Dear
Edgerley families,
We
have had another wonderful week – including the Sports Day on Thursday where we
had many energetic and excited Edgerley children participate. We welcomed back
William who returned from his trip to China, and shared many snippets and
answered lots of the children’s questions about the food and animals there.
On
Tuesday we gave a Yoga performance for Mr Andary and Mrs Garland where we all performed
the yoga poses we have learnt to a story. These poses included butterfly, cat,
dog, eagle, mountain and helicopter to name a few. Ask your children to show
you these at home!
(We do
yoga) “because it makes you get big and strong” – Sylas
(We do
yoga) “because it makes you feel good” - Oscar
We are
particularly enjoying the writing table, where many children are making their
own books, and the play dough table with letter cut outs. We have all confirmed
what sporting house we are in for sports day, and who these sporting houses are
named after and what colour they are.
We had
another visit from Lenny the Lamb to support our social skills. This week we
talked about entering play and how we can do this. As the children move from
‘parallel play’ to more reciprocal play they need to step up to a new set of
skills – such as waiting, taking turns, empathising, sharing ideas etc. Joining
into a group can be quite a challenge for some, so this discussion was helpful
in suggesting ways they can use their words, make eye contact and use a
friendly voice to name a few ideas.
“Maybe
you can say …if you let me play I’ll be your friend forever” offered Stefan.
“You
could ask the teacher to tell them” suggested Regan.
“You
could use your words first and then tell them” David recommended.
For Show and Tell we shared our favourite
sport and many children brought in sporting equipment which made its way to the
outdoors and was played with throughout the day. We have lots of budding AFL
players in the Edgerley Room!
The next two weeks is school holidays and the holiday program will be running. Mrs Nacca and Miss Kendall will be in the Edgerley Room for the two weeks and have an exciting program prepared. Happy holidays to those of you taking them.
The next two weeks is school holidays and the holiday program will be running. Mrs Nacca and Miss Kendall will be in the Edgerley Room for the two weeks and have an exciting program prepared. Happy holidays to those of you taking them.
Best
wishes,
Emma,
Emma and Ty
