The Week Ahead 20180608

The Week Ahead..............this week, it’s all about the future! Things are getting very exciting here at bilingual as we prepare for the last two weeks of term. Time has flown by and I would anticipate the next fortnight will pass with the same speed. Next week, we host parent sessions on preparing for the next year at Wellington at the following times:

     

• Monday 11^th June 08:30 – preparing for EY1
• Tuesday 12^th June 08:30 – preparing for EY2
• Thursday 14^th June 08:30 – preparing for EY3
• Friday 15^th June 08:30 – preparing for EY4

  The sessions have been designed to ensure that parents understand what life at Wellington is all about and include:

• An introduction from Vanessa and Yuki as Head and Deputy Head of Early Years on the curriculum themes and timetable
• Information on how best to prepare your child for the transition to the nursery in 2018
• Health updates from Head Nurse, Sarah Tang
• Hints on what you can do with your child over the summer
• How to buy school uniform, lunches and payment of fees
• An update on how we are preparing for the move to our new nursery from Bursar, Lydia Lim
• Information on xue ji and hukou from admissions office, Reithy Zhang
• Induction day run down from admissions manager Lexie Jiang

• • EY1 – Thursday 23^rd August 09:00 – 11:00
  • EY2 – Friday 24^th August 09:00 – 11:00
  • EY3 – Thursday 23^rd August 13:00 – 15:00
  • EY4 – Friday 24^th August 13:00 – 15:00

  End of term performance Our wonderful Wellingtonians will be performaing for their families later this month. The pupils have been working hard on their musical extravaganza and will be delighted to show you just how talented they are. The performances are

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• EY 1 Garden Party - Wednesday June 20^th 9:30 – 10:00 am
• EY 2 Down on the Farm – Thursday June 21^st 9:30 – 10:00 am
• EY 3 Ocean Adventure – Thursday June 21^st 2:30 – 3:15 pm
• EY 4 Guardians of the Earth - Wednesday June 20^th 2:30 – 3:15 pm

I do hope that you can make this event and cheer on the pupils as they entertain you with their brilliant performance.   Time to say goodbye…….  

  

All parents should have received an invitation to our Farewell party on Saturday 23^rd June and I sincerely hope to see many of you there. This will not be the sad occasion I once anticipated; it will be an opportunity to acknowledge how far we have come and to reaffirm the journey ahead. I am sure there may be one or two tears, but they will be tears of happiness more than as sorrow. Our forever home is ready and at the end of June we will make the move towards our future where the next chapter will begin.     Classroom News for week beginning Monday 11^th June 2018 EY1 – Erica Ni writes about the theme The Very Busy Bee Next week, EY1 will continue working on the theme “The Very Busy Bee”. Children will have opportunity to play with shaving cream. By playing with shaving cream, children can talk about how does it feel, they can mix colours and shaving cream to explore how colours change, they can also use wooden sticks or fingers to draw in the shaving cream. To promote children’s gross motor skills, we will also play throwing games with children. Children can throw water bags at the shapes. In small world area, children are going to play with insect toys and animal toys. We love to see children be imaginative and create their own stories through small world play. Five butterflies We are reading: 《忙碌的蜜蜂》 《蚂蚁和西瓜》 《走开，绿色的怪兽》 The Very Busy Bee We are singing: 《美丽的蝴蝶》 《粉刷匠》 《手指歌》 Five butterflies Special note: 18^th of June is Dragon boat Festival, children will return to the setting on 19^th of June.   EY2 – Vivian He writes about the theme Rainbow fish The children will start the week by reading stories about the sea. They will then talk about their favourite sea animals and describe the different features of the animals. We will learn about the concept of symmetry this week. Children will have the opportunity to draw half a picture of a sea animal, insect or their favourite animals while viewing the other half of the picture for reference. We will talk about the size and shape of the animal pictures so that children can fully understand what symmetry means and how to achieve symmetry when they draw. We are reading: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Hippo wears a dress Rainbow Fish A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea 小金鱼逃走了 海马先生 小船小船漂啊漂 We are singing: Mary had a little Lamb Baa Baa Black sheep. Wheels on the bus 许多小鱼游来了 玛丽有只小羊羔 大鲨鱼 Special note: Children need to bring in hats everyday as it is now getting warmer and they need to wear for outdoor play.   EY3 – Nicole writes about the theme Adventures under the Sea “You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore We are quickly reaching the end of the term. Be warned we will be playing and exploring with water more and more this week, so please remember to send your child into the setting with a spare change of clothes every day. As well as experimenting with water the children will also be preparing for their up and coming concert, rehearsing and preparing the costumes that they will be wearing. We hope that you will all be able to make it to this great event. The regular activities that the children will be involved with next week will be their music lessons, gym and library sessions (Please remember to send library books back into the setting every week).   EY4 – Emily Gu writes about the theme Imagine That EY4 children will be listening to stories without the pictures, which helps them to develop their skills of listening attention and will encourage children to conjure up their imagination a picture of what is happening. They will be asked different questions about the setting of the story, such as what are the main characters in the stories? What problem did they meet? How did they solve the problem? What’s your favourite part of the story? Children will continue to do some money related activities and do some shopping activities. We are reading: 《艾玛系列》 《Dr. Seuss》 We are singing: 《地球的孩子》 If I were a tree   Music and Movement – PeiHua and Sarah write about life in the music space Save the date! Our end of the year performances are just around the corner. The children are working hard to create some special performances to share with everyone! Please join us for a musical celebration of your child’s learning. EY 1 Garden Party - Wednesday June 20^th         9:30 – 10:00 am EY 2 Down on the Farm! – Thursday June 21^st       9:30 – 10:00 am EY 3 Ocean Adventure – Thursday June 21^st         2:30 – 3:15 pm EY 4 Guardians of the Earth - Wednesday June 20^th   2:30 – 3:15 pm   We are singing: We’re creating some special performances to share with you. We look forward to sharing them with you soon! Special note: Should you have any questions please e-mail peihua.wang@wellingtoncollege.cn or sarah.peel@wellingtoncollege.cn for more details.