In the classrooms

Langley

Dear Langley Family and Friends,

What a wet week we have had this week. The Langley children and staff

have spent lots of time inside staying dry and have enjoyed having a run
out in the town square. This was a treat the children loved.

This week we also took time to go check out the school's new Red Centre.
We set off for a walk from the ELC but as soon as we got to the door it
started to rain. We waited by the door until the rain cleared and made
our way down the path, across the road and onto the oval.
Uh-oh as soon as we got onto the oval the rain started again! We quickly put
on our hoods and made a run across the oval. We all thought it was lots
of fun but were glad when we made it safely to the Red Centre and out of the rain.

Once inside we met Mr DeLacy. Mr DeLacy was kind enough to take time out of his
busy day to show us around. To dry off we went for a run in the huge gymnasium.
Mr DeLacy showed us some magic and when we said "Abracadabra" a grandstand
appeared from out the wall! We all got to sit on it for a photo. Mr DeLacy then took us
on a walk to some secret stairs. We all did a great job climbing up and up until we
were looking down on the gym. We made a walk along and met Miss G who was having
a birthday so we sang happy birthday!

We then got to have a look around and saw a big gym with heavy weights, looked at the
rowing machines and then got to walk next to the new big swimming pool. Mr DeLacy then took us into a special 'magic' lift that took us back to where we started. We then looked at some special trophy's that the school had won! Wow, what an adventure, we had so much fun but it was great to be back in the comfort of our warm classroom.

Thanks for a great week.

Jess, Nicole, Kerry and Emily

Mead

This week we have welcomed Living Eggs to the ELC and we have so enjoyed watching the chicks hatch. We have been discussing eggs and what happens with the lifecycle of a chicken, together with how we use eggs that chickens lay each day. Today in the Mead Room we have made some delicious green eggs and ham using 12 eggs and some ham. Here is a snapshot of the action….

Jacob cracked an egg. Then Angus… everyone had a turn in they wished.

Angus: Dere(there) are 4 eggs left! Now dere’s 2! Just one more to go! Zero left…

Teacher: What is the name of the yellow part of the egg?

Alec: D’ yolk!

Jock: I cwacked (cracked) it!

All the children had a turn whisking the eggs before we turned them green with some food colouring! Just like in Dr Seuss’ old favourite book “Green Eggs and Ham”.

After the children helped to cut up the ham we turned on the pan and put the butter in.

Tom: It’s slippery! It’s changing! It’s boiling!

Then we poured the eggs in…

Harry M: It’s turning into blue eggs!

Angus: What’s d’green bit?

Alec: It’s gween eggs and ham!

Then the children got to try the special cooking…

Charlie A: I love it!

Jacob: I going to eat it all up.

Angus: I want to eat all d’serves.

Tom: I’m a little bit scared to try it.

Dougal: I want some more.

Alec: It’s fun!

The whole experience was a wonderful way for the children to be involved and sample one of the many ways we use eggs from “Paddock to Plate”. We look forward to many other shared cooking times in the Mead Room this term.

Many Thanks,

Emma, Pip and Amelia

Cooper

Dear Cooper Room families,


What a busy week down on the Cooper Room farm. The children have been busy investigating where flour comes from. We have read “The Little Red Hen” and “Pancakes, Pancakes” to learn more. We have planted our own wheat seeds and can see them already starting to grow! Using our very strong muscles we have been working hard to grind wheat seeds with our mortar and pestle. Each day we are collecting the rough flour. Mrs Lock bought in her machine which ground the wheat seeds very quickly and noisily ! We used the flour to make our own BREAD. What a heavenly smell of freshly baked bread! The children also helped to make butter to spread on their bread. Unlike the Little Red Hen - great teamwork meant we could all share and eat the delicious bread.

Take the time to come into the Cooper Room and help us to grind some more wheat seeds as we would like to make pasta next week! We also have a lively Pancake shop where tasty pancakes are made to order! The children are following our simple pancake recipe to mix, stir, pour, fry and TOSS the pancakes. Oplah!

