Apologies to my parents for not posting yesterday but I had to leave school straight after sport and then it was into the car and off to Struisbaai for the weekend!    So here I am in the most beautiful part of the Western Cape, listening to birdsong in the garden while I catch up on my blog.

Wow – what a great week we have had.  It never fails to thrill me when I see the pace at which a young child learns.  Already they are able to build sentences with their little pink words – some just the ones they know from the story while others are creating their own, sometimes funny, ones of their own.

The girls are also learning to transcribe their sentences into their books but the emphasis at the moment is building them with our word cards before we stress over getting them into writing but look how far we’ve come.

On Tuesday evening we are having a “night school” on how we teach THRASS.  Parents, do make an effort to attend.

We have already learnt all about Jean Pierre the brave ant who lives in Paris.  We have sung his song and listened to his story.   We now know that a is for ant and have found pictures of a words.

The girls are really making me proud with their beautiful work.   Keep helping them at home with the homework tasks as practising new skills ensures that they will become a habit of the mind.