Hand , Foot and Mouth virus

There have been 2 cases of this within the centre reported to us over the last week. This is a mild virus that can result in blisters on the hands , feet or mouth. Children must stay at home until all blisters have dried . Please see Mrs Dry if you need further information

Wilkins Room

Dear families,

We have extended our body exploration further this week. We have been demonstrating and practicing different body movements and shapes we can create with our body through singing the 'Can you do what I'm doing?' song.

We have traced around some of our bodies and, as a group, have been identifying, exploring and naming all the different body parts we know. We have been sharing our understandings and learning lots of new things from each other.

We also excitedly welcomed our tadpoles into the classroom this week. We can't wait to see what happens as they grow and change!

Best wishes for a great weekend.

Nicole, Kelly, Karla and Jess

Langley Room

It's been all about our bodies this week! What's on the outside of us and what is inside of us. We have had a lot of fun drawing around our bodies which has prompted many inquiries into different types of bodies, how they work and why we need certain things like a heart and our teeth! This led to many interesting conversations with the children throughout the week and the painting of their own skeletons using a variety of art materials.

We have had an array of imaginary play in our Flower shop this week, with children setting up shop and role playing with each other. This has led to a lot of expressive language amongst the children through many different social interactions. We were able to play with both real and pretend flowers and to compare their differences.J

Just a reminder to ensure all children are arriving in the Langley room by 9:15am. This allows for a smooth transition between settling, morning meeting and then fruit.

Children's hats can now be left at the ELC. We seem to have a 'Hat Monster' who has gobbled up a few hats . To prevent further hat losses, we will keep them in a basket in the Langley Room.

Thank you for your cooperation and have a lovely weekend!

 Stacey, Kerry, Emily and Nickarla

Cooper Room

Dear Cooper Friends and Families,

 

We have had a week exploring our amazing bodies! The children discovered that we have long sausages inside us – a big and a small one!  Luca also shared a talk on our funny bone which when we hit really does not make us laugh. Jack told us we have 206 bones in our body and Jasper showed us how he can make his body do somersaults and cartwheels.

On Friday Angus’ Mum came it to talk to us about how we can look after our bodies by stretching them and then showed us how they fix a broken bone. Angus had a cast put on his leg and it was red his favourite colour! The plaster set really quickly and then we were all able to hold the cast. We learnt that children’s bones can heal very quickly!

What amazing bodies we have!

Susan and Jain

Mead Room

Dear Mead Room families and friends,

We have had a remarkable week investigating our amazing body!  It began with the realisation that we have a skeleton underneath our skin.  We were reading a book with a few skeleton illustrations when….

Lachlan – that's a skeleton
Ned – I saw one at the museum

 

Sage even put a skeleton together using the computer!

Then another book with more skeletons….

Harrison T – theres a little boy skeleton and a daddy skeleton. Then indicating the different skeletal parts Harrison concluded that; he's got feet and his toes, and legs, that's his head, that's his eyes…. Where's his skin?

Where indeed!

With Harrison's help we decided to discuss our body parts, (with the skin on!) and what they can do.

We traced around Miss Sarah's body and then brainstormed what we knew;

Harry – theres a brain in your head
Annie – a mouth to eat
Nicolas – eyes for looking
Loukas – a nose for smelling
Olive – our ears for listening
Stay tuned – we're discovering more and more amazing things our body can do!

 
Have a terrific weekend!
From Melissa and Sarah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mattingley Room

Another wonderful week has passed us by in the Mattingley room. We have continued to explore our bodies by looking at the fantastic skeleton one of our families has donated to our centre. After discussions around the skeleton and our bones the children used cotton tips to paint their own skeletons on black paper. You will find these on display in our doctor/hospital dramatic play area next week.

On Friday we walked over to the Prep school to see if we could spot any of the race cars. The children loved hearing the loud roar of the cars which sparked many discussions about what they were doing.

 "They are racing each other"-Patrick

"To win a medal. Actually to win a big trophy"- Harrison
"They are chasing each other"- Louis
"They are so so loud. The people are walking to watch them"- Angelina

Thank you again to all our families who have been donating bits and pieces to our centre. We really do appreciate it and the children love being creative and exploring all the different materials.

 Wishing you all a happy weekend.

Kimberley and Coral

Chapple

What a busy week in the Chapple room! A great excursion to see the Year 8 boys build go-karts has really got our interest in racing cars going. We  went to the Prep School to investigate that V8 Roar. We have even transferred our colour mixing skills developed by Miss Veltmeyer, to paint the cardboard go-kart we built.

 David : I am painting primary colours- red yellow and blue

David: We are getting a bit mixed up

James; It won’t dry out.

Peter: What happens if it gets messed up?

James: It’s gone purple

David/James Laughing

Peter: It’s gone brown

David: It’s a dog

Peter: Come here look at the wheel

David- Laughing

Peter: Two wheels

Geordie: I will put all the primary colours in to make black.

