The Crew did really well in this week’s activities! We learnt so much about food pyramids and setting the table. After this week the Crew are definitely more clued up with manners and etiquette!

The MANNERS song

We say thank you, we say please.

We don’t interrupt or tease.

We don’t argue.

We don’t fuss, listen when folks talk to us.

Share our toys and take our turn,

Manners are easy to learn.

After discussing the food pyramid, explaining that meat is protein and breads, pastas and rice is carbohydrates, we also explained that the bottom of the pyramid is what we need to eat the most of and as it moves up we need to eat less of. Right at the very top the children know they are only allowed a little bit of sugar and sweets, so only on weekends. You are welcome! Lol.

Music and Movement: This week for music and movement we started practicing for our concert. The Crew loved hearing all the new somgs that we are going to learn as well as doing the movements with the songs. ‘Ooo I think that I found myself a cheerleader..’ So exciting!

Mind Ninja’s topic this week was feeling scared. We went around to discuss what makes the Crew scared and what helps them feel better or comforts them when they are scared. At the beginning of each session we will give ourselves a big hug and repeat; I love me, I am special, I am brave, I am strong and I can do ANYTHING. So when we added being scared to our song, it was only appropriate to shout I AM BRAVE. We also made worry monsters, a purple one and an orange one. These little monsters will be on display in class and the kids will be able to draw a picture or ask one of us to do a write up to feed the worry monster, who loves to take away worries.

Since our colour of the week is orange, and orange is a secondary colour. The Crew teamed up to mix red and yellow hand prints to make orange. This was such a cute and fun activity. What a hit!

We did such a cute little activity on Wednesday morning where we helped the children set a table. This was such a great activity and the Crew even asked us a few interesting questions about it. If you have dinners at home where you have to set the table definitely ask them to help you.

The Crew coloured in a rainbow of fruits and veggies and WOW that beautiful colouring in was done! Please let your child colour and free draw at home, some of the Crew did get tired after only colouring in a few pictures and with our Grade we do, do more colouring in, writing and drawing to help prepare them for the work they will do in Grade R.

Important tips: Explain explain explain, at this age the Crew have a much better understanding and we can use this for teachable moments in your daily living. Especially when it comes to rules and when rules are broken. Use examples that you do yourself, this week I used the example that if I decided I wasn’t going to stop at the red light because I didn’t feel like it, what would happen? I also explained that we ALL have to follow rules everyone in the world. Use these teachable moments, the Crew also enjoy role play situations and acting out scenario’s. 

Next week’s theme: Safety

Our Healthy, Polite, Kind Crew!

This week in the Curious Crew class we focused a lot on healthy eating , we spoke about what we consider healthy food , and we took a good look at the food pyramid too. We covered every food group and spoke out what each food group does for our bodies.

We also spoke about good manners and good table manners , each child had a turn to say what they thought was bad table manners and good table manners.

Each day we focused on our counting and our phonic letter recognition too.

For art this week , we used magazines and each child had to find different food for their very own food pyramid, the class enjoyed being able to flip through magazines cutting out their favourite foods.

This is what happened in our Yoga this week :

Curious Crew Yoga 🤗

Today was Yoga Dice day! Shaking the magic box and seeing what 2 poses we had to do and for how many seconds we had to hold it was very exciting 😀

Our poses included:

Camel 🐫

Downward dog 🐕

Cat 🐈 and cow 🐄

Snake 🐍

3 legged dog

Dancers pose 💃🏻🕺🏻

Forward Bend

Backwards stretch

Table pose

Warrior

Butterfly/ heart pose

Relax pose

We also focused on our tracing of patterns and name writing too , with the constant practice and repetition, the curious crew will get this right in no time!!

Next weeks theme is : My Emotions ; Valentines Day

Our Crew!

This week the children learnt about the food pyramid and the importance of eating different vegetables, fruits, carbohydrates, sugars and proteins. The Crew filled in their very own food pyramid by sifting through wonderful magazine food images. They snipped out their favourite ones and stuck them onto their triangles. They had so much fun cutting and sticking! We also explained that the bottom of the pyramid is what we need to eat the most of and as it moves up, what we need to eat less of. So right at the very top the children know they are only allowed a little bit of sugar and sweets … only on weekends!

The Crew each did a ‘still life’ painting where they had to paint their version of the fruit bowl we placed in front of them. They absolutely loved this activity and it was awesome to see how they all saw it in a different way.

We had many chats in ring time all about healthy eating and manners. We had fun learning our orange and rectangle poem.

In Heart Matters teacher Hela taught us about the importance of breath and using it when we feel angry, scared or frustrated. The children were each given a butterfly which they had to try and breathe with on their lips. It was very cute to see.

The Crew are getting a lot more confident during Show and Tell and I think the boys and girls love to show their friends what they bring each week. We really encourage them to bring something every week as this promotes feeling apart of the lessons.

Tuesday evening is our Parents Info Evening. We hope to see everyone there.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Next week’s theme: Safety

Healthy Happy Kiddies!