Wow---our students DOVE
into our learning explorations this week with gusto! They have really matured over the past few weeks, and you can
see their ideas growing, their confidence expanding and relationships continue
to develop. I do encourage you to give them opportunities to be independent at
home as well. Helping set the table, playing kindly with siblings and friends,
cleaning up after themselves, washing their hands and getting dressed…all
things they do at school and can transfer to home life. J
A project on our
neighborhood and city began with two of our kiddos, caught on, and the whole
class jumped on board! Also, writing in our wonder books, creating rubbings
from nature, making glitter slime, counting and representing numbers, and much,
much more! Our week was full of learning and fun!
You will see in the
pictures the beginnings of our neighborhood and city project. I am making
separate documentation so you won’t see much of that in the highlights. I will
be sharing that soon. It is really amazing…
Highlights from this week
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REMINDERS
*Please return the BLUE BAG and RED LIBRARY BAG
*Pre K After School
Activities begin next week if you signed up for them.
*November 22nd: Thanksgiving Celebration-
12:15-1:15.
We invite all parents,
siblings, relatives that may be here in Singapore to a celebration in our back
courtyard. We have been talking about appreciating how we are the same and
different, and how we may celebrate similar or different holidays and
participate in various amazing celebrations. Let’s do this together! Please
bring a dish (main, snack or dessert) from a country that is special to you
(passport country, a place you have lived or called home…) so we can celebrate
each other, and our amazing classroom community. We will eat together and have
a great time. Students are invited to wear clothes/dress from a country that is
special to them. I have heard that there is already a huge variety of food
coming! Thank you in advance. We look forward to seeing you here! Please let us
know if you will not be able to attend.
*November 23rd and 24th: NO
SCHOOL-Thanksgiving Holiday
*December 22nd to January 14th: NO
SCHOOL-WINTER BREAK
*January 15th: First
Day Back at school
Volunteer Service Opportunity!
Over the Thanksgiving break, a team of 26
SAS teachers will be going to Siem Reap as part of a Caring for Cambodia (CFC)
Teacher Training project. Our teachers will be sharing many new teaching
methods with the Cambodian teachers. In the past we have shared information
about hygiene and have distributed “hygiene kits” to the families of the
students. These kits were a huge success and much needed in the community. We
would sincerely like to continue this act of kindness.
How can you HELP? Our goal is to
create and transport 1500 hygiene kits to Siem Reap. If every student brings
enough items for one family-size kit, we will be well on our way of reaching
our goal. This activity is optional. If you would like to participate please
have your child bring in the following by Friday, November 17th.
1 bar of soap 1 small washcloth
1
comb
1 large tube of toothpaste 4 toothbrushes
The students will assemble the kits in
class. The SAS teachers will bring the kits to Cambodia and distribute them to
the CFC school families. Thank you in advance for your support. The children
love making these kits and seeing how their efforts can make a difference in
another child’s life. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Warm regards,
SAS Teachers
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