Before we begin, let’s have a reminder about Sports Day next Friday. Please ensure your child is wearing PE appropriate clothes and shoes. They should have a hat and sun cream to protect them from the sun. They should bring a water bottle and a lunch that does not need to be microwaved as we are having a picnic on the field for lunch. This is also a reminder to check your email from Mr. Dunn to see what colour team your child is on and to please dress them in the correct colour shirt to help keep the team games organised. This year we will not be giving out Gold, Silver, and Bronze prizes for any games, but instead we will be giving a Good Sportsmanship award to someone in the class.
Good Sportsmanship leads us to the first exciting thing that happened this week. We are doing Kindness Morning Meetings. We spend a little time each morning learning more and more about kindness and how to be a good friend. This translates well into Good Sportsmanship so we’ll encorporate that next week. Kindness will be the focus of our Morning Meeting for the rest of the term.
We had so much going on this week I nearly forgot to take pictures of it all. We finished up our To the Rescue! unit culminating with freeing some toys that The Mighty Freeze had frozen in the ice. The students were quick to realise we needed warm water to melt the ice!
We had an excellent time in Phonics and Ms. Yuli was able to snap a few photos!
Of course we began our Alphabet Countdown with A: Adventure Day and our trip to The Lightning Man Experience! It was such a delightful time. We practiced teamwork. We went on a rocket. We helped Lightning Man get his powers back. And we became Lightning People ourselves – those were the ID cards that went home in your child’s backpack on the day of the trip.
B is for Breakfast and the students tentatively enjoyed Ms. M’s homemade pancakes.
C is for Craft and Compliment. What we made is a bit of a surprise. We made a special craft just for you parents and caregivers! We also took a walk down to the post office and posted our craft to you. The postal worker said it will arrive on Tuesday so keep an eye on the mailbox! Parents with children in Mrs. Sim’s class: both classes made the same craft but Mrs. Sim’s went home today in their backpack. Do remind your child not to be sad, their present to you will be coming in the mail and you know it’s very special!
We will be beginning a new IEYC unit Monday which will take us to the end of the year. Also some of next’s week’s Alphabet Countdown involve bringing in things from home. F: Favourite Book and G: Game Day. I especially want a book brought in. If you do not have a game to send in, that’s OK. We’ll have lots of fun things to play here at school. I would prefer the game is a board or card game and not a video type game.
It looks like we’re set to have a wonderful, sunny weekend so please enjoy the weather and come back to school Monday rested and refreshed for a new week of learning!