Dear Mattingley families and friends,
Welcome back to the ELC we hope that you have all had a relaxing
and safe break. The children shared that they have spent lots of time with
their families, the beach has been popular and they received some lovely
presents from Santa.
Sujay said “Miss Bowden, did you see the bush fires? I see them
when I drive my car.”
Ethan continued “I see one in the newspaper and it has burnt many
trees and the branches got fire.”
The children continued to talk about bush fires so together we
created a bush fire scene on the light table where the children were able to
use the wooden fire engine set to put out the fires. They also began building
houses in the construction corner and used red ribbons to represent fire and
waved around blue ribbons to extinguish it.
We ended the week by becoming scientists and doing a variety of
different experiments. If you add vinegar to bicarbonate of soda it makes a
mini explosion. The children laughed when adding the two ingredients with food
colouring to see it rise and make bubbles. We will continue to be scientists
next week so if you have any ideas of experiments please write them down for us
and bring them in for us to try.
Miss Bowden and Miss Kerry
