Monday, April 23, 2012

Welcome back Grade R's

Welcome back Grade R!
It's good to be back at school with buddies again. J
 Girls having fun at the new, bright yellow table -filled with lego blocks. Ioannis liikes building too.


Easter activities kept us busy for a good few days. Emma made an Easter Bunny with play dough. We learnt that a cross is the symbol for Christians. Harriet and Hannah tear egg boxes to decorate their crosses..



 
Paige makes sure she uses enough glue! 

Rr is for................ 
Erin colours in the rabbits.    
Big smiles from the boys while they build puzzles. 

Enthusiastic swimmers - brrrrrrrrrrrrrr the water was rather cold!
Mrs. Quata came to teach us Xhosa. She told us about mealtimes and the food Xhosa people eat.

Tt is for................ teatime, teapots and trays. We traced a picture too.

Emma works on her day and night picture. She puts glitter on the stars.

                        Term 2 (Week 3 & 4) 23 April – 4 May
Theme:                               Travelling around the world
Literacy:                             Uu for Uppy Umbrella
                                            Yy for Yoyo man
Numeracy:                         Vocabulary - Time e.g.
·         Bedtime
·         Yesterday, today & tomorrow
·         Days of week
·         Months of year
·         Birthdays
                                                Recognition of numerals 1 – 15
Counting backwards 15 – 0
                                               
J IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Children must please have an Art shirt and a hat at school every day.
There will unfortunately be no more swimming this term.
Events to diarise:
Friday, 27 April:              Freedom Day
Monday, 30 April:           School holiday
Tuesday, 1 May:             Workers Day
(Please see school calendar regarding the public holidays and school holiday for the next 2 weeks.)

Baker Baker:
04-May
Adam Lamprecht
11-May
Luke Limbert
18-May
Lyn Louw
25-May
Hannah MacFarlane
01-Jun
Josh Messina
08-Jun
Caroline Morris
15-Jun
Thomas Parsons
20-Jun
Alyssa Pretorius