A Special Visitor

Next Tuesday at 2.30pm we will have a visit from a special " man in red " , who may have some special surprises (shh...it's a secret !) All children are welcome to come for this but as usual parents will need to stay if it is not their child's day !

ELC Team

Annual Leave

I will be on Annual Leave from Wednesday 5th December until Friday 14th December. Mrs Nacca will be available for any basic centre administration and Mr Sean Watt can be contacted through the Prep School (83341203) for any further enquiries.


Jeanine

Staffing 2013

At the start of Term 1- 2013 Mrs Katherine Baird will take join Mrs Rocca in the Edgerley room and take on the teaching position . Katherine has worked with us previously in the Chapple Room and also taught in the Prep School. We are looking forward to her return to the ELC.
As Miss Freer is moving interstate next year Miss Caratozzolo and Mrs Kerr will move up with the Mead children to Chapple room and join Mrs Schmidt.
Miss Kasauskas will move with Langley children to Mead room to join Mrs Mckenzie and Mrs Cooper and we will have a new staff member join us as part of the team in Langley room.

We look forward to 2013 with anticipation !

Parent Information Sessions and Move up Day

There will be information sessions for Parents whose children will be in Mead and Chapple Rooms next year at 4pm on Monday Dec 3rd in the respective classrooms .There will also be a meeting for parents of new children starting in Langley room next year.

Children moving up from Langley and Mead  will visit their new rooms on Tuesday 4th Dec at 9.00.am. Children who do not attend this day are welcome to come in but a parent must remain with them. Chapple children will be visiting their Reception classes.

ELC Team

Missing Hats

There seem to be quite a few missing school hats at the moment. Please check  your child's hat to make sure they have the correct one and make sure they bring it each day as we have very limited spare ones and the children cannot play outside without one.

ELC Team

Chapple Room

Dear Chapple Room Parents and Friends,
I can't believe we are entering our last week for the year. The class is very ready to move up to Reception and all had a great morning on Wednesday. We are looking forward to Move Up morning on next Tuesday too! Please don't forget a snack and hat! We are preparing for our Graduation on Thursday and looking forward to sharing a little concert with you all. It will be very relaxed and informal but a nice way to end the year. Miss Freer and I are very proud of the group and have loved working with each and every child throughout year. It has been a pleasure watching them grow and develop. Thank you for being such a lovely group of parents to work with also.
Sadly, we will be saying farewell to Marios, Grace, Leon, Gabe, Zoe and Owen and wish them all the best at their new schools. Have a Merry Christmas, safe holidays and a well earned rest of the Christmas break.
From the Chapple Room Team

Edgerley Room

This week we have been busy finishing off our work and getting ready for the end of the term.  We have been making beautiful stick angels that we have been hanging on the wall in the classroom. This week has been very hot and we thought that the best thing on a hot day was an ice block!  We borrowed a stab mixer from Mr. Rob on Thursday and we blitzed up some watermelon to freeze into ice blocks.  The class counted how many pieces of watermelon we cut up, 24 and we counted how many children we needed to make ice blocks for.  William counted everybody's heads and found that we needed 13, but with Rayan coming later we needed one more, 14 and one for Mrs Rocca and Miss Giorgio made 16! After a play outside they were the best things on a hot day.


Thanks for a great week,
Juliana and Coney

Mead Room

Dear Parents and Friends,
We have had a fun filled week finishing off some of our learning. We have continued to work on our Christmas decorations and have shared festivities with our class Christmas party on Wednesday. This week we have had our silkworm moths come out of their cocoons and lay many many eggs... so next year we look forward to welcoming many new silkworms again! Our weekly show and tell has involved sharing Christmas food, so we have had wonderful fun trying panettone, candy canes, Christmas cupcakes and more!
Kind Regards,
Emma, Pip, Cristina and Heidi

Cooper Room

Dear Parents and Friends of the Cooper Room,

It has been another busy week in the Cooper - with Christmas presents to make, trees to decorate, stories to share and puzzles to create. The children have also been busy preparing special letters to Father Christmas. Next week we will walk to the post office as a class and send our letters.
"It is nearly Christmas time," said Henry
"I have a BIG tree at home," said Harrison
"We put up our tree too. A tree for Christmas!" added James
"I don't have a Christmas tree. I have a family Eid tree. All my family are on it," commented Ammar
"No tree," said Harry shaking his head.

