What an exciting week we had with all sorts of pets visiting us at school!

Thank you to the parents who brought their pets to school for us to see. From big to small we loved them all. The Hoppers really enjoyed speaking about their pets and enjoyed learning more about how to care for our pets and the different kinds of pets we get, from shells and scales to fluff and spikes 

• Brylee brought her pet bearded dragon Skinny.
• Daniella brought her dog, Hugo.
• Theju brought her fish
• Courtney brought her grandads dog, Talula.
• Talyn brought his two doggies Benny and Bobby.

Our Hoppers were SO excited to say hello to all our fluffy, spikey and scaly friends!

To start off our week, our kiddies had a fun free drawing session. We asked them to draw their pet. Please ask your Hopper which of their pets they drew, it may just look like scribbles to the adult eye, but there is always so much meaning and a story behind them! Free drawing is perfect for sparking the imagination!

We incorporated our colour of the week black and our number of the week “10” and letter of the week by creating a “Pp” for Pets and Puppy. We started this activity by colouring in some ears, a tail and a mouth and nose. Next the Hoppers coloured in the letter “p” and then sponge painted 9 black spots onto their “P”. The final step was to compose our pup together! This activity is just one example of how we include fine motor skills, critical thinking and spatial perception, into our fun class time.

Our other pet art piece we made adorable pet parrots, we painted paper towel rolls/ toliet rolls brown for the branch. Our Hoppers then coloured in a picture of a parrot, they all did an amazing job and coloured them in beautifully. We added some feathers and stuck our parrots to the branches and added some ribon to make the braches hang. These are very cute pet parrots.

For cooking we made delicious dog biscuits out of only 2 ingredients – wholewheat flour and sweet potato baby purity! These treats have been tested on our school doggies, and we can confirm that they are a big hit!!

 Our music lesson this week was all about our sports day next week, we have been practicing some fun war cries to sing on the day… We can not wait for this fun day!!!

 It has been a great week.

Our theme next week is: Occupations and people who help us. If any parents would like to come and give our Happy Hoppers a “work talk”, please arrange with your teachers.

Our theme next week is: Occupations and people who help us

Have a safe and lovely weekend!

Happy Hoppers!