The booking sheets for the first 2 weeks of the holidays (Dec 13th - 22nd) are now in the classes. Please cross out any booked days that your child will be away for.
Please note that due to the Australia Day holiday falling on Thursday 26th January the centre will be CLOSED on Friday 27th January 2012 (you will not be charged for this day )
Jeanine
Friday, November 25, 2011
Nativity Photos
The photos taken by Festival Photos yesterday are now available to purchase on their website. There are some fabulous shots of the Nativity and well worth taking the time to check them out.
The address is www.festivalphoto.com.au
The address is www.festivalphoto.com.au
- click on "view your photos"
- enter user name "PAC" then
- password" ELC2011"then log in
- a membership message will come up but just click on "view your photos" again
- Select the ,school,year and event
Jeanine
Handyperson needed
We have a small table and 2 stools that need assembling if anyone has a drill and a spare hour or so ! Please see me
Jeanine
Jeanine
Farewell Mrs McGee
Mrs McGee's contract with us comes to an end at the end of this term (Dec 13th) and Ms Alex Marcus returns next year. Mrs McGee has been offered a permanent position at St Peters Girls School .We have loved having her with us and wish her all the best in her new position.
Jeanine
Jeanine
Chapple and Edgerley rooms
These classes will be leading the Prep School assembly next Wednesday 30th November at 2pm in the Anzac Hall. Parents are welcome to attend if they wish .
Mel and Suria
Mel and Suria
Out of the Classroom and Onto the Stage!
"Oh how wonderful, glorious a sight!"
Thankyou for coming to our Princes ELC Nativity yesterday. We hope it was as memorable for you as it was for us.
Thankyou
ELC Staff
Thankyou
ELC Staff
Friday, November 18, 2011
Miss Kerry's Leave
Miss Kerry is on leave from next Monday and will return on December 12th . She is heading off to the bright lights of Los Vegas to marry her partner Dion ! We wish them all the very best and hope they have a memorable wedding !
Miss Bethany will be working in the Langley room while Miss Kerry is away.
Nativity Play
Next Thursday 24th November is our annual Nativity play . This will be at 11.00 am in the Anzac Hall . The hall is the new glass building that is at the end of the bitumen if you go around the front of the main bluestone school building. Parking will be available on the oval to the right of the school driveway.
Parents, Grandparents and friends are all welcome as the hall has a large seating capacity.
Children who normally attend on a Thursday should arrive at their normal time in their uniform . Children who do not normally attend on a Thursday should arrive by 10.00am (in casual clothes) so that we can get them into their costumes and take their photos.
Please sign ALL children in when they are dropped off. At the conclusion of the play we will take all the children outside to the verandah area where they may be collected. Please sign them out and let a staff member know that you have taken your child (sign in books will be up at the hall).
Any children that need to stay for the afternoon will then return to the ELC for lunch and a rest !
Children who are wearing centre costumes will need to come back to get changed before leaving.
If your child is distressed at you leaving please walk back to the centre with us to help settle them.
If your child is upset during the performance (as it can be quite daunting on stage!) please come to the side of the stage to take them to sit with you.
Looking forward to seeing you all there !
ELC Team
Parents, Grandparents and friends are all welcome as the hall has a large seating capacity.
Children who normally attend on a Thursday should arrive at their normal time in their uniform . Children who do not normally attend on a Thursday should arrive by 10.00am (in casual clothes) so that we can get them into their costumes and take their photos.
Please sign ALL children in when they are dropped off. At the conclusion of the play we will take all the children outside to the verandah area where they may be collected. Please sign them out and let a staff member know that you have taken your child (sign in books will be up at the hall).
Any children that need to stay for the afternoon will then return to the ELC for lunch and a rest !
Children who are wearing centre costumes will need to come back to get changed before leaving.
If your child is distressed at you leaving please walk back to the centre with us to help settle them.
If your child is upset during the performance (as it can be quite daunting on stage!) please come to the side of the stage to take them to sit with you.
Looking forward to seeing you all there !
ELC Team
Holiday Dates
The school term ends on December 13th and this will be the Teachers last day in the classroom for this year.
The ElC will be open until December 22nd and then closed until January 9th 2012. If your child is finishing at the centre could you please let Mrs Dry or Mrs Porter know their final date here. If your child is going to be away on any dates, other than the closure period ,could you also let us know so that we can organise staff according to the centre's needs. We will put booking sheets in the classes again shortly,
ELC Team
The ElC will be open until December 22nd and then closed until January 9th 2012. If your child is finishing at the centre could you please let Mrs Dry or Mrs Porter know their final date here. If your child is going to be away on any dates, other than the closure period ,could you also let us know so that we can organise staff according to the centre's needs. We will put booking sheets in the classes again shortly,
ELC Team
Carols by the Tree
We warmly invite all Princes families to gather for a Christmas celebration and the lighting of the College's Christmas tree on the front oval near the Piper Pavilion, on Friday 25 November 2011.