We also had a a very special visitor pop in on Thursday afternoon. Mrs Blake came in for Show and Tell and showed us baby Edward!

"He's talking," said Max as he heard Edward babble
"Our baby likes to hold fingers," said Harry P
"Babies don't drink apple juice, they drink milk," shared Pauline
"He's looking tired. I think he needs a sleep!" said Jackson

It was lovely to see little Edward and listen to Mrs Blake tell us about all the things he likes to do. Edward really liked looking around our room, especially at our black and white jigsaw faces.

We hope you are all able to join us for the class party next Wednesday!
Kind regards Susan and Coral

Langley Room

As the weather has warmed up this week we have been enjoying water play in the Langley yard and in the big yard. We have loved the excitement of running under the flowing water in the sandpit, playing in the mud, and scooping water out of large containers as well as playing with the small dishes in the water trough. Not only have we been keeping cool through engaging in these experiences but we have been developing our knowledge and understanding of measurement. We have been discussing our findings as we experiment with pouring water from one container to another.

“It’s full” commented James as he held up his small container of water.

Jock had noticed what James was doing and held up his container also “it’s half full” he explained.

“It’s not full yet” said Jack as he continued to fill his container.

Best wishes,

Jess, Amelia, Nicole and Ange

Miss Kerry will be returning to work next Tuesday 4^th December and its Miss Jess’ turn for a holiday from Wednesday 5^th. She will return to work on Thursday 13^th December. 

Chapple Room Transitions

Dear Chapple Room Parents,
This week your child will be involved in the final stages of our transition program, have a chance to meet their teacher and become familiar with their classroom during an orientation morning. Children will be placed in class groups for this session.

At this stage, we have allocated children to their classes based on many factors. Through discussions between the classroom teachers, Neil Andary, Sean Watt, parents and children, we have grouped children according to what is educationally best, factoring in social, emotional, developmental factors, and parent discussions. At all stages of the process, our best interests lie with what we feel is best for each individual child.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding class placement, Sean Watt and Neil Andary will be available during the orientation morning or you can contact them via email or phone.

They are a beautiful group and are enthusiastically looking forward to the big move into Reception!

Don't forget a drink bottle and a small, healthy snack.
Wednesday 28th November 8:50-10:15am
Tuesday 4th December 8:50-11:00am

Thank you,

Alexandra Marcus

Holiday Dates

There are now only 2 weeks left of school term !  Please fill in the days your child will be here or away for during the two weeks prior to our Christmas closure on the sheets in the sign in folders and if your child is leaving please let me know when their final day will be ,

Jeanine

ELC Car Park

We are aware that it is often hard to get a park in the car park particularly at school drop off and pick up times but please be mindful of other families and do not park where other cars are then blocked in.

Jeanine

Requests

Dear Chapple Parents and Friends,
We are collecting toy catalogues for an activity in the following weeks so please bring in any spares that you may have at home.
Thank you,
Chapple Room Team


Langley Room would like any glass jars that you could bring bring in for them please

Langley Team

Chapple and Edgerley Rooms

Dear Chapple and Edgerley Parents and Friends,
Thank you for a wonderful morning on Tuesday at our Christmas Fare. It was such a special day for all the children, giving them the opportunity to share an activity and part of their day with you at school. There were some delicious treats and everyone went to so much effort. Thank you for all your contributions on the day and also for the recipes for the recipe book. We will be sending home a copy of the class recipe books shortly. The decorations that were made on the day are beautiful and the children cannot wait to take them home! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did.

