EYFS
EYFS have had another week of fun in the snow, with some children bringing in their own big shovels while others used the smaller class spades to dig holes and build hills, mountains, walls, castles… Coming down the slide was a bit more fun with the snow as children continued slip sliding further on the snow. 
This week EYFS learned the “Hh” sound in phonics, learning how to form the letter ‘Hh’, singing the ‘I like to hop, hop, hop…’ song and finding things that begin with ‘Hh’. This is one of their favourite phonic songs which had all of them hopping around the classroom as they joined in the singing! In Numeracy, we have begun learning about length. Children have been busy measuring various objects, as well as themselves and any unsuspecting adult entering the room with interlinking cubes. They have also learned to use the vocabulary long/longer/short/ shorter when comparing the length of objects. Kian and Petra had fun using the meter rule and chalk to measure the distance from the classroom door to the mirrors.  
As part of our topic 'Celebration' as well as a reward after the CIS inspection, and learning how to use money in everyday life, each child was given a red envelope/ packet with a small amount of money to buy candy and a bouncy ball or slime ball from the little machines at the store entrance. (In East and Southeast Asian cultures, a red envelope/ red packet or red pocket is a monetary gift given during holidays or for special occasions such as Chinese New Year) Children chose candy, paid for it with the money in their envelopes and collected their change. The store manager was won over by those angelic faces and gave each of them an enormous slab of chocolate, and so we returned to school with some very happy children!

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