Princes ELC

PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

An environment designed to foster creativity, provoke questions, provide challenges and celebrate the achievements of young children. We foster the development of integrity, curiosity, confidence, compassion and Christian principles.We encourage relationships of shared responsibility and mutual respect. We believe in fun and the joy and importance of childhood. We ensure an environment filled with a sense of humour, love of play and exploration, and a sense of community.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Christmas Capers






Week 1 Holidays for 3’s and 4’s
Welcome back to the Holiday program! We’re already one week down and that much closer to Christmas, how exciting!

As we have a much longer term break, our “Christmas Capers” program format has changed slightly. Instead of themed days we have focussed on various Christmas activities and listed a range of experiences to take part in for the whole two weeks. You may have already seen some of our creations including:

- Father Christmas Faces.
We practiced our scissor skills to cut out hat and beard shapes. Added facial features of our own Santa and decorated him with collage materials.
- Paper Cup Angels.
A true mirror of each of us… hopefully! Using everyday materials, we created a personalised tree decoration or table centrepiece
- Wrapping Paper and Card Making
We used sponge stamps and marbling paint to make our own Christmas wrapping paper. We also made Christmas cards for our friends and family.

Wednesday the 23rd of December is the last day of the holiday program before Christmas. We invite the children to wear some festive or casual clothing to celebrate the last ELC day of 2009.

Next weeks activities will include Ginger Bread/Honey Biscuit Making, Festive Face Painting, more Paper Chains and Christmas stories, songs and movies.

The Holiday Team
Todd, Ali, Jess, Rosalie, Trish, Sarah and Eleanor