Thank you again,
Chapple and Edgerley Teams

Langley Room

We have been focussing on the different features of our bodies this week, examining them in the full length mirror before drawing them on photographs of our faces. We have also been measuring how tall we are and tracing around our bodies on large pieces of paper ready to add features to next week. While we have been engaged in these experiences we have been talking about our bodies and sharing what we know with our peers.

It’s Toby. My wegs (legs) and my hair – Toby N

Legs, hands. It’s a leg. Dat’s me – Alex D

My weg (leg) first. There’s my shoe, now other one. Now arms and hands. My other arm. My body’s got fruit. There’s food in my body. Mine’s got a bwoken (broken) leg – Alec

Arms, fingers, more fingers, legs, shoes. I’m doing my body. Look at me – Domenic

That Harry. I doing Harry. Arms – Harrison

Jamesy. There’s a body. The ears – James

I’m drawing legs and arms and a tummy. I need leg. I need back. I got long hair – Abby

It’s me. I want my body. My body under. That my body. My head and my body - Nathan

Best wishes,

Jess, Nicole, Amelia and Ange

Cooper Room

Dear Cooper families,

It’s been an exciting week discovering what tadpoles turn in to. We are now all proud parents of two very tiny frogs. We went on a walk around the school to find rocks for our frogs to sit on to make them more comfortable in their tank. We have thought really hard about a name for them too…

Ically - Harry P

Looper - Thinura

Joey - Oliver

Crazy captain – Pauline

Cooper – Liam

Pond - Max

Tadpole - Ammar

The strawberries are ripening well, and Ammar’s potatoes have grown so we are slowly picking them. 

Thank you for all the lovely Christmas books you have brought in for show and tell, it has been a pleasure reading them.

Thank you to Miss Gray for all her help this week while Mrs Lock has been away with a sore back , we hope to see Mrs Lock back next week fully recovered.

Miss Bowden and Miss Gray 

Mead Room

Dear Mead families,

Our children have spent some of their time engaged in Christmas craft activities. This week we have been exploring light and colour, designing our own colourful angels with the overhead projector on the wall. We have created our own crowns, just like the 3 wise Men who visited Baby Jesus. We have also finished off our huge Nativity scene with some sheep in the fields. Our Christmas trees look very colourful on the windows too. Do come and have a look!

Kind Regards,

Emma, Pip, Cristina and Heidi

Nativity

Thankyou to all our families and friends who came to watch our Nativity performance on Thursday. The children were delighted to be able to share this celebration of Christmas with you and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did !

Christmas Fare morning

Dear Edgerley and Chapple Families,

We hope to send the recipe book for our Christmas Fare morning to the printers on Friday 23rd November . Please have your family's recipe to us by then so that you don't miss out on being a part of the book. 

jgiorgio@staff.pac.edu.au

Thank you,
Miss. Marcus and Miss Giorgio

School Holidays

There are now only 3 weeks left until the end of term and the school and our Teachers will then be on holidays. The centre will close from 6 pm on December 20th and reopen on January 7th. School (and our normal classes )will  resume on January 31st . If your child will be away for any other times over this period please let me know. If your child will be leaving us at the end of this year could you please give me the final date of their attendance.


Jeanine

Chapple Room Graduation

This will be held on Thursday December 6th at 11.00 in our Town Square for the Chapple room children and their families. Festival Photos will be there to record the event for everyone. It will  conclude by 12 md and families are welcome to take their child with them at the end of it if they wish to.

New Babies

We have had a rush of new baby girls born over the last 10 days  to ELC families and staff !

