How often do I begin a blog with, “Oh wow, another exciting week at school is over!” or words to that effect.  Yes – there is always something happening at SVPS.  There is no time to get into a rut although we do make sure we get into good habits! On Wednesday, four of our Grade Ones competed in the finals of our Foundation Phase Speaker Reader Competition.

The week before that, they all said a poem or told a story to their teachers who chose the most promising to perform before the rest of the Grade Ones and from there we chose four to compete against the best in Grade 2 and 3.   You have to have a special kind of confidence to stand up on a stage in a big hall and say your piece before so many children, teachers and parents.  Your voice needed to be loud too as no microphones were used.   Our little Grade Ones made us so proud but I was the proudest of all when one of my girls came in Second Place when she recited the poem about a castle that needed painting!

The standard was high and we were all wonderfully entertained by these talented young people.  But of course sitting still for so long gets us fidgety and so we had to have a break for a movement song.

Today the girls arrived at school in a high state of excitement.  They were all dressed in their clean white shirts ready to present their very first assembly!   Everything in Grade One is new and we have been learning routines and habits this was the theme of our presentation.  Congratulations girls, you made me proud. You recited your poem beautifully, moved wonderfully well to the Healthy Habits song and said your words loudly and clearly.  I know your moms and dads were thrilled to see you up on the stage this morning.

Believe it or not Moms and Dads, in spite of all the practising for assembly we still managed to fit in a lot of work this week.  Our reading is improving by leaps and bounds, we are getting to grips with doubling and halving and having fun learning big numbers with dot to dot and other counting activities.

We are also playing hard on the sports field and some of us went to an athletics meeting in Kommetjie this week.   We have some very talented runners in our class!

Remember our Foundation Phase Athletics Day on Tuesday.  The fun race requires mom or dad’s shoes!   We are having a hilarious head day – so I am looking forward to seeing some funky hairstyles and hats.