Welcome back to the second half of the second term. We hope you all had a restful, happy break and are ready for everything the rest of the term has in store. 

Do you have green skin? Do you shed the skin you’re in? Can you change colour, too? Turn from green to red to blue. Do you live among the trees, blending in with sticks and leaves? Then you are a chameleon!  

It was a super busy week and the Crew did so well. For art, we decided it would be a great idea for the children to make their own reptile booklets. We showed them various pictures of reptiles, and they were instructed to draw an outline in black before colouring in their own versions. The results were beautiful, and we’ll be keeping them for our upcoming Art Expo. 

We also created an “L for Lollipop” art piece this week which we know you’ll love. Another hands-on activity took place in the sandpit where the children were asked to copy a picture using only their fingers in the sand, which gave them a fantastic fine motor challenge. 

To revise our numbers, we used playdough in a multi-step activity. The children formed numbers out of playdough, traced the number name and digit, added a playdough dot on their chosen number from a group, and finally matched the correct number of playdough balls into a table of blocks. It was a fun and effective way to reinforce number concepts. 

During ring-time, we spoke about all the characteristics that make a reptile a reptile. We learned that reptiles are cold-blooded, which means they need the sun to help keep them warm. They lay eggs, have scaly skin, and many can shed their skin as they grow. The Crew were fascinated to learn that some reptiles can even be kept as pets, though they need lots of care and attention to stay healthy. 

We also watched a few videos about reptiles to help bring the learning to life. The visuals and facts really helped cement the concepts discussed earlier in the week. 

To continue reinforcing our letter learning, we’ve been singing along to Jolly Phonics and focusing on both identifying the letter names and the sounds they make. The Crew are making such great progress with this foundational skill. 

Concert practice is progressing very well. The Crew are enthusiastic and determined, and many already know all the words to their songs. We’ve started practicing on stage to get comfortable with our choreography, and the excitement is definitely building. We can’t wait to showcase what we’ve been working on. 

Yoga was a highlight again this week. Our session included patting the body from toes to head to stimulate the lymphatic system. We danced and stretched to the song “The Jungle Yoga Freeze” and used fun animal poses like lion, tiger, cat, dog, snake, eagle, and crocodile. We ended off our session with balloon breath and some peaceful quiet time. 

Letter Challenge resumes this week with the letters O and P. Please continue practicing at home. Learning letters is so important in helping your child build confidence in both writing and reading. 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Next Week’s Theme: Space 🌌🪐🚀 

Our Crew!

Welcome back to the second half of the second term! We hope that you all have had a wonderful break and are ready to take on the rest of the term!  

Do you have green skin? Do you shed the skin you’re in? Can you change the colour, too? Turn from green to red to blue. 

Do you live among the trees? Blending in with sticks and leaves. 

Then you are a chameleon! 

This was a super busy week for the Crew! Especially when the Reptiles came to visit and we all got to touch and hold weird and wonderful creatures. This show is always interesting and has so much information about the animals. Thank you for another amazing show Julian! 

For art this week, we decided it would be a cool idea for the Crew to make their own Reptile booklets. We set out a displayed and instructed the children to draw first in black as the outline and then to colour in the pictures they had drawn. These came out so beautifully and we have decided to keep them for Art Expo. 

A few other activities we did this week was a colour by alphabet worksheet, and wow the Crew impressed with how well they know their letters. Super work Crew! We also completed a dot to dot worksheet as well as a little hexagon tortoise. This was a 3 part exercise with different stages. The Crew were shown a picture of different tortoise shells and they had to choice which pattern they wanted to colour theirs. Then they had to cut out the hexagon as well as the tortoises little legs, head and tail. Then stick all the pieces together to form a tortoise. 

During our ringtime sessions, we discussed all the facts about what makes a reptile a reptile. They are cold-blooded which means they need the sun to help keep them warm. Reptiles also lay eggs and have scaly skin that can also shed. Most reptiles can be kept as pets and they need lots of care to make sure they live long and healthy lives. 

Concert practice is going well and we are getting more and more excited to show off all the hard work we have put into one of the best themed concerts we have!  

In music this week Teacher Mo helped us out with concert songs and we went over beats and rhythms. The Crew are separated into 4 groups and on the count of 1 2 3 4 each group has a turn to clap and stamp to their assigned number beat.  

For cooking this week, when we had chips and fish finger the Crew got to fry their own chippies, this was also a lesson in safety in the kitchen when working with hot oil by the hot stove. Did you see how well they ate? Food always tastes better when they have prepared it themselves. Great work my Crew!  

Letter challenge will resume, please keep practicing though very important letters! 

Gerry will be going home with…J  

Next week’s theme: Dinosaurs (One of the best themes! YAY) 

Our Crew!

This week the Curious Crew class had the best time with the theme! We had a great amount of fun during ring time, speaking about our favourite reptiles , and we discussed what  reptiles are , and what makes a reptile a reptile. We spoke about them having cold blood and a hard skin , and that they lay eggs too. We also discussed their living environment and how they differ.  

AND we had a SUPER awesome visitor on Wednesday at school , we had the coolest reptiles come visit us at school and we got to touch and hold different reptiles, it was hands down the best day of the week.  

For art this week , we had so much fun ! We made our very own reptile booklets , which we had the best time creating, and we made the cutest hexagon Turtles , each child had to colour in , and cut out their own hexagons , and make their own turtles , we loved how each turtle came out so differently and beautifully.  

YOGA  

Welcome back after our mid-term break  

After doing our warm ups and stretches, we played broken telephone. 

The benefits of this game are: 

Improved communication and listening skills by encouraging kids to listen and focus to the words being said and to correctly relay the information to their friend.  

We had some very funny messages being passed along. One sentence in particular ” the yellow sun shines” came out at as “the yellow donkey”  

Heart matters 

In Heart Matters this week , Teacher Hela spoke about expected and unexpected reactions and emotions. She explained how things can happen unexpectedly and then we react accordingly to that action.  

FUNFIT SPORTS  

This week we had a super fun lesson with coach Trevor , he hyped us up so much , and really ensured we enjoyed our lessons with him.  

For the boys , they were divided into two teams , and they were placed with a bucket full of balls, and then coach Trevor called out a colour , and the teams had to take out all the colour balls before the time ran out.  

For the girls , the girls climbing skills were put to the test , each girl was given a small amount of time to climb up and climb back down before the buzzer went off.  

It was overall a fun and very educational week for the Curious Crew.  

 Next theme : Space ️ 

Our Cute Little Creatures!