Our congratulations go to :
Brita and Varis Lidums on the birth of Laila Jana on Nov 5th , a sister for Erik (Langley Room)

Mel and Greg Bishop on the birth of Chloe Grace on Nov 12th (Mrs Bishop from Edgerley Room)

Kelly and Adrian Manera on the birth of Lilah Luciana on Nov 13th , a sister for Sabian (Cooper Room)

Nativity

Next Thursday (15th November)  is the big day for our much anticipated Nativity Performance.It will be held in the Anzac Hall which is on the Dequetteville Tce side of the main bluestone building .(the oval next to the driveway should be open for parking provided it has not been raining)
Children who normally attend on a Thursday should arrive at their usual time for us to start getting them ready and children who do not normally come on a Thursday need to arrive by 10.00 am.
If you have not sent your child's costume in please do this by Tuesday of next week ready for our dress rehearsal.
The performance will be finished by 12 md .If your child attends on a Thursday and you take them home with you afterwards please remember to sign them out and let a staff member know that you are taking them.

The photographers from Festival Photos will be there as usual to photograph the children and photos will be available to order on line.

ELC Team

Chapple and Edgerley Rooms

Dear Chapple and Edgerley parents,

Don’t forget to RSVP by Tuesday 13^th November for the Chapple and Edgerley Traditional Christmas Fare morning to your classroom teacher.

And please, keep those recipes coming in to jgiorgio@staff.pac.edu.au we want to get them ready to be sent to the printers by week 7.

Thank you to all who have done so,

Miss Marcus and Miss Giorgio

OSHC Program

Children from Chapple Room who will be finishing at the ELC at the end of the term are eligible to use the Vacation Care program at the Prep School across the Christmas holidays.  Programs with Enrolment forms are with  the Parent Information materials outside Chapple Room.

Head Lice

There have still been some cases of head lice in the centre so please check your children carefully and treat them if necessary.  Several treatments are often needed to completely control the lice. Please inform us if you do find your child has lice so that we can monitor the situation.

Uniforms

Thankyou to all the families who have begun to send their children in Moroon shorts/pants (and white undershirts). Please make sure as you replace your child's clothing you purchase moroon only for ELC wear. We would like to have all children in this uniform from next year (apart from Edgerley children) . The uniform shop has supplies but you are welcome to purchase them elsewhere as they do not have to be a specific style/brand.(speak with Mrs Dry)

Fee Statements

This week you should have received your fee statement via email. If you did not receive it could you please let me know . We aim to send these out monthly from now on in this manner. 

If your email address has changed recently could you kindly update it for our records.

Jeanine

Chapple Room

Dear Chapple Parents and Friends,

This week we discussed the meaning behind our Nativity concert and why we celebrate Christmas. It was a wonderful chance to explore our understanding of what we are doing, and to see how much children in Chapple understand about Christmas and this busy time of year.

‘It’s something. I don’t really know.’ Zach H

‘It means when you play something like the dolls or the Christmas tree or computers. ‘ Jack

‘It’s like this big play at the end of the year to show everybody what happened when baby Jesus was born.’ Tommi

‘They went to Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary. People said there was no room, except the last ones.’ Oliver

‘In the dativity, they give baby Jesus present to celebrate baby Jesus was born.’ Jack

‘The three kings have to wear some crowns.’ Zach H

‘They celebrated because they loved baby Jesus.’ Xander

‘First the three kings helped baby Jesus and gave her presents and when baby Jesus got a big boy they wanted to kill Jesus.’ Harry H

‘Another time when Mrs Rocca was reading a book it said they were going to kill baby Jesus.’ Grace

‘Baby Jesus. It’s Merry Christmas time.’ Leon

‘When they got to Bethlehem in a stable Baby Jesus was born and so Christmas is a very special day because we celebrated baby Jesus being born.’ Tommi

‘I don’t know.’ Ryan

‘They celebrated baby Jesus.’ Dillon

‘Good animals are smiling.’ Lucas

‘The animals love baby Jesus.’ Yi Bin

‘The donkey carried Mary.’ Sebastian

‘Builded the stage.’ Marios

‘About baby Jesus. He was born in a house in the snow.’ Seth

‘All the animals smiled because they wanted to see baby Jesus.’ Ryan

We are looking forward to the concert next week, and hope to see you all there! For those of you who are heading to the pageant this weekend, have a lovely time- and keep an eye out for Harry White's mother Helen. Miss Freer will also be returning to us on Tuesday. Thank you to Mrs Nacca for being such a wonderful help over the last two weeks. The children will miss you!

