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, October 7, 2016

Edgerley

Welcome to the Spring Program!

Our first day was cold, wintry and wet which deterred us from outside play time.  So instead we stayed indoors and decided to have a ‘Movie Day’ to watch ‘Despicable Me 2’ and joining us was the Chapple Room and Angwin Room.

We continued the week with a couple of ‘Science Experiments’. Using bi-carb soda and vinegar we saw how the reaction of baking soda and vinegar powers the chemical volcano. The carbon dioxide escapes the solution as it bubbles and overflows. We attached a balloon to the bottle while pouring vinegar to witness how the balloon blows up.
Teacher: Why is the balloon getting bigger?
Charlie P: It blows up.
Teacher: Bi-carb Soda makes a gas. It’s like an invisible air that makes the balloon from small too big.
Teacher: Now we have cornflower and water… mix it together and see how it feels.
Joshua: It’s sticky and squishy.
Rory: It’s very gooey and sticky and feels like glue.
Teacher: It’s called gloop. It feels gooey and gluey Rory.

We made the most of the glorious 28 degree spring day outside gardening. The children chose a sunny position in the yard to plant beautiful bright happy sunflowers. They dug the soil to soften it and the teachers added some potting mix while the children pushed the seeds into the soil about one centimetre. We gently watered the soil and seeds with a watering can and now we wait in anticipation to see the sunflowers grow.  We thank the sunshine for a great ending to our week.

We have thoroughly enjoyed the first week of the Spring Program with more fun and exciting days to come next week. Have a safe and happy weekend and we see you soon.

Cris and Satinder.