Welcome back to the second half of the second term! We hope that you all have had a wonderful break and are ready to take on the rest of the term!  

Do you have green skin? Do you shed the skin you’re in? Can you change the colour, too? Turn from green to red to blue. 

Do you live among the trees? Blending in with sticks and leaves. 

Then you are a chameleon! 

This was a super busy week for the Crew! Especially when the Reptiles came to visit and we all got to touch and hold weird and wonderful creatures. This show is always interesting and has so much information about the animals. Thank you for another amazing show Julian! 

For art this week, we decided it would be a cool idea for the Crew to make their own Reptile booklets. We set out a displayed and instructed the children to draw first in black as the outline and then to colour in the pictures they had drawn. These came out so beautifully and we have decided to keep them for Art Expo. 

A few other activities we did this week was a colour by alphabet worksheet, and wow the Crew impressed with how well they know their letters. Super work Crew! We also completed a dot to dot worksheet as well as a little hexagon tortoise. This was a 3 part exercise with different stages. The Crew were shown a picture of different tortoise shells and they had to choice which pattern they wanted to colour theirs. Then they had to cut out the hexagon as well as the tortoises little legs, head and tail. Then stick all the pieces together to form a tortoise. 

During our ringtime sessions, we discussed all the facts about what makes a reptile a reptile. They are cold-blooded which means they need the sun to help keep them warm. Reptiles also lay eggs and have scaly skin that can also shed. Most reptiles can be kept as pets and they need lots of care to make sure they live long and healthy lives. 

Concert practice is going well and we are getting more and more excited to show off all the hard work we have put into one of the best themed concerts we have!  

In music this week Teacher Mo helped us out with concert songs and we went over beats and rhythms. The Crew are separated into 4 groups and on the count of 1 2 3 4 each group has a turn to clap and stamp to their assigned number beat.  

For cooking this week, when we had chips and fish finger the Crew got to fry their own chippies, this was also a lesson in safety in the kitchen when working with hot oil by the hot stove. Did you see how well they ate? Food always tastes better when they have prepared it themselves. Great work my Crew!  

Letter challenge will resume, please keep practicing though very important letters! 

Gerry will be going home with…J  

Next week’s theme: Dinosaurs (One of the best themes! YAY) 

Our Crew!