Judy's Diary Week 1

You are reading JUDY’S DIARY The newsletter for Judy’s Preparatory School. Our MOTTO: small steps…BIG CHANGES! Website: www.judyspreparatoryschool.com / Email:[email protected] Phone Number: 0811-966-3611 / 0902-035-0597 Week 1 Newsletter: 18th – 22nd January, 2021 Announcements & Reminders Welcome back! To all our amazing returning pupils and a We welcomed the adorable Dike Ngozi into the HUGE welcome to all the new families that joined us this Nursery Cuddles Class and Ethan Onuh into the year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday and have Toddler Pebbles Class. We are delighted to have you eaten lots of delicious chocolate. We were very here at Judy’s Preparatory School. Welcome to an impressed with the children’s progress last term and are exciting early years’ experience!!!! looking forward to hitting the ground running so we can Can I help? recover as much as possible from the lost time. Need an extra pair of helping hands? Look no further than Through hard work, effective and creative teaching, and your little one! Here are ways you can build on his a strong school community partnership, we will reach our eagerness to help out and teach him skills for the future. goal to provide a quality educational program that meets Say yes. When your youngster asks to help you, let him, the needs of all of our students at Judy’s. Thank you for even if you think the job is too hard for him. Just look for a your continued commitment and dedication to your small part he can tackle. Maybe he could shake the pillows child’s education and to Judy’s preparatory school.

REWARD ASSEMBLIES out of the pillowcases when you’re changing the sheets, for In the past, the children have been rewarded for one example. positive behavior or the other in their various classes. Be patient. Allow your child to work at his own pace. This term, we want to take it a notch up where the school Sure, it might take a little longer for him to load all the designates time twice in a term to recognize students bowls into the dishwasher. But the sense of who consistently go above and beyond to be a safe, accomplishment he’ll feel is worth a few extra respectful and responsible citizen of Judy’s Prep. Below is minutes. a list of behaviors that would fall within these Offer a hand. If you notice your youngster struggling, expectations: ask if he needs help rather than taking over. But be Being Safe Being Being prepared to let him work things out on his own if he Respectful Responsible turns you down. • Watches out • Demonstrates • Gets to school Praise effort. Thank your child for his help, and point out how he made a difference. (“We got the towels for others trustworthiness on time folded a lot faster, thanks to your hard work!”) You’ll make him feel proud and motivate him to keep • Maintains self- • Assists others • Uses time helping.♥ ♥ control when necessary productively Just for Fun • Upholds safe • Is courteous • Completes Q: Which hand is best for coloring? behaviors and neighborly assigned work A: Neither. It’s better to color with crayons. • Uses time productively When students are nominated to receive this recognition Worth quoting the families are notified and invited to attend our Reward “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” Duke Assembly. These quarterly assemblies are something we Ellington hope to grow and look forward to and possibly become Little ones often use their left and right some of our favorite events of the year. hands until they discover a preference (typically between ages 4 and 6). Be sure to let your child decide which hand to use. For example, when you give him a pencil, hold it at the middle of its body so he can pick a hand to grasp it with.

Toddlers Pebbles Playgroup Marble Teaching numbers to children is simple. Parents can Shape match Comparing shapes and sizes is an motivate them to relate numbers with activities they essential early math skill—and it’s easy to practice perform on a daily basis. However, they will only begin to with your child on a piece of paper, trace around the truly comprehend the meaning of numbers until they are bottoms of building blocks, cups, or containers. Then, around five years old. ask her to match the objects to their outlines. Next, she could make tracings for you to match. When to Teach Numbers to a Child? Mathematics: We had fun counting 1-10 and matching It is a great idea to start introducing numbers to your numbers to objects up to 5. We traced number 1 and child after she turns one. You can start with number 2 on the smart board. rhymes, like ‘One, Two, Buckle My Shoe’, ‘Ten Green Bottles,’ or 1,2,3,4,5, Once I caught a fish alive’. You can Literacy: Our focus in literacy this week is to identify, also point out simple objects or things they encounter in sound and trace the letter ‘S’. their daily lives, such as one apple, two dogs, three PSED: We explored Emotions specifically the Happy chocolates, and so on. You can make learning numbers and Sad Emotions. playful and enjoyable for your child. Physical development: Outdoor was great fun. We rode on bikes and had fun going through the tunnel.

Understanding Schemas Have you ever heard of the word Schemas? Did you know that there are several types of schemas that children engage in while they are at play. Schemas are patterns of repeatable behaviours or actions that children show in their play. Children that have a positioning schema arrange objects or toys in lines or patterns. Being able to recognize schemas when they are exhibited enables teachers to extend a child’s learning by matching curriculum content to a child’s individual interests. Because the child is deeply interested, they are most likely to be very involved and make good progress in their own learning. Here’s an example of Roresimi in the playgroup class exploring the Positioning Schema using the pegs. Here’s an example of Imani in the playgroup class exploring the Positioning Schema using the handwriting pattern boards while attempting to improve her fine motor skills.

Nursery Cuddles Reception Sparkle Understanding the world: Our theme in the Nursery Literacy: This week was no less fun during our literacy Class this first half is Opposites. What are the opposite of class. The children are learning how to develop good some naming words? If it is not day then it is night and if sentence formation by exploring proper letter it is not long then it is short. Most of our other activities formations, Blending and letters sequencing. will be planned around this theme. In Mathematics we are learning numeral names. The In Literacy, we are fine-tuning our letter formations, how children had fun learning, spelling and writing number to spell and write our names and letter sounds. names. They also played a number matching game. Mathematics: We are learning about numbers and Understanding the World: Our theme for this first half quantification. We are also learning to match numbers to is Materials. We are learning about what things are objects and improve on our number formations. made from.

Kindly check class Dojo on a daily basis for more pictures and updates. For feedback, comments and suggestions, please do not hesitate to use our contact details above or email [email protected] or my email address [email protected]. Thank you for reading and have a beautiful weekend. Mrs. Kemi Makun. (Early Years Coordinator)– Judy’s Preparatory School.