Dear Langley families,
Last week when Chanel came to school she was keen to share some new information with us;
“When you mix blue with yellow, it makes green” she told us excitedly. Stemming from this interest, we decided to mix a range of different colours together to see how they change;
“It goes into green” Alec told us, “aaawww, now its red” he continued as he added more colours
“Red, blue and yellow” Toby observed
“How did you turn it into that?” asked Alyssa
“I can make blue, a little bit of yellow and it makes green” said Sebastian R
“Gween (green) and yellow” said Izabella.
We look forward to more exploration and observing changes in the following weeks!
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
There was great curiosity in the Mead Room as we sat in a circle around a coconut.
"First we need a knife and a chopping board" Jack J suggested.
"Coconuts are so hard" Jack O said.
"We need a juicer" Owen told us, as a suggestion for getting the coconut milk out.
"But it's too big! We can't fit it in there" (the juicer) Charlie pointed out!
We began to hypothesise over how to open the coconut and what might be inside..........
Jack J suggested we could tap it.
Oliver suggested we could throw it.
Henry agreed with Oliver but thought we would need to throw it "outside, really, really high"!
Tommi suddenly said, "I have an idea. We could use a big saw to open it".
Once the thought of tools had been planted.........Oliver said "Maybe we can use a lour hammer and bang it open!"
We had a try at all the suggestions (taking caution!).
Finally there was a loud applause. "The hammer is working!" the children called out.
"What's inside - is it water?" Tommi asked curiously.
"Yep, water" Gabe confirmed.
"No, it's milk. Coconut milk" Jack O corrected.
Those who were willing had a taste of the coconut milk.
"It doesn't taste very good" Jack J said, srinkling up his face and poking out his tongue!
"First there was a crack. Then a bigger crack" Jack O summarised.
"Then it opened up" Oliver concluded.
"And then it tasted yucko!!" Tommi added
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
The Cooper children created a cafe in our classroom this week and showed off their barista skills as they made the mums, dads and teachers lots of cups of coffee. This provoked much sharing of knowledge about coffee and how it is made, and we thought this was an interesting direction in our Changing States exploration.
I saw a coffee machine at the coffee shop – Oliver
You press the buttons – Aidan
You just put hot water in it, you put some brown salt in it and you mix it and it’s coffee – Marco
They put it in a machine, it comes out, you drink it – Cooper
Only mums. We just do it at home. We had a coffee machine. We just press the white button. It makes noises. Mummy drinks the coffee up – Chester
They put water in and then the machine goes really fast, then it turns into coffee – Alex
I’ve been to Cibo once. They put sugar in, they mix it and then they give it to somebody – Noah
I went with all the mums and my mum. The coffee people make it. You need some black stuff, then you mix it up and it’s coffee – Joshua S.
Nonno’s got a coffee machine. He likes milk in it and Nonna likes sugar in hers – sometimes she has it in bed. He gets the cup underneath and he pushes the button, then the coffee goes and then it’s ready and that’s how Nonno does it - Deacon
The children worked with Miss Sandow to construct a coffee machine out of boxes for their pretend play and we got to try some of their barista specialities including, banana vienno, cup of cino and boost fizz! Yum!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan
Chapple
This week we have enjoyed making flip books and drawing about things that change.
"This is a seed down in the ground and then turn into a pumpkin and someone eat the pumpkin" said Jazz about his flipbook.
"The rain came, then then man go through here and can't get wet. Then he got a happy face" said Tyson.
"It's a black part, then it turns red into a strawberry. It's how a strawberry grows" expained Ashraf about the pictures in his flip book.
We have also made different shaped bubble wands and tried them out to see how the bubbles changed shape and the children have explored playing at the big boys playground...some of the children have already managed to get to the top of the spider web! Keep the interesting show and tells coming, they have sparked a lot of interesting conversations in our class...including one leading to deciding to make our own lemonade stall next week. So if you have a juice press or a lemon tree, any donations would be fantastic!
Best wishes, Suria, Sinead, Rachel and Sue
Edgerley
Dear Edgerley Parents,
We have been busy making sense of our complex world, from the mouth of babes!
