Dear Parents,
What a hive of
activity we have had in the Edgerley Room this week. Our balancing
investigations have continued with gusto as the children have experimented with
a variety of objects. Sebastian, Rory, Archie and Henry had a competition to
see who could build the widest and the tallest balancing structure! Some of us
even took the balancing concept outside and into the sandpit building high tyre
towers.
We have begun
creating our individual family trees on MDF board. If you have not
returned the spreadsheet we emailed, please complete it and return it as soon
as possible so we can add our family members.
There was great
excitement on Monday when we saw a performance of the Lion Dance by some of the
senior school students. Some of us fed our hong bao (lucky envelopes)
we had made into the lion's mouth to bring us good luck for the following
year. Due to one of the senior boys not turning up, Mrs McKenzie had to step in
as the rear of the lion! Some of the children even joined Mrs McKenzie to
experience what it was like inside the lion. We are in the process of making
our very own lion so can become experienced lion dancers ourselves.
With Harmony Day
nearing we read 'Can You Say Peace' by Karen Katz and had some
wonderful discussion around what harmony might mean:
quiet - Lewis
love - Nicholas V
being kind and
sharing - Charlie O
being love and
grateful - Zara
being helpful -
Henry
We are writing
our ideas on paper tags and hanging them from our tree in the classroom to
create a 'harmony tree'. Parents, please remember to add your thoughts of what
harmony means to you on our poster at the sign in sheet.
Best wishes,
Emma, Mel and
Cris
