Thankyou

Well, we finally made it! We managed to pack all our shoeboxes of love and send them off to the Samaritans’ Purse, ready to be sent overseas. Thankyou to all the families who participated in this project, allowing their children to perform a very special kind of community service right before the season of giving starts.
I would also like to publicly publish a massive thanks to Mrs Susan Lock (Teacher in the Mead Room) for her tenacity, patience, unfailing positivity, organisation and, above all else, her time for keeping this project moving in the right direction. Susan only works three days a week but in the past few weeks you may have mistakenly thought she was now full time, she spent so much of her personal time organising shoeboxes (including long days on the weekend!)
I watched as Susan assisted children to pack their boxes, letting them take their time to make their choices, never rushing them or choosing for them. I can guarantee that every child who packed a box with Susan gave the box a big hug and kiss and an extra bit of love before it was placed on the pile. Dedicated to the children owning the process to the end, yesterday she enlisted the assistance of the Chapple and Edgerley children to pack the boxes into the car ready to go, sent with love and hope.
If you feel inspired by Susan’s efforts please visit a giving tree this Christmas and give your child the time to choose a gift for another child less fortunate than them in Australia, there are plenty of them out there. What your child receives in empowerment and hope will far outweigh the value of the $20 gift.
Thankyou Mrs Lock for making sure we know how important it is to care.

In the Classrooms

Langley
We have had an opportunity to have a closer look at some of our feathered friends this week courtesy of The Nature Education Centre. The children have been fascinated with the features of the parrots; the claws and the beaks and the texture of the feathers. We have recorded the children’s thoughts and used paints to represent our discoveries.
“There’s his claws. He’s a sharp birdie. A birdie, it colour, the colour on it” Ryan observed.
“It feels like soft. He’s got big teeth. Does he want to talk? All the feet not working, they’re not working. Those ones are kind feathers” said Alec.
“It’s got claws and eyes and a beak. He’s tired. Its soft feathers, blue, blue and dreen (green)” Ruby told us.
“The bird not moving because they don’t have any batteries” Tommi suggested!
We look forward to further observing our live feathered friends around the center!
Kind regards,Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
"I'm writing a letter to my Uncle Bob the Builder" Ollie said as he busily wrote at our writing table.
"I'm making my very own book", Henry told us.
Many letters, books and other literary forms have been written this week as the Mead children have really explored and practised their letter formation, and used their imagination in many different ways. The children are also loving signing in and out as they arrive and depart the room, in the 'Sign in book'.
"If I draw some lines I can write really neatly now," Charlie H proudly exclaimed!
"I can't forget to sign in every day, otherwise you wont know I am here!" Ryan reminded us.
Emma, Susan and Emma

Cooper
In Cooper we have been reading the story Witch Witch Please Come to My Party, a repetitive story with many fantasy characters. This started the children thinking about parties and invitations. Several children played at the writing table making invitations (in their three year old writing)...
"It’s for a picnic" explained Erin, "at eight thirty."
"For my Mum and Dad. A show" said Daisy deciding it would be at six o'clock.
"Show, show" exclaimed Fergus.
"It’s an invitation... for Maya when it’s her birthday" said Jasmine. "How do you say 'Love from Jasmine'?" she asked as she wrote.
The children drew pictures and decorated their invitations and stuck photos of themselves on. They folded the invitations and put them in envelopes and remembered to write the name of the guest on the front. We have displayed our writing work in the room - the children have proudly been showing their friends and have inspired even more invitation making!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan

Chapple
This week in the Chapple Room we have been talking about what it means to be a good friend. A good friend is someone who lets you join in, is kind and thinks about you, isn’t bossy and when you decide on things together. We’ve also had a wonderful sharing our favourite storybooks with each other during Show and Tell time. One of the most surprising finds was that some books don’t have illustrations, but you can make your own pictures in your head while you read them! Chapple children have been learning to write numbers and also to recognise numbers in our environment and understand why they are there. This week we all thought about the numbers on our mail boxes and drew pictures and wrote the numbers.

