Dear
Mattingley families and friends,
What a spooky week we have had in the Mattingley
classroom this week. Dominic and his Daddy, Antonio brought in a
humongous pumpkin for us to carve into a Jack-o-Lantern to celebrate
Halloween. We spoke about how we were going to carve it out together.
It is really too big. It a big one- Dominic
We would need something big and sharp- Isaac
I don’t know how we will cut it up- Ashvin
We really had no idea on how we were going to make our
pumpkin into a Jack-o- Lantern. Lucky enough Liam’s Mummy, Tatiana knew exactly
what needed to be done to carve it out. On Thursday morning she bought in her
special pumpkin carving tools and set out with the children to carve it out. To
start with the children needed to stand back so she could use a really sharp
knife to cut the top of the pumpkin off.
It’s empty. Why is it empty?- Robert asked when the
top of the pumpkin came off. We were lucky that Dominic’s Daddy, Anthony had
bought us in a special pumpkin that had been grown especially for Halloween
carving.
“What do you think is inside it?” Tatiana asked the
children.
Seeds- Poppy exclaimed, and she was right. There was
no pumpkin inside just the seeds.
Using special scoops and their hands the children
worked together to remove all the seeds.
“What would happen if you plant the seeds?” Tatiana
asked
They grow!- Liam
It smells like pumpkin- Dominic
It took a little time, but with the help from Tatiana
the children were able to use her special tools to make two different faces on
the pumpkin.
One is happy and one is sad- Dominic
You will find
it in our classroom window if you would like to take a closer look. We would
like to say a big thank you to both Antonio for bringing in the pumpkin, and to
Tatiana who taught us how to carve it out, safely, to make a fantastic Jack - o
- Lantern.
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend,
Kimberly
& Rosalie