Enjoy a wonderful weekend - keep exploring food, ready to learn more about where our foods come from.

Kind regards

Susan and Coral

Chapple

Dear Chapple Room Parents and Friends,


It’s been an exciting week with the presence of our Living Eggs. Most have now hatched and it’s been a wonderful exploration watching them come out of their eggs. We have had many discussions about the eggs and chicks, and also about the food that can be produced from a chicken. Interestingly, none of the children were able to identify who would look after the chicks on a farm. Some children suggested the farmer or a pet keeper. We are also exploring the concept of dairy, as no one has been able to define what dairy products are. We will continue to explore this concept, looking closely at cheese, yoghurt, cream and butter next week.

Our excursion will be a great way for the children to further develop their understanding of farms and we are looking forward to it!

We have started our ‘Helping Hand’ program, where children will be given a handprint when they help another child. We hope that this will further the concepts of friendship, tolerance and compassion. Hopefully you will all see your child bringing home a handprint soon!

Have a great weekend.

Chicken Dialogue
A chicken hatched on day two. It was pretty exciting.
Why is it lying like that? Izabella
It pushed it’s way out. Abhi
It’s trying to find it’s mother in another egg. Izabella
It’s sleeping now. Open your eyes now. Izabella
He can’t walk, but when he’s younger he can, can’t he. You look at it ok Liam? Eden
Why is he in there? He needs to keep warm cause he doesn’t have a mother to keep him warm. The mother is on the farm. James S
The baby. Wake up. Squeak, squeak, squeak. Liam (as he showed the chicken his picture of it)
Did you know chicken actually hatch at a very long time. At thirty. Why haven’t the others hatched yet? Look, his wings are out. He’s grumpy. That’s the look on its face. I can see the egg cracked. There’s juice in it. Christian
You have to have a name for a chicken. Look, he’s trying to get to the other egg. He’s keeping it warm. Max
I wonder when Mrs Schmidt egg is going to hatch? Susannah
How did the egg hatch Mrs Schmidt? Max
You are not allowed to wriggle it cause if they come out too early it will die. James W
You can’t touch the glass or you’ll scare the chicks. Abhi
You know my grandpa has chickens at his home. There’s two girls and one boy. Ethan
Hatch! They hatch from the eggs. Liam
They make them warm so they can hatch. Ethan
Scuse me, why are they not hatching? Adu
They’re not ready. Andre
It’s having a rest. Luc

Chapple Room Team

Edgerley

Dear Edgerley Families and Friends,


Another exciting week as we ventured further into our inquiry about everything farms and food! We enjoyed making pizzas from scratch and we even learnt that yeast needs lukewarm water to activate! We are a little stuck on just how we get pasta to our plate because most of us think it just comes from a packet – but don’t worry, Ms Giorgio is going to be making pasta with the children so we’ll soon find out where it comes from!

We’ve loved watching our ELC eggs hatch into… baby chicks! Oh, they’re so cute and it’s very hard trying to leave the ELC or get back to our room without stopping to watching the progress!

Alex asked the class, “How do we know if there’s a chicken inside the egg?”

Cooper started off by saying, “If it’s got a big fin, it will be a chicken.”

Mrs Baird asked the children, “How do you know which eggs are for cooking and which eggs will have baby chicks?”

“Chickens are born into different boxes to the egg ones,” Max reasoned.

“They live on the farm. They hatch in the farm. If they don’t hatch they are sent to the shops,” Sebi gave his opinion.

Alyssa added, “They watch which ones comes out of the mummy chicken and which ones are for cooking.”

Angus told us, “It got grown in dirt.”

Cooper argued, “No, carrots grow in dirt.”

Alec then told us, “Actually, mummy chickens makes them.”

“Jesus and God made them,” Angus finished our conversation on a very thought provoking point!

With this high level of thinking, the teachers are just waiting for the right moment to ask which came first – the chicken or the egg?

See you all next week as we whip up some Filipino delicacies with Mrs Rocca, head to the farm and start exploring more and more numbers!

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Rocca, Ms Giorgio and Mrs Baird