Foundation Newsletter Spring - Repton School Dubai

Repton Dubai: Foundation NewsSpring Term 2012In the Foundation department we see these manyevent days as an extension of our curriculum. Theyensure that each of our children can develop inconfidence and become a lifelong learner bycommunicating and investigating with thewonderful environment the Foundation staffprovide. As we end what has been a very busyterm, we would like to thank you for all yourcontinued support.Shiobhain BradyHead of FoundationReception NewsWe have had a very busy but exciting term inReception. The children have thoroughly enjoyedour topic based activities, learning to add and takeaway and continuing to practise their phonicsthrough our Read Write Inc programme. This termin particular the children have been developingwonderful reading skills. It is so nice to see them allmaking the most of their time in Reception, longmay it continue!While exploring ‘In the Town’ we focused on thejobs people do. A nurse came to visit each class totalk about her job. She showed us x-rays, let us useher stethoscope and taught us how to put bandageson. The children in Reception Seahorses andStingrays show us how it’s done.Our topic 'In the Town' allowed us to explore manyelements of a real town. We read a variety of fictionand non-fiction texts, and looked at differences andsimilarities between our town and other townsaround the world.As part of our learning journey we looked at avariety of shops and we were lucky enough to takea trip to the Union Co-op. We each had five dirhamsto spend. We looked at the price of each item,added them together until we had spent all of ourmoney, some even managed to come home withchange! The children in Reception Whales had apicnic on their return to school.While exploring ‘In the Country’ Reception Sealions looked at farms. They enjoyed playing with amodel farm and talked about the animals that livethere. We also looked at where food comes from inparticular root vegetables, milk and eggs.Repton School P.O. Box 300331, Nad Al Sheba 3 Dubai Tel 04 426 9393