Hi Cooper families,
It has been a jam-packed week in the Cooper room this week. On
Tuesday, we made our very own blackberry jam inspired by the story “Mr McGee
and the blackberry jam”, which the children have read daily over the last few
weeks. We all helped to squish the blackberries in a bowl and added sugar and a
little bit of hot water and mixed it round. We spread the “jam” on bread, just
how Mr McGee wanted to do in the story book. It tasted delicious!
The machines that we are creating in the classroom are becoming
more elaborate each week. We discuss what the children want to create and they
select the shapes that they will need to create their design. Many of the
children then share their creations and communicate with each other to explain
how they work and what their machine can do. We are going to look more closely
into various types of vehicles and emergency services over the next few weeks.
The children have been very interested in the “Three little pigs”
story table. The children have been role playing and re-enacting the storyline
and taking turns being the storyteller, actor, director and stagehand. It was
great to see the children adding their original twists to the storyline and
discussing how to best build the little pigs houses so that the wolf wont huff
and puff it down. Next week we will be using these familiar stories and adding
music to retell the story as a class.
We hope that you have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful
weather.
Love Miss Gilbert and Mr
Richards