The evening will commence at 6.00pm with the Junior Primary Nativity, followed by our Concert Bands and the Princes Choir. Come early for a twilight picnic with your family and friends, bring your blanket, deck chair, drinks and your own picnic hamper.
There will be a BBQ where you can purchase sausages, chicken shaslicks and steak.
The Pavilion Café will be open for coffee and Christmas treats.
Families are invited to bring a toy to place under the Tree to support the Uniting Care Wesley Bowden Gift of Christmas Appeal.
The evening will commence at 6.00pm with the Junior Primary Nativity, followed by our Concert Bands and the Princes Choir. Come early for a twilight picnic with your family and friends, bring your blanket, deck chair, drinks and your own picnic hamper.
There will be a BBQ where you can purchase sausages, chicken shaslicks and steak.
The Pavilion Café will be open for coffee and Christmas treats.
Families are invited to bring a toy to place under the Tree to support the Uniting Care Wesley Bowden Gift of Christmas Appeal.
Chapple School Visit
The Chapple boys will be doing an extra visit to the reception class on Thursday Dec 1st from 9.30-10.30 am . Could they please bring their drink bottles and a healthy snack to take with them .
Jeanine
Jeanine
In the Classrooms
Langley
Thank you to those children that have brought in photographs of their houses and have lead us in morning meeting discussions about features of houses and shapes that are evident in structures. We have continued our exploration of features and shapes in buildings at the easel as we have created representations of structures using paint and different shaped paper.
"Paulina paint house, more paint. Mummy come in house. A triangle "– Pauline
"It has orange bricks. It’s a triangle. That’s the roof "– Jacob
"Big house, the colours are windows. It’s got windows and a door" – Eden
"Because this is a ouse (house). My bedroom is ere. I do a window. That da bathroom "– Leonardo
"A door, a window, a house, a door "– Andre
"Windows, windows, one, two, square" - Kristian
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
We experienced a performance of a different kind this morning as the children watched a rendition of "Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa" by Margaret Wild. We watched our very own Mrs B (Music teacher) along with three others perform on string instruments while the story was enthusiastically told by another lady. The children did a great job listening and came back full of feedback on their favourite parts of the performance.
'I loved the viola' - Gabe
'I liked where the last potoroo cutted a bit off the featheres' - Henry
'I loved the violins because they are one of my favourite instruments' - Jack J
'I thought the pink father boa was beautiful' - Ella
'I liked that music' - Owen
'Miss Lily was a friendly crocodile' - Grace
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
Our Nativity play is fast approaching and this week we visited the big stage at Anzac Hall for the first time. The Cooper children have been eagerly 'playing Nativity' in anticipation. In our room we played with the Nativity figure toys and the children retold the story with all the little characters (although one child was heard to say that he was playing 'Wonky Donkey'!). Other children looked at the Nativity book with their friends...
"I don't know how to read it" said Lily.
"We can just look at the pages" suggested Sophie.
"Baby Jesus is there now" said Lily seeing that he had been born.
"There the angels" said Sophie.
"They're singing a song for baby Jesus" said Lily.
On our outside stage we set up a Nativity scene with a stable and costumes and the children played their parts and sang our songs beautifully. We are very much looking forward to sharing our big production next week with all of our families and friends!
Best wishes,
Ali, Rosalie and Janine
Chapple
Lately the Chapple boys have been intrigued by famous paintings and artists. We have shared a few story books involving famous artists and the boys really liked the idea in one book of being able to step through the picture frame, into the painting and explore what they could see. The Mona Lisa has stood out as a favourite and the children have begun to paint their own portraits and each other's portraits on the small artist's easel. Below are some of the children's thoughts on the Mona Lisa.
“She’s got long hair” said Sam “She has a smile” observed Max C “How did she get in that picture?” asked Daniel B “It could be magic inside the painting” suggested Nathaniel “Someone just painted her” answered Ryan “Yeah, Leonardo did” said Blake excitedly “What is the special name for someone who paints pictures?” asked the teacher “A painter” said Sam “My mum’s an artist” added Charlie
Please take a look at our class art gallery on the wall above the computers. We look forward to seeing you next week at our Nativity performance! Warm wishes
Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
This week we continued to work on personal projects with friends in between our super busy schedule with performances and rehearsals. We began to look more closely at some famous buildings using the overhead projectors and found a new way to use our big blocks, creating 2D images up against the wall over the images of projected buildings. Late in the week we began to talk about the shapes we could see in castles and discovered that lots had arch and round shapes rather than the squares and rectangles that we find in our own houses. We shared a new story “King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub” and revisited an old favourite “The Things I Love About Me” and looked at castles in those. We will continue to investigate castles next week and also plan to learn more about knights and their princesses (in the boys words, not mine!)