“That looks a bit like kaffiti (graffiti) that baddies do” said Eddie as he passed the children illustrating with chalk on the pavement.
“What is graffiti? How is it not the same as art?” asked the Teacher
“Kaffiti is , well, let me tell you, kaffiti is where at night time the baddies come to the school and draw on the wall. And when you don’t draw on the wall that’s not (graffiti)” he explained
“But can graffiti be nice like art?” asked the Teacher
“Yeah! But they are still baddies. You know it’s like when the mums buy new shoes and then they don’t want them anymore and they throw them up on the strings” said Eddie, describing the pairs of shoes he had observed hanging from the overhead power lines on the way to school.
“Why don’t the mums like them anymore?” the Teacher enquired
“No, it’s not the mums that put them up there. The mums buy them for the baddies and the baddies don’t even want them anymore and put them up there and then they got to get the ladder and climb up there and put their hand on the strings and they get electric and ya might die!” Eddie explained further, “Do ya want me to show ya?”
Eddie jumped up and took a piece of white chalk. He began by illustrating his understanding of graffiti, drawing a school with some drawing on the side.
“I like gaffiti.” said Jamison, observing Eddie’s picture and adding to the conversation, “ I don’t like it ‘cause baddies do it, I just like it. Because you can draw stuff that you like but you can only do it on a wall of a person if they asked you ‘cause if you do it and you’re not allowed the police will come and chase ya. They put you in jail. Kids can go in jail you know!” he exclaimed
“I’ll do some too” and he busily set to work with coloured chalk on the pavement.
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie
This week we have enjoyed making flip books and drawing about things that change.
"This is a seed down in the ground and then turn into a pumpkin and someone eat the pumpkin" said Jazz about his flipbook.
"The rain came, then then man go through here and can't get wet. Then he got a happy face" said Tyson.
"It's a black part, then it turns red into a strawberry. It's how a strawberry grows" expained Ashraf about the pictures in his flip book.
We have also made different shaped bubble wands and tried them out to see how the bubbles changed shape and the children have explored playing at the big boys playground...some of the children have already managed to get to the top of the spider web! Keep the interesting show and tells coming, they have sparked a lot of interesting conversations in our class...including one leading to deciding to make our own lemonade stall next week. So if you have a juice press or a lemon tree, any donations would be fantastic!
Best wishes, Suria, Sinead, Rachel and Sue
Edgerley
Dear Edgerley Parents,
We have been busy making sense of our complex world, from the mouth of babes!
“That looks a bit like kaffiti (graffiti) that baddies do” said Eddie as he passed the children illustrating with chalk on the pavement.
“What is graffiti? How is it not the same as art?” asked the Teacher
“Kaffiti is , well, let me tell you, kaffiti is where at night time the baddies come to the school and draw on the wall. And when you don’t draw on the wall that’s not (graffiti)” he explained
“But can graffiti be nice like art?” asked the Teacher
“Yeah! But they are still baddies. You know it’s like when the mums buy new shoes and then they don’t want them anymore and they throw them up on the strings” said Eddie, describing the pairs of shoes he had observed hanging from the overhead power lines on the way to school.
“Why don’t the mums like them anymore?” the Teacher enquired
“No, it’s not the mums that put them up there. The mums buy them for the baddies and the baddies don’t even want them anymore and put them up there and then they got to get the ladder and climb up there and put their hand on the strings and they get electric and ya might die!” Eddie explained further, “Do ya want me to show ya?”
Eddie jumped up and took a piece of white chalk. He began by illustrating his understanding of graffiti, drawing a school with some drawing on the side.
“I like gaffiti.” said Jamison, observing Eddie’s picture and adding to the conversation, “ I don’t like it ‘cause baddies do it, I just like it. Because you can draw stuff that you like but you can only do it on a wall of a person if they asked you ‘cause if you do it and you’re not allowed the police will come and chase ya. They put you in jail. Kids can go in jail you know!” he exclaimed
“I’ll do some too” and he busily set to work with coloured chalk on the pavement.
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie
