There is always something new to learn when doing under the sea. There are so many different types of sharks in the sea, like Bullhead sharks and Lemon sharks…how interesting is that!!! We learnt about the coral reef and how each little piece of coral is a living animal and all the animals work together to make the coral reef using pieces of bone from fish and other sea creatures that have died. Parrot fish eat the coral and poop out what we now know as sea sand, we had a good laugh at that fact! We also told the kiddies that they are only allowed to pick up shells and coral if it has been washed up on the beach and not pick it out of the sea. Something different we discussed, using your 5 senses while you are at the beach.  

We have had two weeks of many activities and assessments exploring oceans and the other themes of the week. We started the week’s activities with a little under the sea colouring sheet and it was so awesome to see their imaginations runs wild. Even though we are hard at work with assessments, I have tried to make these activities fun for the Crew. 

The Crew also got to see real shark eggs! How awesome. Each of the Crew will be bringing home a shark egg to keep. 

We have also started name writing with the proper letter formation to grow on previous weeks lessons. This is very important for next year in Grade R! Please practice the SOUND of the letters at home as well as letter recognition putting emphasis on the sound.  

During FFS last week the Crew had been doing assessments with Coach Trevor and WOW I am so impressed with how far the Crew has come over the course of the year. Keep up the hard work Crew! 

At yoga with Teacher Nicole the Crew worked on picture and pose association using a variety of pictures ranging from animals to transport. They also practiced breathwork using numbers and they just LOVE their 3 minutes of relax time at the end of their lesson.  

This was our last week of puzzle challenge, well done to all of our Crew! Certificates and prizes will go out next week to our top 3 Puzzle Challenge winners. 

Next week’s theme: Cooking and Food 

Our Crew!

The Curious Crew had a blast with this theme , as it was a double week theme of UNDER THE SEA,  

This theme has made ring time and theme discussions very very interesting , as we have discussed and spoken about our favourite sea animals and creatures , as well as discussing why these animals specifically live in the sea.  

We had a blast watching educational videos on sea creatures and what makes them so very special too.  

It has been fun learning about each child’s favourite creature.  

We have also taken the time to count to 50 , and practice that several times , and we also enjoyed our all time new favourites of reading our rhyming word books.  

ART 

For art this week , we had a very special job and class project , we all worked together very closely and we created our Oscar the Octopus , we used many colours and sponges to paint on his tentacles , and we linked all our papers together to create this very very special little new member of our curious crew classroom.  

FUNFIT SPORTS 

This week with coach Trevor , we continued with our assessments for our reports , he put us to the real test and we had to show him exactly what we are made of ! The curious crew sure do love being challenged 😁 

Have a lovely weekend!

Our ‘SCHOOL’ of Crew!

There is always something new to learn when doing under the sea. There are so many different types of sharks in the sea, like Bullhead sharks and Lemon sharks…how interesting is that!!! We learnt about the coral reef and how each little piece of coral is a living animal and all the animals work together to make the coral reef using pieces of bone from fish and other sea creatures that have died. Parrot fish eat the coral and poop out what we now know as sea sand, we had a good laugh at that fact! We also told the kiddies that they are only allowed to pick up shells and coral if it has been washed up on the beach and not pick it out of the sea. Something different we discussed was using your 5 senses while you are at the beach. Please ask your child at home about using their senses while they were at the beach.

The Crew have some homework to do, please try and go to Dischem over the weekend and look for sponge that comes from the see, so your kiddie can see real coral sponges.

We have had two weeks of many activities exploring oceans and the other themes of the week. We started the week’s activities by making a little under the sea booklet. The Crew used different ocean books to see what they would like to put in their Ocean booklet and wow, I was amazed at the drawings these Crew came up with!

Even though we are hard at work with assessments, I have tried to make these activities fun for the Crew. When doing patterns, we painted a pattern caterpillar, and WOW it came out so beautifully and I think using the paint just made it come to life with colour.

It was also a week where I introduced rhyming words to the Crew. When reading rhyming books I will read and put emphasise on the first rhyming word and then the Crew have to try and guess the next rhyming word. At first they were a little unsure but the next day when I read a different rhyming book they started to try different words. YAY this is so amazing, they impress me every year! We also practiced some sight words, the sight word I use will stay the same as they are just an introduction.

We have also started name writing with the proper letter formation. The Crew listen well and are again being introduced to the correct way to write letters. This is very important for next year in Grade R! Please practice the SOUND of the letters at home as well as letter recognition putting emphasis on the sound.

During FunFit Sports last week, the Crew played Hop Scotch and had to listen to different instructions while jumping through the hoops. Switch on those listening ears Crew! This week in FFS we did assessments and in the week coming Coach Dave will be doing assessments for FunFit Sports.

This is our second last week of puzzle challenge, our last graph will go out next week Friday with certificates to everyone who participated and our top 3 Puzzle Challenge winners.

 Next week’s theme: Cooking and Food

Our ‘SCHOOL’ of Curious Crew Fish!