Edgerley
This week in Edgerley we have been very thoughtful authors, writing story’s for books that are sad, happy and non-fiction. Here are some of our titles.

Sad
“Grandma and Grandpa Died” by Aadi
“Little Black Riding Hood Gets the Fox” by Lachlan F

Happy
“The DJ” by Jamison
“Little Thomas and Other Stories” by Lachlan Th
“My Daddy and My Family” by Nickolas
“The Night Garden Tom and Jerry” by Francesco
"Thomas the Tank Engine and the Eastern Rosella” by Aadi

Non-Fiction
“Dougal” by Eddie
“Tris and Brian’s Wedding” by Jamison

We also finally created our own real wedding cake with five layers. It was super yummy and just the thing for our afternoon wedding.
Kind regards
Mel and Rosalie

A New Arrival

We would like to congratulate Austin and his Mum and Dad, Bonnie and Kurt, on the arrival of baby sister, Audrey Mae, on the 16th of October.
Congratulations from your extended familiy at Princes ELC

Multi DVD Burner

Dear Parents,
We have been dismally unsuccessful in our attempts to burn copies of our artsPACes multi media presentation that the children prepared and performed in!!! We would ideally like to burn a copy for every family free of charge. We are hoping that a family may have a multi DVD burner that we could either borrow or pass the master copy and blank DVD’s to have copies made. If you are able to help us out please let us know. We have had many requests for copies so if we are unable to find a multi burner we will still offer the DVD but for the price of professional copying.
Thanks
Mel

Summer Shorts

New microfiber maroon shorts for two year olds are now available at Princes on Parade for sale. These shorts are lightweight, comfortable and dry quickly. We hope to have microfiber shorts in bigger sizes available in the future.

Information for Expectant Mothers – Slap Face

Dear Parents,
We have had a single isolated case of Fifth Disease (more commonly known as Slap Face) in the Langley room. By the time children present with a fever or the five fingered red mark on their cheek (hence the name slap face) they are no longer contagious but may be uncomfortable and need time off from Kindergarten. But more importantly Slap Face can be detrimental to pregnant mothers in their first trimester. If you are in this situation and concerned please see your doctor immediately.

Nativity RSVPs

Dear Parents,
Thankyou to all the families who returned their RSVP slips for children’s attendance at our annual Nativity. Children are currently waiting to find out what role they will play on the day and begin rehearsing in earnest. We are not able to assign these roles until the remaining eighteen families who have not returned their slips have passed them back. If your child’s slip is still outstanding please return it to us as soon as possible or e-mail Mrs Julie Porter at jporter@pac.edu.au indicating whether your child will be performing with us on Thursday the 18th of November. We require these responses urgently.
Thanking you in anticipation
Mel

Christmas Dates for Your Diary

Dear Parents,
thankyou for your patience, waiting for details about classroom christmas parties. Your P&F reps have done a wonderful job scheduling parties that don't clash and have also tried to avoid clashes with parties from our sister schools. Below are the details to date. Please add them to your diaries. In some cases more details will follow soon.

Mead Room Christmas Picnic:
27 November - Sausage sizzle with ‘Santa’s Little Helper’ at Bush Magic Park (at the Aquatic Centre, corner of Jeffcott Road / Fitzroy Terrace, North Adelaide), 10.00am onwards. Further details to follow closer to the time.

Langley Christmas Gathering:
20th November - 2pm – 4pm at Sasmee. Miniature trains at Goodwood.

