Ciao Ciao Newsletter Autumn Term

Ciao Ciao Newsletter Autumn Term – Week 5

Dear Parents,

This week’s theme was Emotions.

The children painted their own facial expressions while looking in the mirror, exploring how emotions can be shown through art.

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🌟 Vocabulary Focus

This week, we introduced the following words:

filling, emotion, sad, happy, free, scared, temper, and more.

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📚 Group Time Highlights

• We read the book “Emotions for Toddlers” and played an emotional spinning game using a plate and peg.

• Sang nursery rhymes.

• Practised counting from 1 to 10.

• Continued practising colours.

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🧩 Montessori Activity

This week, our Montessori activity focused on construction.

The children developed their fine motor skills using the hammer, the saw, screw, etc..

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🗓 A Quick Look at Our Week

Monday

In Italian, we continued learning the song “Chiudi gli occhi.”

The children had fun hiding behind chairs, knocking, and shouting “Sono io! – It’s me!”

Tuesday

In cooking class, we prepared sandwiches using tomatoes, butter, salad, cheese, and ham.

The children enjoyed cutting vegetables and spreading butter.

Wednesday

During Forest School, we planted our autumn plant. Fabrice from Myatra Field Park kindly donated it to us.

Thursday

The children used the laptop for their first eye–hand coordination exercise, practising with the mouse.

Friday (Drama & Music)

We acted out the book “Why Lose Your Temper?”.

The children copied the characters’ facial expressions, then played the “statues” game—making emotional faces each time the music stopped.

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🎃 Reminders & Important Dates

• Halloween Party – Tuesday, 14th October

• Half-Term Break – School will close on Monday, 20th October and reopen on Monday, 3rd November at 10:00 am

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Wishing you all a lovely and restful weekend!

Warm regards,

Linda

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