Dear beautiful parents, 

Market Day has finally arrived and it was without a doubt the highlight of our week. The Crew have been buzzing with excitement and it has been such a joy watching how proud they were of their little stalls and all the treasures they brought home. These moments truly fill my heart. 

Our week has been packed with fun activities. We also began our Christmas art and the kiddies are pouring so much love into every piece. Their Christmas boxes are going to be overflowing with creativity and festive cheer. 

We focused on perceptual skills too, which is one of my favourite things to do with the Crew. They copied dotted patterns and they took to the challenge so confidently. It is wonderful seeing their concentration grow each week. 

Each day we practice the alphabet, going over the letter names, sounds and the Jolly Phonics songs. This foundation is incredibly important as they get ready for reading next year and I am proud of the effort they are putting in. 

For our themed art, the Crew made their own credit cards which they decorated before using them at the shopping activity on Thursday. Watching them swipe their little cards and shop for goodies was priceless. They absolutely loved it and I am sure you saw their excitement when they got home. 

FunFit sport continued with assessments this week and Coach Trevor is very pleased with how beautifully the kiddies are performing. Their progress from mid-term to now is really showing. 

Mind Ninjas with Teacher Avi was all about finding little pockets of happiness. The children learned how noticing simple joys can make our hearts feel full. They practiced gentle breathing with their hands on their chests, thinking of things that make them feel warm and happy inside. It was a lovely, calm moment in the middle of a busy week. 

The weather wasn’t on our side every day, so we had a few indoor breaks filled with dance parties and musical chairs. I was blown away by the way the Crew handled losing or sitting out. They cheered for their friends and celebrated each other so sweetly. It was such a proud teacher moment. 

Next week we have our Curious Crew outing to celebrate all the hard work that went into Market Day. Please remember that indemnity forms must be handed in for your child to join us. 

 Next week’s theme: Travel and Holidays 

Our Crew!

Our long-awaited Market Day has been the highlight of our week. It’s all that the Crew can talk about. This makes my heart so happy seeing the joy our Market Day has brought the Crew.  

Our week has been filled with many different activities and games. We have started with some Christmas art as we want to make sure our Christmas boxes are overflowing with the Christmas spirit. And they are not just any Christmas art, there are many different skills used to make these creations. 

Each day we practice the alphabet, going over the name, sound and Jolly Phonics of each letter. During our daily story time after break, I ask the Crew to tell me what letter certain things start with, and we are also working on our rhyming words. 

For our themed art, the Crew were tasked with cutting out pictures in magazines, pictures that caught their eye, things they would like to buy. The Crew also coloured in and cut out some money. It was so funny to see how they lit up getting ’money’ LOL. So cute! Each Curious Crew also got to make their own credit card and swipe it at the machine during their shopping activity.They loved their purses so much they wanted to use them at the market day. Job well done Crew! 

At yoga this week the Crew listened to a yoga story about kindness. How to be kind to each other by saying and doing kind things. They also practiced a few poses whilst listening to dolphin and ocean sounds. 

Next week we will have our Curious Crew outing to celebrate all the hard work that went into the Crews Market Day. Please make sure to send your indemnity forms back as soon as possible.

Next week’s theme: Travel and Holidays

Our Crew!

The Curious Crew enjoyed this weeks theme . 

It made very interesting theme discussions, we spoke about the different kind of shops we get , and we spoke about how shopping works , with money and how we need to pay for everything we want to purchase in the shops. 

We also counted to our number of the week several times , mastering the task of stopping at number 18. 

We also focused on our shape of the week quite a lot , as 3D shapes are still new to us , we ensured we made sure everyone understands the shape as well as being able to recognise the shape. 

ART

For art this week , we had a few fun activities this week ; 

We first made our very own triangular Prisms , this was one way of understanding and being able to identify a triangular prism 

We had a task where we had trolleys , and we had to cut out groceries and paste them onto the  trolleys.

 We also created our very own Market day posters for everyone’s stalls for our Curious Crew market day everyone did a super job in showing off their items they’ll be selling . 

FUNFIT SPORTS 

This week with coach Trevor , we had a fun time , where he tested everyone’s ball skills. We had to dribble through cones , aim for a target and give our biggest of kicks. 

Thank you to everyone for their amazing efforts for the Market Day ! The kids had one heck of a blast ! What a success! 

 Have a wonderful weekend!

Our Crew!