This is always one of our favourite themes! There’s something so special about seeing the Crew’s adorable drawings of their families and hearing the sweet stories that go along with them. 

One of the key lessons we focused on this week was that every family is different and unique. We had a fun discussion about what makes someone a granny or grandpa, and the class confidently answered, “When you get old!” To help illustrate the different family relationships, we drew a family tree on the board and showed how families branch out to include uncles, aunties, and cousins. 

 Arts & Creativity: 

🎨 For our first artwork, the Crew created beautiful stick frames and drew portraits of their families. They turned out BEAUTIFULLY! (Sorry, parents—these masterpieces are being saved for our annual art expo!) 

🖼️ For our second artwork, each child looked into a mirror and drew a self-portrait. These turned out too adorable not to save for the expo as well! 

 Exploring Colour: 

This week’s colour was PURPLE! The Crew paired up and mixed red and blue together, watching in amazement as their new colour appeared. Their little faces lighting up never gets old—it’s always such a magical moment! 

Music & Movement: 

This week, we explored different musical instruments and their unique sounds. We also introduced the Crew to different musical genres like rock, classical, and jazz. To help them feel the music, we did a fun activity where each child received a blank sheet of paper. As I played a song, they had to draw lines to represent how the music made them feel. It was so interesting to see the variety of responses! Rock ‘n’ Roll seemed to be the class favourite!  

 Fun Fit Sports: 

The Crew had a blast practicing their throwing and catching skills! They took turns tossing small plastic balls through a hula hoop held by a friend and then swapped roles. Teamwork and hand-eye coordination in action! 

 Fine Motor Fun: 

To strengthen those tiny muscles, the Crew used earbuds dipped in paint to trace numbers 1–10 before trying to write them on their own. Their little concentrating faces were just too cute! We also did a name tracing and writing activity using pastels—yes, it was a messy one, but totally worth the joy on their faces! 

 Math Concepts: 

This week, we introduced the ideas of shorter than, taller than, and equal to. The Crew had so much fun measuring each other and then drawing their friends who were taller or shorter than them in their workbooks. Hands-on learning at its best! 

 Yoga Time! 

This week’s yoga session was all about partner poses, focusing on teamwork, balance, and core strength. The Crew also practiced their Sun Salutation, a flowing sequence of six poses. What a wonderful way to build both strength and mindfulness! – Love, Teacher Nicole. 

 I am so incredibly proud of how much the Crew is learning and growing! Keep up the amazing work, little ones! 

Next week’s theme: My House 🏡 

Our Curious Crew Family!

This is one of our favourite themes! I love seeing how the Crew draw their little family members and the stories that go along with the drawings.

One of the most important points that we focused on when doing my family is emphasising that every family is different and unique. We asked the class if anyone knew what makes you a granny and grandpa, the answer was, ‘When you get old’ LOL So we did a little role play with the kids to find out. It was more entertaining for the Crew when we pair up children and said they were getting married… but they understood that only when your child has a child that’s when you become a Grandparents. Teacher Tegan also did a family tree on the board for us to show the class how your family branches out to Uncles, Aunties and cousins.

This week the Crew completed their first maths graph, so exciting and they did SO well! It was a bit of a long worksheet for them to complete and we did have to stop and carry on the next day but it was so great for them to see in a whole how many family members are in each household and to see some are more and some are less. They had to listen carefully to the instructions and concentrate on which number to colour to. I’m very proud of how well they all did in this exercise!

For artwork we did our families a little different… we made shape families. It came out BEAUTIFULLY!!!!! Sorry everyone this one is going to be saved for the art expo.

When it comes to identifying the polygon shapes it can get a little tricky. So we did a worksheet where to identify the Pentagon, Hexagon and Octagon. This was a little tricky as they had to look carefully at which one they were colouring the correct colour. But it’s good to challenge our children and their thinking.

Music and Movement for this week we practiced our concert songs and dance moves as well as war cries for our upcoming Sports Day this Saturday. We can’t wait the Crew are very excited and I’m sure we are going to rock it!

We hope all the Crew enjoyed their little Stop Sign biscuits, because they sure did enjoy decorating them! Us teacher’s couldn’t keep up with, ‘Teacher when is it my turn?’ and ‘Can we eat them now?’ LOL

Fun Fit Sports was a busy one! We did a full run down of all the Sports Day activities, the Crew are well prepared and very excited! I think more excited for all the war cries they will be shouting! Let’s go Curious Crew, let’s go!

Yay-yay for Yoga! In today’s yoga class we focused on our core strengths. We played the bubble popping game whereby each yogi must lie on their tummy in superhero pose and by lifting both arms (and elbows) off the ground, try to reach out to pop the bubbles. This exercise benefits their visual tracking skills, hand/eye coordination, sensory processing skills, as well as all the benefits Tummy-time offers!

Let’s all have a wonderful Sport’s Day tomorrow, we are all super excited!!!

Next week’s theme: My house

Our Curious Crew Family!