Ahoy me hearties! In response to Harry’s spontaneous boat role play in the sandpit last week, we have added props to the sandpit to further extend the children’s play scenarios. We have added a steering wheel, sea creatures and a sail to our boat. The children have also created, imagined and suggested some of their own props;
“Get paddles” commented Jack S retrieving the spades from the sandpit to use as paddles,
“Put sea weed” suggested Eden,
“Lobster” observed Hugo M
“I do a sail” said Jacob as he helped to create the sail for the boat,
“I’m dotting all around” commented Harry as he drew dots on the sail.
Kind regards,
Jess, Hayley, Pippa and Bethany
MeadDear Mead Parents,
Following the Nativity, and in preparation for the festive season, the Mead children have been busying themselves in many related activities. They are printing, wrapping, drawing, painting and decorating. The children were joined by their ELC friends from other classes in a joint Christmas Tree decorating venture. Have a look as you enter the ELC foyer at our wonderful tree!
We have had discussions about what Christmas means to us.
"I love circling things in magazines that I would like from santa" -Tommi
"I like buying the Christmas turkey. I cook it!" - Jack O
"I like when I put my Christmas tree up. I already put my lights on my tree" - Milo
"I love the Christmas ham. Mmmmm!" - Sebastian
"If I am good I will get a skateboard and a guitar!" - Gabe
Best wishes and ho, ho, ho!,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
CooperLast week we went for a walk around the Prep School and looked at the different sorts of buildings and structures there and on the way. The children were most interested in ways of going up, such as ramps, stairs and a lift that we found near the library. We also looked at shapes and patterns and the different materials that buildings are made of. This week we revisited the photos that we took on our walk and the children remembered and discussed what they had seen, then used black pen and wash paint to make pictures of the places...
“Another tennis court and I saw a gate… AND a roof – a stripy one” said Alyssa.
“The stairs, they’re brick” said Sophie.
“There’s five stairs. Up the stairs I saw some children down there” recalled Bailey.
“This is Charlie’s school. It’s where they have a lift” Finn told us.
Kind regards,
Ali, Rosalie and Janine
ChappleThis week in the Chapple Class we have been busy with Christmas craft and counting activities. The children have enjoyed making Santa beards and decorating Christmas trees. On Wednesday we were involved in the school assembly in the Anzac Hall where we showed a short slide show of the children's work from our Build It Up unit as well as a movie about a Building Alphabet that the children made. They did a fantastic job of singing, building and knocking the blocks down at the end to give everyone a big surprise!
We have a busy week ahead of us, please refer to the weekly diary for all the details.
Warm wishes, Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
This week in Edgerley Room we explored all things knightly. We spent a lot of time exploring non-fiction books about castles and knights and made some interesting discoveries. We discovered that the Lord or Lady’s family in a castle lived in the keep and that knight’s and soldiers lived on the top floor of the keep to protect the family. We also discovered that people didn’t keep their clothes in cupboards in castles, instead they kept them in chests (just like treasure chests). We were very interested in knights and learned that knights were very good men who served the king, country and God. Girls couldn’t be knights in the olden days but our Edgerley girls were happy to play the role of princesses (pink ones!). We have had lots of fun playing knights this week and there may be some interest in knight play at home. Our Edgerley boys understand that knights were helpful and helped others and don’t run around chopping peoples heads off. We hope that you have good helpful knights at home too!!
To follow up on Oliver’s herb show and tell and the links Alex made between the herbs and lasagne, next week we plan to make fresh pasta with herbs in it. If there are any Mum’s and Dad’s who know how to make fresh pasta from scratch who would like to come in and assist (the very inept and unculinary!) Mrs Bishop we sure could use some help! Please e-mail Mrs Bishop at mbishop@staff.pac.edu.au
Have a lovely weekend
Kind Regards
Mel, Rachel, Pip and Renee
