Dear Mattingley
families and friends,
We have had such
a lovely start to our Holiday program with children being so excited about
Christmas drawing near. Joshua D informed us that Christmas is near when you see Jacaranda trees blooming with
their beautiful purple flowers.
Mr Coleman also
read us the story Purple Snow by Tim Lobbecke during one of our trips to the
library. We have also been lucky to have a huge Jacaranda tree at PAC that
never fails to catch our attention as we explore our school. As a response to
this interest, we invited the children to create their own Jacaranda trees
using clay or sand and some beautiful paper in shades of purple. What a
wonderful quiet creative experience it was for the children to engage in while
enhancing their fine motor skills and eye hand coordination. We have also
planted some flowers to invite butterflies to come to our school and veggies to
feed our chickens especially corn. The children have been wonderful helpers
planting and caring for our plants. We will soon be working on making signs to
ensure all they are well cared for.
This week our
discussion about Christmas led us to talking about wishes.
"A wish is
something that may come true or not come true. Sometimes you just have to
wait", explained Walter.
"A wish is
for birthdays", said Roy.
"Well, if
you wish for a cow, it won't come true because it is too big", added Chloe.
"A wish is
when Santa gives you toys", said Lachlan.
"A wish is
magic that comes true", added Samuel.
We asked the
children what they wish for themselves and also explored the idea of wishing
for something for other people or the world. And here are some of their wishes.
For Elsa to come
alive but she wont freeze the world because I will train her not to. Chloe.
For people to
drive well on the road because there are so many houses. Edward
For people to go
to Madagascar because there are some beautiful colours in there. Joshua
For people to
live on icebergs. William
For people to
have train sets. Oscar
For penguins in
the world to come to Australia. Sidney
For people to
share toys with everybody. Roy
For people to
drive slowly so they don't crash into cars. Leo
To drive safe and
not crash into others. Josh
S
To see lots of
kittens in the world. Lochlann
For people to go
to the shops and buy toys. Eloise
To find a big
feather to tickle myself. Oliver
For people to go
to Sydney because my cousins live there. Billy
For people to
have happiness. Ms
Jackie
For children to
sing and be happy. Mrs Rocca
These wishes
celebrate children's innate caring and kind nature and it is our hope that
we all take every single day as an opportunity to nurture these
warm thoughts and feelings that children have towards others. May these wishes
make you proud of your children as well as yourselves as parents and family in
your child's life.
Mrs Rocca, Ms
Jana and Ms Jackie