Thank you,

Chapple Room Team

Edgerley Room

Dear Edgerley Parents,

Through our conversations about the communities we belong to we started thinking about the people who help us.  We started with the postman who delivers our mail and then the children discussed who else there is.

"A judge, he puts bad people in jail" - Louis

"Firemen, they put out the fire" - Olivia

"Builder, they build stuff" - Owen

"Policemen, they help us from bad people in the street" - Alyssa

"If you lost they put you back in your home" - Rocco

"Doctor, my daddy is a doctor and he helps sick people" - Bruno

We have added dress ups to the break out space and the children have been enjoying the opportunity to explore these roles further.

This coming week we are going to start discussing the traditions we have at Christmas.  Please send in a photo of your child at Christmas for them to talk about in show and tell and that we can display.

Thanks for a great week,
Juliana and Coney

Mead Room

Dear Parents and Friends,

We have had some wonderful co-operative play in the Mead Room this week. The hospital Duplo has been a real favourite and before now, the children had been creating different models usually by themselves. This week the children have started discussing and designing incredible models with each other. We have made a big focus on sharing ideas and expressing our feelings whilst working with others, especially when negotiation is necessary. Our catch phrase is “Use your words!” Most of the time it works most successfully!

Best Wishes,

Emma, Pip, Cristina and Heidi

Cooper Room

Dear Parents and Friends of the Cooper Room,

We have been working hard to prepare for the ELC Nativity for 2012. We have been singing and practising all week! Now we are all looking forward now to "getting into our new clothes" said Oliver. 

The Cooper Room children have been busy painting their own Christmas tree and next week we will make decorations based around the special symbols of Christmas.  Please keep sending in any toilet or handpaper rolls as we will need these to make our bon-bons. We have been talking about the special story of Jesus' birth and how  we celebrate this at Christmas.

We also have a growing nature table in the Cooper Room. The children have been watching as our silkworms have started to spin their cocoons. The children have wondered what they will turn into?

"Darker cocoons I think," said Oliver
"What about fruit bats," added Kristian
"Maybe butterflies," thought Kate
We will just have to wait and see!

Kind regards
Susan and Coral

Langley Room

Dear Langley Family and Friends,

Continuing on with our investigations about who we are and how we are similar and different to other people, we have been creating clay representations of our faces. We have been examining our features in the mirror and then using collage materials to add features to our clay faces. The children have been discussing their different facial features as they explore and create;

Yes, me, eye – Alexander D

They my eyes – Bernie

I hammer in eyes – Clementine

I do my eyes – Jack

I’ve got hair. I gonna put on ears. I just gave it a little titch – Angus

That’s my eyes. That’s my ears. That’s my hair – Millie

My head is round. My eyes are blue not black. Dey got black bits in it – Thomas M

We have been practicing hard for our Nativity performance next Thursday 15^th November and look forward to sharing this special day with you. Please make sure you have brought in some denim shorts, pants or skirt for the performance.

Best wishes,

Jess, Kerry, Nicole and Ange

Centre Review

Dear Parents,

As all good organizations do, we hold regular reviews of our processes. This year we had planned to undertake a review of our administrative operations and with the pending parenthood for Mel Bishop we chose to take a closer look at our academic leadership model as well.

Some of the outcomes of this review have already been activated. The role of Centre Manager and Administrative Assistant has been replaced with one position; Centre Administrator. The management of the Centre will now fall to the Deputy Head and Head of the Preparatory School. You may already have seen Mr. Sean Watt speaking with staff and joining in and sharing in the learning process with your child. Sean is a very experienced educator and administrator and brings strong and collaborative leadership to the environment.

