Angwin

Dear Parents and Friends,

Our week has flown by with lots of exciting experiences.. We are enjoying being together and planning our Nativity and Graduation celebrations. 

We have enjoyed handling our special frog friend Billy who has been with this group of children since they were in the two year old classes. We have started our discussions about Christmas and what it means to us, remembering the first Christmas and creating a special surprise for each of our families!

Our transition programme has included a visit to the two Reception teachers, Mrs O’ Hara and Mrs Blethyn as well as a recess box and play in the big JP playground. The children are becoming more familiar with a very busy playground and learning the names of the teachers who will be helping them in the big school.

Wishing you a relaxing weekend at this busy time of the year!

Kind Regards,

Pip and Coral

Chinese Booklet for parents

Please click on the link below for songs and words the children have been learning in their weekly Chinese lessons with Miss Wenting. 


Chinese Booklet for Parents

Mattingley

Dear Mattingley Families and friends, 

This week we have been busily continuing our paper making process. After ripping and soaking our recycled paper  our next step was to use a stab mixer to mix up all the paper turning into pulp. We each had a turn, making sure that we were being very careful.

The paper goes smaller- Edward

I add more water- Leo

You have to press the button- Roy

Mixing it all up -Daniel

It’s all most paper-Audrey

It feel yucky-Thomas

It’s slimy- Sammy

Later in the week, once our pulp had had time to finish soaking we invited the Mead classroom to show us the next steps in making our paper, as they had made some wonderful paper last term and had become experts in the process. Firstly they explained that the special frame that we were going to use was called a deckle. This was a funny word to say, but after some practice we got the hang of it. 

We found it really tricky at first to follow all the steps at first, getting pulp splattering everywhere.

Don't give up Miss Mason. You need to try and try again- Chloe

We all took Chloe's advice and tried many different ways before we had any success, but it was very exciting when we finally made our first bit of paper. We can't wait to make more next week. 

To finish off our week Mrs Rocca played some beautiful music from around the world for the children to dance too. There was lots of smiles and laughter as the children moved their bodies to the different types of music. What fabulous way to end the week. 

Kimberley and Coney

Cooper

Dear Cooper families,

What a busy week we have had in the Cooper room this week! You can definitely tell that we are nearing the end of term 4. Christmas is fast approaching; and in preparation for this have started to create presents that we are giving to our family members at Christmas. We don’t want to give too much away, but they are made from salt dough and will look absolutely beautiful once they are finished.

On Thursday morning the whole ELC made their way to the ANZAC Hall for our Nativity rehearsal. It was a lovely opportunity to see the different year levels perform as it gets very busy on the day and sometimes we miss out on watching our peers. Mr Ty and I were both very proud of the way the children presented themselves on stage and sang the songs we have been practicing for weeks. Well done!

Our investigation into colour mixing and rainbows continues in the class this week. Thank you to all of the children who brought in something in for our class rainbow. It is looking fantastic and many children are now able to identify all of the colours in the rainbow and the correct order of the colours.

We hope that you have a lovely weekend.

Love Miss Gilbert and Mr Ty

Langley

Dear Langley families and friends,

This week we have been sing, sing, singing in readiness for our Nativity performance next Thursday. We also went up to the Anzac Hall to practice. 

Some friendly reminders about next week:

If your child is participating, please remember to bring them dress in a white t-shirt and denim bottoms to ELC.

There will be very limited parking on school grounds so please allow time to find a park (We suggest car-pooling or even public transport)

Non-Thursday children can be dropped off in Langley after 9am - please sign in and out when you are collecting your child.

Other highlights this week:

Track paintings with our diggers and trucks - children loved seeing the marks and patterns the tyres left behind. Nathan was very responsible and washed them after painting.    

Santa's little helper came to visit - Riani decorated our tree with ribbons and even put a box of presents underneath.

Outdoors Phoebe was a very kind friend to Jordan, helping him up the equipment and down the slide.

Have a fun filled weekend

Amy, Emily, Sarah and Jen      

Mead

Dear Mead Room families and friends,

What a week of investigation!

