Dear Wilkins friends and families,
We have had a wonderful week this week, even though we had some
wet days we were able to engage in some wonderful activities. This week at the
centre, we acquired some fantastic new and exciting educational products. One
that the children have shown particular interest in is a sensory
cube, which changes colour and has an added element, a vibrating sensory
tray. This resource allows the children to explore inquiry based
learning through investigating cause and effect, developing ideas
and sharing their thoughts with their peers.
Tom S: "Purple, green, blue yellow"
Harvey: "Wow, wow, wow, hahaha"
Hamish: "Sharks are swimming in the water colours"
Brain: "It changes colour, blue, yellow, green", "Lotti,
look it has water too"
Belle: "It's making rumble"
While we have been inside quite a lot this week due to the weather
conditions, we have been discussing with the children seasons, life cycles and
who and what needs water to survive. It was wonderful to hear some of the
children recalling previous investigations that they have explored with
us. We talked about discussions that took place when we were creating
our sensory garden, explaining that "plants need water or they go
brown" (Belle). Max also brought us in some fruit (which we thought were
lemons) from his grandmothers garden this week and we talked about what we
could make from it? We decided that pancakes with lemon and sugar was a great
option so we cooked some together for afternoon tea.
We hope you all have wonderful weekends and look forward to seeing
you next week!
Mrs Jess, Mrs Nicole, Miss Georgia, Miss Ellen and Miss Kim
Drop off parents please note
Mornings in the Wilkins room can be quite busy and some of our
children are still going through stages of settling. While we would love
having you stay for morning meetings or fruit time this can be quite
distressing for our new members of the Wilkins class as it makes them wonder
where their parents are. Thank you for your understanding and helping our new
Wilkins members
