Pre-Prep Clubs

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Otters Club

Otters Club is an after school club which takes place each week for children in Year Two. The club is organised and run by two Pre-Prep teachers and offers the opportunity for the children to participate in games and other activities. The club runs for an hour and refreshments are provided. A small fee is taken each term to cover costs.

Caribbean Session

The Otters group enjoyed a Caribbean style dance session last week. This was a lively session with reggae music, an energetic conga and some limbo dancing. The children were shown how to limbo dance and then everyone had several turns shouting ‘lower, lower’ every time the bar was moved. We didn’t quite match the world record of 8 inches whilst carrying a plate of cakes in each hand but everyone was very determined to get as low to the ground as they could.

We cooled off afterwards by enjoying some Caribbean style cocktails complete with fresh pineapple and cocktail umbrellas. There were a few stiff legs the next day but everyone is keen to have another attempt at that world record later in the year.

Singing in the Rain

The Otters Club recently watched the dance sequence from the film of Singing in the Rain and then enjoyed creating their own version of the dance - but without the puddles or rain.

   
A recent Otter Club activity - Mummy Races!

   
The Busy Bees children had fun this week making their own sandwiches for tea.
There was a wide range of fillings to choose from and some strange combinations
of flavours chosen! Jam with ham seemed surprisingly popular!

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Busy Bees Club

The Busy Bees is a club for children in Form One and the children have had a lot of fun throughout the year. The club is run by Mrs Diane Kimber, who teaches Kindergarten and Mrs Tracey Nash, who is a Form One teacher. The club runs during term time on a Wednesday from 3.40pm to 4.45pm.

Each Busy Bees session starts with a refreshing drink and snack before the children sing the ‘Busy Bee’ song. Each week is planned and throughout a term activities such as parachute games, art and craft fun, Show Time and model making are included. There has been lots of talent at these ‘Show Times’ from children performing with electric guitars and violins, to dancing and singing as well as various demonstrations of sporting skills. Mrs Nash and Mrs Kimber have also learnt many jokes from the performing comedians!

 

October 2011

You can see by the smiles on the faces of these Busy Bees that they had a lot of fun at this week's meeting when they had the opportunity to make and eat club sandwiches. There were some very interesting combinations of sandwich fillers but the children seemed unperturbed by this and munched their way through such delicacies as jam and cucumber!

June 2011

Ruth from Party Pieces treated the Busy Bees to a wonderful night this week when she dressed up as a story telling scarecrow called Peggy. She told the story of how she had become friends with the crows and how they had had to trick the farmer into thinking that she was actually scaring them away when in fact she was telling them stories. The Busy Bees then had to help Peggy to find the baby crows. Everyone agreed that this was the best Busy Bees of the year!

 

March 2011

The Busy Bees felt very fortunate to have a special visitor at their weekly meeting. Mr Fields, one of the Year One dads, very kindly performed a magic show for the children as an end of term Easter treat. It was great fun and many of the children took part. Mrs Nash and Mrs Kimber were also put on the spot with a few challenging tricks too!

 

Showtime 2011

It was an exciting week this week at Busy Bees because it was "Showtime." There was a wide variety of acts and things on show. We had a visit from Michael Jackson who demonstrated his amazing dancing and singing. There was a judo display and a pirate showing off his pirate talk. Everyone remembered to bring something in to show or do and it was a lot of fun for all.

 

Showtime 2010

The start of term has been very exciting for the children who have joined Busy Bees. Some of the highlights so far have included parachute games, junk modelling, a sights walk and sandwich making. This week was great entertainment for Mrs. Kimber and Mrs. Nash because it was Showtime. There was a great variety of acts. There were children showing off their physical skills with ankle skips, balls and bouncers. There was some fantastic singing and dancing. Some children brought in items from home that they had made to show. There was also a visit from a very chirpy duck! As you can see from the photos a great deal of fun was had by all.