Chapple Christmas Gathering:
21st November – Please look for more details on the classroom door

Cooper Christmas Gathering:
11th December – More details to come

In the Classrooms

Langley
This week the Langley children have been retelling their own versions of some familiar stories. We have investigated the story of the Three Little Pigs with puppets and other props. Oliver L decided that his story had a big bad dinosaur in it rather than a big bad wolf.
“But mine’s a dinosaur” Oliver explained.
“What’s the dinosaur going to do?” asked the Teacher.
“He going to blow the piggy house down” Oliver explained.
“It’s da wolf” explained Gabe to Oliver as he picked up the wolf puppet.
“Here a wolf” Oliver agreed as he picked up the toy wolf.
“Dere’s two!” observed Gabe excitedly.
Grace has also been telling us her own version of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt;
“We’re going on a bear hunt, we’re going to catch a big one, we’re not scared, we’re not scared. Uh oh! Grass! Swash, swash, swash!” she said as she read to the other children.
Kind regards,Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
"Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Girl!" Jade yelled excitedly.
After reading and exploring some different versions of the classic story 'The Gingerbread Man' this week, the Mead children have seized the theme with great energy! We have had role play, rivers running through our room, puppet making and have baked our very own gingerbread men.
"Gingerbread men aren't real. They're only in stories" Jesse told us as we mixed the biscuit recipe together.
"It's going to bake but it's not going to run away. It's not going to be a real one" Ryan explained to everyone.
"No, he will bake and then he will jump out (of the oven)" Ollie challenged.
"I will grab him and hold him and eat him" Elliott said, imitating gobbling something up.
Best wishes,
Emma, Susan and Emma
Cooper
The Cooper children love the song We're Going on a Lion Hunt and We're Not Scared! We have sung and sung and sung this song in our room. This week we went to look for places in our yard where we could hunt for lions: long grass, puddles, mud, a bridge and a cave. The ELC yard has so many good places for exploring and the children recited the song as they played, with lots of chopping and sploshing and tip toeing. At the end we had to shut the gate - bang! - safe from the lion. We found the Langley yard was a great place to hide!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan

Chapple
This week in Chapple we have been exploring the topic ‘sink or float’. We have been experimenting with a range of different objects, and discussing what qualities make them sink or float.
Sam G discovered: I’m putting water in there (alfoil tray) and it makes more weight and it makes it sink.
Zac also experimented with the alfoil tray, remarking: If I put everything in there it will sink.
Hamish found an object that sinks and floats, saying: If you put the lid the right way it sinks because it has water in it but if you put it up the other way with no water it floats.
Also this week, we have been continuing with our Storymaker topic. We have been working hard to create a Fairytale setting, including a beanstalk, a castle complete with flags and paintings of our favourite characters. Please feel free to visit the Chapple room and explore the new decorations.
Eleanor and Kate

Edgerley
What a work out we gave the carpentry table this week in Edgerley. We shared a design for a wooden bird house that Hugo’s Dad had illustrated for us and talked about the different features. We were so excited to discover that Hugo’s Dad was going to come to Kindergarten to make it for us (and our Rosella’s). Inspired by all this construction talk we pounced on the carpentry table, comparing lengths of wood and discussing possible construction techniques. Aadi and Alan worked together to cut lengths of dowel for the children. Once they were attached to the bird houses I asked the children what they were.
“It’s the church for the bird” said Dougal
“The church?” I wondered aloud
“Yes, it is where the bird sits” clarified Aadi
“The church has to be long for the bird to fly on it” added Roshan
Finally I connected the dots, “Yes I see, what a great perch you have made” I said!

We also continued our fascination with weddings, particularly tiered wedding cakes, and created our own. Next week we plan to cook and assemble a real one! Thankyou to the Fleets for sending their wedding video in for us to view.
Kind regards
Mel and Rosalie

Desperate for Soft Toys

Dear Parents,
We have now run out of soft toys for our shoeboxes of love. If your child has completed a shoebox but you have not donated a small soft toy please pass one to Mrs Porter in the new week. If you can already hear the sleigh bells jingling and are dying to get into the giving season a month or so early we’d love you to pop out and purchase a small soft toy or two so that children can complete the final shoeboxes of love. What better excuse to go shopping!!
Thankyou
ELC Staff

Nativity RSVP

All families should now have received a note about the ELC Nativity on November 18th. Please return your RSVP slip to Mrs Porter as soon as possible as we would like to assign children their roles and begin practising. Spare forms are available from Mrs Porter if required.
Thankyou
Ali Blake

