Moral conscious theme: IB Principle – Reflective: We explained to the Squad how important it is to give thought and consideration to their learning and choices and that they must act with honesty. They must not be afraid of failing and making mistakes as this will help them grow and improve. We reminded them that it is okay to ask for help and that they will not face challenges alone.   

Writing and Phonics: This week the Squad worked hard on remembering and reading their new sight word for the week “it” and “the”. We also played a fun game where the Squad had to go hunt for their sight words around the classroom. We are very impressed by how the Squad have remembered their sight words, please keep practicing sight words at home too. We also practiced letter formations in our workbooks using the “cat method”. – Great work Squad! 

Mathematics: This week the Squad practiced counting backwards from 30-0 and number names 1-10. We completed additional sums using concrete objects using our whiteboards. We then practiced number formation 1-10 in our workbooks. 

Cooking: For our cooking class this week, the Squad did an interesting experiment where we made our own Crunchy Rock Candy, using ice-cream sticks, boiling water, food colouring and sugar. The Squad were fascinated by how the crystals were formed, once the water temperature decreased more molecules joined the sugar crystals.  

Creative Art: The Squad did an activity based on different states of matter, gas- oxygen, liquid- water and solid- ice. They understood this concept well and added different materials to differentiate the distances between the particles, such as the solid keeps the particles together tightly enough so that the particles do not move past eachother. 

Afrikaans: The Squad completed a worksheet where they had to fill in the correct letter to complete the word next to the picture, such as “oomys”, they added in an “r” to form the word “roomys” (ice-cream). We recapped on body parts, colours and animals in afrikaans. Be sure to ask your child the different colours in Afrikaans, we are super proud of how they remember these. Way to go Squad! 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

We’ve had a blast!