Princes ELC

PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

An environment designed to foster creativity, provoke questions, provide challenges and celebrate the achievements of young children. We foster the development of integrity, curiosity, confidence, compassion and Christian principles.We encourage relationships of shared responsibility and mutual respect. We believe in fun and the joy and importance of childhood. We ensure an environment filled with a sense of humour, love of play and exploration, and a sense of community.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Mattingley

Dear Mattingley families and friends,

We would like to thank all our Mummies, Daddies and special people that were able to come to our Dancify concert Tuesday morning. The children have really enjoyed these lessons over the last five weeks, and were very excited to share what they had learnt, especially when our special people joined in. It was lovely to see that so many of you had bough their dancing shoes with them. We would like to also say a big thank you to Miss Erin from Dancify for teaching us her wonderful dances. She was very energetic, patient and funny as she taught each dance and helped us to share them with our special people.

I practice at home. That's why I wear my special skirt- Clem
My Mummy watched me dance- Kaeshav
It was fun. I love to dance. Hudson watches me- Phoebe

We must be taking very good care of our classroom caterpillars as they very quickly became two very fat caterpillars. Over the long weekend one had made its chrysalis. On Thursday morning the children noticed that the second caterpillar was looking like it was getting ready.  By the time we got back from PE it had also made it's chrysalis. We are all very excited to see the butterflies as they emerge over the next few weeks. For some the excitement is to much and it seems like a long time away. From our research we know that the caterpillars will stay in their chrysalis' for up to 10 days while they are going thorough metamorphosis. We can't wait to see the beautiful butterflies when they are ready. 

It's now a chrysalis. Then a butterfly comes out. There is another caterpillar too. It eat lots- Harry
A caterpillar. I can see him. He changing colour. He change to blue colour. Wow Miss Mason-  Hridhaan
It look like a leaf. The chrysalis does- Harry
When it change? When butterfly come out?- Teddy
I can see the cocoon- Didier
there's a cocoon- Ethan
I saw it move- Phoenix
There's a butterfly. Where has it gone- Sophia
Caterpillar under here. You find it?- Parker

Please take the time to look out our two beautiful chrysalis' in the classroom. The children are all very excited to share with you what they know about the Monarch butterfly and it's life cycle.

Kimberley and Liana