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graduating from Abuja Prep. You can watch Staff Literacy Training
and like these videos on all our social media Last week some of our staff took part in training developing our teaching of drama techniques.
A Message from handles. Drama is just one of the vehicles we use to help children fully immerse in literature and is an es-
sential part of our literacy sequence. We explored techniques such as Freeze Frame, Conscience
MRS. DYER Alley, and Hot Seating. As you can see, we had a lot of fun and will take these ideas back to the
classroom.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Literacy Immersion
Our children engaged in immersion activities to
launch their new literacy topic last week. The
Year 1 pupils joined in a play by Goldilocks and
the Three Bears. Afterwards, they enjoyed tast-
ing some porridge to see if it was ‘just right.’
The Year 2 children had their Baba Yaga experi-
ence and met ‘Baba Yaga’, which caused lots of
excited squeals!
There are many other ways for children to im-
merse themselves in a new genre. In year 6, the
children are studying stories with Flashbacks. To
help them understand this new concept, they
watched film clips from Matilda, Harry Potter
and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which
included scenes with flashbacks. Film is another
Dear Parents, easy avenue to demonstrate flashback, which is
Abuja Prep @ 10 an excellent place to start before the children
Term 2 has started with an air of excite- learn how to show it in their writing.
ment, as you can see from the photos. On In Year Four, the children are exploring fantasy
Monday, we celebrated our 10th Anniver- stories. They have begun with watching Charlie
sary. Some of our staff like Ms Goje, Ms and the Chocolate Factory and exploring what
Amelia, Ms Fasusi, Mr Elijah and Ms Helen, makes a story a ‘fantasy.’
one of our cooks, have been here since we New Parent Orientation In Year 5, the children are researching the fea-
opened with just seven children. We only We hope to see our new parents at our parent tures of an explanation text. They began by
have 1 of our original pupils still in school, Orientation Meetings on Thursday at the fol- choosing a topic they knew well and explaining
Oladisun Fasusi, who is now in year 6, who lowing times. an aspect of it verbally to the class.
started with us in Pre-playgroup on the first Early Years - 12:30. The Year 3 students are busy practising for their
day we opened. I hope you enjoy the pho- Key Stage 1 and 2 - 2:30 assembly, which will be held for parents next
tos; the children had fun this week making At these meetings, we will talk about school Thursday, 25th January, at 8 am.
the numbers for the countdown, releasing routines, the curriculum, communication, and
the balloons and eating the delicious cake. homework, and for the older children, explain Have a wonderful week, everyone!
We are delighted that some of our past par- the Cambridge Progress and Checkpoint tests.
ents and pupils have sent in videos, sharing There will be an opportunity to meet some of Best wishes
their memories and telling us about some of the staff and have any of your questions an-
the exciting things they have achieved since swered. Dominique Dyer.
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