Dear Mattingley families and friends,
What a busy fortnight we have had together
in the Mattingley classroom. After Mrs Mason had been on two weeks holiday she
noticed something about all the children.
Wow! You are all so much bigger! She exclaimed.
Together we decided to measure
all the children to see how much they had all grown. You can
find these measurements on display in the classroom.
Noticing that we were focusing on
measurement in week 2, Mrs Kaur suggested that we borrow the unifix cubes from
the Edgerley classroom to continue our measurement journey. This is when we
decided to measure Sammy.
After finding that Sammy is 43 unifix
cubes tall the children set off to see what else they
could measure using this informal method of measurement.
Later in the week we were lucky to have
Ashton's Daddy, Kurt come in to show us how to carve a jack-o'-lantern for us. It was amazing watching
him carefully care out the different shapes to make the face. Thank
you Kurt for sharing this skill with us. We think our lantern
looked fantastic and maybe a little bit scary.
It’s
going to be a Halloween pumpkin- Sammy
You
cut out the drawing- Chloe
That’s scary- Josh S
Week Three saw the children continue their
journey into measurement, using the unifix cubes to measure their feet, as well
as other objects around the classroom. They are starting to hypothesis how many
cubes they will need to measure objects, working together to join the cubes to
see if they were right. Through these experiences the children are developing
an understanding that measurement involves the comparing of objects, focusing
on bigger and smaller, which has been lots of fun.
While there was lots of measurement
discussions happening, they did not lose focus of their real interest within
the classroom. Insects! Using the plasticine they were able to use their fine motor skills to mold
it into shape, creating wonderful insects, with many eyes and hundreds of legs.
This experience gave them the opportunity to think deeply about what they have
already learnt about insects, sharing with each other what they had created and
the different characteristics that they had added.
We look forward to seeing where these two
interests take us next week.
Kimberley Mason and Coney Rocca