Nativity Costumes

Dear Parents,
We need broad sheet newspapers for part of our costuming preparations. If you have any donations of broadsheet newspapers please pass them to Mrs Porter at the front desk. We are also hoping that there may be some sewers out there amongst you who could help us with innkeeper and camel costumes. Thankyou to Estelle Chapple who has already volunteered. For those who like to keep their hands busy of an evening in front of the television we are also on the lookout for people who could help us stitch bells onto ribbons.
If you are able to assist please let Mrs Porter know.
Thankyou
Mel Bishop

Library Excursion

We will be visiting Norwood Library on Wednesday, 3rd November to investigate their children's section and hear some stories. The library is very kindly opening that morning especially for our ELC students and to thank them for this we would like to make a donation to the Friends of the Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Library Service. We invite all children attending this excursion to bring along a gold coin donation on the day which we will present to the library.
Thankyou
Ali Blake

Unlock the Secret of Happy Children

Have you ever wondered what things make children truly happy? The truth is quite surprising! Psychologist and author, Steve Biddulph, will be in Adelaide in November speaking about this very subject. Steve is the successful author of books such as Raising Boys, The Secret to Happy Children and Manhood and is well renowned for combining humour, powerful stories and practical help in a way that leaves parents inspired. Steve is a wonderful, knowledgeable (and sometimes painfully honest) speaker who will give every parent food for thought. Steve’s sessions and books come highly recommended by the staff of Princes ELC, he is a must see speaker. Get in early to avoid disappointment. Tickets can be booked via venuetix on 82258888 or www.venuetix.com.au. Tickets are $30 plus booking fee.

The Secret of Happy Children
Date: Tuesday 2nd November
Time: 7.30 – 9.15pm
Venue: The Journey Uniting Church, 2-30 Surrey Farm Drive, Golden Grove

The Secret of Happy Children
Date: Wednesday 3rd November
Time: 7.30 – 9.15pm
Venue: The Corner Uniting Church, Cnr Oaklands and Diagonal Roads, Warradale

Raising Boys
Date: Thursday 4th November
Time: 7.30 – 9.15pm
Venue: Adelaide West Uniting Church, 312 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Brooklyn Park

A New Arrival

We would like to congratulate Nathaniel and his Mum and Dad, Nicole and Anthony on the arrival of baby sister, Angelina, on the 12th of October. We would also like to thank Nathaniel’s family for allowing us to adopt the fish that now live outside Chapple room. They have been an immediate hit and are loved by the children!

Edgerley Coffee Morning

The next Edgerley Coffee Morning is next Friday, October 29th at 10 am at Cafe Fibonacci Located at the Schomburgk Pavilion in the Botanic Gardens.
We hope to see you there
Amalia, Adriana and Belinda

Sports For Schools

Dear Parents,
Coles are currently running a Sports For Schools campaign. With each purchase you are able to collect vouchers to pass to your child’s school. The school is then able to redeem sports equipment in exchange for the vouchers. Please help us Mr Weatherald and the Preparatory Sports Faculty by collecting these vouchers and dropping them in the collection box at Mrs Porter’s desk.
Thankyou
Mel Bishop

Senior Student Visitors

Dear Parents,
You may have noticed a few extra bodies at Princes ELC in the last few weeks. We were pleased to have Year Ten students, Maddie and Rachel, visiting us from Loreto College. Maddie and Rachel will visit us once a week during November to observe early childhood practices as part of their Children’s Studies course. We were also pleased to spend a week of work experience at the start of the term with Kiara and Alice from Year Ten at Seymour College. Both girls were able to spend days with different age groups across the centre to further develop their understanding of the role of Early Childhood professionals… and they both developed a soft spot for Langley! We were sad to see them go.
We are pleased that we have such a wonderful environment to share with budding professionals and are so grateful for the way in which these special visitors are welcomed and supported by our families. If you see Maddie or Rachel in the playground in coming weeks feel free to give them a wave or a smile.
Kind Regards
Mel Bishop

