Princes ELC

PRINCE ALFRED COLLEGE EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

An environment designed to foster creativity, provoke questions, provide challenges and celebrate the achievements of young children. We foster the development of integrity, curiosity, confidence, compassion and Christian principles.We encourage relationships of shared responsibility and mutual respect. We believe in fun and the joy and importance of childhood. We ensure an environment filled with a sense of humour, love of play and exploration, and a sense of community.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Mead

Dear Mead Room families and friends,

This has been an ‘investigating’ week!

Our Mead Room café has been a hive of activity – we have added a rich array of  literacy-related materials, creating an environment where the children could experiment with print, developing their understanding that writing conveys meaning by actively taking on the role of ‘literacy user’ in their play—writing down orders and using menus.

And we have discovered a special symbol too.
We noticed a box in the Mead Room we had not noticed before.  We inspected the box and observed that it had a symbol on the side – 3 arrows in the shape of a triangle.
Mikayla – We have those arrows at home
Danica – 3 arrows means recycling
James – recycling means don’t throw it away
So we looked closely and found out that all our paper waste can go in this box.  We had a look around the Mead Room and found some paper that had been used.  But what other things are made of paper?
Jonas – a box
Flynn – brown paper and white paper
William R – newspaper
We popped them in the ‘Recycling’ Box!
We decided to see where the box should be emptied and made our way to the service yard to investigate.
We went on to find the ‘3 arrows’ everywhere!! Glass, Plastic and Tin cans too.
We observed, sorted, read the symbols and found that ‘just rubbish’ sometimes has a symbol too!

Congratulations to Leo Witkowski from the Mead Room, (and his Mum and Dad, Maciej & Sophia!) on the birth of Felix Alexander! Leo is now a big brother!

Enjoy your weekend!

From Melissa, Elodie and Rosalie