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My Family

Mar 7, 2025

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My Family

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Purple

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Pentagon

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7

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LETTER

Gg – Granny

IB Principle: Caring – We explained how important it is to have respect, compassion and empathy towards the feelings and needs of others. We practiced this by complimenting our friends and showing how much we care for them by filling their love tanks.  

 Writing and Phonics: This week the Squad received two new sight words, ‘mom” and “dad”. We are impressed with how they are remembering their sight words, their little faces light up each time they realise they can “read”, hehe to cute! – Please keep practicing sight words at home too. They Traced the letters “p”,” q”, and “r” in their workbooks, followed by writing their name using the “cat method”. –  Great work Squad! 

Mathematics:  For maths this week the Squad practiced counting from 30 and back as well as completed addition sums up to 10 using the “counting on method”.  

Cooking: The Squad focused on talking about what different measurements we use in the kitchen – is it ml or can it be grams or can it be kilograms. We also had an activity where they placed the heaviest to the lightest.  

Creative Art: The Squad made their own picture frames made out of a wooden house using ice cream sticks,  they then drew their family inside, they came out super cute!  

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Have a wonderful family-time weekend!

    Dates to Diarise:

19 March: Haircut Day

19 March: Pet Demo Day

21 March: Public Holiday (Human Rights Day)

4 April: Break Up Day

7 April: Holiday Club Starts

18 April: Easter Weekend Good Friday

21 April: Easter Weekend Family Day

28 April: Public Holiday (Freedom Day)

1 May: Public Holiday (Workers Day)

2 May: Holiday Club Ends

5 May: Staff Return 

6 May: Start of Term 2

 

Lots of love

Teacher Carla, Teacher Hayley and the Smart Squad Assistants 

Our Smart Squad Family!

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