***Child/ Tama: Yasir. Teacher/ Kaiako: Naema.

Date:
2nd May/ Haratua, 2018. An-Nur childcare Centre.

Asalamo Alaikum, kia Ora! Yasir, your last story was about
your developing strategies for active exploration, thinking,
problem solving and reasoning skills.
During the last few weeks you have been consistently
exposed to a number of new activities that engaged you in
collaborative learning such as gardening, making pizza,
reciting surah and waking up for pretend Suhoor during
Ramadan. We also encourage you to write your name on art
work related to Ramadan to promote your literacy and
writing skills.

We are so
excited to do
gardening!

I found out
that I have to
keep a mask
on my face and
wear gloves to
protect myself
from toxic
chemicals
present in the
compost!
 Yasir lets
practice
writing your
name!

I want to see Ayaan’s

picture.
I want to see his name and
how happy he looks. (Yasir
is developing the understanding
of the world around him.)
.

According to your individual learning plan, we set-up a

science experiment “Volcano Explosion” outside in the
sandpit. You showed your interest by getting the spade to
create the mountain and participate in responding to the
questions asked related to the science and geography
experiment while developing the understanding of the
chemical reaction taking place; baking soda and vinegar. To
make it more visible we added red colouring, you intuitively
responded saying it happened because a red colour is hot but
when we added blue colouring to the soda and you were very
surprised. We talked about how a volcano ruptures, allow
hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma
chamber below the surface of the Earth and how it changes
the geographical condition of the earth.

What learning is happening?

Yasir, you have been developing the understanding of the
world around you. You have been thinking and reasoning and
making the sense of natural, physical and material world.
Yasir you have associated the red colour with explosion of
lava and its’ properties of having a hot temperature.
Yasir Voice: Masha Allah I am learning how the surface of the
earth changes.
How can we extend this learning?

Yasir we will further assist you to

promote your learning and find
strategies to further engage your
active exploring, thinking and
reasoning skills by inviting and
encouraging you to be involved in our
Ramadan Fun Programme activities.

Parent’s and cares givers’ Contribution: