Hi Cooper families,
What a fun and busy morning we had on Thursday for Sports Day. The
children had been buzzing with excitement for this big event for the past few
weeks. We all did so well participating in the running races, circle games and
the obstacle course. You can tell that we had been practicing for weeks! Thank
you to all of the families that made it out to help out and cheer on the Cooper
room, it made the morning very special for the children.
The Cooper room has been fascinated by anything creepy crawly over
the last few weeks. We have 3 new spiny leaf insects in our classroom, which
the children will help to care for over the next term. We have added magnifying
glasses and note pads which the children have eagerly been observing and
sketching the image that they see.
We have created a story table based on the book “The Very
Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. The children have been using the laminated
pictures to retell the familiar story. Through this experience the children are
demonstrating their understanding that the images in a story book represent
meaning which they can “read”. We have been using the images in the story as
inspiration for our butterfly paintings. We scanned the images from the book
and put them on the painting table. The children have created beautiful and
creative images, which we will display in the classroom.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Love Miss Gilbert and Mr Ty
