Dear Edgerley and Chapple families and friends,
The first
week of the holidays has been short in days but not in fun. The children have
all been very busy working on some Easter art and crafts such as bonnets,
baskets, snow globes and nests.
Continuing
from our interest in the first ever Easter and the story of Jesus through our
visits to the Chapel, we have explored more books and videos and the children
were really keen to share their ideas with their friends and teachers
Jesus was
a really special and clever man. Oliver K.
He died
and then he came back again. Miles
What does
‘alive’ mean?. Loius
It means
he is not dead anymore. Sabian
I think
Judas was a bit naughty. Jensen
Those
soldiers don’t like Jesus I think. Harrison
The
children have also enjoyed making a carrot patch through a thumb printing
activity. This sparked discussions of the character of Peter Rabbit. It was a
delight hearing all the children’s story about Peter Rabbit and other
characters such as Mr. McGregor, Mr.
Todd, Benjamin Rabbit and so much more. Lots of role playing took place with
children discussing who gets whose role and for how long. So you can imagine
the time the children took to compromise, share and take turns. It all worked
out in the end.
With the
beautiful weather, we enjoyed the outdoors exploring the Rainbow playground,
the Fisher Courtyard and lots of races on the oval. You should have seen how
funny we were as we did the Japanese Walk race. Ask you children how the
Japanese walk is done and you sure will have a little laugh too. The highlight
of our week was the Easter Egg Hunt and we discovered where the Easter Bunny
could have gone in and out as we saw his footprints. Next week we will engage
in activities that will help us commemorate the lives of our heroic diggers and
celebrate ANZAC Day.Have a safe and wonderful Easter break and we can’t wait to hear about it next week.
