Dear
Cooper families,
We
had a very exciting start to our week when Miss Georgia brought in her pet
snake Jerry into the ELC. The Cooper and Wilkins children all gathered in the
classroom and watched in awe as Miss Georgia fed Jerry his dinner. These were some of the children’s comments
about what they had seen:
Lexie – Jerry was eating a rat. He
ate a rat and he covered himself with the rat and then he finished. He twirled
around the rat.
Harry – I saw a snake eating the
mouse.
Aston – We saw a snake. He turned
around in circles because he liked doing that.
Sebastien Ha. – He was eating mouse for the
food. I thought he was going to eat another snake.
William A – I could see it wiggled a bit
and then I could use it was moving a little bit. I thought it was tired.
Rory – It was a snake. It was eating
the mouse. It was sucking it because snakes don’t have teeth. It was curling
around it.
William L – We saw a snake. He eat it.
He looked cold. He did this.
Struan – We looked at the snake. He
eat a mouse by his big mouth.
Zara – Miss Georgia touched him. He
was eating. He opened wide like that and then he ate it and then he finished.
Ryan – I don’t know why the snake
wrapped the rat around his body. Maybe, because he was trying to eat the rat.
Stemming
from our seed experiment, the children have been increasingly interested in the
little creatures that are found in our gardens. We have loved talking about the
life cycle of bees and butterflies, with help from the book “The Very Hungry
Caterpillar”. The children have been role playing and re-enacting the storyline
and taking turns being the storyteller, actor, director and stagehand. It was
great to see the children adding their original twists to the storyline and
discussing the various the stages that the caterpillar goes on before it turns
into a butterfly.
Happy
Birthday to Lexie, who turned 4 years old on Tuesday. We were lucky enough to
have cupcakes in the afternoon to celebrate this special event. Some of the
children decided to make party hats to wear during afternoon tea using plastic
bowls and decorating them with various craft materials.
We
hope that you have a lovely weekend.
Love
Miss Gilbert and Miss C
