Dear Mattingley
Families and friends,
What a
wonderfully busy week we have had together in the classroom. The children have
continued to search in the outdoor learning environment on the hunt for
insects. They must hear us coming because they still seem to be hiding from
us. Some friends have continued their constructions with the clay, incorporating tools to manipulate it with. Next week we will add water to the table. We
wonder what impact this will have on the clay as the children construct with
it?
A big focus in
our classroom this week has been planets. Monday morning a small group of
children worked together to construct a plastic model of our solar system,
putting each planet in order. Some of our friends were able to recognise some
of the different planets that we were putting in order, while others are
still developing their growing understanding. The main ones the children were
able to recognise were Earth, because "I live on earth!" Rocco
exclaimed. The other one was Saturn, "it has a ring" Claudia told us.
After we had
finished building our model of the solar system we displayed it in the
classroom and there was lots of excitement to learn more about the planets. Using
our iPad we learnt that the planets are part of a solar system.
Solar system
means to go around the sun- Claudia
Watching the
youtube clip below we began to learn the names of the different planets in our
solar system, focusing mainly on the planet Earth and Saturn. To extend on this
experience the children have begun to create their own planets, naming them and
talking about the colours that they were using to represent their planets. We
have added them to our classroom solar system. We will continue to build on
this next week.
I'm making
Earth. I need green. Then I need blue to make it Earth- Harry
I'm making a
new planet. It's one with ice- Hridhaan
We painting
the sun. It's yellow coz (because) it the sun- Sofia
I'm making a
moon- Mack
I make blue
one- Nathan
Jupiter- Ethan
I'm making
this one. It a small one- Edward
I'm making
Pluto. It's green- Didier
We wonder where
our journey through the Solar System will take us next week. One questions we
will focus on is whether or not Pluto is a planet or not? What do you
think?
Kimberley and
Liana
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It's a song about the Sun and the planets
for children of all ages. This song was written and performed by A.J.
Jenkins. Video by KidsTV123 Copyright 2011 A.J ...
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