We are
excited that our ‘Change’ unit of inquiry is continuing to be so relevant and
occurring in Mead Room almost daily! All
of our tiny caterpillars grew rapidly to become big, fat caterpillars and then
just as swiftly changed to the next stage of their development – the beautiful
chrysalis. We have had two butterflies emerge from their chrysalis so far this
week which has been an amazing experience.
We noticed that the chrysalis became transparent and the monarch
butterfly’s beautiful orange and black wings became visible;
Tate –
it (the chrysalis) cracked open
Scarlet
– it had to flap its wings
After
the butterfly had spent some time drying out its wings and practicing the
tricky art of wing flapping we took it outside and watched in amazement as it
tentatively took to the air!
This
week also included a visit from SAPOL – three officers from the Norwood Police
Station let us get up close and personal with their vehicles! Sirens, police
hats, flashing lights and high vis vests were the order of the day. We learned that police officers make sure our
community is safe and police vehicles have sirens so they can let
people know they are coming and to move out of the way!
And…
we observed Shrove Tuesday, plus the astonishing ‘Lion Dance’ performed by some
of our very talented senior school students to celebrate Chinese New Year!
It has
been an extraordinarily busy week.
On a staffing note, Ms Kendall has decided not to continue in her full time role as co-educator for personal reasons but will be available for relief work on occasions. The lovely Miss Emma has been assisting in the Mead classroom as we seek another co-educator to assist Mrs Prest. We thank you for your patience and understanding at this time. We will inform you of the new co-educator as soon as we can.
Have a
great weekend!
Mrs Prest and Miss Emma
