Edgerley

Dear Edgerley Families,

Monday morning we headed off for the Red Centre when Angus found some “amazing foot prints” on the oval. We investigated and saw the bird that made them on the other side of the oval was an Ibis. We played some games in the squash courts at the Red Centre. Later in the day we had some quiet time in the Library to read some books.

It doesn’t snow or does it at this time of year? We made some snow on Tuesday with some shaving foam and baking soda. It felt cool like snow, but it was missing one thing, snow animals.  The children added the animals like lions, giraffes and hippopotamus.

Just for fun we made the snow again on Thursday. Reindeer are around this time of year and they need to find their way. To attract them to your house we made some food for them while they help out on December 25^th so don’t forget to put on your lawn Christmas Eve. We went to the Red Centre again and explored another stadium to play in.

Something very special also happened, we had a visit from Officer Malcom of the SA Police Force. He talked about how the police keeps us safe and answered the varied and interesting questions from the children. Some included “Do you catch robbers from the shops?”, “Why do you wear a wide hat?”, “Is the prison a long way away to take the bad people” and “Do you ride a Police bike?” Officer Malcom gave the children a treat by letting them put on his police hat before he left. Thanks Officer Malcom.

Merry Christmas to all, have a Happy New Year, stay safe and see you next year. Mr Ty, Mrs Nacca, and Miss Adele.

 

Cooper

The school year is over! What a blast it’s been!

The Cooper Children have thoroughly enjoyed the final week of the school holidays. We have played with balls, running races and various games at The Red Centre. We made a trip to the library, the children had story books read to them followed by independent reading as the children looked at picture books quietly and had a chance to borrow a book of their choice. On the walk back to the ELC we explored the school grounds and stopped to watch some big boys play cricket.  

 

Dress up day was a highlight, the children got into character to play fantasy roles. Acting is a great way for children to channel their feelings and emotions and stimulates creativity to spark their imagination.  To extend on this the talented Miss Emma was busy face painting to enhance the children’s imagination. Face painting was a hit! The children found this to be a lot of fun and very entertaining.

Miss C and Miss Emma would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year. Enjoy the holiday season!

Mattingley

If You Believe
A future without boundaries,
A world that's full of energy and fun.
So as you reach for all life has to offer,
Remember that you're second to no one.
Pursue your goals, yet keep your loved ones close,
As you utilize your talent and ambition.
Let your friends and family give you their support,
And you'll master every challenging transition.
And always, know you can achieve
The things you really want, if you believe.

 Dear Mattingley friends and families,

It has been a joy to get to know your precious children over the last year. They have not only learnt from us but we have learnt from them too. Thank you for all your kind comments, Christmas wishes and gifts. Take time this Christmas to spent quality moments together and we look forward in seeing you next year!

Love All the Mattingley Room educators

Mead

Not long until the big man in the red suit comes to visits.

The year is coming to an end and what a way to finish such a busy year. This week the children enjoyed taking it easy, going for walks and playing outside. They also continued to get into the festive spirit, dancing to Christmas carols and relaxing in front of a couple of Christmas movies. On Tuesday the children enjoyed getting their fingers and majority of their faces dirty when indulging in the yummy chocolates that we melted and placed into the Christmas moulds. Most of the children were thrilled that they actually had the chance to try the chocolate as in the previous cooking experience the week before, I may have burnt the short bread leaving some devastated little Mead friends. But I’m happy to say that the chocolate melting was a huge success and I felt much better about my cooking skills when Sterling said to me with great encouragement “Mrs Neville I think all the children are happy you didn’t burn these ones.” Wednesday was our dress up day and there were some pretty cool outfits, from Spider woman to Batman and I’m sure you can all imagine there was a lot of dramatic play going on.

The rest of the week felt like the days just rolled into each other and time got away from us, it might have had something to do with all the fun were having, with many spontaneous events and experiences to finish off an amazing year.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Years and I will see you all next year.

From Mrs Neville and Miss Kendall 

 

Thankyou from Loreto Kids Charity

          
Dear Friends at Prince Alfred ELC,

It was beautiful music to our ears to hear of the wonderful donation you have sent to the great little kids in the care of the Loreto Program in Vietnam! Warm appreciation from me and the Team and from the kids here – a big shout of thanks too!

We recall visiting your beautiful Centre in July 2014 and enjoying a vibrant and sparkling environment! And amongst all that – you are so thoughtful in extending  out to other children who are less advantaged! We admire your outreach and spirit of sharing!

Loreto Program only works in very distant and faraway places now: ‘out there’ the children have very little and their families struggle to survive along with big efforts to send their children to school with constancy! It is good “folks” like yourselves that enable us to assist them with support that will ensure these poor children have the best possibility of a lively and motivating education.

So please feel wonderful about yourselves for ‘holding hands’ with the children of Vietnam in the care of the Loreto.

