Dear Angwin Families
It was all about books this week in Angwin. Our interest in
creating books was ignited during Book Week and we have begun to author and
illustrate our own stories. We have been learning about the parts of books and
thinking about how they are constructed.
After our interest in Pamela Allen
books and then our obsession with Cressida Cowell's Emily Brown stories,
Mrs Rocca has now found us a new author to explore. We have been looking at the
stories of Julia Donaldson… does she sound familiar? You may have read her
story The Gruffalo.
To top it off we even had a real author come
and visit us. Sam’s Grandmother, Elizabeth Hutchins, the author of Brat Cat,
joined us to tell us about how she wrote her book. She shared photos of the
real Brat Cat with us and told us funny stories about his antics. She told us
about how the book was about her cat but she used her imagination to add to the
story.
“I am an author, I have ideas for stories, I have lots of
stories in my head” Elizabeth told us.
“A author is a parent who writes books but if it is two
people its’ an author and a illustrator” explained Samuel
“What’s an illustrator?” asked Mrs Bishop
“They write the photos” said Arwyn
“They make the pictures” said Autumn
“They make a picture so there’s a cover to show what happens
in the book” said Leon
After the story of cheeky Brat Cat we shared some stories
about our own cats. Elliot explained about how when Chester gets up on the
table they spray him with water! William told us about Feedle and Moo Moo and
how he sneaks about in the morning and scares his cats… I wonder who the cheeky
one is in that household! Scarlett told us about her cousin’s cat Putty, she’s
a little bit scared of her!
Our buddies were also in the book mood this week and brought
some stories down to read to us. We also enjoyed talking about what we have
seen at the Royal Adelaide Show. We are going to make a map so that we can
remember how to get around, the show is big!
“PS: I love the show!” said Joe M
“I like the pig races, they black and yellow ones were the
winner” said Samuel
We went micro at our clay table this week. Led by Harvey and
Joe M we moved away from big creations, instead working on tiny models of our
family members as well as making snails and other bugs. Finally this week we
kept our eyes peeled for hexagons in our classroom, you would be surprised how
many we found, even the end of our pastels were hexagons!
Please don’t forget that we are holding Parent Teacher
interviews on Tuesday (with Mrs Schmidt) and Wednesday (with Mrs Bishop) of
week 10 (22nd and 23rd of September). If you would like
to make an appointment to see your child’s teacher please add your name to a
slot on the interview sheet with Mrs Mandy at the front desk.
Have a wonderful weekend
The Angwin Team
