Swans

Swans

Our topics for the next term for the children in the Swans class will be as follows: -

Date 10/9/08-19/09/08	Topic ALL ABOUT ME	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: I have a busy body. Head, shoulders, knees and toes.	Suggested activities to do at home Look at photographs from when your child was a baby, toddler to date, discuss the stages.
Date 22/09/08-29/09/08	Topic ROSH HASHANAH CLOSED 30TH Sep and 1st Oct Rosh Hashanah	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: Dip the apple in the honey	Suggested activities to do at home Talk about how honey is made, make honey cake together.
Date 02/10/08-08/10/08	Topic YOM KIPPUR & JONAH CLOSED 9th Oct	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: Toot toot toot tekiah. Shana Tova	Suggested activities to do at home Talk about saying sorry- being good.
Date 10/10/08-13/10/08	Topic SUKKOT CLOSED 14th Oct Please bring some fruit ready to hang in the Sukkah on Monday 13th Oct	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes; Let’s build a little Sukkah. Oranges and lemons. Oats and beans	Suggested activities to do at home: Build a Sukkah at your house or visit another one.
Date 15/10/08-20/10/08	Topic SIMCHAT TORAH / CREATION CLOSED 21st OCT	We will be learning the following Songs/rhymes Simchat Torah. Ose Shalom Mayim, Mayim	Suggested activities that you might like to do at home with your child Talk about the way your family might celebrate this festival.
Date 22/10/08-24/10/08	Topic DIWALI We will be having an Indian feast this week please can you bring a vegetable for vegetable curry?	We will be learning the following Songs/rhymes Diwali is here	Suggested activities that you might like to do at home with your child Talk about other cultures and how they celebrate.
Date 03/11/08-09/11/08	Topic AUTUMN We will be going on an Autumn walk on Tuesday 4Th Nov weather permitting. Please sign the permission slip on the notice board the previous week. Can you come with us please?	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: Five little leaves so bright and gay.	Suggested activities to do at home Look at the trees in your garden what colours are the leaves are they falling off?
Date:10/11/08 -14/11/08	Topic NOAH	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: The animals went in two by two	Suggested activities to do at home Count in two’s Talk about the weather what happens when it rains etc.
Date: 17/11/08 -28/11/08	Topic DINOSAURS & ICE AGE We shall try to arrange a trip to the Natural History Museum this week. Letter to follow.	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: Listen to the chorus	Suggested activities to do at home Talk about dinosaurs living a long time ago. Look at books together.
Date: 01/12/08-19/12/08	Topic CHANUKAH Chanukah songs Thursday 18th Dec 1130 (if possible please leave younger siblings with a friend as they can be distracting, thank you) Chanukah Party December 19th Dec	We will be learning the following songs/rhymes: moat tzur, sevivon sov, sov, sov. Look at me I am Judah Macabee	Suggested activities to do at home Talk about the Chanukah story. Make food made with oil, e.g. donuts.