This week we learned all about “My House”! It is a very fun theme as children get to tell us all about their homes, their favorite rooms, all about what their room looks like and what they have inside it, and who lives in their homes.  

We spent a lot of time talking about what makes a house – walls, doors and windows, a roof. The walls are usually made with bricks and cement and then we paint the walls in nice colours that we like. Then we fill the house with furniture. We put a nice couch in the lounge to sit on and watch tv (and NOT to jump on or off of… haha). We set a table in the kitchen or the dining room to eat at. We have a bed in our bedrooms to sleep on and in the bathroom, there is a shower or a bath or maybe both, where we can wash our bodies after a long and happy day at school! 

Then we had a chat about what makes a home… mommies and/or daddies (even if they don’t live in the same house) who love us, brothers and sisters to play with, food to eat together at night while we talk to each other about our days, pets to look after and fun to be had, a place to always feel safe and looked after and happy – this makes a house a home! 

Any building can be used as a house and some houses are very, very big! They are called mansions. Other houses are very small and made with wood or tin or boards. Those are called shacks or cabins. Some houses have two levels, or even three! Some only have one. Some have lots and lots of rooms and windows and others only have one or two! This doesn’t matter. Any building can be a house but it is important to fill that house with love and happiness and call it a home! Our very clever Bugs definitely understood this concept and we are very proud of them. 

 For art this week, we created a super fun, interactive piece. 

We used cereal boxes for the bass tray or the “garden”, decorated cardboard off-cuts for the wall and recycled gift bags for the roof. 

The fun part about this art piece, is what it does… 

In the tray, you will find a pack of grass seeds and a block of peat soil.  

Put the block of peat soil in a bowl and add some water. Once it is all separated and “mushy”, you can add this to the tray, plant the grass seeds, and watch your front garden grow. 

Like all gardens, this one needs to be watered and “mowed” regularly, so that it stays beautiful and fresh. 

Have fun tending to your garden!!! 

Our Moral Conscious/Messy Play activity was a fun but very important skill that we are working hard on instilling in our Bugs at the moment: Gentleness. 

On Thursday, we gave each Bug an egg. Teacher Gemma explained to them that even though the egg is hard on the outside, it can break very easily if it is handled too rough. The same can be applied to our friends. Although they can be tough and strong, if we play too rough with them, they can get hurt. Inevitably, the egg will break, but the subliminal message instilled in the children is lasting. 

Of course, we very quickly had a few broken eggs, but were very proud to say that most of the eggs lasted for about 5 minutes, and a few Bugs held onto theirs even longer! 

And what better to do with broken eggs than squish and squash them with our hands afterwards! 

Just a few reminders: 

• Please keep nails short, so we don’t have any scratching accidents!
• Please, please, please, NO TOYS ARE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL!
• Please ensure any morning snacks are healthy. Try to avoid chips, sugary biscuits and sweets.
• No juice in water bottles. This encourages sharing and we want to keep “our own germs to ourselves”.
• A reminder to please send hats back to school if they are taken home. 
• Please label everything!

 Just a reminder to please PRIVATE MESSAGE Teacher Gemma so that we can organise a day where your Bug can bring their pet in (for a few minutes in the morning) and show them off to the class next week. 

 This week’s secret question: If you could have a holiday home anywhere in the world, where would it be? 

 Thank you for another lovely week of fun! 

Next Week’s Theme: My Pets 

Our Busy Bugs!

This week we learnt all about “My House”! It is a fun theme as children get to tell us all about their homes, their favourite rooms, all about what their room looks like and what they have inside it, and who lives in their homes. We spent a lot of time talking about what makes a house – walls, doors and windows, a roof. The walls are made with bricks and cement and then we paint the walls in nice colours that we like. Then we fill the house with furniture. We put a nice couch in the lounge to sit on and watch tv (and NOT to jump on or off of… haha). We set a table in the kitchen or the dining room to eat at. We have a bed in our bedrooms to sleep on and in the bathroom, there is a shower or a bath or maybe both, where we can wash our bodies after a long and happy day at school!

Then we had a chat about what makes a HOME… mommies and daddies (even if they don’t live in the same house) who love us, brothers and sisters to play with, food to eat together at night while we talk to each other about our days, pets to look after and to have fun with, a place to always feel safe and looked after and happy – this makes a house a home!

Any building can be used as a house and some houses are very, very big! They are called mansions. Other houses are very small and made with wood or tin or boards. Those are called shacks or cabins. Some houses have two levels, or even three! Some only have one. Some have lots and lots of rooms and windows and others only have one or two! This doesn’t matter. Any building can be a house but it is most important to fill that house with love and happiness and call it a home! Our very clever Bugs definitely understood this concept and we are very proud of them.

We also made “fantasy houses.” The Bugs got given a big square, small squares, rectangles, and triangles, and were asked to build their own house out of shapes. This was a completely independent activity, and other than putting the glue on the shapes, the teachers had absolutely nothing to do with. It is so incredible to observe the spatial and observation skills of these Bugs, some of them knew that the big square is the building, and the tringle roof goes on top of that. The rectangle door goes in the middle and the small windows go on the front. 

Just a few reminders…

Keep nails short, so we don’t have any scratching accidents!

Please, please, please, NO TOYS ARE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL!

No juice in water bottles. This encourages sharing and we want to keep ”our own germs to ourselves”.

If you have any exciting pets at home, please PRIVATE MESSAGE Teacher Gemma and we can organise a day where your Bug could bring their pet in (for a few minutes in the morning) and show them off to the class next week.

This week’s secret question: If you could have a holiday home anywhere, where would it be?

Thank you for another lovely week of fun!

Next Week’s Theme: My Pets

Under Our Busy Bugs Roof !