Welcome to EP1 Red

Dear EP1 Red parents,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome my new pupils to Varee Chiangmai School and you to this new EP1 Red classroom blog.

My name is teacher Chaz and I have been a “young learners” teacher here at Varee Chiangmai school for 4 and a half years.

Some of you may know me already because I will have taught your child whilst I was a teacher within the kindergarten department. I taught in the kindergarten department for 3 and a half years before I became an EP1 teacher.

If you are interested in what and how I taught whilst I was a kindergarten teacher than please feel free to visit my kindergarten blog by clicking on the link below.

  http://www.vareekindergarten.ac.th/mr-chazs-blog.html

I am very proud to have worked at Varee Chiangmai School for so long and I am even prouder that I am blessed in being able to do a job that I truly love.

This blog will allow you as parents to catch a glimpse of what your child is learning and what fun activities they will be participating in throughout their first year of English Programme 1.

This blog will also allow parents to add comments and to save images or download videos which may be of interest to them.

The EP1 Red blog will keep parents up to date with up and coming events and important information regarding your child’s English language development inside and outside the EP1 Red classroom.

I will try my very best to keep this blog updated on a regular basis.

summer camp lion project

summer camp ladybird puppets

We all love Varee Chiangmai School

Finally please try to support this blog and of course your children by posting comments or questions by clicking on the “leave a comment” tab highlighted on the right hand side of each post.

summer camp monkey project

If you would like to follow the Ep1 Red blog and receive notices which will be sent to your e-mail than all you have to do is to click the “follow” button highlighted in white, which is also located on the right hand side of the screen.

The Ep1 Red boys

The EP1 Red girls

Finally I would just like to say that if you have any questions or comments which you would like to talk to me about in person than I am always available to talk to during school hours between the hours of 8:50am and 4:15pm.

Thank you very much for visiting and I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Kind regards………………….Teacher Chaz.

Free CD with images for EP1 Red parents

Dear EP1 Red parents,

I have recently been inundated by numerous calls from EP1 Red parents/guardians who have requested the CD which I gave to a few parents towards the end of the academic year which contained images of their child participating in some of the various lessons and activities which they undertook during the whole year.

Rest assured that I will give out the CDs to those parents who as yet have not received one on the first day back from the end of year holidays.

The CDs were made during my own time out of school hours and each CD for each specific child takes no less than 1 hour to complete, this includes filtering through thousands of individual images , writing down the numbers of the specific photos than copying these selected photos into a file, to then be burned onto a CD.

Towards the end of the academic year my priority is to mark all the exam papers along with a lot of other school related administrative work, so unfortunately I did not have the time to create CDs for all of my children.

Again I must mention that the CDs are free and it is with great pleasure and pride that I give each and every child of my very first English Programme 1 class a copy, so that they and of course you as parents/guardians can remember and reflect upon some of the many fun activities and classes they have studied and taken part in as part of their English language development here at Varee Chiangmai School.

I look forward to meeting and talking with you all in the new academic year.

Kind regards………………..Teacher Chaz.

School Closed and Last Day of School

Dear Ep1 Red parents,

School will be closed on Wednesday the 29th of February.

The children will have to return back to school on Thursday the 1st of February.

Thursday the 1st of February will also be the last day of school.

Kind regards…………………..Teacher Chaz.

END OF YEAR TEST SCHEDULE

Dear EP1 red parents,

Below are the specific dates and times when the children of EP 1 will take their tests. Please take note.

ENGLISH

THURSDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2012 — PERIOD 2 – 9:05 – 9:55am

SCIENCE 

THURSDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2012 – PERIOD 4 – 11:55 – 12:45pm

SOCIAL

 THURSDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2012 – PERIOD 6 – 1:35 – 2:45pm

MATHS 

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2012 — PERIOD 1 – 8:15 – 9:05 am

HEALTH 

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2012 — PERIOD 3 – 10:05 – 10:55 am

CAT 

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2012 — PERIOD 4 – 11:55 – 12:45 pm

ART 

FRIDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2012 — PERIOD 5 – 12:45 – 1:35 pm

Kind regards……………………………….Teacher Chaz.

END OF YEAR REVISION GUIDELINES 2012

Dear Parents below is the necessary information all the children of EP1 are required to revise and be familiar with.

ENGLISH      

Spelling 100 words (EP1 100 word spelling test notice for the spelling words.)

Vocabulary from the Family and Friends books.

Grammar from the Family and Friends books.        

                                                                                                                                                           

MATHS

1. Ordering numbers- 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 5’s 10’s and 100’s.
2. Place of value- tens and ones.
3. Recognising odd and even numbers.
4. Money- addition and subtraction, both sums and written.

-      Recognise coins and notes of different value.

-      Show a sum using different coins.

1. Measurements- long, longer, shorter. Tall taller, shorter.

- High, higher, lower, heavier, lighter.

6. Shapes- 2-D only. How many sides and corners on each shape.

- matching shapes to their names.

7. Multiplication- groups, sums and language in 2X’s, 3X’s, 5X’s times tables.

8. Time- O’clock, half past, time language.

                                                                                                                                                           

SCIENCE

Natural – man made/Living things and Non-living things/what a plant needs/woody stem-soft stem plants/soft and hard/Vertebrates and Invertebrates/Mammals/Fish/Birds/Reptiles/Amphibians, Insects, Arachnids, Crustaceans, Forces,

Materials-wood-metal-plastic/Weather,The Solar System.

