Friday 15th May 2020

Good morning everyone, let's begin with our morning prayer:


Let's listen to this story again:



and a special addition:



Where do you think these animals are? Why do you think they are there? Have you ever seen any of these animals before? Where? Send me a voicenote answering these questions.

Can you correctly guess all the animals based on their sounds?


Optional activity for those with printing access:


Can you remember what your favourite animal is? Do you have any favourite animals from the reading?

In your drawing book or on a clean page, ask an adult to draw lines for you. Write "My favourite animals eat" on the line to the TOP of the page. On the top line in each section, write the names of four of your favourite animals from the readings. It should look like this:


Here's where we step in as scientists and begin an investigation! First, what do you THINK this animal eats? Why do you think so? Next, INVESTIGATE! Ask an adult to help you use the internet or books or other resources to learn about what these animals actually eat. Were your guesses correct? Do this for each animal. In each box, draw your guess (or hypothesis) to the LEFT of the box. Draw the real answer to the RIGHT of the box. Write the names of the food on the line to the BOTTOM of each box.

Bonus points if you send me a voicenote saying "hypothesis" 😄

 Place a question mark (?) over your guess and a "tick" or "check mark" over the correct food

 The workbook activities should be completed by today, please send voicenotes of reading practice as well. Contact me if any clarification or assistance is needed. Have a blessed day everyone. Roll call please.




Please note the drawings do not have to be perfect: I want to see the children's interpretation of these animals. It might look odd to you, but what is important is their aesthetic expression and manipulation of drawing material to convey how they process what they see and creatively express it in their own way. This means each student's artwork is individual and does not look exactly like anyone else's. I do ask however, that the children practice coloring within the lines of their drawings (hand-eye coordination, fine motor skill practice, recall and follow instructions) and use realistic colors eg. the horse does not eat purple coils, it eats green grass. Thank you.

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Good morning everyone, please stand for morning prayers







Please write name and date to the top of the next page in the writing books.



Let students draw the shapes and write the words. Help them read each word as they colour in the shapes NEATLY with the corresponding colours. Let them identify the shapes and colours when finished.
(fine motor skills, aesthetic expression, informational gathering and processing, effective communication, visual discrimination/classification of symbols,  carry out directions, hand-eye coordination)


Let students write each letter while pronouncing the letter sounds as they write. After writing each letter, let them go back and identify all the letter b's and circle them. Bonus points if at the end of the activity they can circle every letter 'b' used today.
(Letter recognition, fine motor skills, information recall, emergent literacy & oracy, classification of sounds/auditory discrimination)

Let students look at the words and write them one by one, and read each one from left to write. The first three lines are phrases to be read as assembled words. These words occur in the story and are made up of jolly phonics phonetic words and dolch primer sight words i.e. they would have come across these in the primer and other class activities. The following words are phonetic meaning they can be sounded out:
a
at
red
cat
dog
black
duck
The rest are 'look and say'/'sight words'/'tricky words' that they should learn to say by looking at them. Flashcards are good here. Do not sound out these words. Let them practice identifying the words when you mix up the order too.


1. Let student draw vertical lines on a toilet paper roll
2. Let student cut along all of the lines.
(Fine motor skill, hand-eye coordination, critical thinking, listening, sequencing, carry out directions, experiment with line and texture, manipulating materials)


Use household objects or toys to form the letter 'b'






Those who have not completed the letter 'b' in their workbooks can catch up now.


Monday 11th May 2020

Good morning everyone, please stand for the morning prayer: 



In the Math & Science copybooks, please write name and date to the top, copy the shapes and write ">" (more than) or "=" (equal to)






Throughout the course of this week please work on 
Caribbean Maths: page 33-37
Pencil fun: page 41-44
I Know Alphabet workbook: those who have not completed letters "v", "w", "x", "z" please do so
ABC Coloring: color respective pages for letters above, neatly (inside the lines), realistic colours.





Friday 8th May 2020

Good morning everyone, please stand for the morning prayer:






(This author's painting style was referenced in the Mother's Day activity above)

Have students use scissors to cut the painted/coloured paper into strips and assist them in making a paper chain as shown above to hang with the bunting.

Those that do not have glue can make a papier mache mix by mixing flour and water. It holds and dries well. If you are worried it will be visible you can add food colouring, paint, or eyeshadow to match the colour of paper you are using

This is all I will post today as it is very time consuming, it took my son and I over 3 hours as we mixed paint and painted and waited for paint to dry. Those that have coloured paper, gift paper, construction paper, tissue paper, or even coloured plastic bags can use that instead of painting

Please remember to post the names of students for roll call so I can submit this week's attendance. The pages in the Math workbook as well as Writing and drawing work posted during the week should be submitted today for those who have not sent it yet. Those reading can send me a voice note, video, or video call so I can hear the reading. Contact me if any clarification or assistance is needed, that's what I'm here for 😊

Once the bunting and paper chain is set up, the children can treat Mummy to a photo shoot on Mother's Day. Let them practice reading their cards from today so they can read their cards to Mummy on Sunday. Think about that story about Mary. That was such an important YES that gave us baby Jesus and Jesus was NEVER rude to his Mummy, he respected her and cared for her and listened to her. Can we be like Jesus and respect and love and listen to our Mummies? Tell Mummy THANK YOU for all the things she has done for you and show her how much you love her. Treat Mummy like a princess or a movie star for the day on Sunday. Feel free to post your photos if you are comfortable doing so,. Enjoy your weekend and have a blessed Mother's Day mamas 🥂💐✨