Dear Wilkins families,
We joined the rest of the ELC classes this week to celebrate Harmony Day. In
the lead up to this celebration, we shared the book Ten Little Fingers and Ten
Little Toes and talked about how all people have physical similarities, and
differences. We then used our hands to create a group mural with our Langley
friends and shared this during our centre gathering. Be sure to keep your eyes
out for our mural display very soon.
To support the children's development of their fine motor skills, we have been
doing some threading this week. We have had to concentrate really carefully to
thread the small pieces on to the pipe cleaners and have excitedly shared our
achievements with others. Many of you would have discovered threaded jewels
coming home in school bags and on arms! We will continue to extend and explore
our fine motor control in the coming weeks.
The sensory table has continued to be a great interest point with the children
using their sense of smell to discover the different herbs. We have be picking
herbs from the garden and smashing them up in the mortar and pestle - we
particularly like the chocolate mint! if you have any herbs or other
interesting smelly objects at home, we'd live for you to bring them in to add
to our table.
This week has also seen us role play in the home corner, use mathematical
concepts to create patterns, monitor the changes in our caterpillars, help care
for our geckos, fish and spiny leaf insects, plant some new plants and seeds in
the garden, develop our gross motor skills as we throw, kick and catch balls,
share a range of different books, dance and sing and move and groove and
explored shapes......Phew, what a jam packed week! We look forward to seeing
what next week has in store for us!
We need a couple of parent volunteers to help us with the book stall and cafe
for Grandies Day on Tuesday 4th April. If you are able to help, please come and
see us.
We will be holding parent teacher interviews on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th
April. If you would like to make a time to have a chat, please email us on jcatt@staff.pac.edu.au and we will
book you in.
Best wishes for a lovely weekend,
The Wilkins Team