Kind regards
Mel, Pip and Rachel
Thank you to those children that have brought in photographs of their houses and have lead us in morning meeting discussions about features of houses and shapes that are evident in structures. We have continued our exploration of features and shapes in buildings at the easel as we have created representations of structures using paint and different shaped paper.
"Paulina paint house, more paint. Mummy come in house. A triangle "– Pauline
"It has orange bricks. It’s a triangle. That’s the roof "– Jacob
"Big house, the colours are windows. It’s got windows and a door" – Eden
"Because this is a ouse (house). My bedroom is ere. I do a window. That da bathroom "– Leonardo
"A door, a window, a house, a door "– Andre
"Windows, windows, one, two, square" - Kristian
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
We experienced a performance of a different kind this morning as the children watched a rendition of "Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa" by Margaret Wild. We watched our very own Mrs B (Music teacher) along with three others perform on string instruments while the story was enthusiastically told by another lady. The children did a great job listening and came back full of feedback on their favourite parts of the performance.
'I loved the viola' - Gabe
'I liked where the last potoroo cutted a bit off the featheres' - Henry
'I loved the violins because they are one of my favourite instruments' - Jack J
'I thought the pink father boa was beautiful' - Ella
'I liked that music' - Owen
'Miss Lily was a friendly crocodile' - Grace
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
Our Nativity play is fast approaching and this week we visited the big stage at Anzac Hall for the first time. The Cooper children have been eagerly 'playing Nativity' in anticipation. In our room we played with the Nativity figure toys and the children retold the story with all the little characters (although one child was heard to say that he was playing 'Wonky Donkey'!). Other children looked at the Nativity book with their friends...
"I don't know how to read it" said Lily.
"We can just look at the pages" suggested Sophie.
"Baby Jesus is there now" said Lily seeing that he had been born.
"There the angels" said Sophie.
"They're singing a song for baby Jesus" said Lily.
On our outside stage we set up a Nativity scene with a stable and costumes and the children played their parts and sang our songs beautifully. We are very much looking forward to sharing our big production next week with all of our families and friends!
Best wishes,
Ali, Rosalie and Janine
Chapple
Lately the Chapple boys have been intrigued by famous paintings and artists. We have shared a few story books involving famous artists and the boys really liked the idea in one book of being able to step through the picture frame, into the painting and explore what they could see. The Mona Lisa has stood out as a favourite and the children have begun to paint their own portraits and each other's portraits on the small artist's easel. Below are some of the children's thoughts on the Mona Lisa.
“She’s got long hair” said Sam “She has a smile” observed Max C “How did she get in that picture?” asked Daniel B “It could be magic inside the painting” suggested Nathaniel “Someone just painted her” answered Ryan “Yeah, Leonardo did” said Blake excitedly “What is the special name for someone who paints pictures?” asked the teacher “A painter” said Sam “My mum’s an artist” added Charlie
Please take a look at our class art gallery on the wall above the computers. We look forward to seeing you next week at our Nativity performance! Warm wishes
Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
This week we continued to work on personal projects with friends in between our super busy schedule with performances and rehearsals. We began to look more closely at some famous buildings using the overhead projectors and found a new way to use our big blocks, creating 2D images up against the wall over the images of projected buildings. Late in the week we began to talk about the shapes we could see in castles and discovered that lots had arch and round shapes rather than the squares and rectangles that we find in our own houses. We shared a new story “King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub” and revisited an old favourite “The Things I Love About Me” and looked at castles in those. We will continue to investigate castles next week and also plan to learn more about knights and their princesses (in the boys words, not mine!)
Kind regards
Mel, Pip and Rachel
Friday, November 11, 2011
Farewell Miss Sue
Today was Sue's last day cooking for us as she covered Mr Rob's leave . We would like to thank her for filling in so capably and spoiling us all with her yummy food and friendly smile ! We hope to have her here again some time ! Mr Rob returns on Monday after his hip surgery and is fighting fit and anxious to be back ! (he can even do a little jig now!)
Jeanine
Jeanine
Music Performance
We will be attending a music performance this Thursday 17th Nov in the school chapel. As it starts at 8.50 am please have your child here by 8.30am on that day,
Thankyou
ELC Staff
Thankyou
ELC Staff
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