David: We need a seat.

Angus: I’m painting red

 

Chapple Team

Edgerley Room

Last Friday we had such a wonderful visit from Gabby’s dad, Dr Chisholm to speak with the Edgerley class about his work as a surgeon. The children were enthralled as they looked at models of stomachs, saw diagrams in huge anatomy books and handled scissors that were all shapes and sizes as well as many other tools. They loved seeing Dr Chisholm dressed up in his “scrubs” and were even more delighted when he gave us some caps and masks to keep for ourselves!

So many questions and comments popped into the children’s minds…

Gabby: Mummy puts a mask on too!
Zac: Do you take an ambulance to work?
Oliver: What do the knives do? Do you put the tummies back together? How do you do this?
Gabby: You have to stitch the tummies back when the patients are asleep so it doesn’t hurt.
Sabian: What’s that bit? (pointing to the muscle on the stomach model)
Zac: Do you know I have a feeling that they’re like little spider webs (as Dr Chisholm shows the children the suture and needle)
That very afternoon we brainstormed what we would need to make our own hospital. Then the real fun began as we collected so many things to create our own hospital. There have been many operations performed this week in the Edgerley room hospital and lots of budding surgeons too!

Thank you so much Dr Chisholm for deepening our inquiry and enriching our learning through such meaningful play!

Kind Regards,

Pip, Emma and Coney

 

Cooper Room

Dear Friends of the Cooper Room,

    This week we investigated our skeleton! We wanted to see what we looked like on the inside.

“Bones keep us strong, bones help our body to move,” said the children as they looked closely at our class skeleton. Using dried pasta the children have created an image of their skeleton on card, others have tried to paint the bones they  can feel under their skin.  Many of the children have taught us the name of different bones – “the skull is our head bone,” said Domenic and “we have a funny bone too!” added Luca. On Friday we began singing the old favourite “Dem Bones” as we learnt how all the bones work together to make us move.

   We also spent time drawing our self-portraits – what we look like on the outside! It is interesting to see the way the children are developing their observation skills and starting to add more details and expression to their faces. Come in and see your Cooper gallery!

 

 

 

kind regards

Susan and Jain

 

Mattingley Room

Another busy week in the Mattingley room has passed us by. Where does the time go? We have been busy exploring how our lungs work by making beautiful bubble paintings. Blowing through the straw to make bubbles has led to many fantastic discussions about how our lungs work and why we need to blow the paint not suck it up.

We have also been busy at the box making table getting very creative. The children have made some fantastic creations that you may find around the room. If you have any boxes at home you would like to donate to our collection we would really appreciate it.

This week was the start of our oral language program and all the children who shared with the group did a fantastic job. Next week's topic is 'My favourite food'. We are sure they will come up with some fantastic ideas.

 

We hope you enjoy your weekend and we look forward to see everyone next week.

 

Kimberley and Coral

Morning Drop Offs

As we now have quite a few more children here in the mornings between 7.30a.m and 8.15am we would like to trial starting the day in the Workshop area (the new undercover area) Please take your children there and sign them in if you arrive at the centre prior to 8.15 am.

Thankyou
ELC Team

Clipsal Road Closures

Please be aware that with the Clipsal Road closures next week the traffic will be very slow and heavy around the school ! We suggest that you allow plenty of extra time to get here and/to work next week.

Mead Room

 

 

Dear Mead room families and friends,

This week we have been talking about one of our Units of Inquiry – Celebrations. We have had a couple of Mead room friends celebrate birthdays over the past few weeks, so at our Morning Meetings we discussed what our birthday parties look like:

Sterling – it looks like decorations
 
Clementine – balloons and party hats
 
Lily – a birthday cake with candles

 We also discussed what food we might eat at a party:

Ned – orange cupcakes
 
Nicolas – red cupcakes

After our conversations about birthday parties, we decided to turn over home corner into Party Central, complete with all things party – plates, cups, bunting, but most importantly, cupcakes.

 Following on from our party food talks, we have also been discussing and sorting healthy foods from sometimes foods:

 Harry – watermelon

 Angus – chips

 Harrison R – I love chips!

Lachlan - cake

Hope you all have a great weekend!
Melissa and Sarah

 

4 year old Health Checks

These will be offered again this year by our local Child and Youth Health Nurse on March 18th between 9.15 am and 3.30pm at our centre. This is a general check of vision, hearing, height, weight and development. A Parent must accompany the child . Please book a time with Mrs Dry if you would like to take advantage of this service.

4 Year olds Excursion

Edgerley and Chapple Rooms will be going on a brief excursion next Tuesday to the PAC shed where year 8 boys build their Go Karts. We need several parent helpers so please let Mrs Dry know if you can come. If your child does not attend on a Tuesday but you would like them to be involved they are welcome to come if accompanied by a parent.