Insects, bugs and creepy crawlies

Insects, bugs and Creepy Crawlies!

Ll is for ......... for Lucy Lamp Light

Megan listens carefully! She coloured, then cut and pasted the shapes to make a Lucy Lamp Light lady.

Jenna and Lily draw the missing parts of the beetle and bugs. 

We learnt that some insects have wings. Luke helps to sort the insects. We counted their legs. We learnt about skip counting too.

Luke was the baker-baker this week! What lovely butterfly biscuits!

We used rollers to make the background for the bug pictures.

We looked at snails while we were drawing. 

Bb is for .......... butterflies, beetles and bugs!

We made bug biscuits to bake at home.

Using bits and bobs to make butterflies, beetles and bugs was a lot of fun!

 Bugs on leaves 

We made play dough pictures of the life cycle of ladybirds. 

Ioannis and Josh are really proud of their work.

We loved looking in books too. Michael and Joshua had fun.

Don't 'bug' us - we are very busy!
 We draw with wax crayons on a hot tray. It melts the wax and makes the bugs very colourful.

Sister Debbie came and told us 

the story about Noah's Ark. 

We learnt that Noah even took insects on board the ark. 

Term 2 (Week 7 & 8)  21 May – 1 June

Theme:                                   Reptiles

Literacy:                                 Ii for Impy Ink

                                           Ss for Sammy Snake

Numeracy:                             Vocabulary – Measurement

 e.g. Tall/ short

                                               

J IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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Please collect and send to school:  

-       Egg boxes

-       Boxes for construction

-       Polystyrene  trays

-       Cereal boxes

-       Orange pockets

Please make sure that your child has an extra pair of dry socks at school.

Events to diarise:

Wednesday, 23 May:           A Petting Zoo visits the Pre-Primary

Friday, 25 May:                     Plaster Day – please see posters/communicator          

Baker Baker:

25-May	Hannah MacFarlane
01-Jun	Josh Messina
08-Jun	Caroline Morris
15-Jun	Thomas Parsons
20-Jun	Alyssa Pretorius

Travelling Around the World

Travelling around the world.

We made salt dough pictures of flags and interesting places.

Lily helps Jenna to fill in all the missing parts in the picture.

 We had to colour, cut and paste to complete the picture.
 It took a very long time!

 

The end result! Hard work pays off!!

We coloured and cut out the South African flag too.

Yy is for .......Yellow Yo-yo Man.

Hannah remembered to put ten yo-yos in his yo-yo sack. She is very proud 

of herself!

 Yy is  also for ....... Yorkshire terrier.

Friends having fun in the playground. We remember we 

must share and take turns.

We  know that it is good to help each other and work together when we pack up at the end of the day.

Some of the Grade 00's help Hayden.

 Massimo and Josh like to play together.

Jenna hangs on the monkeybars.

Theme:                                   Bugs & Creepy Crawlies

Literacy:                                 Bb for Bouncy Ben

                                            Ll Lucy Lamp Light

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

Please make sure that your child has the following items at school every day:

·         Change of warm clothes

·         Spare pair of dry socks

·         Plastic packet for wet/dirty clothes

Events to diarise:

Friday, 18 May:                     Movie night

Friday, 25 May:                     Plaster Day – info to follow           

Baker Baker:

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

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