Trinitonian July Online Issue

SCHOOL PAGES
GLENWOOD HOUSE
PRE-PRIMARY
HEART:
This year Glenwood Pre-Primary
supported the Sunflower Fund’s
Slipper Day initiative. Little Glens
and teachers arrived at school,
some in warm, cosy slippers and
others in weird and wonderful
slippers, wearing their Slipper Day
bands with pride. Our little people
raised a total of R1 400.
SPIRITUAL:
The month of May is a wonderful
time for us at Little Glens. Not
only do we get to share and
celebrate God’s amazing love as
we remember Ascension Day,
we celebrate examples of that
same love by celebrating our
moms. We enjoyed a wonderful
skit on Ascension Day, presented
by enthusiastic Children Church
leaders from Hope Church. They
blessed us with laughs, love and
left us a very effective tool to
spread the Good News of Jesus’s
love to everyone. We enjoyed
a wonderful time of fun and
fellowship at our Mother’s Day
picnic, and it was very special
to see the moms spending this
special time with their children.
FEET:
We love exploring our beautiful
surroundings. Recently the
Grade 00 classes went to the
Botanical Gardens in search of
birds. They saw some fascinating
nests, frogs and other creatures,
however, the birds seem to have
gone off for the winter! The Grade
0s were treated to a delicious lunch,
and they fed and petted the farm
animals at the George Wildlife Park
before experiencing the tigers and
cheetahs at feeding time!
Wildlife: Grade 0 boys climbing the rocks to get a better view of the
tigers at the George Wildlife Park.
HANDS, BRAIN & SENSES:
When you think of preschool, what
do you envision?
Children gain a lot from going to
preschool because they become
exposed to numbers, letters and
shapes. But, more importantly, they
develop social and emotional skills
and learn how to get along with
other children and to share and
contribute.
Bearing this in mind, Glenwood
Pre-Primary staff hosted an evening
at school and invited the parents
to show them the different areas of
learning – how and why it’s done.
The evening started off with cheese
and wine tasting, kindly sponsored
by Houtbosch Wines.
The parents took turns in the tenminute
sessions where they were
introduced to the classroom activity
and could explore the activities
as their children would during a
school morning. Classes were
set up with creative, sensory play,
gross motor, fine motor activities
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