School Wide Working Plan 2015-2016

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Welcome to a new school year!

Dear Futuraskolan parents & children

Welcome back to our wonderful pre-school!

I hope that you all had great vacations and that you had the chance to charge your batteries

and enjoy family and friends! There is nothing like summer!!

This is the start of a new school year and we are all very excited to meet your beautiful children again! We have several exciting themes, activities and traditions that we will be celebrating during this term and we are sure we will make this school year even better than the last one :-)

August is a month when a lot of new things happen: Many new children start at the pre-school (a lot of schooling-in:s), children start in their new groups, with new friends and teachers. We are all getting together and sharing our stories from the past summer.

We will be sending more information throughout august about our new themes and activities and we will start with our new Units from the IPC-curriculum on 1st september.

This will give time for the groups to settle down and be prepared.

Besides working with the swedish national curriculum Lpfö98 and the IPC- EY International primary curriculum early years, we will be working intensively with the Jolly phonics- Which is a playful method that focus on phonetics. More information will be given during parents meeting on the 29th september 18.00-20.00.

We will continue focusing on learning and healthy living.

Healthy body = Healthy soul = Healthy & Happy children= Great learning!!

Healthy eating is very important and we will be transforming the pre-school in a non-sugar pre-school. Of course we will continue to bake and have our celebrations with the children but we will be using fruits and honey instead of sugar. More information will be given in the parents meeting.We will even continue with our dance classes and Capoeira but we will also introduce Yoga in our daily activities.

I would like to remind all parents that

the pre-school will be closed on the 13th august  and 14th august

for kick-off and Staff development/planning day.

OBS: If you need childcare during these days, you have to contact me until 11th august!

Welcome back and fasten your seat belts!

Be prepared for a new and great journey

Best regards

Adriana Marx Norén

Cockatoos-Summer Party

we had our summer party 2015 and the theme was Africa. The cockatoos did a great dance of their own. We all had a lot of fun watching the great performances and seeing the children graduate. Parents thank you for a great year!

Cockatoos- Tie and dye T shirts

This week we had a lot of fun tying and dying T shirts! we were preparing cockatoos t shirts for the summer party.

They made their own t shirts and chose the colors that they liked . They can not wait for wearing in the summer party :) 

Connection to Lpfö 98

To develop their curiosity and enjoyment. 

To develop their creative abilities 

Kiwis - ICT class

ICT teacher came to our group and introduced Robot named Dash.Dash could move, make various sounds and prerecorded voices, be programmed to do a series of actions and movements, etc.

Purpose: To bring innovation and change about they need to learn how to program.

LPFO: Develop their self-autonomy and confidence in their own ability.

Peacocks circle time

Circle time

Every morning we have circle time. First we have snack and the children talk about their morning. After that we start our circle time by counting the children who are present and the children who are not.  This is always something that the children like to do because it is a bit of a challenge to remember the people who are not present.

Afterwards, we talk about the day of the week, the date, the month, the season, and the year.  We always make reference to the past and future days, dates, years as well.  Next we might revisit the subject of the previous day, week, or month, sometimes even the previous year.  We do this in attempt to keep the things the children have learned fresh in their minds.  

Next, we introduce the activity and/or subject of the day.  This is where we find out where the children's knowledge for the day's activity is.  This way we can begin with the activities from the level of the children's understanding.  Once this is finished, we break up into smaller groups and begin with our activities.

Flamingoes: An Amazing Day with Dash!!!!

We have Dash the robot in our school!!!! Today the robot visited the Flamingoes. Dash can sense objects, move, make sounds, pre record voices, be programmed to do a series of actions and movements, etc.  The Flamingoes were fascinated to meet Dash and had fun playing with it!!! They learned to change the color of the robot, maneuver it, and record their voices to it!!! They had a great day with Dash the robot!!!

Purpose:

Knowing how to program helps kids understand the world that they are living in.

To bring innovation and change about they need to learn how to program.

Expand on their ability to think in different ways and use different types of technology

Lpfo:

Develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life, and explore how technology work.

Develop their curiosity and enjoyment as well as their ability to play and learn.