Our Daycare children were all excited to return to the classroom after enjoying a staycation at home.

As the children entered the room, they were amazed to see the some of the Letterland characters on the wall.  Their curiosity, just like Clever Cat in Letterland, led them to explore all the classroom centers calling out the names and sounds of the letters.

So, our journey began, hanging out in Letterland and discovering the wonders of letters and sounds.

Over these first few weeks, the children have revisited some of the sounds they are already familiar with and explored those that are new.

The children have enjoyed making Letterland crafts, listening to the stories of each character, chanting the sounds they make, acting out the actions, making marks that represent each sound, writing in sand, using water to make prints on concrete, tracing with water over chalk, using dot art and tracing with markers, etc.

To help avoid eye strain during home learning screen time, do these 20- 20-20 eye breaks and blink often to refresh your eyes.

Also check the lighting and reduce glare. …

Adjust your monitor to eye level or hold your device up so you’re not looking down. …

Adjust your screen settings so they’re not too bright or too dark.

Check out this article for more eye strain tips.

I’ve always correlated teaching to the art of plate spinning and this morning I was in awe of Miss Mani in action as she kept each of her Year 3s (mainly 7-year olds) spinning… virtually!

As a professional spinner, she strived to keep all the children engaged and successful.  She patiently continued on through technical issues beyond her control, calmly waited as children manipulated mics, and connected with and supported everyone through their activities. All while not spinning out of control herself – what a pro! How fortunate we are to have a school full of amazing teachers just like Miss Mani!  And how amazing our students and parent/carers are too – what patience they display when things get a little wobbly. What superheroes!

In plate spinning, the goal is to spin each plate and keep them spinning so that none of them fall. You are always on your toes and constantly looking for the plate that might fall so you can prevent it from doing just that.

A variety of healthy activities are set to be hosted this week to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day.

Its aim is to increase awareness and promote healthy activities to address the epidemic of non-communicable diseases.

The overall theme for the event is ‘Power through collective action” with the special theme for this year, ‘Stronger together’.

Read on to learn about daily activities your family may like to join in with.

The Year 4 Flamingos have started this new school term on a positive note despite everything happening around us in the world. As a class, we wanted to highlight positivity and confidence and so we came up with the Flamingos’ Affirmations.

It is our belief that if we feed positive thoughts into our minds we can overcome anything. These affirmations are a reminder that we can improve our self-esteem, become more productive and finish projects we have started.  It has helped us to become more self accepting as we work on becoming the best we can.

Although they may not be currently physically having school in the actual Year 5 ‘Turtle’ Classroom, it doesn’t mean that our Year 5s can’t celebrate all things turtle online!

Click on to see their hand-drawn turtles, digital turtles and turtle facts.

Welcome to the Turtle Class Year 5 – we hope you enjoy a ‘turtley’ amazing year!

Year 2 have been learning about the different parts of their brain and the jobs they perform. The children created and labelled their brains using different mediums – rocks, coral, leaves, paper, etc.

The brain guides everything that we do: our body’s movements, our decision making, and our emotions. Did you know that we have the power to make our brains stronger every day?

As best as our young Year 1s can, they are facing all the challenges of remote learning with a smile of their face and growth mindset! It certainly looks like they enjoyed using resources from their home learning packs to enhance their remote learning experience.

Using Cuisenaire rods in their pack, their challenge was to make a face. They then they took a photo of it and added it to their Seesaw journal to share with their teacher.