New Direct Debit provider

Last week we changed providers for our direct debit process (under our software companies preference). There have been some families that during the changeover have been inadvertently charged twice. This should be rectified by the fact that your account will be in credit and you will not be charged again next week on your usual cycle. If this has caused any dishonour fees could you please let me know and the school will credit your account by this amount. We apologise sincerely for any inconvenience,

Jeanine

Mead Room Family Dinner

Dear Mead Room Families,
Please join us for a family dinner at The Marryatville Hotel on Friday 22 October at 5.30pm. Please let Annette know (on 0423 361 975) by Monday 17 October if you would like to come.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers
Annette and Karen

Share the Love

Dear Parents,
We are coming to the end of our collection and wrapping of our special gifts for children in need in other countries. As you may recall, our decision to participate in this form of community service was so that the children could be directly involved. On Wednesday Mrs Susan Lock, ably assisted by Justin Commons and Christine McCauley assisted children to pack the covered box they had prepared at home. I was able to pop in and out and observe the packing. It truly was a great process to observe, I listened as children began to think about the special someone they were going to send their box to and watched as they chose items for the box with care, love and thoughtfulness. Like others who had an opportunity watch the process, I felt quite emotional as I saw firsthand the amazing capacity some of our young children have to think about the needs of others, no easy task when presented with an art room decked out like a toy shop! For some of our younger children, moving away from the natural egocentricity of being two and three was quite tricky but as I watched them grapple with this concept I was reminded of the real benefits of involving our young students in some form of community service.

Hugo gently pushed down on the bristles of a toothbrush, “I just need to check that it’s right, this one’s not soft enough for my little girl. I need a soft one for her” he added

“Oh! It’s just like a toy shop, I wish the poor children could see it!” exclaimed Jesse thoughtfully as he entered the art room

“I’ve got a little sister at home so I’m doing one so little girls can have one too” said Zach

“I like the car but my person is a little girl so I’ve got a necklace in a bag for her instead” said Aadi

It was such a worthwhile experience we would like to continue our packing for another week to include some of the children who did not participate.

*If your child has not packed a shoebox of love and you would like your child to participate you may like to purchase an item from every area and send them to Kindergarten next week. We will add them to the tables of goods for the children to choose from and then you can send in your covered box with completed $9 donation form and tag for the front of the box (Mrs Porter has photocopied donation slips at the front desk now).

*If you have sent in your items but not covered your shoebox please complete your form and send in your covered shoebox next week.

Shoeboxes of Love will be finalised by the end of next week (Friday the 22nd of October) as they must be finished to make it onto the ship in time to be sent.
If, like me, the enthusiasm of our young children has filled you with the giving spirit we are desperate for exercise books, pencil cases, small soft toys and cakes of soap to complete the boxes.
I can only imagine that the joy and enthusiasm on the faces of the children who will open the boxes will mirror those expressions that were observed in the faces of our children as they packed them.
Kind Regards
Mel Bishop

In the Classrooms

Langley
The Langley children have begun investigating our new unit Storymakers with much enthusiasm and we have quickly discovered the children have so many stories to share about a whole range of different topics. We have shared stories about our paintings, we have acted out stories with costumes, and we have told stories about our block building and what we did during the holidays. Hannah even shared a joke with us.
“What do cows do on a Saturday night?” she asked,
“They go to the mooooovies!” she told us with a giggle.
Be sure to come and take a look at the stories we have created and shared on our display board.
Thank you to those families who have brought in their shoeboxes of love. Mrs Lock has been helping the children fill their shoe boxes this week. It is wonderful to see the children enjoying this experience and beginning to develop their understanding of giving to other, even if it is a bit tricky to leave our shoebox full of goodies behind at the end! It is not too late to bring your shoebox in next week if you haven’t already done so.
Kind regards
Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
The Mead children have been welcomed back by some feathery friends in the classroom. Following their interest in the parrots who often frequent our ELC cafe while we are eating, we have some preserved species on loan for exploration and discussion. They have generated much inspiration for artwork too.