We extend our deep gratitude once more and wish to each and all the best for the Season of Christmas – along with a relaxing and happy holiday! May good wishes extend into 2015 and bring many happy days to you new School Year.
                                                                               
Pham Doan Ha My: Deputy CEO                                                                 Trish Franklin: CEO

Angwin

Dear Angwin friends and families,

We are pretty sure everyone is geared up for some R & R for the holiday season.

Lots of the children in the Angwin room have been so keen on sharing their holiday plans and all the fun that they will be having.

To ensure Father Christmas does not miss any household especially those with no chimneys, we have made special magical keys to make his entry a little easier. Make sure you hang them on your doors on Christmas Eve.

We have been exploring different specimens of conifers inspired by the pine cones we have collected on the school grounds. We were amazed that such tall and big trees can come from very tiny seeds and that the cones change many times over a year.

The matchbox cars remain to be the favourite and we can't wait to take it to the boarding house yard to use the car ramps.

Water play always tickles the children's interest as it allows them to build trenches, dams and moats (with a little splashing, of course).

We went for adventure walks which included a trip to the RED Centre, library, rainbow playgrounds and races on the oval.

In short, its been a fun packed week - a perfect way to end the year.

I wish you all a safe and wonderful holidays.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Mrs Rocca

 

 

 

 

Wilkins

Dear Wilkins families,

We have had a busy week in the Wilkins room. We visited the red centre during the week and burnt some energy playing ‘chasey’. We also created our own fruit smoothies using watermelon, apple, strawberries and banana. We mixed it in the blender to make ice creams.

We have been quite the master chefs this week also baking gingerbread men while sharing the story of the gingerbread man. A few of the children were worried that they might run away! Luckily, we were able to eat them.

The children have been very musical this week using musical instruments to bop along to different rhythms of music and create their own dances. Next week we will make some of our own instruments from recycled materials.

Today we enjoyed a picnic lunch on the oval, followed by some games.

Next week’s program is in your child’s locker. Please be sure to have a look.

Enjoy your weekend and we will see you next week!

Wilkins Team J

Chapple

Hip hip hooray its HOLIDAYS!

We have been thoroughly enjoying our first week of Christmas holidays in the Chapple Room! This week we have had a huge change in our classroom with a big tidy up and a shift of the furniture. This class has responded wonderfully with the change and have been really excited about the new space. We have been getting stuck into some Christmas crafts this week! Making decorations with beads and pipe cleaners, baking an building a gingerbread house and writing letters to Santa! We are finishing off our week with some water play and a movie day which is always a hit with the children each holidays!

The Children are so excited about the coming few weeks and it is completely lovely to be able to share in their excitement. If you are finishing up this week I wish you all the best and know that you will all be in my thoughts this festive season. Take care everyone and I'll see you next week when we go Christmas crazy!

Love Mrs Shakespeare

Cooper

Dear Cooper Room Families and Friends,

It’s been an exciting and fun start to the school holidays - summer program. We commenced the week over in the Red Centre playing a variety of balls games to enhance the children’s physical development The children have been engaging in sensory play experiences particularly showing an interest in the trough container filled with rice, cups and measuring spoons used for dumping and filling. The art and craft table has taken a hit with the children making the most gorgeous and creative Christmas ornaments and puffy paint snowmen. Wet ‘n’ Wild day was a lot of fun and the weather didn’t deter the children from getting wet. The sprinkler was the highlight of the day, the children excitedly ran through it whilst others played in the sand pit as the water sprinkled on them.
We look forward to the final week of the 2014 school holidays. Where has this year gone? It’s been a fun and busy one that’s for sure.

Happy Weekend everyone and be safe. See you all again next week.

Love from Miss C and Miss Emma.

Mattingley

Dear Mattingley friends and families,

The children have continued their interest in purple snow, which are the flowers from the Jacaranda tree that fall to the ground, symbolising in Australia that Christmas is coming. The children have been painting trees using water colours and paint, and towards the end of the week the children have even been playing with purple snow which they made using fake snow powder, water and purple food colouring. We are beginning to create a Jacaranda tree in our class using the pole and next week will add some purple flowers to it. Outside the children have been making cement in the sand, playing What’s the time Mr Wolf and having fun in the water on wet and wild day.

Have a great weekend

Miss Bowden, Miss Faye, Miss Tiarna and Mr Angus. 

Edgerley

Dear Edgerley Families,

What a start we have had in the Edgerley room in the first week of the Summer program. The weather has been a mixed bag so far for all our holiday activities, but everyday has been full of excitement.

On Monday it was a time for some free play and we turned our ‘rocket’ into a sleigh for the jolly man in the red suit. Later we had time to explore the Rainbow playground.

Tuesday morning we headed off for the Red Centre for a run around. It is such a great place to play with the sports equipment we have at our school.

When you come to the Edgerley class you will see it has had a makeover. What do you think? A work in progress.

