Dear Mattingley
families and friends,
All our friends
could talk about Monday morning was the Secret Garden, sharing their worry that
they might not be able to find it again if we went looking. Mrs Mason suggested
that maybe the children could make a map to help them work out where they
needed to go.
I can make a
map!- Lachlan
exclaimed as he excitedly went to work at the writing table. Riani and Kaeshav
quickly joined him and began talking about the about what their maps needed.
After morning tea we set off to find the Secret Garden again, using the
children's maps to lead the way. It took a little while, and we did find some
tricky obstacles in our way, but eventually we were able to find the Secret
Garden again.
Lachlan - See I told you
it was here. My map showed it!
Tuesday morning
Lachlan decided he would like to make a big map to show were the Secret Garden
was so others might be able to use it to find it. As soon as they saw him
working on his very big map many of his friends began to join in. It
was wonderful to see the children working together, negotiating spaces and
sharing their thoughts and ideas as they added details to this joint
project.
Kaeshav - And this is a
track. You go down the track
William - A big cave
Angus - I making a
footpath that you walk on
Hudson - I'm making
a footpath too
Lachlan - Now you
go around the round about. The Secret Garden is next to the round
about
Hridhaan - Here the
secret garden. Here the trees
As part of this
our Chinese lessons with Wenting the children have been exploring the story of
the Three Little Pigs. To further explore this well loved story the children
have been re-telling the story to each other using felt pieces and puppets. We
have also been using our iPad and literature to explore different versions of
the story. This has lead the children to begin making up their own
stories of the Three Little Pigs, acting them out together using the puppets. A
common thought has been that maybe the Big Bad Wolf is just looking for a
friend to play with, and our Mattingley children are very kind and caring when
it comes to new friends.
Kaeshav - Come into my
house. Come into my house made of bricks wolf
Teddy - You want to
come in and play Mind Craft?
Sofia - We play with
you wolf
Next week we will
begin to record our own stories of the Three Little Pigs to share
with our families and friends. If you have any stories of the Three
Little Pigs at home we would love for you to bring them in so we can add them
to our collection of stories.
Kimberley and
Liana