Isn't it soft. Be careful with it. Jade
It is light and soft. Clementine
Feel the claws. They're hard. Jade
That's 'cos they got rocks in them. Henry
They use them for eating. Jade
It's coloured rainbow. Nathaniel

Cooper
This week we have begun our ‘Storymakers’ unit by telling stories about our paintings at the easel. The children told very imaginative stories about dinosaurs, snakes, crocodiles, chickens and all sorts of other things. Erin began her story “Once upon a time…” and went on to tell a story about a chicken that needed a hug! Sienna started her dinosaur story with “It were a long, long, long year ago…”. Many of the children have also created new stories and recreated favourite stories by dressing up and acting on our Storymakers Stage, particularly enjoying being bears and lions and going hunting for each other. It is amazing how much we already know about making stories!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan

Chapple
Welcome back to our final term in the ELC! And a big welcome to Miss Eleanor! Chapple Room students will soon be going to school! How exciting.
During the week we began having a look at fairy tales. We have particularly enjoyed ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears.’ We have spent some time talking about the different characters and why each character is different. We then decided that we could act out the story ourselves! This was great fun as we gathered props to help us tell the story. We changed characters numerous times and some of us have been the narrator. We’ve also discussed what a ‘setting’ is – it’s “the place where the story is.” The setting in Goldilocks is the Bear’s House in the Forest. We have also begun writing a class story! When reading with your child, ask them to identify the special characteristics of the characters. Talk about the setting and describe it together.
We have also been inquiring into things that sink and things that float. Don’t you find it astounding that an enormous boat can float, yet a small rock will sink? We’ll investigate this further next week as we bring in things that sink and float as part of our Show and Tell.
Kate and Eleanor

Edgerley
Edgerley students jumped right into our unit with gusto this week. We enjoyed working together to create the story of the three little pigs with puppets, listened to told stories and closed our eyes to make our own pictures, enjoyed listening to story books with Mrs Gilchrist at the library and started to make our own books in the classroom.
We particularly enjoyed Parsley Rabbits Book About Books and have begun to think about the different types of books we find and enjoy.
We also enjoyed preparing for some weddings in our classroom this week, moving furniture, making wedding cakes and rings and assigning roles. We were all so excited to see Jack’s Mum and Dad’s wedding album for his show and tell. Next week we will continue this play by making tuxedos as the children have highlighted this form of apparel as very important in weddings!
Kind regards
Mel and Rosalie

Amendment to the Library Excursion Information

Dear Parents,
On the 3rd of November Wednesday Kindergarten students will be visiting the Norwood Library for a story telling session. We intend to walk down The Parade in two separate groups and will require adult assistance. An excursion form with further details has been placed in all the lockers of children who attend kindergarten on Wednesdays.
However unfortunately, due to school transition sessions for four year old children we have had to swap the timings of the sessions. Our sheet informs parents that three year old classes will visit the library first, followed by the four years olds. Please note that this has been changed, Four Year old children (Chapple and Edgerley) will now visit the library first at 10.00am. Three year old children (Cooper and Mead) will visit the library second at 10.30am. Please keep this in mind if you intend offering to help us on this trip.
Thankyou and apologies for any confusion
Mel Bishop

New Dates

Dear Parents,
We have new dates in our side bar on the left side of our blog. Please take a moment to look at them and add any into your diaries. As always you can always find a list of dates on the board beside the parent desk by the door to the adult toilets.
Kind regards
Mel Bishop

Martini Ball

The school's bi-annual Matini Ball will be held on Saturday 30th October. This is a fun night with great food, wine and a band I can recommend that features one of our own parents! It would be great if we could organise one or even two tables to represent the ELC. If you are interested please contact your P & F rep or you can book directly.

Jeanine

Mr Rob's Stir Fry

I have had a couple of requests for Mr Rob's secret for his stirfry which is a very popular lunch , so here it is !
The quantity is approximate as Rob makes it to feed 90 children !