                                                                                                                                                           

CAT

Morning, Routine, rooms of the house, objects in each room, clothes, colours, chores

                                                                                                                                                           

HEALTH

The 5 senses/ Food plate/ Healthy food/How to wash your hands/Teeth care/How to keep clean/Road safety/Symptoms of illness

                                                                                                                                                           

SOCIAL

Read a family tree, occupations, religions, compass directions, read a map.

                                                                                                                                                            

Kind regards……………………Teacher Chaz.

Field Trip to Royal Flora Ratchaphruek

Welcome back to all EP1 red parents,

On Thursday the 9th of February all the children of EP 1 went on a fun educational field trip to the Royal Flora. One of the most famous and most prominent garden and biodiversity exhibitions in Thailand.

The aim of this field trip was to highlight the importance of conservation and saving vital resources such as water. The children learned about the importance of horticulture and farming in Thailand especially highlighting the importance of self-sufficient farming in rural communities.

Throughout the duration of the field trip the children were given mini-tasks and short investigative projects to carry out in order to aid and enhance their learning. This integrated and hands on approach to learing about conservation, plants and horticulture proved to be immensely successful as you can see from the images below. Enjoy!

ep1 red children waiting for the mini bus

meeting a new friend

A new friend

project based learning

Tee-Tee hard at work

Fern Preem and Muaylek

Time taking notes

Kim working hard

Sa-Sa and Anna

Patrick

Ceylan with a new friend

Muaylek hiding from the teacher

Hello Tonnam!

Grace showing off her work.

Colin hard at work.

Yok and Jiab

Ceylan again!

Colin again!

Juliette loves flowers.

Anna taking notes.

Milin and Houng

Fern working hard.

Vavy working hard, away from the crowd.

Lunch time

Varee School Nurse treating a minor graze

Bungie has found something.

Inside a multi-sensory media pod learning about ecology.

Multi-sensory media pod 2

Inside the 3D 360 degree cinema.

I hope you enjoyed the images and thank you so much for visiting my blog.

Kind regards……………………………Teacher chaz.

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ให้แก่เด็กๆ ในวันเสาร์ที่ 11 กุมภาพันธ์ และวันเสาร์ที่ 18 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555

ในช่วงเวลา 9.00-12.00 น. ณ ห้องEP1 RED

      กระผมจะจัดคอร์สดังกล่าวขึ้น หากมีเด็กๆห้องEP 1 RED เข้าร่วมอย่างน้อย 5 คนขึ้นไป และกระผมจะยินดีมากหากมีเด็กๆสนใจเพิ่มเติม

หากผู้ปกครองมีความประสงค์ต้องการให้เด็กๆเข้าร่วมคอร์สนี้ กรุณาตอบรับและส่งคืนคุณครูประจำชั้นก่อนวันพฤหัสที่ 9 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555

                                                                         ด้วยความเคารพ

                                                                         Teacher Chaz

EXTRA REVISION CLASSES FOR EP1 RED PUPILS

Dear EP1 parents and guardians,

 I am happy to announce that I will be holding 2 revision lessons which will take place in the EP1 red classroom between the hours of 9am and 12pm on Saturday the 11^th and Saturday the 18^th of February.

I will only hold these lessons if at least 5 EP1 red children can attend.

I will be very happy if more will come.

If you are interested in your child attending then can you please sign the letter given to your child and return it to me before Thursday the 9^th of February.

Kind regards

Teacher Chaz.

p.s. The lessons are free.

END OF YEAR IMPORTANT DATES

Dear EP1 parents please take note of the following dates listed below:

100 word spelling test – MONDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2012

EP1 end of year tests –  MONDAY 22nd, TUESDAY 23rd and WEDNESDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2012. 

Last day of school – FRIDAY 2nd MARCH 2012.

Summer Camp – THURSDAY 22ND MARCH to THURSDAY 26TH APRIL 2012.

School starts – THURSDAY 10th MAY 2012.

If you have any further questions than please do not hesitate to approach me during school hours.

Thank you……………………………………Teacher Chaz.

EP1 100 Word Spelling Test

Dear EP1 Red parents,

The EP1 end of year 100 word spelling test will take place on Monday the 20th of February.

The score of this spelling test will go towards your child’s end of year English grade.

The 100 words the children will need to be able to spell are below:

cupboard	lunch	straight	pear
rug	dinner	curly	grapes
pillow	meat	rectangle	share
solid	yogurt	square	today
liquid	carrot	triangle	tomorrow
gas	rice	tall	teacher
confused	bread	head	pupil
bored	planet Earth	thorax	fireman
excited	a globe	abdomen	housewife
afraid	North and South	an insect	pilot
feelings	East and West	money	farmer
tidy up	a map	upstairs	policeman
Chiang Mai	soil	downstairs	a picture
Thailand	sand	a flat	slide
city	silt	mosquito	swing
country	clay	seatbelt	seesaw
Asia	giraffe	helmet	net
continent	little	ant	tree
land	short	spider	ice cream
water	homework	lunch box	swimming pool
rocks	to cough	sandwich	queen
letter	to sneeze	a drink	umbrella
to learn	arachnids	biscuit	plant
beautiful	scorpions	a chick	root
breakfast	safety	tomato	leaf

These 100 words have been taken from the most latest spelling tests the children have already completed,so the children will already be familiar with the meaning and the spelling of these words, however we do strongly encourage parents to please revise these 100 words with their children in order to ensure greater recall when it comes to the test.

The words the children will need to spell may not necessarily be in any particular order so we do advise parents to mix up the order when revising them with their children.

I will of course  be revising the 100 words with the children of EP1 Red on a regular basis  in order to ensure the children will receive the very best grades they can achieve.

If you have any further questions regarding your child’s English language development than please do not hesitate to approach me during school hours.

Kind regards……………………………….Teacher Chaz.