Daryl's P1 Learning Journey to the Zoo

Today all the P1 pupils in Daryl's school will be embarking on a Learning Journey to the Zoo.

According to the letter that was given to us, the objective of this Learning Journey is for the pupils to research on various animals in order to complete a class writing activity.

For the Learning Journey, he has to wear his P.E. attire & bring the following items :

1. Water bottle
2. An English storybook for silent reading
3. Healthy snacks
4. Ponchos / Raincoats / Umbrellas
5. A cap
6. Pencils & erasers for writing
7. Clip board for writing (optional)

He was so excited about this outing that he went to bed very early last night.

When we picked him up after school, we asked him about his maiden primary school outing. To our surprise, he 'complained' that the outing was very boring. Reason being, he has to follow his class & walked. Thus, he can't run about as freely as our previous outings to the zoo. When we asked him what did he do during the outing, he said that they only looked at animals & do worksheets. Well, I guessed the outing is not as fun as what he had expected.





















A class group photo which a parent volunteer posted in the Parent Support Group's facebook page.

Hopefully his next school outing will be more fun for him.

Puzzle Time

I was browsing through the SingaporeMotherhood forum the other day when I chanced upon a mummy who is selling 4 brand new Barney puzzles at a bargain. Since Dawn had been pestering me for the longest time that she wanted 1, I decided to buy them for her.

The parcel came 2 days ago via registered mail. However, I was not home to receive it. Thus, after picking up Daryl from school today, I went to the post office to pick up the parcel.

Dawn was sooo thrilled to see the puzzles when she got home from school. She insisted that she wants to do the puzzles now. I refused & told her that she can do them before her bedtime.

After her shower, Dawn kept pestering me to unwrap the puzzles for her. Once I had done so, she started doing them. I wanted to see how much she can do by herself, thus I didn't help her. To my surprise, she managed to do about 1/2 of the puzzle before she gave up & asked me for help.





















The 1/2 finished puzzle.

I helped her to finish the rest of the puzzle.



























Dawn with the finished puzzle.

After she was done, we started on the 2nd puzzle.















































Dawn with the 2 finished puzzles.

She had such fun doing them that she kept re-doing them. As for the other 2, I'll keep them for the time being & bring them out only when she's bored with the current 2. :p