Dear Edgerley families,
What a wild and woolly week we’ve had this week with lots of
interests kicking off as well as lots of earnest discussions. The Edgerley
children took the opportunity to talk about keeping our bodies safe and the
concept of privacy this week. We traced the shape of Archie and then
brainstormed how we keep our bodies safe and which parts of our bodies are
private. This discussion will continue over the coming weeks to allow all
children to participate. Come and have a look at Archie’s outline on the wall
to see some of the things we talked about.
Another thread of this conversation was our discussions
about feelings. We have been talking about different feelings for the last two
weeks as well as singing a feelings song in response to the book Tough Guys
(have feelings too) by Keith Negley. It has been wonderful to now hear the
children being able to describe how they are feeling to their friends.
Alexander brought a fantastic book for Show and Tell called In My Heart
by Jo Witek that talked about feelings. We loved it and were thrilled to
discover some new feelings that we could add to our song. We added brave, calm,
hopeful and shy. The children decided that sometimes you can feel two feelings
at the same time.
“When I’m jealous I’m actually angry too” said Rory
“And when your sad you can turn into angry” added Angus
“When you get a surprise sometimes it means you are scared
too” said Caterina
We also discovered some new feelings words.
“Hopeful is another word for happy” said Rory
“Feeling silly is like feeling funny” said Charlie O
“If you say you’re are angry that is like cross, and that’s
like the hulk!” said Louis
On Wednesday we sorted our feelings cards into ones that
made us feel good and ones that made us feel bad and then began to talk about
how to feel good after we have felt bad. So far we have come up with one
strategy, solving the problem that made us feel bad in the first place, but we
will continue to search for other ways to calm down and feel happy next week.
We have begun to prepare for Sports Day next week and have
noticed that some children are listed in a different house than they felt they
were in last year. Please check out the house cards on our classroom door and
let us know if your child has been listed in the wrong house.
Don’t forget to indicate on the list on the wall behind our
sign-in table whether your child will be attending ELC during the upcoming
school holidays.
If you and your child participated in our Big Boys Breakfast
superhero filming pop in and check out our movie on the big TV inside the café
doors.
Love Mel, Emma, Cris and Satin
