August, 2014

To All Parents of Pre-Nursery children,

Welcome to what deems to be a very exciting year in Pre-Nursery here at
The British College of Brazil. My name is Mrs. Peres and I will be your
childs teacher alongside Miss Mariano who will be our Classroom Helper
throughout the school year of 2014-15.
We have had a wonderful start to our year. The children are already
working on the topic Myself and they seem to be having a lot of fun with
it. They have been working hard to make up their own paper face, to make
faces with shaving foam and, to recognise and play with their names.
The topics for this 1
st
Term will be: Myself, Family & Friends, Nursery
Rhymes and Christmas. These will help us work in all seven areas of
learning, focusing on skills that will help them embrace their first
school/learning experience. The topics will be explored by experimenting
reality within the classroom as well as the other spaces in school. If you
feel like there is any contribution you could make to any of these topics,
making it even more relatable to them, please let us know.
We also have teachers to teach specialist subjects here at BCB. Mr. Cardoso
will be teaching Physical Education and Miss Ramos will be teaching Music.
The following table shows you some examples of the types of skills that the
children will be developing this term:

Personal Social and Emotional
Development
Separates from main carer with support
and encouragement from a familiar
adult.
Is interested in others play and
starting to join in.
Seeks comfort from familiar adults
when needed.
Shows understanding and cooperates
with some boundaries and routines.
Communication and Language
Literacy
Listens with interest to the noises
adults make when they read stories.
Identifies action words by pointing to
the right picture, e.g., Who is
jumping?
Uses gestures, sometimes with limited
talk, e.g. reaches toward a toy,
saying I have it
Repeats words or phrases from
familiar stories.
Begins to distinguish between the
different marks they make.

Physical Development
Runs safely on whole foot.
Climbs confidently and is beginning to
pull themselves up on nursery play
climbing equipment.
Turns pages in a book, sometimes
several at once.
Feeds self competently with a spoon.
Drinks well without spilling.
Maths
Shows an interest in numbers and
counting.
Selects a small number of objects
from a group when asked, for
example, please give me one, please
give me two.
Uses some language of quantities,
such as more and a lot.
Begins to use the language of size.
Understanding of the World
Has a sense of immediate family and
relations.
In pretend play, imitates everyday
actions and events from own family
and cultural background.
Enjoys play with small world models
such as a farm, a garage, or a train
track.
Shows interest in ICT equipment.
Expressive Arts and Design
Joins in singing favourite songs.
Experiments with blocks, colours and
marks.
Beginning to make believe by
pretending.

Learning opportunities in specialist lessons:
Music
The children will begin to explore simple
beats. They will begin to handle some
percussion instruments and start
learning how to combine music and
movements. They will also begin to
recognize the difference of high and
low sounds. They will start to learn
about call and response songs.

PE
Games - Children will be developing
basic skills of sending and receiving
objects such as small and big balls,
beanbags and hoops. They will work in
small groups and individually.
Gymnastics - Children will be
developing and refining their gross
motor skills and coordination by
copying patterns performed by the
teacher.
Dance - Children will learn about
different movement ideas and to see
whether or not they can copy simple
movements in time with the music.
They will be developing skills of
linking singing and dancing
altogether, individually, in pairs or
small groups.




You can follow what your child is learning at school by looking at our class
webpage. The link to access this page will be e-mailed to you every Friday,
directing you to the most recent updates. The website will contain photos
and videos as well as important upcoming information and dates. It is only
accessible to Pre-Nursery parents.
If you have any questions, or need to pass on important information
regarding your child, please write to me via the e-mail address below. E-
mails are checked regularly throughout the day and, where necessary, I
will respond as soon as possible. If you have got something more urgent,
please call the school receptionist.
I am truly excited already with how the children are enjoying school life.
I believe that we can make an excellent addition to the way you educate
your child. I hope that you will feel just as responsible for achieving all of
these goals as we do. Let the learning begin!
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Peres Miss Mariano
Pre-Nursery Teacher Pre-Nursery Classroom Helper
fernanda.peres@britishcollegebrazil.org