You may have heard that children are going MAD at school. Don't worry-this doesn't mean they are going crazy, it actually means they are doing a good thing - Making A Difference!
MAD means Make A Difference
In Year 2 the children are helping to Make A Difference in our school community. As the children move up through the school they will Make A Difference beyond the school community, with projects across Phuket.
Each week 3 children from each class are randomly chosen to be MAD for the week. They meet up to decide how they can help and follow this up with action. So far the children have read to younger children, taken care of plants in the school environment, recycled rubbish and assisted with Music. There is a noticeboard in the Pod showing which children have gone MAD and what they have been doing so far.
We have intensified the pace of our research into living and non-living things, focussing on the key characteristics shared by all living things. The children have been working hard in their groups to find information. They are becoming aware of the need to find new and even surprising information. It turns out that baby hedgehogs are called hoglets and that horses have amazing memories, even better than elephants it would appear.
We are very pleased with how keen the children are to read at school. Many are using different strategies to help them but most rely on Phonics at this stage-saying the sounds in a word and blending the sounds together. We have noticed that the children are often over-pronouncing sounds which is making it more difficult for them to blend. Children are adding an 'uh' sound to all their letter sounds. The video below explains this and shows the correct pronunciation of English sounds.
If you help your child say the sounds or listen to them please be aware of this.
Thank you to those of you who have kindly offered your spare time to come and read with the students. The students are really enjoying going out to read with you.
On Monday there will be a Reading Workshop for parents who want to help children read.
Parent Workshop 'Supporting Reading at School'. All parents who would like to assist with reading in KS1 are welcome to attend. 08:00-09:30. Primary Hall.
We hope you may consider going along and become interested in Reading with the children at school.
