Dear Mattingley families and friends,
What a fantastic week we have had exploring the
world of light and darkness. Our Unit of Inquire this term is 'Shadow lands'
with the central idea: As light moves, things change. To begin this unit
the children have had a fantastic time investigating different aspects of light
and darkness. They have been playing with light in the 'dark tent' using a
number of torches and little lights, exploring how they can crate and
manipulate light. Thursday morning we set up an overhead projector in our
castle and the children spent most of the afternoon discovering how the light
works to make shadows. The children had meaningful discussions as they were
discovering what shadows are like. There was a lot of laughter and
delight as they found that their shadows copied them as they moved their
bodies.
"You need light to make my shadow."-
Angelina
"If you turn light off the shadow
goes."- Augustin
"You need the light on if you want to see
your shadow."- Aiden
"Look mine dancing." Jaanav
We would like to take this opportunity to
thank one of our fantastic mums, Lisa (Patrick's mum) who donated her time and
resources in the holidays to crate our beautiful firefly mural in our
classroom. If you haven't had a chance to see it yet please ask your child to
show you. It is truly amazing.
Wishing you all a happy weekend,
Kimberley,
Coral and Tiarna
