We have been examining our faces this week as we create our self-portraits and our special portraits for our dads! We have been talking about the features on our faces that we might need to add to our drawings. We have also created paintings of our faces at the easel using other artist’s portraiture as inspiration.
“There’s no body” observed Raphael as he examined the oval shape on his piece of paper,
“Eyes, nose…..I need my lips” he said as he added features to his painting.
“Blue paint, eyes and a mouth” James S said as he painted his face,
“Some eyes…..nose” commentated Stella.
As Leonardo painted his portrait, he told us what was on it,
“Hair, look Miss Kerry…nose….bumps” he said as he painted some rosy cheeks on his portrait.
Don’t forget next Friday is our storybook dress up day for book week! There is a parade in the Piper Pavilion up at the school at 9am so we would appreciate it if children who are attending on Friday could be here by 8.45am.
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Hayley and Pippa
Mead
The Thursday Mead children were very excited to watch the 'Jump Rope for Heart' skipping display this week. Before the display we discussed exercise and its effect on your heart.
"Exercise helps your heart" - Jack O
"Do blood fix your body?" - Jesse
"Yes, if we didn't have blood we die" - Jack O
"When we exercised my heart went quicker" - Jack O
"Your heart helps you get bigger" - Sebastian
"You have to exercise to get fit and healthy" - Tommi
"I swim under the water" - Grace
"You can pump your body" - Ella
"You shouldn't eat too much chips. They are really salty" - Henry
"You need to eat bread, milk" - Eric
"And mandarin too" - Jack J
The children are developing a wonderful understanding of healthy living!
Best wishes,
Emma, Emma and Susan
Cooper
Some of the Cooper children can pull very funny faces! They looked in the mirror at their funny faces and showed their friends, then using paper plates, collage materials and glue they were able to create their funny faces. The children selected the parts of their faces, such as eyes, nose and hair and experimented with turning mouth shapes up and down to make them happy and sad...
“It’s sad ‘cause it want mummy. There’s my nose” explained Rocco.
“This face is smiley ‘cause he got his mum” said Alyssa.
Other children found ways to change their faces by adding feathers or strips of paper for limbs.
“See I made something different – it looks like a bird” said Alec.
"Ooh, my person's got arms" said Cooper.
“I have eyes. I have cheeks here – next to my nose. Sometimes Daddy calls me his daughter I say I’m not your daughter - I’m just Lily” Lily told us.
We have had lots of fun recording the children's funny faces in photos and making each other laugh!
Kind regards,
Ali and Rosalie
Chapple
This week we have been discussing recipes....and if your child has come home with soggy shoes and muddy clothes this is why......
"We need sand and water to make our chocolate mousse" said Blake "RYAN, we need more mud" shouted Nathaniel "I've got some rocks too" added Ryan "Yep, stir and mix it all up" explained Oliver "Here, I found a big bit" said Daniel Black as he came up with a big lump of mud "Oh thank you" replied Nathaniel "How do you make chocolate?" asked the teacher "Well plain water, milk and oil, that's how you make it" explained Nicholas P "I don't know, maybe some sugar" added Ryan "You made it with yoghurt" said Blake "You wanna try some....it's sooooo yummy" exclaimed Nathaniel excitedly.
The children have enjoyed making up some of their own recipes during role-play scenarios so I think we may have a master chef kitchen in our classroom next week!
Don't forget next week we have the Book Week Parade on Friday at 9:15AM - so come dressed as your favourite book character!
Warm wishes - Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
We were busy exploring our bodies this week. After recording our ideas about what is on the outside of the body we began to think about what is on the inside. We shared a favourite story about poo called “The Little Mole Who Knew it was None of His Business”. How poo is made became of topic of interest and discussion.
You eat the fruit and it might change into yucky, it’s not the same as when you eated it – Lucy
I wonder if it’s the grease that comes and makes it yucky? – Jasmine
No, I think that sometimes… if you eat fruit and you eat meat and then the colours mix and then you eat chocolate and the colours mix to yucky– Alex
We experimented with paints and discovered Alex was right, if you mix the colours of the foods together, they made a poo colour. "I told ya!" said Alex
A small group of children created an “exercise place” this week and we have begun to think of exercises to share. We have been videoing them, look out for our exercise video soon!!!
Have a great weekend
Mel, Susan, Pip and Rachel
