidays with our families.
We have continued to work on our social skills within the classroom. This month was all
about when is someone being mean or when someone is just joking. We have worked
really hard trying to handle these situations without the teacher and the kids have done
a great job!!
We have really enjoyed both the space crafts from this month as well as
the Easter crafts to celebrate the holiday. One of our favorite crafts was building UFO’s
out of paper plates. We had a great discussion about whether or not we believe aliens
exist in outer space. The kids came up with some great arguments and examples for
their answers! The UFO’s turned out great and they can even fly! We also talked about
all the stars in the sky and how the sun is a big star. After, we looked at star
constellations and then we pick our favorite and created them on paper. We have taken
a lot of time to learn all about the solar systems and the planets that are inside
of the milky way galaxy. Furthermore, we created our Easter grass. We decorated
the pots and each kid was responsible for watering his or her own grass. Hopefully it is
still living nicely in your homes. The best part of Easter was our Easter egg hunt as well
as our Easter egg race!! The kids found their baskets and then competed in a boys versus
girls Easter egg race with real eggs. The kids had a great time!!
Finally, we enjoyed our trip to the observatory, we learned all about space
and how we use telescopes to study space. The kids were even allowed to use
the telescope to study the sun! This month has been a lot of fun for the green class
and we look forward to the month of May and the start of our practice for the summer
show!
Will
News from David‘s Green Class
This month our subject was space. As usual, to help the children explore the subject we
have done lots of mixed media projects including our giant spaceship project which
the children had a great time making. Thank you all for your contributions for the parts
for the ships.
The children now have sense of scale to our universe and an idea of the basic
physics that hold it all together. Our trip to the observatory was also a good educational
treat.
This month also included Easter. The egg hunt was great fun, especially with egg
and spoon race which was highly entertaining. We also finally got our Easter grass
to grow. Apparently we had some faulty seeds!
This month we also began work on he summer show, Eighty Days Around The
World. It's always a lot of work and an exciting climax to the end of year. Any help you
can give in familiarising the children with their lines would be greatly appreciated.
Lastly we also had our BB brains competition, it was hard fought but
congratulations to this years winners who had equal points, Eliška and Rebeka.
David
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