Dear Edgerley Families,
We've had another busy week in the Edgerley Room being weather
watchers and recording our observations in paintings, watching our seedlings
grow, and beginning our introduction to the Christmas Nativity.
However our high light was a visit to China Town and the Adelaide
Central Markets! All our wonderful Chinese discussions and lessons came to
life as we immersed ourselves in Chinese sights, smells and sounds.
Even Lao Shi (our Chinese teacher) met us at the market and joined us as our
personal translator. We all saw lots of Chinese writing and some
interesting Chinese fruits and vegetables which we had never seen before such
as star fruit and durian. For lunch we ate fried rice from noodle boxes in
the food hall. Afterwards our tired little bodies caught the bus all the
way back to the ELC, serenaded by Sylas, who kept us entertained, singing
us "Up town, Funk you up"!
"Look there's some Chinese lanterns" - said Johnny looking above
him.
"Those are characters" - said Regan
"That is the Chinese number 10" - observed Lucas
"There's the house character" - said Oscar
"My favourite is the golden lantern" said Tommy
"I don't like the smell" - Ella said, in the
Chinese supermarket
"There is Chinese writing everywhere" - said William
Zoe said to Lao Shi - "You don't have black hair. All the
Chinese people have black hair so why can you speak Chinese?"
"Look - Chinese writing!" - squealed Oliver as he saw his
first Chinese characters
"Look - sheep!" - said Sylas pointing to the Chinese symbol for
sheep.
"Fortune cookies have fortunes in them" Ben shared.
What a rich and memorable day!
Best wishes,
Emma, Emma and Ty
