Dear Parents,
We have continued
to be busy bower birds this week in the Edgerley Room. On Tuesday we went
for a walk around the Preparatory School collecting more sticks for our bowers.
Not all our bowers hold collections of the stereotypical blue - some of
the Edgerley bower birds have collected a different colour, or even rainbow
colours! Our bowers are taking on great shapes and personality. Come and
have a look!
We were very
excited to welcome back Olivia who returned from time overseas in France and
China. We look forward to hearing about her travels.
Monday was the
Indian celebration of Raksha Bandhan. Yash shared with us how he celebrated
this in his family, by giving his brother a special bracelet and eating
delicious meatballs made by his mother. In the classroom we made bead bracelets
for our brothers and sisters and watched a short video explaining the meaning
behind Raksha Bandhan, being a day where brothers and sisters show they care
for each other. The gift of a bracelet symbolises this love and care.
I care of my
sister - Stirling
I tie the rope
on my brother - Yash
I will make one
for my brother. I think his favourite colour is blue - Nicholas Y
As we have been
focusing on games with rules in our class, we further explored rules and why we
need them.
Because you
might do the wrong thing - Nicholas V
So we know how
to play a game - Sebastian A
Because when we
don't have rules we don't know how the games work - Karl
We won't know
what to do - Will A
We might break
things without rules - Stirling
This lead us to
consider the question 'Is it OK to change rules?'
This received a
unanimous answer of NO. Although Isaac S suggested it would be alright to
change the rules of your own game if you were the one who made the game up.
There are further discussions to be had!
Best wishes,
Emma and Mel
They were soooooo tall!!