We have combined two of our inquiries together – our Recycling inquiry and our Water inquiry.

We began to think about the impact of rubbish on our waterways, which we touched upon last term, but the children are beginning to think much deeper about the consequences.  We are collecting ‘soft plastics’ as we noticed that a lot of wrappers end up in the gutters along the road, and in turn may go to creeks and waterways.  By collecting these types of plastics the children reflected upon the ramifications:

Jaden - we can help the world

Ethan - and clean the world

Ethan and Jaden - and have clean water so it will be nice for the crocodiles

Alex - the turtles

Ethan - the tadpoles

Hudson, Haris and William R - the fish

Cooper, Zed and Patrick - the sharks

Tom T and Sienna - the whales

James, Oliwer and Yifan - the crocodiles

Alana and Paige - the ducks

Danica - the seahorses

Liliana - the mermaids

Jaden - and for people to drink

Mikayla - for people to swim in.

We engaged in a quick spot of measuring using the gigantic kangaroo paws in the car park, we quietly visited the chapel and began to consider Christmas, we shared our knowledge of paper making with the Mattingley Room, and practiced our audience and performing skills in Anzac Hall as we prepare for our Nativity concert next week!

Happy Birthday to William Raeside who is turning 4!

Enjoy your weekend!

From Melissa, Elodie and Sharon

Mead Room - Lost shoes...

Hello!

We have a pair of sandals that are 3 sizes too big for one of our friends.....

He has taken home the wrong shoes, so, I am wondering if anyone has approached you to say their child is wearing sandals that are far too small for them??

Please see the images below -  there looks like there may have been a name sticker in the shoe at one point but it has worn off.

The sandals were swapped somehow on Monday.

Please take a look.

Thankyou!

Kind Regards,

Melissa

Nativity Reminders

We are looking forward to sharing our Christmas celebration with you all next Thursday 1st December at 10am in Anzac Hall. The children have been rehearsing very hard! 

A few reminders for the day -

- car parking will be very limited on the day. Please allow plenty of time to find a park. We recommend carpooling if possible.

- Thursday children can be dropped off at the ELC from 7.30am. Non Thursday children can be dropped off at the ELC from 9am.

- Please make sure all children are signed in regardless of whether it is their day. Don't forget to sign them out again when you take them. 

- Don't forget to bring your child dressed in their clothes as indicated on the invitation or costume note for 4 year olds.

If you have any questions please speak to any one of the lovely ELC staff team.  

Wilkins

Dear Wilkins friends and families,

Firstly, we would like to say how proud we are of all of the children. This week we have been practising our songs for nativity everyday and they are sounding very professional and blew us away at our rehearsal! On Thursday we went up to Anzac Hall and had the opportunity to practise getting on and off the stage and sing our songs along to the sound of the piano. The children and staff are very excited to share some Christmas cheer with you all and hope you all bring your cameras!

Next Monday the 28th of November is our Parent Information Evening which commences at 6.30 pm and finishes at 8pm. This is a lovely evening for you to meet existing and new parents, interact with the new educators and ask any questions you may have about your child moving forward into 2017. Please email your RSVP's to Mandy or Melanie ASAP. (This is just for those children moving classes in January.)

We will be holding parent teacher interviews from 4pm on Monday the 5th  and Tuesday the 6th December. Please email jcatt@staff.pac.edu.au if you would like to make a time to speak to a member of the Wilkins team.

We hope you all had a lovely week and enjoyed the sunshine and look forward to seeing you next week.

From the Wilkins team

Chapple

With such a busy week with the run up to the Nativity, it has been amazing we have had time to plant our seeds and start to film our “secret” end of term business. The filming is ongoing so the children will need to bring in their disco (or any dress up really) next week.

The Nativity is on THURSDAY and there is unlikely to be any parking within the college grounds available so please remember this when allowing time to get to the performance. If you are available we would love some volunteers to help dress the children on the morning from about 8.30-9.00am

Martin Charlwood

Chapple Room

Prince Alfred College Early Learning Centre