Dear Edgerley families,
Week three has been jam packed with lots of investigation as
children have continued to learn more about our classroom yabbies. You may have
noticed a new addition, Lucas managed to catch a rather large yabbie (called
Nick!) and has popped him up on the shelf for the children to look at. We
enjoyed observing him more closely (and carefully) on the mat at group time
until Nick made a daring escape and started heading across the carpet. It would
seem he is a super-yabbie! We have been talking about how we can find out more
information and have started a chart. We found some facts in books as well as
by using the internet. Stefan also shared a fact that he discovered through
observation! So many different ways to find out information, can you think of
any more?
We also spent lots of time talking about how to keep
ourselves safe this week, recording a long list of great ideas. We decided to
further explore the idea of safe and unsafe touching and created a shared
poster to illustrate our understanding. It was wonderful to observe the
children openly and frankly sharing their ideas and whilst we did initially
have a few giggles when using the correct terminology for some body parts this
quickly abated.
Our fascination with dinosaurs has continued and we have
begun to turn ourselves into dinosaurs on the board above the lockers. Take a
moment to read some of the attributes that are special to us.
We had a special surprise visit from our old Chinese teacher, Lao Shi House, on Thursday and the children were overjoyed to see her. She told us a funny story about why the cat is not part of the Chinese zodiac, using Chinese characters. Of course she needed some help and so, with Lao Shi Wen Ting, we ably assisted her to spot the missing characters. What wonderful linguists we are!
Have a wonderful weekend
Mel, Emma and Ty
