Welcome to Term 2 and welcome back from the April holidays! We had a wonderful week back at school and all the Crew were very happy to be back and in the swing of things. 

I love our morning ring time sessions, it was lovely to hear what all the Crew got up to on their holiday as well as get some serious learning done in those ring time sessions. This was also about Mommies and their Babies. We went over a few different animals and the names of their babies. Here are a few: 

• Cow and a calf  
• Horse and a foal  
• Duck and a duckling  
• Chicken and a chick 
• Goose and a gosling  
• Donkey and a foal  
• Goat and a kid 
• Dog and a puppy 
• Cat and a kitten 
• Pig and a piglet 
• Kangaroo and a Joey 

• Sheep and a lamb 
• Lion and a cub 
• Rabbit and a bunny 

Go over a few of these at home and see how many your child can remember.  

This is one of the most special weeks as this Sunday is Mother’s Day and we just love making our special Mother’s Day gift! We know you are going to love it and treasure it forever! 

We also did a cute little questionnaire with the Crew on you Mom’s, we apologies for some of the ages but it’s so cute to read their answers. On the front of your card you will find that we combined symmetry and art together, because learning can be artistic too! 

This week we recapped and touched on the first 6 letters of our Jolly Phonics letters. We wrote the letters sang the songs of the sounds and played a game where the Crew each had a turn to find each one of those letters amongst all the alphabet letters. By Thursday we did ‘s a t  p i n’ assessment and the Crew did SO well! 97% of the class were able to recognise all 6 letters, how amazing. 

Assessments are going to be taking place in the next few weeks. Please do not keep your child at home unless it is completely necessary. We like to make sure each child has a fair chance for a proper assessment and an accurate report.  

We did a perceptual worksheet this week with a red arrow to the left and a yellow arrow to the left. Then the Crew had to look at the blank arrows and colour them the correct colour seeing what direction they are and what colour they needed to be.  

This week in our music and movement lesson, we added another song to our concert practice and added another verse to a song we were already practicing. Our dancing song with coordinated moves is looking fantastic and the Crew show great energy and enthusiasm. I think we are going to have a lovely concert this year!  

At FunFit Sports this week the Crew concentrated on 

Yoga is such a favourite in the Curious Crew class! This week it was a yoga refresher after the long holiday. They went through all the yoga poses and breathing exercises. Next week we will start the Winter yoga programme which of course the kiddies are going to enjoy. 

 Next week’s theme: Farming – Vegetables and fruit 

Our Crew!