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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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