Our display of house plans has inspired children to create sketches of their own houses. This has sparked some interesting conversations about what rooms make up their houses and what shapes can be seen in the plans;
My bed is upstairs, two bedrooms, one for Mummy and Daddy and one for the girls. Study and playroom – James S
Downstairs. A door and a gate, lock and shut door. Bathroom, a bath in the bathroom. And I have a roof like this (holds up the triangle) – Gwen
Triangle, me draw a circle – Hugo M
Draw my house and a kitchen. Big house. That’s bathroom – Jackson
A room, a blue bin. Mum room, my room, dad room and dat’s Sienna’s room. Titchen (kitchen) dere – Luca
To further extend on children’s interests in their own houses, we would love it if children could bring in some photographs of their houses.
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Hayley and Pippa
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
We have been observing, designing and constructing buildings and structures busily this week inside and outside the classroom. One of our highlights has been our walks around the school looking at the various buildings, shapes and materials used.
Look It's got chimneys. Five chimneys, and I can see a balcony! - Jack O
So the smoke can come out - Zach H
Wow. It's got a ramp - Gabe
For going down - Erin
I think this building is very, very old - Tommi
That building looks brand new. It looks new and shiney. It must have been made after the war - Jack O
It's made from metal - Jesse
And glass. It's a rectangle - Henry
That place (the uniform shop) is made for getting uniforms. It's made from cement - Oliver
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
Building on the children's interest in emergency services, this week a small group of children played with the Woody Click fire station construction set. As we pieced the various walls, doors and windows together we talked about the parts a building needs...
“A floor” said Toby.
“Roof” said Cooper.
“The walls” added Toby.
“A door, a roof, a big roof over it” suggested Fletcher.
“A big roof” agreed Toby.
“Glass” said Angus.
The children had been interested in multi-storey buildings so we added another floor to our fire station but wondered how the firefighters would get up to the second floor...
“A lift” thought William.
“A ladder” said Toby.
“And some steps” said William.
The finished firestation looked great with trucks parked downstairs and beds for the firefighters upstairs - it even had a fireman's pole!
Kind regards,
Ali, Rosalie and Janine
Chapple
This week we have discovered how buildings are planned, designed and built from the ground up. The children have been very interested in the plans or 'instructions' that the builders use to build houses and sky-scrapers and have tried to draw some of their own. We have had a lot of construction happening both inside and outside with a range of materials.
Thank you for sending in the photos of your homes, the children have enjoyed discussing the different kinds of houses we live in.
Warm wishes - Suria, Sinead and Sue
“We have to build the foundations first” said Oliver “What’s that?” asked Daniel B “That bit underneath here – that’s the foundations” replied Oliver “Ok, we’re building the foundations first” agreed Daniel B “Yeah, if we don’t have the foundations it won’t work, it won’t hold” exclaimed Oliver
Edgerley
Edgerley students were busy looking at, creating, designing and buildings. We began to think about why we build buildings and how they are constructed.
We continued to investigate how clocks work this week
“A clock shows us what time it is” said Ajeet
“Big hand up the top says o’clock” said Sami
“We have afternoon tea at free o’clock” said Cooper
“Time is when you go to school” said Ajeet
“Then we know what the number is, then we know which time it is” said Lucy
“To show you what time it is to go somewhere” added Cooper
We were also thrilled to see our little chickens again this week. After they hatched at Kindergarten Apollon took home a yellow and black one. With the help of Grandpa Apollons chickens have grown very big. We were surprised to discover that the yellow one is now white. We were even more surprised when they tried to fly away in the classroom! Ahhhhhh!
Kind regards
Mel, Pip and Rachel
Edgerley students were busy looking at, creating, designing and buildings. We began to think about why we build buildings and how they are constructed.
We continued to investigate how clocks work this week
“A clock shows us what time it is” said Ajeet
“Big hand up the top says o’clock” said Sami
“We have afternoon tea at free o’clock” said Cooper
“Time is when you go to school” said Ajeet
“Then we know what the number is, then we know which time it is” said Lucy
“To show you what time it is to go somewhere” added Cooper
We were also thrilled to see our little chickens again this week. After they hatched at Kindergarten Apollon took home a yellow and black one. With the help of Grandpa Apollons chickens have grown very big. We were surprised to discover that the yellow one is now white. We were even more surprised when they tried to fly away in the classroom! Ahhhhhh!
Kind regards
Mel, Pip and Rachel
