Ted at the Grape Harvest and Medieval Fair

Ted went to the Vindimas.
He rode a tractor to the vineyard, picked grapes,
but did not quite make it to treading them.

Ted went to the Medieval Fair and got crowned King Ted.

Armstrong and lice

We heard a song by Louis Armstrong and Dhruv was very impressed, he said, "wow ele é forte!" (he is strong).

Today I reminded **** to tie her hair as there are cases of head lice in school (as well as it being a school rule). Luca asked, "Os totós têm um cheiro especial para afastar os piolhos?" (Do the rubber bands have a special smell to detract lice?"

How was school today?

1. What was the best thing that happened at school today? (What was the worst thing that happened at school today?)

2. Tell me something that made you laugh today.

3. If you could choose, who would you like to sit by in class? (Who would you NOT want to sit by in class? Why?)

4. Where is the coolest place at the school?

5. Tell me a weird word that you heard today. (Or something weird that someone said.)

6. If I called your teacher tonight, what would she tell me about you?

7. How did you help somebody today?

8. How did somebody help you today?

9. Tell me one thing that you learned today.

10. When were you the happiest today?

11. When were you bored today?

12. If an alien spaceship came to your class and beamed someone up, who would you want them to take?

13. Who would you like to play with at recess that you've never played with before?

14. Tell me something good that happened today.

15. What word did your teacher say most today?

16. What do you think you should do/learn more of at school?

17. What do you think you should do/learn less of at school?

18. Who in your class do you think you could be nicer to?

19. Where do you play the most at recess?

20. Who is the funniest person in your class? Why is he/she so funny?

21. What was your favorite part of lunch?

22. If you got to be the teacher tomorrow, what would you do?

23. Is there anyone in your class who needs a time-out?

24. If you could switch seats with anyone in the class, who would you trade with? Why?

25. Tell me about three different times you used your pencil today at school.

Taken from:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-evans/25-ways-to-ask-your-kids-so-how-was-school-today-without-asking-them-so-how-was-school-today_b_5738338.html

Happy Rosh Hashanah

Today is the first day of the year 5775
in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah - head of the year.

Each of us made a "shofar" to call everyone to the celebrations.

We ate apple dipped in honey. It was yummy!

The children kept asking for more.

We eat through a bag full of apples.

Happy Birthday!

Ted and the children wish you a Happy Birthday.

Congratulations!

A Day at the races

Giving Ted a few tips on how to be a good co-pilot.

Choosing the right car.

Just right!

Can you hear those motors running?
Ready or not here we go!

This is the bear

"This is the bear" was one of the stories we listened to and explored this week.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ulEKvjb9T0

Badger, skunk and anteater

In the story Lourenço brought to school today there was a badger.
Because a badger (texugo) is not a familiar animal I showed them a photograph. (below)



 Maria said it was a skunk (hence the next photo)
  










We talked about what a badger would eat and it got called an anteater.
So out comes a photo of an anteater!
I explained how the anteater uses its long nose and long tongue to collect the ants.
Lourenço said: Eia, parece um aspirador! (it is like a vacuum cleaner).

Can you talk about how these animals compare to each other?
In what way are they similar? How do they differ?

Playing with sounds

In the last couple of days we had 2 fantastic spelling contributions

ielo by Rodrigo  (yellow)

apul by João  (apple)

This means they have used the sounds they know and have attempted to spell the words on their own. :)

This is a bear!

All the bears have now finished their card bear in a forest of painted trees.
They look so good on our wall.
You will be able to see them tomorrow when you come to the information
evening at 18.00.

This is Suhani's bear walking through the trees.

Ted's first adventure

Ted went to the beach this weekend.

Ted wore a helmet when he went cycling.

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock 1912-1945, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. 

Reception Bears explored some of Jackson Pollock's techniques.

They used words such as: drip, pour, splash, action painting, squeeze....

as well as revising the names of colours.

Jackson Pollock considered the whole canvas important.

The children filled the whole screen with different colours at:

www.jacksonpollock.org (scroll down to get full page)

First rhyming words of the year

We wrote some words that rhyme with the sound "at."

Can you think of any more?

Welcome to Reception Bears 2014

It was so nice to see the children after the Summer holidays. They have grown so much!

Today, among sharing their holiday news and exploring the new classroom we read this story together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9w2We3_RM0


Today was a great start to the new year!