You will also have noticed in the last few weeks, while Jeanine has been on annual leave, Jess Catt greeting you and the children as you enter the Centre. Jeanine will occupy the same space upon her return and the office she used to occupy will become a meeting room for private conversations or staff planning.

The next phase of our review will see a number of changes to our academic and pedagogical leadership. These will be overseen by our Director of Teaching and Learning, Mr. Kelvin Sparks. Kelvin has an excellent knowledge of early learning and will work with our staff to ensure our vision of inspiring excellence continues to occur for staff as well as our children.

In closing, I am sure you will agree, Jess has had a wonderful influence on us all over the last two weeks. We thank her for her willingness to serve our community.

Kind regards,

Neil Andary

Head of Preparatory School

Chapple and Edgerley Christmas Fare

Dear Chapple and Edgerley Families,


On Tuesday November 20th from 9am to 10.30am, you are invited to the Chapple and Edgerley Traditional Christmas Fare morning.

Please bring along a plate of your family’s Traditional Christmas Recipe (nut free) to share for morning tea.

Please RSVP by 13th November to your class teacher

Love from,
The Chapple and Edgerley Classes

PS Don't forget to send in those recipes!!

Gastro Bug

Dear Parents,

We have had several reported cases of gastro in the centre this week. Please ensure that if your child  is unwell that you are keeping them at home. As per our Staying Healthy in Child Care guidelines, children should not return to the centre until there has not been a loose bowel movement or vomiting for 24 hours.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Jess

In the classrooms

Chapple

Dear Chapple Parents and Friends,

Following our unit of inquiry, we have looked at what makes us special and different and unique. We then looked at what makes our friends special to us. Please come in to see the beautiful work up around the room. We have been working very hard!

Next week, we will begin our Christmas preparations. We can’t wait. We are practising for Nativity and it’s all coming together. Please practise your child’s lines at home if needed.

What Makes Your Friends Special?

‘Charlie and Harry White and Leon are special because they play with me a lot and they like me.’ Ryan
‘Aston and Harry W because I play with them all the time’ Jack
‘Leon. I always think about him when I go to bed.’ Yi Bin
‘Harry H is special because I like him playing with me. I like what games he makes up in his head.’ Seth
‘Leon because when he plays with me he plays really good games.’ Zach H
‘Aston because he plays chasey and hid and seek.’ Dillon
‘Matt Matt because sometimes he goes on a aeroplane.’ Eric
‘Harry W always laughs at me.’ Lucas
‘I play with Charlie because he makes sand castles in the sandpit.’ Marios
‘Dillon plays in the sandpit with me.’ Jesse
‘Zach H because when I play something he always wants to play with me.’ Leon
‘Tommi because we like to run together.’ Zach F
‘Harry H and me like lots of games.’ Grace
‘Lucas plays games and we play Batman.’ Lucas

Thanks,
Chapple Room Team

Edgerley

Dear Edgerley Families,

In Edgerley we have been investigating the communities that we belong to. We have discussed and drawn our families and this week we spoke about our school community. Many children took this opportunity to draw their friends as well as the teachers. With Halloween this week we took the opportunity to discuss the traditions around this celebration. We discussed going 'Trick or Treating'. Angus thought you had to be at least 12 to go without your parents. We also discussed the tradition of making a Jack-O-Lantern. The children worked creatively on a small scale to make their very own scary balloon Jack-O-Lantern, we even made a GIANT pumpkin scone for afternoon tea.

