Sunridge Pre - Primary School

Learning Through Play 🦖

Jellyfish (3–4 year olds) are not designed to sit still and learn! They are designed to explore, move, discover and PLAY — and through all of this, they are developing the skills they need for formal school. 💛

Our Jellyfish have had so much fun learning all about dinosaurs! 🦕🦖 From roaring like a T-Rex to exploring, creating and discovering, every activity has been a chance to learn while having fun.

Because at this age, play IS learning! 🌈✨

Winter Warmers with the Dolphins! 🥶🍲💙

The Dolphins kept the winter blues away by making a delicious vegetable soup that warmed both their tummies and their hearts! 🥕🥔🍅🫛
Each learner brought an ingredient or two, and together, they turned their collection of veggies into a delicious, homemade soup. Along the way, they discovered that cooking involves so many of the skills we practise at school — counting, measuring, following instructions, and, of course, learning about kitchen safety! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 They also made a picture recipe of everything that went into the soup so that they could make it again at home.📝
Perhaps the biggest lesson of all was learning that vegetables aren’t so bad after all! 🌽🥦 The Dolphins discovered that it’s always worth trying something new before deciding whether we like it. By the end, they all agreed… vegetables can be DELICIOUS! 😋
And just to reassure everyone — no little fingers were harmed in the making of this soup! 😂 Photos were carefully staged, and all those little hands were gently guided and closely supervised when knives were involved. 🔪💙
What a wonderful, hands-on learning experience — and a tasty one, too! 🌟

Breaking the Rules was WAY too much fun! 🤩🎉

The teachers at Sunridge Pre-Primary School will never be the same again after all the excitement! We absolutely loved seeing the weird and wonderful outfits that filled our classrooms today – mismatched socks, different shoes, back-to-front clothes, crazy hairstyles, and so many creative ideas!

We even spotted a few sneaky chips, chocolates, and sweet treats hiding in lunchboxes… but in the spirit of BREAKING THE RULES, we turned a blind eye! 😉🍫🍟

A huge thank you to all our parents for embracing the fun and helping make today such a memorable day for our little ones. The smiles, laughter, and excitement made it one of the best days of the year!

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After a long holiday, the Grade R Whales🐳 children were very happy to see their friends again. 💙💙💙

Kids say the cutest things. We asked some of our little ones to say hippopotamus. We got some very cute versions.
Hip-a-pot-a-nis
He-forgot-a-pot-anis
Hit-a-pot-amis
Hes-a-pot-anis
Hip-a-pop-amis.
🦛 Cute conversations overheard: Do you know bees 🐝 get honey from flowers? 💐No they don't they get Colin from flowers.

I'm going to grow biltong. You can't grow biltong. I can, look I found a biltong seed. (coriander seed)

What does the inside of the coconut smell like? It smells like beer.

Can you remember some of the names of the continents we spoke about? Yes, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Syrup and Australia.

How's your bakerman cupcake🧁? It's dik lekker.

If you have any cute comments or conversations you've had with your little one please share below in the comments section and help spread the smiles.

Welcome back to all our learners and parents at Sunridge Pre-Primary School, 6 Verbena Avenue, Sunridge Park!

We were so excited to welcome our children back after a lovely 3-week holiday. 👋 😊 The smiles,😁 laughter, 😂 and enthusiasm have filled our classrooms once again.

Term 3 is always a busy and exciting term, with lots of learning, growth, 🪴and new skills to master. We look forward to a wonderful term filled with fun, discovery, and happy memories.

If you are looking for a nurturing, caring environment where your child can learn through play and develop a love for learning, we would love to meet you. 🌈 💙 🩵

📞 Contact us on 041 360 0706 to book an appointment and come and view our beautiful school.

Pyjama Day is always a firm favourite at Sunridge Pre-Primary School (6 Verbena Road), and this year was no exception! 💤🍿

Our little ones arrived in their cosy pyjamas, slippers and gowns, ready for a day filled with fun, laughter and, of course, delicious popcorn. There were smiles all around, and it was clear that everyone had an absolutely wonderful time.

After such a busy and exciting term, we are now ready for some slow, lazy holiday days. Wishing all our Sunridge families a happy, restful and safe holiday! 💙

The Dolphins 🐬 have been busy little learners over the past few weeks! We have explored the wonderful world of trees 🌴 and plants, ☘️ learning about how they grow and why they are so important. Our budding gardeners have even planted and nurtured their own vegetables and herbs, including peas 🫛, cabbages 🥬, tomatoes 🍅, chillies, beans🫘, basil, and coriander, to name just a few.

We have also discovered the fascinating Forces of Nature. One of the highlights was creating our very own volcanoes 🌋 and watching them erupt, which caused great excitement and lots of eager scientific 🧪 🥼 discussion!

Through hands-on ✋ activities, exploration, and plenty of fun, our learners continue to discover that learning is an exciting adventure. School is so much fun that sometimes we forget just how much learning is taking place! 😁

Here's a little peep 😎 into what we get up to at school 🏫

The Seahorses have been busy bees 🐝 learning about bugs, insects, 🐌 🦗 🦋 🐜 🐛 fruit 🍎 🍊🍌 and vegetables. 🥦 🥔 🌽 🥕 They love sweet potato fries! 🍠 They have been working on their fine motor skills through fun games and activities. They have had fun viewing our giant picture book 📖 and making use of their visual memory skills while discussing and interpreting what is happening in the pictures. We enjoyed ready the Denny Dragonfly story. We learnt the moral of the story is never give up even when times are challenging. 🌈 We also made our very own Denny Dragonflies. The kiddos wrapped wool around sticks and paper mosaiced the wings. I am so proud of you Seahorses. We also celebrated Othaluves 5th birthday. 🎂 Seahorses I am so proud of you all. Lots more fun and learning ahead. 💙 🩵