A Class Act

Getting ready for school

Summer seems to have long gone now. It's dark early in the evenings, I'm being dressed in long clothes for daycare, and we haven't been to a beach on the weekend for ages. That means we're into Autumn now, and after that comes Winter - and school!

In just two short months I'll turn five, graduate from daycare and go to my first school. Even when I've seen other boys and girls graduating, it seemed like ages away that it would be my turn.

So it's a good thing I've been getting myself ready these last few months, by working on my reading, writing and maths.

 

As you can see, I've got pretty good with writing my name and drawing - still haven't quite got the hang of drawing hair yet though. You can tell I'm concentrating on my drawing by the tongue sticking out of the side of my mouth.

I've also been practicing my ABC, and can now read about half of the letters of the alphabet. Somewhat strangely, I could spell the letters of my friend Damiyn's name before I could spell my own. But I can ace spelling my name now too.

My numbers and counting are getting better. I can count up to about 30 before things start to get a bit fuzzy and I need to ask for help. There are even a few maths questions I know the answer to now as well...

So, that's words and numbers pretty much sorted; wonder what else I'll need to practice before starting school? I'll find out soon when I go for my first proper school visit.

Hop To It!

A bunny good time at Easter

The only thing better than a long weekend where we can get out to visit some fun places, is having all of that – but with chocolate as well! I’m not quite sure what Easter actually is, and what chocolate has to do with it. But I do clearly remember that bunnies are involved. This Easter weekend we’d be seeing both chocolate and real bunnies.

The Easter bunny delivered the chocs which I expected, somewhat unnecessarily hiding them in various places in the lounge, but William and me had fun hunting them down in their hiding places.

On one of the days we went out to Kiwi Valley to see all the animals, and feed the sheep and goats from littler bags of food. There was actually an Easter egg hunt there too, but we didn’t manage to find any. At least we got to cuddle some real bunnies instead though.

We also got to have a ride on a couple of cool things – first on a tractor, which drove us up to see some paddocks with horses, then on a horse. It was my first time riding a horse, which might explain why I look like I’m concentrating so hard on staying on.

Another day we visited the Easter Show. There were more animals there – maybe this is all part of the Easter bunny theme somehow? We’ve been to the Easter Show before in other years, but this time I got to go on a couple of rides as well.

The first one was a bungie ride, where I was strapped in and could jump high up and down in the air. Like being on the horse, it took me a little bit of time to really get into it though.

Over the summer holidays I was watching a lot of PJ Masks on my iPad, so I was excited that there was going to be a live show of them on a stage. Daddy and I watched the show; I enjoyed the songs and wanted it to go all afternoon.

But then if it had done I wouldn’t have been able to go on the teacup ride with Mummy. This one wasn’t as bouncy as the bungie, but it was fun when the cups spun around while we were in them.

So, that was our Easter weekend – lots of chocolate and lots of animals. Hopefully next year I can go on some even bigger rides at the Easter Show. I know Daddy was keen to go on the ghost train, so maybe I’ll go on that with him and make sure he isn’t too scared.