Thank you to those children that have brought in photographs of their houses and have lead us in morning meeting discussions about features of houses and shapes that are evident in structures. We have continued our exploration of features and shapes in buildings at the easel as we have created representations of structures using paint and different shaped paper.
"Paulina paint house, more paint. Mummy come in house. A triangle "– Pauline
"It has orange bricks. It’s a triangle. That’s the roof "– Jacob
"Big house, the colours are windows. It’s got windows and a door" – Eden
"Because this is a ouse (house). My bedroom is ere. I do a window. That da bathroom "– Leonardo
"A door, a window, a house, a door "– Andre
"Windows, windows, one, two, square" - Kristian
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
We experienced a performance of a different kind this morning as the children watched a rendition of "Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa" by Margaret Wild. We watched our very own Mrs B (Music teacher) along with three others perform on string instruments while the story was enthusiastically told by another lady. The children did a great job listening and came back full of feedback on their favourite parts of the performance.
'I loved the viola' - Gabe
'I liked where the last potoroo cutted a bit off the featheres' - Henry
'I loved the violins because they are one of my favourite instruments' - Jack J
'I thought the pink father boa was beautiful' - Ella
'I liked that music' - Owen
'Miss Lily was a friendly crocodile' - Grace
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
Our Nativity play is fast approaching and this week we visited the big stage at Anzac Hall for the first time. The Cooper children have been eagerly 'playing Nativity' in anticipation. In our room we played with the Nativity figure toys and the children retold the story with all the little characters (although one child was heard to say that he was playing 'Wonky Donkey'!). Other children looked at the Nativity book with their friends...
"I don't know how to read it" said Lily.
"We can just look at the pages" suggested Sophie.
"Baby Jesus is there now" said Lily seeing that he had been born.
"There the angels" said Sophie.
"They're singing a song for baby Jesus" said Lily.
On our outside stage we set up a Nativity scene with a stable and costumes and the children played their parts and sang our songs beautifully. We are very much looking forward to sharing our big production next week with all of our families and friends!
Best wishes,
Ali, Rosalie and Janine
Chapple
Lately the Chapple boys have been intrigued by famous paintings and artists. We have shared a few story books involving famous artists and the boys really liked the idea in one book of being able to step through the picture frame, into the painting and explore what they could see. The Mona Lisa has stood out as a favourite and the children have begun to paint their own portraits and each other's portraits on the small artist's easel. Below are some of the children's thoughts on the Mona Lisa.
“She’s got long hair” said Sam “She has a smile” observed Max C “How did she get in that picture?” asked Daniel B “It could be magic inside the painting” suggested Nathaniel “Someone just painted her” answered Ryan “Yeah, Leonardo did” said Blake excitedly “What is the special name for someone who paints pictures?” asked the teacher “A painter” said Sam “My mum’s an artist” added Charlie
Please take a look at our class art gallery on the wall above the computers. We look forward to seeing you next week at our Nativity performance! Warm wishes
Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
This week we continued to work on personal projects with friends in between our super busy schedule with performances and rehearsals. We began to look more closely at some famous buildings using the overhead projectors and found a new way to use our big blocks, creating 2D images up against the wall over the images of projected buildings. Late in the week we began to talk about the shapes we could see in castles and discovered that lots had arch and round shapes rather than the squares and rectangles that we find in our own houses. We shared a new story “King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub” and revisited an old favourite “The Things I Love About Me” and looked at castles in those. We will continue to investigate castles next week and also plan to learn more about knights and their princesses (in the boys words, not mine!)
Kind regards
Mel, Pip and Rachel
