Dear Parents,
Just a small reminder that the JPS Art Festival is open for viewing on Sunday 10th May from 8am to 3 pm.
I urge you all to take a look around the school as the children have worked so very hard and I think you will agree the transformation is amazing!!
Look forward to hearing your views and comments next week,
Have a wonderful weekend,
Regards,
Michelle Kofteros
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Art Festival
Art festival preparations are now well under way - The little 'Monkeys' class have looked at all the colours in the Rainbow in great depth now! ....obviously concentrating on the colour GREEN!
Next week we are focusing our activities on SHAPE.
FS1D will be creating some wonderful Artwork working with the very popular shape of a RECTANGLE!
I would like to say a HUGE Thank-you for all your colourful contributions and very much look forward to sharing the Art Festival with you all!
Colour Picnic
Colour Picnic
Please do not forget that Thursday 30th April is
COLOUR PICNIC Day!
Please send your child to school in a colourful outfit with a snack box full of COLOURFUL delights!!
Many thanks
Friday, April 3, 2009
Art Festival
Over the next 2 weeks - I would really appreciate you all keeping an eye out for as many GREEN objects as possible.
GREEN is the FS1D Class Colour and the colour we will be concentrating on for the Art Festival.
The GREEN materials collected will be used for weaving, construction, collage and display - so whatever you find, do not hesitate to keep it to one side and bring into class on the first day back!
Many thanks for your continued support!
End of term 2
Many thanks for your generosity and kind words to Mrs. Lacey, I think you will all agree, we will miss her! but we look forward to welcoming a new FS1D TA to the Monkeys class next term!
Relax and enjoy the holidays - ready for an exciting Term 3!
Best Wishes, Mrs.Kofteros
xx
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Heritage Day
Heritage Day will soon be here!!
On Wednesday 1st April, please help your child and us to celebrate Heritage Day by coming to school dressed in local UAE dress!
All parents should have received a letter giving you more detail and many thanks in advance for supplying what I am sure will be a wonderful feast!
Any queries, please , as always do not hesitate to contact me!
Regards - Michelle Kofteros
Arabian Ranches Polo Club
We had a wonderful time on our trip to Arabian Ranches Polo Club. Unfortunately we were stuck in traffic on Sheik Zayed Road for a short while but soon got underway for a very exciting trip towards the Ranches. FS1A & FS1D were greeted upon arrival and taken straight towards the stables to view some stunning Horses.
We were given an extremely informative talk by one of the stable girls, who talked us through the various features of a horse, the horses living quarters and the horses daily routine.
The children were able to get a little more hands on when they visited a pony, stroking him gently and feeding him hay! Following this we visited the 'tack' room for a Kodak moment (see below)!
The visit ended with a lovely picnic and a very quiet journey home with some very sleepy children!!
Dubai Topic Week 1
The children in FS1D thoroughly enjoyed expressing themselves using some beautiful coloured scarves, whilst dancing to some local music!Dubai Topic
We have started a brand new Topic this week - 22nd March-. Our new Topic is all about Dubai. This week, we aim to cover quite a few aspects including: Location by looking at an Atlas and a Globe, the Desert - including wildlife/ Camels and touching upon local foods.
Circle Time
In the photo above, the children in FS1D completed a 'figure' using a multitude of objects from around the classroom. We named the figure 'Mat Man'. As you can see all of your little Monkeys did a fantastic job and were all very pleased with the result!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Book Day Photo
FS1D had a fantastic day on Book Day - thank you to all the parents for dressing up the little Monkeys and making the day so special!
If you have any photos you would like to share with others of Book Day feel free to email them to me and I will print then off and display.
Many thanks to Hashim's mummy - see the classroom window!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Week 3 Animals Topic : JUNGLE
Week 3 of the Animal Topic, brought along much excitement as we explored animals in the Jungle!
We looked at Spots & Stripes, completed some beautiful Artwork and discovered new methods of painting......with our feet!! We had a few reluctant children to participate in the green jungle dance, but when they saw how much fun their peers were having, they soon took their socks off!
This week I have enclosed a few pictures of the children's masterpieces for you all to enjoy!
.....next week - Animals on the Farm.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Week 2 Animals Topic : PETS
'BIG' Thank-you to Lottie and her family for the loan of their Hamster on Thursday!
The children were over- joyed to see another animal in class!
BOOK DAY Wednesday 4th March
Book Day is soon upon us again at JPS.
This is a time where the children have the opportunity to dress as a character from a book, bring the book into school and then have a talk to others about why they enjoyed their book!
This year we have a whole school theme of 'Heroes & Villains', but in FS1 we do not want to put parents to any added expense, as you have already supplied costumes for our 'Sing-a-long' Concert last year. Therefore please let your child come along dressed up for an exciting day and if possible to bring along the appropriate book!
Many thanks!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Another visitor
We were also very lucky to have Tiara's doggy in for a visit today! He behaved beautifully, if a little shy with our eager 'Monkeys'!!
Many thanks to Tiara's family for bringing their Dog into school!
Week 2 Animals Topic
The little 'Monkeys Class' have been very excited this week as we concentrate on the theme of 'Pets'.
Mrs. Armstrong - a JPS swim teacher, bought in her dog 'Molly' and gave a very interesting talk to the children about how important it is to look after animals once you get them as a pet!.....and how much care they need from us as owners to be strong and healthy!
Brand New Topic!
We started the second half of this term with a brand new Topic!
We are looking at 'Animals'!
As the first week (17th - 19th Feb) was only a short week we decided to give a gentle introduction to the topic, firstly looking at which animals are covered in Fur/ Feathers/ Scales/ Skin etc. Then we looked at how the animals move around, using Paws/ Fins/ Webbed Feet or Claws!
During our PE lesson we thought about the different movements of animals and how they swing, slither, stomp and scurry!
The children thoroughly enjoyed their first week of Animals!!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Half Term Break
Wishing you all a wonderful Half Term!
Keep Safe, relax and look forward to seeing you all bright and early on the 17th February!
Regards, Mrs. K xx
People Who Help Us - Fire & Police!
Aswell as People Who Help Us, this topic we have played with the colour 'Brown' and here is Vinuthi practising her Heart Shapes in preparation for this weekend!
People Who Help Us - Fire & Police!
FS1D had an amazing knowledge of colours and were able to tell me, which colours were 'HOT' and which ones were 'COLD'Here, Tia is busy mixing Reds, Oranges and Yellows to produce a blaze of fire colours!
People Who Help Us - Fire & Police!
Kamran produced a fantastic construction, ready for the Fire Fighters to cross!
People Who Help Us - Fire & Police!
Week 2 of 'People Who Help Us' saw FS1D investigating the very brave roles of Fire Fighters & the Police Service!
Fireman Krish assists Shahmir!
Exploring the colour 'BROWN'
Hashim, Rohan and Vinuthi have tremendous fun, in what looks like a pool of Chocolate!!
People Who Help Us - Doctors & Nurses!
FS1D thoroughly enjoyed exploring the role of Doctors & Nurses!
Tiara was just perfect sized to draw around and to enable us to draw and paint a beautiful nurse.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
People Who Help Us!
This week we are starting a brand new topic 'People Who Help Us'. Within this topic we will be looking at the Emergency Services and people who are here to help us within the school environment!
During this week we will be concentrating on Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses and also looking at the roles of personnel in school.
Please take a few minutes to take a look at the Balloons picture that will be sent home on Sunday - displaying what activities will be covered within each area of the curriculum.
If you have any bits and pieces that you feel would benefit this topic and in particular doctor or nurses equipment, I would be most grateful!
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