In the Classrooms

Langley
We have been very active in the Langley room this week. The children have really enjoyed engaging in gross motor activities both indoors and outdoors. Inside we have been using scarves and ribbons and dancing to a range of different types of music. The children have also been using the dress ups and bags to engage in role play activities; there have been many outings to the supermarket to do the shopping! Outside the children have been practicing their eye hand coordination through throwing, catching and kicking different shaped and sized balls. This has been quite a social activity as the children engage others to catch and throw with them. We were also very excited to discover that our sunflowers have sprouted!
Kind regards,
Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
Dear Mead Room Parents and Children,
Our Wednesday children caught the bus to see some dinosaurs which were part of the Adelaide fringe festival.
"That big dinosaur was as big as you Mrs McKenzie. I'm telling my mummy and daddy all about it" Ryan said excitedly!
"I liked the little dinosaurs. I didn't want to pat them though" Charlie told us.
Ollie loved having his mum on the excursion with him. "I do like my mummy. I sat with my mummy".
Zac told us "The big dinosaur get the big teeth out. The big dinosaur eat some chicken and he spit it out".
Emma, Susan, Penny and Kate

Cooper
In the sunny weather this week we brought our dress-ups outside. The boys put on all sorts of costumes and had a fabulous time putting on a show on the stage area. We had divers, basketball players, princesses and superheroes in gumboots singing, dancing, acting and telling jokes. The boys even got lao shi (our Chinese teacher) to join in their show and sing the Chinese colour song with them! We all enjoyed taking turns being in the audience and giving the boys a big round of applause when they took a bow at the end of each show.
Kind regards,
Ali, Susan and Sue

Chapple
Our excursion to the Dinosaur Petting Zoo was hot but fun! It was interactive and informative and pretty funny also. Samuel even had the opportunity to warm the crowd up before the show with his hilarious dinosaur joke. 'What time is it when a dinosaur sits on your roof? Time to get a new one!' Well done Samuel- you were a hit! We are all really excited about our excursions to the Botanic Gardens and to Clipsal next week. Please send back your consent forms if you haven't already done so.
Thanks,
Alexandra and Juliana

Edgerley
We had a wonderfully busy week this week, exploring the ideas of goodies and baddies, attending the Dinosaur Petting Zoo and finishing the first part of our sunflower still life’s. But overwhelmingly the children were thrilled to discover the making table open for business. Students worked industriously, cutting and shaping boxes and working out how to best attach different items to their creations. We observed much sharing, communication, reflecting and comparison over the week. It was wonderful to see how the students spontaneously assisted each other and shared construction ideas. Children were asked to focus on reflecting on their creations and to make improvements. We saw ships from Star Wars, sword fish, dinosaur homes, fairies and many binoculars (of course!) We are now nearly out of boxes and would love any donations.
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie