Friday 31 March 2017

Week 13




Dear All,
Here's some of our week in photos.
Looking for buds on a Chestnut tree
 We have also worked with the following:
 Swedish – The students continued working with “Leksaksfabriken/ The Toy Factory. The teachers also read aloud to the class from the book ”Varulvar (Werewolves) i Storkyrkan”.
 
Math – we are working with addition and subtraction and problem solving.
 

Chestnut tree buds
Science/NO – We are learning about spring. We have studied the buds on a chestnut tree and will sketch and watch their development.




English – we have finished Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl . We’re reading a text about deserts/learning about factual texts. The students have started journals to practice writing. We have started reading aloud in our smaller groups.


 

Wishing you a great weekend.
Boë, Jim, Pernilla and Sewe
 


Friday 24 March 2017

Week 12 Class 1B


Hi All,

Hope you’ve had a good week. This week has been very busy; we’ve had development talks, we have finalized the winter theme, the bird theme has been very successful. We finished our work with Winter doing a study of the bullfinch/domherre.

Some 1B bullfinch drawings
Comparing our odd socks with each other.
We also celebrated "Rock Your Socks Day" which takes place on the same day as World Down Syndrome Day March 21. 
Some 1bs putting up their unique sock designs.
One of this week's fantastic class hosts
We encourage starting the day reading quietly.









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Thursday 16 March 2017

Week 11




Dear All,
Hope you’ve had a good week. This week we celebrated Jim's birthday. We had a great time together. Jim is so thankful for all the appreciation he felt that day. 


Thank you for coming by with love and well wishes. Faye was class host together with Jim. She did an outstanding job!

Our week has been good but busy. We are finishing our work with winter and beginning with spring soon. We will also begin with a theme called "För i tiden" or "Back in the Old Days".


"Miljö vecka"/"Environment Week" will also be observed soon. We will be doing a project using recycled goods. Could you please send "junk" such as bottle caps, toilet rolls,  egg and milk cartons etc with your child/children to school? We would really appreciate your help.

We have also worked with the following:

Swedish – The students continued working with “Leksaksfabriken/ The Toy Factory. The teachers also read aloud to the class from one of this semester’s Swedish novels.

Math – all the students have almost finished working with the class math book.


Science/NO – We are finishing our work with Winter.


English – we continued our work with Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl .







In the coming week

This week’s homework: for English we’re giving the students questions to answer about Mr Fox.  For Math the students will be given a subtraction worksheet.

Development talks will begin Week 12. The meetings will be 15 minutes long and we will be covering how well your child has achieved the goals that they established the last developmental meeting. The signup sheet has been posted in the classroom.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BOOKED YOURSELVES IN DEVELOPMENTAL TALKS PLEASE DO. WE PLAN TO HAVE IT ONLY FOR WEEK 12. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT OTHERWISE.
On Tuesday March 21, 2017 we'll celebrate "Rocka sockan".
The students can sport odd pairs of socks if they like that day:). This was started by a girl whose sister has Down's Syndrome. The use of odd socks is her way of showing that we're all unique but can still get along.

Wishing you a great weekend.

Boë, Jim, Pernilla and Sewe



Thursday 9 March 2017

Week 10





Dear All,

Hope you’ve had a good week and that you enjoyed the children’s winter break. The kids and staff are ecstatic about Jim’s return.

Our week has been good but busy. We are moving toward the end of working with the winter theme. We have been looking at facts about the Swedish wolf together.








Wednesday March 8, we celebrated “300 Days Smarter” and the Secret Toys project. We ended the day with a toy themed movie and snacked on popcorn.




We have also worked with the following:

Swedish – The students continued working with “Leksaksfabriken/ The Toy Factory. The teachers also read aloud to the class from one of this semester’s Swedish novels.



 



Math – we talked about greater than, less than and equals. We counted to 300! We refreshed our abacus skills.

Science/NO – We continued our work with the theme Winter.

English – we continued our work with Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl .

SO/Social Studies - we talked about International Women’s Day,  the suffragette movement .

In the coming week

This week’s homework: for English we’re giving the students questions to answer about Mr Fox.  For Math the students will be given an equal, greater than and less than worksheet. We need the homework handed in on Wednesdays at the latest, so we can correct it before  Friday.

Development talks will begin Week 12. The meetings will be 15 minutes long and we will be covering how well your child has achieved the goals that they established the last developmental meeting. The signup sheet will be posted in the classroom on Monday, March 13.

March 17 is Saint Patrick’s Day. Feel free to where something green.

 
Wishing you a great weekend!

Boë, Jim, Pernilla and Sewe