Dear Parents,
It has been such an exciting week with a zoo excursion to
start the week off on Monday. As the children have been interested in the
different habitats animals live in, we caught the bus to the Adelaide zoo to
see an array of different animals and the various types of homes they live in.
With many thanks to Jo (Archie's mum), Maria (Caterina’s Nonna), Susannah (Seb's mum) ,
our student Max and Sarah (Will A’s mum) who met us there who were our
adult helpers, we explored the zoo with great energy and excitement.
We also noticed many symbols around the zoo. There were
ones we hadn’t seen anywhere else before warning us not to feed the animals and
not to use a flash on our camera in the nocturnal animal house as it would
scare the animals.
They (the meerkats) have a cave and lots spikes (cactus)
in their home - Will G It even looks like the true desert (meerkat home) -
Archie
The iguana has rocks and a light so it can be warm - Will L
The pandas
have bamboo and eat it for morning tea. They come from China - Henry
Wallabies
live in grass with logs - Nicholas V
They (ghost bats) hang from the roof in
caves or in trees - Alexander
The excitement didn’t end there as Jason from the Preparatory Library asked the Edgerley Tuesday children if they would like to join some Year
2 boys to attend an incursion led by ‘Animals Anonymous’. At this session the
children learnt lots of interesting information about native Australian animals
and even got to hold and touch them. We saw a tawny frog mouth, gecko, bettong,
monitor, crocodile (who had his jaw tied together so he didn’t snap or bite!),
possum and those who were game enough even got to hold a python!
Our exploration into rainbows has continued and with
great excitement we even managed to produce our very own ‘man-made’ rainbow in
our classroom using water, a mirror and a torch! Our knowledge has grown and
developed with the further investigations and watching some interesting Youtube
clips. Here are some of the new information the children have learnt.
We can be rainbow makers - Will G
We can make one in our classroom any time we like - Henry
You don’t always need rain. I saw a rainbow at my grandpa’s and the rain had
stopped - Lewis
Rainbows are actually a circle. We only see half - Zara
If you
go near it it will disappear - Henry
The sun shines through the rain to make
the rainbow - Charlie O
The bottom of the rainbow is invisible - Hamish
Half of
it is invisible - Charlie O
You may even like to have a go at making a rainbow in
your own homes!
Best wishes,
Emma, Mel and Cris
