Gum Tree's Weekly Newsletter 6 th – 10th December 2015 Issue 13 Gum Tree’s Weekly Newsletter Jayna and Luka Khalifa is are really carefully sticking concentrating on his windows onto colouring their the big red bus. Chinese lanterns nicely. Activities Covered: Upcoming Activities: We have had an interesting and fun week learning about This week, we will continue with our topic ‘All Around the ‘All Around the World’. We rotated and visited 4 World Qatar‘. It is going to be packed with loads of fun classrooms to learn about four different countries. activities. We learnt about Italy, United Kingdom, South Africa and We will be focusing on Qatar’s culture and traditions. We China. We listened to stories from the different will learn about the traditional dances, falconry and henna countries and looked at their culture, dress, currency and painting. We will get to paint our own Qatar flag and learn food. In order to travel you need to have a passport. We a new song called ‘Alice the camel’. We will be creating a made our own ‘Traveler’s Passport’ which we took with us desert sunset craft and will also go on an imaginary journey on our travels. As we passed through each country we using our ‘Travelers’ Passports’ leaving from Hamad received a flag which we pasted into our passport. During International Airport. our journey we made flags from each of the countries and a special craft too. In Italy we made pizza, in the In Phonics we will be revising the sounds /s/a/t/i/p/n/ and United Kingdom we made a big London red bus craft, in we will do activities to help reinforce these sounds. South Africa we made a traditional necklace and in China we made a Chinese lantern. We even got to learn a few On Wednesday the 16th, we will be celebrating the Qatar words in the different languages. National Day with a lunch buffet in the Multipurpose Hall. The school will be decorated with lots of flags and we will In Phonics, We learnt the sound /n/ and made a night enjoy some lovely Qatari cuisine too! time craft to help us remember the sound. On Monday, we finally got to go on our Doha Bus Trip. The children were so excited and not even the cold and Here’s Joman windy weather could ruin the day. The children were sticking the extremely well behaved and enjoyed the ride around stars to the ‘n’ Doha visiting the souq, MIA, the cornich, the Sheraton is for night park and finally Katara. craft. On Thursday, we came to school dressed in our Countries National dress and got to share food that we had brought with our friends. What a great way to end a very busy week. Kid’n Around Kindergarten Tel: 44833836 Email:[email protected] share it with the other Gumchildren. Tree They hadWeekly a lot of fun Newsletter kicking the ball around Page the 2playground! We had so much fun exploring Doha on the big colourful bus! Here we are getting ready to Upcoming Events: walk around Katara. Wednesday 16th December: Qatar National Day Celebration On this day, we will all be celebrating Qatar National Day. Children are asked to come to school dressed in either their Qatar National Day clothes or their party clothes. Winter Break: 20th December to 31st December 2015 School will be closed from Sunday 20th December to Thursday 31st December for the Winter break and will resume on Sunday the 3rd January 2016. Tips for home: We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday. Please ensure your child gets to bed at a reasonable hour so he/she is ready to learn when they get to school. We are all discussing Display your child’s work from school to what we saw help build a sense of pride in their on the bus on accomplishments. the corniche. We really did Read the weekly newsletter, so that you have a great keep up to date on what is happening. day! Drop off and collect your child promptly each day. Provide your child with opportunities to practice their pencil control. To see more photos of our adventures in Help your child to identify items that begin learning be sure to visit our website: with the sounds /s/a/t/i/p/n/ at home. http://www.kidnaroundkg.com and www.facebook.com/kidnaround.kindergaten? fref=ts Final Note: Routine is an important part of building your child’s comfort level at school. Please make sure you drop your child off at school no later than 7:45 a.m. and pick them up at the end of the day Tasting food from all around the world was at 12:30 p.m. so much fun and tasty! Kid’n Around Kindergarten Tel: 44833836 Email:[email protected] .