In the classrooms

Langley

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This week the Langley children spent some time with the chickens.

We spread out a large rug in the floor in front of the incubator
where the chicks were keeping warm. We were very quiet as we
didn't want to scare them.

"Where do eggs come from?" Miss Kerry asked the children
Tommy "eggs"
Loukas "the garden"
Jack "the chicken"
"What will happen when they grow?" asked Miss Kerry
Harry JH "hatch"
Knox "we put them in the garden"
Lachlan "we might eat it"
Knox "you don't eat it"
Lachlan "yeah, you do eat it, ok?"
Knox "we don't eat chicken"
Sterling "I eat chicken when it big like my dad"

Miss Kerry held one of the chicks for the children to pat. We
had to be very gentle.
Bernie "My being gentle"
Elle "I touching chicken"
Knox "it got me- ow!"
Angelina "Hello, whats your name?"
Jannav screams "ahhhh"

After we all had a little pat we took out another chick. This time the little black one.
We placed it on the mat infront of us and watched what he would do.
Lachlan "He goes to us. He loves us"
Brooke "a wittle chicken"
Jaanav " chicken eat" (the chicken was picking food scraps off the mat)
Oscar " Papa cook BBQ chicken"
Angelina "bye chicken"

We placed the chick back with his friends and they pecked away at their food. It has been interesting watching the life cycle of the chickens over the past few weeks. We would also like to say a big thank you to Mrs Nacca and Miss Georgio for helping out in the Langley room this week.

Have a great weekend

Jess, Nicole, Kerry, Emily, Rosalie and Juliana

Mead

Dear Family and friends,

The highlight of the Mead Room this week has been our visit to the Animal Barn on Tuesday. The children loved meeting many animals, helping to feed the animals, riding on ponies and testing out the tractors as well as the other machines. Together we shared the story of the Little Red Hen. We planted our own wheat and we had a look at images of wheat growing in a field. Then we made our own bread with Mrs Cooper’s breadmaker. They have loved it so much we have made fresh bread each day! The children were fascinated by the process…

Angus: It’s pumping up and down!
James W: It’s making lots of funny noises… funny bread machine.
Harry M: It’s turning into bread.
James S: It looks like a ball.
Dougal: Mix, mix, mix. I can see it mixing on top of itself!
Angus: It’s rolling and rolling and spinning and spinning.
Jock: It’s mixing.
James W: It smells like bricks.

We revisited what ingredients were used to make the bread.
Dougal: There’s flour, flour and water.
James S: There were seeds (yeast)
Angus: The machine made it and put a hole in the bottom.
As we were smelling the bread cook Toby shared “It smelt like cake” and Jacob shared “It smelt like bread.”

Our cooking experiences are truly enriching the way the children are viewing food and its’ origins. There’s plenty more to come… vegetable soup and gingerbread men next week!

Many thanks for those of you who gave us such wonderful help on our excursion.

Warm Regards,
Emma, Pip and Amelia

Cooper

Chapple

Dear Chapple parents and friends,
We had a wonderful visit to the Farm Barn on Wednesday. It was such an exciting way for the children to further their understanding of farm animals and processes. Children had a pony ride, cuddled guinea pigs and bunnie, fed the pigs and sheep and patted the goats. After all that fun, we stopped at the park for a quick lunch and a play. What a great day! The morning wouldn’t have been such a success without the help of our one and only parent helper, Grace Fusco. She was fantastic! She helped round up the group, encouraged the children to be gentle and reminded them to use their manners. She was just the extra pair of hands that we needed.

‘Look! Pigs!’ Sebstian said as we drove past some cows.

‘We don’t want any creatures to get dead.’ Andre said as we carefully crept into the rabbit enclosure.

‘Mine wants to come home with me. He told me.’ said Eden as she carefully held her guinea pig.

Markis sang to his bunny and tried to rock it to sleep.

We are always very grateful for all our parent helpers. We owe a huge thank you to Louisa and Edward Scalzi for taking our chicks home for the weekend. They fed, watered, loved and adored the chicks and we are very thankful for their help.

If you haven’t already done so, please return your information sheets to our class reps, Diane and Grace. If you have lost yours, there is a spare pile on top of the lockers. Their efforts in trying to organize some social events are greatly needed and appreciated, and they need your cooperation and assistance to do this.

Next week we will begin exploring foods that are grown on trees. We will continue with our cooking program and investigate fruits and vegetables.

Have a great weekend,

Chapple Room Team

Edgerley

Dear Edgerley Family and Friends,

We LOVED making Filipino Polveron with Mrs Rocca! It was a real treat and it was really special to hear about Mrs Rocca’s childhood and how her family would make Polveron to sell in their community. Thank you Mrs Rocca.

Another highlight of our week was our trip to the Animal Farm. We fed the pigs, the lambs, the kids (as in the baby goats), the chickens, the donkeys and the ponies. We had pony rides, rode on the small tractors and other farm machinery and we got to hold the bunnies. We enjoyed some fabulous conversations, comments and questions – here are a few of our most memorable:

Alec: Does the red eyes mean the bunny is evil?

Angus T: I thought my bunny was going to eat Fletcher’s finger instead of the carrot.

Bailey: That one’s a cheeky one – he ate all the food. I’ve got my eye on him!

Jacob: Mine was a hungry one – take it easy sheep!

As we were leaving the farm, a handful of children were watching two llama…

Alex: Why are those llamas having a piggy back together?

Mrs Baird: Well, we had our pony rides and now it is their turn.

Next week we look forward to our investigations into crystals and the numbers we use in footy!

Mrs Rocca, Mrs Giorgio and Mrs Baird