Ciao Ciao Newsletter Autumn Term – Week 11

Dear Parents,

This week’s theme was Animals!

The children had a wonderful time exploring different kinds of animals. They enjoyed two art-and-craft activities where they created a tortoise 🐢 and an elephant 🐘.

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Vocabulary Focus

This week, we introduced and practised the following words:

tortoise, elephant, tiger, cow, snake, parrot, monkey, donkey, and more.

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Group Time Highlights

• We continued learning Christmas songs.

• We sang Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

• The children counted animals up to 20.

• We played What’s in the Bag? using animal figures.

• We continued introducing the letter A for Animal.

• We read the book Animal Market Shop.

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Montessori Activity

During Montessori time, the children worked with big, medium, and small animal figures and sorted them into the correct size categories.

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A Quick Look at Our Week

Monday:

During Italian, the children learned some Italian animal words.

Tuesday:

We prepared a chocolate race cake. The children enjoyed eating it at school—even while they were still making it! 😂

Wednesday:

At Forest School, the children created pine-cone hedgehogs (porcospini).

Thursday:

In Computer Science, the children played an animal-matching game where they had to match animals with the correct hats. They are still practising hand–eye coordination.

Friday (Drama & Music):

In Drama, the children listened to animal sounds, guessed which animals they belonged to, and then acted them out.

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Reminders & Important Dates

• Parents’ Meetings: Week of 8th–12th December

• Tuesday 16th December: Christmas Show at 9:30 am, followed by a party and a special visit from Santa Claus!

• Thursday 18th December: Trip to Longfield Hall to watch The Elves and the Shoemaker

• Friday 19th December: School closes early at 1:30 pm

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Wishing you all a lovely and restful weekend!

Warm regards,

Linda