It
has really been a busy week of learning in the Chapple Room this week. We have
had Dancify, Chinese and PE and also our ice world has led into some science as
Ms Kaur did a science experiment with the children to grow our own ice
crystals.
Cooper
noticed that his feet were a lot smaller than Mr Charlwood’s and this led us in
a numeracy focus this week. We retold the story of the King’s Bed with Cooper
as the King, Alana as the Queen and Tommy as the poor carpenter who gets it
wrong because he uses the wrong sized feet to measure the bed.
We
had great fun playing bigger or small. Comparing abstract and real proved a bit
trick! It’s
a great game to play in the car. Think of an object and then the next person
has to give something bigger. Next person gets smaller. And so on.
It
proved challenging when there were pictures. The picture of the cat was bigger
than the piano in the picture. It’s amazing how many children say they have
cats bigger than pianos at home!
We
have also been practising the idea of using our own brains as William R
reminded us. Just repeating the answer our friends have just said is not
proving very successful.
We
are still collecting cardboard boxes for construction if you have any spare.
Also
could you please check your children’s bag for adequate and appropriate spare
clothes. The children are loving the water play in the warm weather, but they
don’t always have spares or there are winter clothes and this makes it difficult
to get them changed.
Reminder: Monday is the start of the Clipsal road closures and Monday is usually the
worst day as it catches people out.
Regards
Martin Charlwood
