Dear
Parents,
We
have had another busy and productive week in the Edgerley Room. Our
investigations into harmony have continued with gusto as we explored music from
different cultures. We listened to everything from Aboriginal, African and
Vietnamese to Spanish Flamenco music. The children danced, listened and
reflected. We were fascinated by how different the music sounded and that the
music from different cultures is so varied.
Good
because I like to dance! - Lewis (aboriginal)
It
made me think of rockets - Nicholas Y (aboriginal)
It
made me feel like sleeping - Will A (Bach classical)
I
felt like doing yoga - Struan (Vietnamese)
It
made me feel like hugging - Nicholas V (Vietnamese)
It
filled me with jewels and sparkles - Zara (African)
It
filled me with love - Charlie O (African)
We
also tried painting to music and it was really interesting to see how the music
influenced what we painted. This time we played Vietnamese music and Hamish painted
"the ocean, birds, the sea and musical tunes". Henry painted
"a bird on a branch with leaves over it to keep it warm". I wonder
what type of music we will listen to next time we paint?
For
weeks many of the Edgerley children have been busy in the sandpit cooking up
delicious cupcakes and other bakery morsels. The hours spent coordinating the
kitchen duties have shown great cooperation and collaboration. On Tuesday
we took our skills to the real kitchen and whipped up some delicious vanilla
cupcakes. Lewis suggested we needed flour. Hamish said we would
need sugar. Henry suggested eggs and then we were away! We all shared
the cooks duties and loved the warm and tasty results as we gobbled them
straight from the oven for afternoon tea. We are continuing with our cooking on
Friday when we are going to make dumplings in our Chinese lesson.
We
also started our first Letterland lesson this week. We were introduced to the
letter S and were able to think of lots of words and names starting with this
letter. Some of us struggled with writing the letter as it is a tricky one that
looks like a curvy snake, but with practice most of us mastered it.
Best
wishes,
Emma,
Mel and Cris