Marinade 1kg of diced chicken overnight in a mixture of 1 cup soy sauce ,1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce and 1/2 cup crushed garlic (or to taste)
Stirfry the chicken then add frozen vegetables ( a stir fry mix) , add liquid chicken stock and a packet of dry noodles (Rob uses Pandoroo Chinese Chow Mein noodles). The noodles will soften in the stock , then thicken it with a cornflour and water paste.

Enjoy !

Jeanine

Covered Shoeboxes

Dear Parents,
we are getting very close to packing our shoeboxes of love with your children. They must be completed soon so that they can go through customs and travel by ship to their destination countries to arrive before Christmas.
If you have not already covered and returned your shoebox ready to be packed we now need you to:

* cover a shoebox that fits within the designated size (on the information brochure) with bright paper

*attach your gender/age label (from the information brochure) to your covered box

*Complete your donation form and put it inside the box

*Include a family photo and a brief message to the recipient (laminate if possible) in the box

*RETURN THIS BOX TO PRINCES ELC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (before Wednesday would be ideal) so that our helpers can begin to pack with the children.

Thankyou for your assistance
Princes ELC staff

In Langley Room

On Wednesday the Langley children went on a big walk around the school while the older children were on holidays. First we went up a big flight of stairs to visit someone.
“We went to see Grace’s Mummy” Henry told us
“at the big school” Jack O added
“Grace’s mummy at the big school” Jack J agreed
Thank you to Grace’s Mum, Melissa, who showed us around her office and took us into the museum to see all the old school memorabilia.
“We saw old tennis rackets” said Jack O
“and an old school uniform” added Tommi
Next we headed off to the playground but we discovered something else along the way.
“A water fountain” Tommi cried excitedly
“Yeah a fountain” agreed Jack O
We splashed in the water and admired how big the fountain was before moving on.
“To the playground!” Grace reflected excitedly
Wow, what an adventure we went on, we were all well and truly ready for a rest when we got back to the ELC.

Kind regards
Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Holiday Fun

Third term holidays

It’s been a terrific two weeks of holiday happenings for the third term break of 2010. We have been cruising and racing on scooters, roller blades and bikes for wheels day and building banging and creating for construction contraption day. We grabbed our hard hats, tools, hoses and buckets to fix and clean on Mr & Mrs fix it day and said a sad goodbye to our fabulous Miss Giorgio with dancing, games and lots of hugs too. We tested our skills with obstacles and games and stretched with yoga sessions for fitness and fun day, then sailed the high seas and searched for buried pirate treasure for nautical day.

Now the holidays are nearly at an end and next week we will be welcoming back our teachers and settling in once again to our regular classes.

See you in the Christmas Holidays!

Mr Kerber, Miss Sandow, Miss Eleanor, Miss Grey, Mrs Nacca, Miss Ciara, and Miss Jacki

Missing Clothing

One again we are missing some tops and hats, please check the names in the school clothing that you have at home , just in case



Thankyou

Bookings for next year

Please confirm any changes to next years bookings that you would prefer asap as place offers are being sent out later this week,

Jeanine

New Baby

We would like to congratulate Holly, Andrew and big brother Felix on the birth of Clementine. We wish you all the very best and welcome her into the Princes community.

Langley Room

It's business as usual in the Langley Room during school holidays. We've been very busy examining a range of different flowers and have represented them using a broad selection of art materials. The children have enjoyed watching the flowers change during the week and have discussed what they can see as they create their art works. "I'm making flowers"said Jack O, "I need to put two stems" he added." Two stems" agreed Jack J, I put on two stems. It's a rectangle" he continued. Jack O also spotted some shapes " and these ones are squares and these ones are triangles" he pointed out."Dese are flowers, pink flowers" observed Sophie. Henry pointed to the flowers and explained where they had come from to the other children, "these are JJ's" he said."I'm making flowers" Grace told the other children.

If anyone has any flowers in their garden, we would love it if you could bring them in to share with us.

kind regards

Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer