Jumping through the week!

All about the Zoo!!

What a great start to the week; clear skies and sunny weather accompanied Preschool to the much awaited trip to Oji Zoo. A long day was spent there, exploring almost every nook and cranny of the the zoo. Highlights included the kangaroos lazying in the warm April sun and the bats in their hidden caves. Preschool wasn't entirely convinced that the alligators were real... The monkeys kept everyone entertained at length and the lion was much anticipated and a great way to end the trip!

However, like everything else in Preschool the zoo trip came with some work too! Preschool worked on their writing, as they described their favourite animal at the zoo and then worked on their graphing as they had to classify different traits of the animals they saw!

The Frog Life Cycle 

The frog life cycle has proved to be just as fun as the butterfly life cycle, with Preschool learning all about how frogs develop starting from eggs. They practised their reading and made their own frog life cycles out of clay all to become more familiar with the frog life cycle. However, the fun did not stop there, to become real experts Preschool became tadpoles and frogs. The classroom was full of frogs, hopping and croaking away! They even brought home edible frogs! 

Sharing in Maths 

Preschool was quite surprised to learn that sharing is a huge part in maths and spent the week exploring the concept of sharing! 

They did an excellent job proving their ability to be communicators, when they were challenged to share a bar of chocolate evenly amongst each other. Further challenges involved making sure that they were working as teams, whilst playing the sharing game as not only did they have to focus on the game but make sure that they were working as team players! 

Reminders

• Free choice Show&Tell on Monday. 
• Sleepover on Thursday-Friday, students should be back at school by 18:00 on Thursday and school finishes at 13:00 on Friday. 
• I will be giving the students some homework for the break. This will be sent home with them on Friday. My main wish is for them to read, so that is the priority. If you don't have time to complete the rest that is fine too. It is not meant to be time consuming however, as it is approaching the end of the year, a two week break is relatively long. 

Thank you for your support. 

Sabina Michelotti

Butterflies All Around!

So far, April has definitely lived up to its reputation, we've had plenty of sunshine, but also stormy and rainy weather. Throughout it all, Preschool kept their cool and continued working and playing hard!

A new month also means a new poem. 

Perfectly in line with the warmer weather and change in season, Preschool began to inquire about life-cycles and where better a place to start than their own life-cycles. During Show&Tell, students had the chance to see how much they have grown since they were babies! A lot of good thoughts and points were made:

• When you're born, you can only move a little. You also can't eat much so mummy has to feed you. 
• Babies cannot go to the toilet, mummy and daddy have to change their diapers. 
• When you grow, teeth get stronger. 
• We have to look after our brothers and sisters. 
• You grow and grow as a baby, drink milk from your mum and then go to school. 
• Kids grow until they become adults but then they become smaller when they're old, and then go to heaven.

From humans, Preschool moved on to learning all about the butterfly life-cycle. They read informative books about the life-cycle, practised their writing by writing about the different steps, played games to reinforce their knowledge and got creative in art. Learning all about the life-cycle of the butterfly was a lot of fun for sure!

Preschool wrapped up learning about symmetry by investigating symmetry in nature and then using mirrors to explore the various pictures.

Reminders for the week: 

• We will be going to Oji Zoo on Monday, April 11th. Please remember to apply sunscreen before school, send in a hat, plenty of water and food for the day. We leave at snack time and will be back for dismissal. 

• Show&Tell will take place on Tuesday, April 12th, please send in something related to life-cycles/living things  (can be a stuffed animal, book etc). 

• Library will also be on Tuesday, April 12th, please send in their library books. 

• We are once again out of tissue boxes, please send one in with your child. Thank you. 

Thank you for your support and I wish you all a great weekend. 

Sabina Michelotti

...and a few more pictures showing our week