In the Classrooms

Langley
As part of our unit of inquiry the Langley children went on a big walk up to the school chapel this week to have a look at the stained glass windows. We were investigating how the light reflected when it shone through the coloured glass. The children discussed what they could see as they sat and observed.
“Purple” said Sebastian M
Jack O looked closely “purple and pink” he added
“I see red” said Oliver W
Sebastian A looked around the chapel and then pointed to the back of the room, “there’s ones over there” he said excitedly
“And some over that side and some up here” Jack O added as he looked around the chapel
“That side” agreed Cooper as he followed Jack’s gaze
“Colours” observed Aryan
“That’s why the suns up” suggested Jack O as we looked at the light shining through the windows.
Since returning to the classroom we have begun to create our own stained glass windows using our beautiful photographs as provocation. We hope the light will shine through our windows too!
Kind regards Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
The children have really followed an interest in night time this week - perfect timing for our ELC 'Princes at Night Experience'! A number of them have been fascinated in nocturnal animals and the concept of these animals staying up all night and sleeping all day. Let's hope they don't want to try this out themselves! Our craft table has been a hive of activity with many children creating nocturnal animals and we have been encouraging these children to do little informal presentations of the animals they make and the facts they know about them.
Exploration of shadows has continued and further discoveries have been made using light and shadows. Children have used letters to make their names on the light table and create a shadow of their name on the wall. They have also made shadows of their self portraits on the wall, and painted over their shadows.
Best wishes,
Emma and Susan
Cooper
The Cooper children were delighted to investigate and explore in the art room dark room this week. The lava lamps fascinated them as they watched them bubble up and down and wondered what they were.
"I can see eggs floating in them" said Marco
"This is not eggs, they're uppers" Chester exclaimed.
The children played with the big silver tubes,
"Ooh, snake" said an excited Joshua N.
They picked up the mirror ball and floated it over the large mirror on the floor discovering their upside down reflections. Ajeet held it up to the light of the overhead projector and noticed lots of little light spots dancing round the room, "These stars are glowing..." he explained, "there's one, two, three."
We are looking forward to extending our noticing of reflection into our group art projects next week. (Please don't forget to send in your silver sparkly bits and pieces.)
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan
Chapple
Chapple Room has been cooking up a storm this week! If you haven’t yet visited the Chapple Pizzeria, it’s time to drop in. You can dine in, take away or have your meal delivered! We’ve been so busy making sure the kitchen is spotless, that our food is the freshest, our pizza bases crisp and our service is the best in town. We know just how to behave in a restaurant and how to use appropriate manners. Many Chapple students have written and created their own menus – there’s so much to choose from. Not only that, but we have made Indian Lassi drinks. What healthy chefs, we’re sure we can remember the recipe and the method so we can make them at home. Have you ever wondered just why the moon is sometimes a crescent, sometimes a half moon, sometimes and full moon and sometimes not even there at all? We can show you just why using 2 light bulbs and a globe of the world. We’ve also been busy remembering our night time dreams and painting them – some are scary, so beware, but many are nice! Come in and have a look!
Kind regards,
Kate and Juliana
Edgerley
Edgerley boys were busy this week mixing colours at the light table using ink and pipettes, creating all sorts of combinations. We enjoyed recording our ideas about the night sky with silver textas and discovered that when we shared our ideas together we found out a lot more than we knew to begin with. We discussed Mars and Uranus, black holes and why the milky way is called the milky way. We are all going to check out the night sky this weekend and see if we can spot the milky way and it’s millions of stars.
Regards
Mel and Rosalie