Hello there beautiful Happy Hopper Parents. 

This week we learnt about a very special place called South Africa. 

🐘 Amazing Animals 

South Africa is home to some of the world’s most famous animals. You can find lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and even playful penguins! People go on safaris to see these animals in the wild. 

🏞 Beautiful Places 

South Africa has mountains, beaches, and even deserts. One of the most famous mountains is Table Mountain, which looks like a giant table! Children love to take a cable car ride to the top and see the city below. 

🎶 Music and Dancing 

In South Africa, people love to sing, dance, and play drums. The music is happy and makes you want to move your feet! 

🍞 Yummy Food 

Children in South Africa enjoy eating tasty foods like pap (a porridge made from corn), sweet koeksisters (a yummy, syrupy treat), and fresh fruit like oranges and grapes. 

We did a little maths graph to see which was their favourite food and for some reason most of them said burgers.  

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Friendly People 

South Africa is sometimes called the Rainbow Nation because people from many different cultures and languages live together. Children learn to say “hello” in different ways, like: 

“Sawubona” (Zulu) 

“Molo” (Xhosa) 

“Hello” (English) 

🌟 Fun Fact 

Did you know? South Africa has 11 official languages! That’s more than almost any other country in the world. 

This has been an amazing and super busy week. We carried on working on our art expo pieces. For our art we worked on our fine motor skills and collaged a picture of the South African flag by tearing and sticking pieces of paper. This is a wonderful skill to strengthen their fine motor muscles. 

We sung South African songs including the National Anthem. This was so interesting as some of the Hoppers call our Anthem “the rugby song”  

I’m so blessed to be a pre-school teacher listening to all these wonderful stories I hear from our Hoppers. 

We hope you have an amazing weekend. 

Our Hoppers!