Well then there was Wet and Wild day on Thursday. How else can it be described but FUN, FUN, FUN and when there is nothing else to say FUN! Who would think getting wet, no saturated, is so much fun. There were hoses ,puddles, water and wet children everywhere.

Hope you all enjoy the weekend, stay safe and see you next week. Mr Ty, Mrs Nacca, and Miss Adele.

Wesley Mission

A big thank you to our families who have generously contributed to our big box of gifts that are ready to be delivered to Wesley Mission. I know they will be most grateful.

Pip Cooper

Memorial Hospital Art Project

Our ELC has been approached by Memorial Hospital, an affiliated Uniting Church hospital, to showcase some of our children’s art work to decorate their newly appointed children’s ward. The work will be displayed in some frames purchased by the hospital, displayed for a term or so and then returned to us so that we can display some other pieces.

We are ready to showcase another selection of our children’s work.

This is an ongoing joint project which will benefit children who are in medical care and need cheering up.

If your child’s art work has been selected, your child’s teacher will be in touch to inform you beforehand.

Many Thanks,

Pip Cooper

Angwin

Dear Angwin families and friends,

The Summer Program in the Angwin room kicked off with both quiet and exhilarating experiences. We enjoyed doing some Christmas crafts that involved cutting, pasting, gluing and painting. This included designing our own foam baubles, making snowflakes and painting images of poinsettias and Father Christmas. There was so much effort and thought that came into these works of art. Next week we will assemble a tree made of sticks to hang our baubles onto. Our  'Frozen' inspired tables have attracted lots of  creative fingers as they built their own versions of Elsa's Tower and built the town of Arendelle with perspex, glass marbles, pebbles and tinsels. Some even retold the story as they made books with their own illustrations and scripts. We talked about adding some more blue and silvery stuff into our table next week.  On Wednesday, we read Christmas books that children brought in to share with the class and it seemed to have taken us all over the world with stories inspired different versions of Santa all across the globe. The children also enjoyed making our Christmas play dough and making car parks and tracks for our matchbox  car collections.

But of course, the highlight of our week was the 'Wet and Wild Day" as we basked in the sun, turned our slippery dip into a water slide, splashed everyone (teachers included), and danced to some cool kids music. It was indeed a very wet and wild day.

Next week, we will enjoy some more fun and exciting experiences as we say goodbye to Year 2014.

Please save the following dates

16th Dec Tuesday  Bring a Christmas item special from your family ( Take extra care of breakables)

17th Dec Wednesday Making a Christmas Bonnet Day ( bring samples for inspirations  if you have any at home)

19th Dec Summer Splash Day (Bring labelled towels, bathers, shorts and own sunscreen if necessary )

 

From

 

Mrs Rocca

 

Mead

Dear Mead Families

 

During this week some of the children requested that they would like a Winter Wonderland with Father Christmas and some Christmas trees, just like at the Magic Cave. We discussed as a group what our Winter Wonderland would look like and the type of resources we could use to create such a thing. The children had amazing visions of what they wanted their Wonderland to look like and here are some of their ideas: 

Lily- We need white things for the snow.

Loukas- Some shiny things.

Harrison R- A pretty Christmas tree.

William- Presents.

Finny- A big, big tree.

Oliver- Snow.

Ned- Rudolph.

Olive- A bit of snow.

Also this week we had our Wet and Wild Fun Day where all the children got involved and made a splash, even though the weather wasn’t the hottest I’m sure they all enjoyed themselves. Next Friday we will be having another Wet and Wild Fun Day so please bring your bathers or spare clothes.

See you all next week for our last week before the Christmas.

From Renee Neville.

Langley

Dear Langley Families

This week the children enjoyed lots of water play in the sun. On Wednesday we went for a walk to the Red Centre and had a big run in the stadium. Friday we had a lovely picnic on the oval under the trees and we played a few games, even had a running race on the tennis courts! Santa will be receiving lots of letters from the Langley children as they have enjoyed drawing him pictures and posting them in our special letter box! The construction corner was a hit! The children were banging and hammering away with their hammers and hard hats, they also experimented with different sounds using the pipes and blocks of wood when they were working away!

We explored our senses and created beautiful art pieces using flavoured tea bags dipped in water. The children really enjoyed talking about what scent they could smell and what colour the water changed to when the bags were dunked.

Rosie – “that smells yummy!”

Poppy – “it smells like…. mmmm lemon”

Ashlynn – “that one is pink, it smells like strawberry”

In preparation for next week please be aware, we will be making some trips to the red centre and library so could you please arrive before 9 am on Tuesday and Friday.

Please ensure you pack your child’s hat and water bottle and spare clothes each day.

Miss Emily will be on holidays but Miss Brooke will still be here J

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Brooke, Miss Emily, Miss Lucy, Mr Karl and Miss Melissa.