Welcome to Kindergarten 3
It’s Assembly Week!
Wow what a crazy busy week of practicing and putting together all our bits and pieces of learning. The children have done an amazing job of learning dances, words of songs and speaking parts. They also painted their feelings scarf. We have a slide show of the children...
Data Collection – Maths
This week we have been collecting data and representing it through Glyphs. Glyphs are a pictorial representation of data that help students organize and analyze data. Check out these festive elve glyphs that K3 International class have made this week during Maths.
Healthy Choices-We Made Fruit Kebabs!
Wowee! We are learning about making healthy choices and that's why we made fruit kebabs. It was very exciting. First, we helped to prepare the fruit and then we made our own fruit kebab. It was healthy and delicious. We are also learning to do procedural writing and...
K3 Preparing for Athletics Day
In order to prepare them for Athletics Day, K3 students have been taking part in different running, throwing and jumping activities in PHE. This week they learned about moving over, under and through different obstacles. They also practiced working in a team and now...
Fun Fruit Kebab
In English this week we have been learning how to make fruit kebabs. We followed a procedure to successfully achieve our task. We learned how to structure writing the procedure by including a title, equipment, ingredients and instructions. After making our kebab, we...
Outdoor play, fun today!
As part of our unit of inquiry, we have been looking at healthy lifestyles. For students, healthy lifestyles can be achieved through our outdoor adventures. Playing outside helps children to develop through play, which is a fun way of helping children to learn...
Being Scientists and Weighing
For our Unit of Inquiry we are finding out about how to be healthy. This week we went to the Science lab. Wow! Thank you Mr Perry for showing us how to check for starch, protein and sugar in mixtures. We observed the results in a cookie mixture, starch mixture and egg...
Heavy and Light!
We are continuing to measure up a storm in KG3. We have measured length and now weight. We have inquired, discovering that even though two objects are the same size, they can have different weights. Some materials weigh more than others. Feathers, balloons and sponges...
The 49th National Day
We felt happy and excited to be Omani and/or living in Oman. Thank you to all the Omani ladies who organized and helped make this amazing and special celebration for Sultan Qaboos's birthday and the 49th birthday of Oman. Thank you also to all the mommies who helped...
Short but Sharp
Although a short week, it was packed full of learning. Our unit of inquiry had us visiting the science labs to test our food for sugar, fats, proteins and starch. We discovered that different foods provide us with nutrients to support our body development. We have...
Writing Stories About The Long Weekend …
We worked very hard on finding the first and last sound of words, sounding out words and labeling our picture. We also practiced running around the track and stretching our bodies afterwards. We practiced our hand writing and built our 100s board.We practised...
Creating And Being Creative …
We explored different materials as we expressed our feelings. We made a reading book about what we were doing so that we could practise our sight words, look for beginning sounds and take clues from the pictures. We also learnt the 'ing' sound group.
Busy, busy times in KG3
From learning to community events, we have had an extremely busy week in KG3. Mother Tongue Monday was a great success. Children relish the opportunity to read and play games in their language. Continuing to build vocabulary in a child's mother tongue is very...
Growing
The students are developing their skills so quickly. Please have fun playing train dominos with you child. Remember no more than ten passengers and carriages must connect with same amount of passengers or it can not move forward. Have fun with your child exploring...
We returned ready to continue our learning journey…
We enjoyed more time outside. We were courageous as we climbed up high and balanced. We were being healthy as we ran around and played tag with our friends. We also played a new number game to practice recognising the numbers and saying the 'before' numbers. We...
Our Authors – Inspirations for Writing
After exploring the water play area this week, students wrote about their experience. They were free to express the feelings, emotions, thoughts and ideas that came to them. They then drew pictures to support and add detail to their writing. Over the holidays, if you...
Mmmm- really! We get to eat M&Ms at School?!
Well, there is a reason why we ate them! It was to facilitate our learning! Miss Ancilla wanted us to understand that when we count backwards from 10, the number is getting less. She also wants us to know how important counting accurately is! And because we were...
Experiences, questions and critical thinking!
Exploration for learning is so much fun. Just look and see some of the opportunities we have had for learning inside & outside the classroom. Teamwork and communication skills saw us reach new heights! Every week we explore new reading activities that extend on...
Fuel Our Learning: Exploration, Discovery, Communication, Cooperation and Balance, Strength, Courage
We are learning on many levels as we explore the world around us. We learn to self-manage, take on responsibilities, be independent, apply our learning as we take on challenges, communicate and negotiate. During play we are role-playing and processing our experiences...
Moving To The Mood!
Throughout the Unit of Inquiry, we have been responding to music through different art techniques. The students have chosen colours and styles to show their personal understanding of different emotions. The mood of songs was not discussed with students,...