Dear
Parents,
Welcome
back to another full and busy term. We hope you enjoyed your Easter break and
managed a little down time! A very warm welcome to Will G’s baby brother,
Charlie, and a big congratulations to Sarah and Hugh. May he be a wonderful
sleeper and feeder. With the excitement of Will having a newborn addition to
his family, there have been some discussion around babies in our class. We have
added some dolls to the home corner and observed some very patient and
thoughtful role play. Nappies have been changed regularly and there have been
lots of reminders to be quiet because the babies are sleeping. We also read
‘There’s a house inside my Mummy’ by Giles Andreae which opened up some
interesting discussions about our earliest memories and ultrasounds of babies
in mothers tummies!
We
have been exploring the features on our faces more in depth and representing
them with play dough. Looking in the mirror we have noticed that we have many
more details than we have been drawing in our portraits. Our drawings are now
becoming more detailed with features such as eye lashes, eyebrows and tongues.
On the light table we have been finding the letters in our names and spelling
them by ourselves. Alexander even found the first letter of his middle name and
surname, and added his age!
Following
on from some explorations in the holidays which involved poppies and
remembrance, we have begun some investigations into symbols. We decided that
symbols are pictures that tell you something. Archie made a special birthday
card for his brother and put a symbol for a kiss on the outside of his
envelope. Aston suggested that an ‘O’ is the symbol for a cuddle. Charlie O
knew that a cuddle symbol (circle) with a kiss inside it is the symbol for a
kiss and a hug combined. Rory suggested that a cross symbol means you love
Jesus. Charlie O thought it represented Jesus on the cross. We also revisited the school PAC symbol and a Holden car symbol we
had spotted in the ELC car park. Henry then wanted to draw his dad’s car symbol
which was the Toyota logo. I wonder if we can find some more symbols around our
homes and school in the coming weeks!
Best
wishes,
Emma, Cris and Mel
