TRINITONIAN 14 July 2019

TRINITYHOUSE
PRE-PRIMARY RANDPARK RIDGE
The Grade 000 Owlet Class
sorted wild and domesticated
animals onto a Venn diagram.
They realised that some fitted
into the middle category where
they could be classified as both.
Each child had a turn to choose
an animal. They then told the
class where the animal belonged
on the diagram and why.
The Grade 000 Penguin Class: In
this lesson, we focused on “I can
express myself and communicate
my feelings”. Pupils verbally
expressed their emotions and
then visually tabulated them.
During our inquiry unit, Farm to
Table, we worked backwards to
discover where items such as
chips and popcorn came from.
The Grade 00 Caterpillar Class
evaluating their lesson – giving a
thumbs up if they enjoyed it and
a thumbs down if they didn’t.
The Grade 00 Bee Class pupils
love to explore movement
in a variety of ways. Good
“old-fashioned” games hold
a lot of value (and fun) in the
development of a child’s gross
motor skills.
The Grade 000 Eaglet Class
learning to communicate using
their bodies. To achieve this,
the Kagan Strategy of Copy Cat
was used in a movement lesson
where the pupils had to dance
to the music pretending to be
creepy crawlies. When the music
stopped, they had to copy each
other’s poses.
Every year, together with the
Reach for a Dream Foundation,
we celebrate Tekkie Tax Day in
support of children with cancer
and other serious childhood
diseases.
The Grade R Tiger Class had the
question posed as to whether
Tilly the Teapot would be a
good pet or not? This was a P4C
(Philosophy for Children) lesson
that challenged the pupils to
think critically about what would
make something a good pet.
Even though Teacher Ali kept
the teapot warm in a cage, gave
it tea bags to eat, water to drink
and loved it so much, it still did
not make Tilly the Teapot live,
grow or love Teacher Ali back.
So the Tiger Class decided that a
hamster would be a much better
choice.
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