Dear Wilkins friends and family,
This week in the Wilkins class we have had a strong focus on
Animals and reptiles. We have recently acquired some new resources which
included Jungle Duplo and it has been wonderful watching the children
share these with one another and create their own little jungles. Throughout
term one we focused on the book 'Walking through the jungle', and we
researched the names of different animals found in the wild which many of them
are now applying in their dramatic play. Miss Georgia has also been sharing
with the children her knowledge about reptiles. Many of you would have met her
pet snake Jerry which the children have been watching closely in the Langley room.
As some of our children are preparing to take the next step up in
their early learning education, we have been doing some visits to
the Junior school library. Throughout the children's experience
at Prince Alfred ELC we nurture them as much as possible during
transition periods to ensure they have some familiarity, especially for
routines when they go into their new classrooms. As the children will be
having weekly Library visits, as well as extra curricular activities such as
physical education we have been able to enjoy these experiences with them
too. It is wonderful to get the children interested and excited about
learning to read early and the staff in the library have been a great
help.
Finally as some of you may have seen or heard we have
been having regular visits from Erin a member of Dancify. In
addition to dancing be a great physical activity, it is also a highly social
activity. Dance lessons can help children Improve their social and
communication skills, learn how to work as part of a team, develop greater
sense of trust and cooperation and make new friends.
We look forward to seeing you
during the week,
Mrs Jess, Mrs Nicole, Miss Georgia, Miss Ellen and Miss Kim
