Dear
Cooper families,
What
a great week we have had to wrap up the end of term 4! We had our class
Christmas party on Thursday in the Cooper room to celebrate our first 2 terms
together as a class. The children baked a special Christmas cake for our
friends and loved ones to share for our afternoon tea. It was delicious! We
have also been finishing off our Christmas gifts that we gave to our mums and
dads at the Christmas party. They looked amazing and we were very proud of how
they turned out.
We
have been lucky to have numerous lady bug sightings this week near the chicken
coop in the outside area. We found a whopping 6 on Wednesday! Lexie was the
first to find one and the children decided that they wanted to keep it.
Lexie – A lady bug!
Struan – Where you got it from?
Lexie – I found it from the chickens. Lady birds have
wings.
Miss Gilbert – should we find a small bowl or bucket to put it
in.
The
children all agreed that this was a good plan. Once we found a suitable bucket,
we encountered a problem.
Lexie – It wants to come out.
Miss Gilbert – What could we do to make it want to stay in
there?
Zara – Put grass!
Miss Gilbert – Good idea Zara. What do you think that lady
birds like to eat?
Zara – Bark
Angus Owler – Leaves
Sebastian Horvath – I think it eats slugs and snails.
We
collected grass, sticks and bark to make its home. The children took great care
in deciding which leaves and bark to place in the bucket. The children searched
and collected many more lady birds and in the process discovered that when they
are scared “they fly away!” – Angus
Owler
We
would also like to say goodbye and good luck to Kingsley Ip who is leaving our
ELC next week. It has been lovely getting to know you and seeing the wonderful
friendships that you have developed over the past 6 months. We will all miss
you very much!
Miss
C will be in the classroom during the Summer holiday period. If you have any
questions please speak to Miss C or you can email me on mgilbert@pac.edu.au as I will be checking my emails throughout the
break.
We
hope that you have a lovely Christmas and Happy New year. See you all in Term
4.
Lots
of love,
Miss
Gilbert and Miss C