Thank you for a great week,
Juliana and Coney

Mead

Dear Mead families and friends,

Over the past few weeks in preparation for our Nativity performance in Week 6, we have been sharing different versions of the Christmas story. We are creating our own Nativity scene and using props to act out our own stories. Today we even noticed that we had two Baby Jesus’ lying side by side! We are showing the children different crib scenes from around the world. The children have been sharing their reflections of the characters and events.
“The shepherds were happy to see the baby,” said Sebastian.
“The camels brought the kings to see Baby Jesus. They followed a big star,” shared Luca.
“There was a star to tell that Baby Jesus had been born in a stable, he was lying in a manger,” reflected Susannah.
“Baby Jesus was lying in the hay,” said Sebastian.
“An angel was singing to the shepherds,” told Gwen.
“Shepherds look after sheep,” shared Abhi.

As a class we are hoping that the children will share joy in the true story of Christmas. Our Nativity practices are coming along and the performance on November 15th is an occasion not to be missed!

Best wishes,
Emma, Pip, Cristina and Heidi

Cooper

Dear Parents and Friends of the Cooper Room,

We have been talking about babies this week and sharing photos of ourselves when we were small. The children have started to create a Baby Book for the class. We have discussed how we have grown and changed, sharing everything we know about babies and what they need! We have keenly watched how our silkworms have grown and changed from tiny little creatures to some fat, heavy and large headed silkworms. On Friday Mrs Cooper gave us a container of worms to look
"Ahh a snake!" yelled Kristian
"No don't worry it a worm," corrected Zac
“You need be careful with worms. Not touch hard," added Kate
"This big one the Mummy and here the Daddy," said Kate
"This one is tiny - it can be the baby," agreed Florence

We are also still busy cut, cut, cutting away - making kites, collages and jigsaw faces of ourselves. It has been a real test to try and cut on the lines to make a jigsaw of our face and then try to put it back together.
"Hey look my face - it all gone," said Liam
"It looks all cracked now," laughed Henry
"There's no mouth, I have no mouth yet," said Hugo Sanders.

What fun we have had!

Kind wishes,
Susan and Coral

Langley

Dear Families and Friends,

This week the Langley children had a very special guest come to visit us, Ms Ange’s mum Mrs Maria. She came to show us how to make homemade pasta.
Ms Ange asked the children “what are we making?”
Josh - Jelly
Boasi - Peanut butter
Mrs Maria took a stainless steel machine out of her bag and placed it securely on the table.
“What do you think this machine makes?” Ms Ange asked the group.
Thomas- Spaghetti
Mrs Maria brought out the ingredients to make the pasta, some eggs and some plain flour.
Charlie A. - Eggs
Thomas- Tip them into oil
Thomas- That’s flour
Bernie- We watch
Mrs Maria started to put the ingredients into a mixing bowl.
Charlie M. - We put in flour
Bernie – That is flour
The children counted the eggs as they went into the flour “1, 2, and 3,4,5,6.”
Angus told Mrs Maria “your hands are getting messy,” as she mixed the dough with her hands.
Alexander R - Yummy, yummy good for my tummy
Once the dough was firm it was ready to roll through the pasta machine.
Thomas- “it’s going down, it looks like a sausage,” Thomas says while turning the handle to the machine.
Some of the children wanted to turn the pasta dough through the machine, they washed their hands and lined up to take turns.
Boasi- All yummy
Charlie M. - It’s changing, its spaghetti.
Angus- My Mummy and Daddy don’t make it.
After flattening the pasta dough Mrs Maria put it through the spaghetti shape cutter of the machine.
Charlie A. - Cutting cause you need to.
Charlie M. - More pasta
Miss Nicole asked “what do you put on the pasta?”
Charlie A. – Sauce.
We took the pasta over to Mr Rob’s kitchen and cooked it. Mrs Maria had made a delicious tomato sauce to drizzle over the top.
The children slurped up their scrummy homemade pasta with joy.
Dougal- I can suck it up.
Jack- I slurp it.
Millie- More please.
There were lots of very messy hands and faces afterwards but my, it was delicious.

Best wishes,
Kerry, Nicole, Ange and Hayley