Dear Edgerley Families and
Friends,
We have silkworms! We have loved watching them gobble, gobble,
chew, chew their way through multiple mulberry leaves. We are starting to make
connections with Nicey, our previous inhabitant (the Monarch). Some of the
children chose to draw pictures of their observations.
Harry A: It doesn’t have a big
nose, but it has lots of tiny legs to help it move. This is the tree where the
silk worms live. I think the people put glue on its feet so it can climb out.
Sebastian: The silkworm is eating
lots and lots of leaves.
Jarrah: It tickles so much. I
think it’s eyes are black.
James: He is eating bad leaves.
Louis has been extremely keen to
get to know our crawling silkworms. He has spent a very long time watching,
questioning and making observations.
“He’s just eating so fast and so
much. Maybe it’s ‘cause it’s got a long body. They like leaves, every day and
every night. I think we need to put more leaves. They won’t get hungry at
night. Look at this tiny one. Not eating much. Look, this one’s not moving. Let
me give him a push. Ahhhhh, he was just sleeping.”
The Edgerley children have been
VERY excitedly counting from 0 – 100. In fact, we have been counting as much as
we can using all sorts of things; bottle tops, fingers, counters, blocks… can
you try it at home?
We are very exciting to welcome
Mrs Rocca back next week. Congratulations to Mr Rocca on his muscle competition
in Sydney. He is a very, very strong man. We concluded he might even be able to
pick up Edgerley with all the children in it.
An enormous thank you to Mrs
Cooper, Ms Adele, Mrs Nacca and Ms Renee who held the fort while Mrs Baird and
Mrs Rocca were away.
See you soon,
The Edgerley Team
