Nursery 2 Weekly Newsletter (24 – 4 February 2022)

Theme: Chinese New Year Celebrations

Activity Highlights Rhymes/Songs Stories

Aesthetic & Creative Expression Chinese Zodiac song • “Sailor Sid is sick” by Jillian Cutting
• Story of Nian
 To be able to use handprint to make a tiger
(Tune: “ABC song”) • (https://youtu.be/EZM5I-g4Kng)
print
• “My First Chinese New Year” by Karen Kartz
 To be able to make a ‘dragon’ using egg
• “Problems” by Joe Cowley
carton
There are Tiger and Rabbit
Numeracy
Art - Dragon
 To be able to identify the numerals 1 - 3
Dragon snake horse and goat
 To be able to use pipe cleaners to make 1 -3 Monkey rooster dog and snake
 To be able to recognize and write number 4
There are twelve Zodiac signs.
Language and Literacy
What’s your Chinese Zodiac sign?
 To be able to name three items related to
Chinese New Year
I’m a _________ (action/movement of
 To be able to name two auspicious food that the animal)
Chinese eat during Chinese New Year
 To be able to identify Letter /a/ in Annie
I’m a _________ (action/movement of
Apple and its letter sound the animal)
 To be able to list down the Chinese Zodic
animas as a group
Theme for next week:
Motor Skills / Sensory Development (4th – 11th Feb 2022)
 To be able to run with sudden changes in
direction, location and pathway Home /Family
 To be able to follow instructions accordingly
 Nursery 2 Weekly Newsletter (24 – 4 February 2022)
Theme: Chinese New Year Celebrations

Discovery Of the World Members/Birthday

 To be able to know that red, yellow and gold
are colours used for Chinese New Year
 To be able to paint a Chinese New Year
ornament in one of the colours