Dear Wilkins families and friends,
Wow, what an epic last week of Term 2 we have had!
Our
Autumn exploration continued when we discovered lots of fallen leaves right out
the front of the ELC. We loved scrunching them in our hands and throwing them
up in the air and running through them as the cascaded down. Feel free to have
a run through our leaves as you come and go from the centre - it's lot of fun!
We have continued exploring jumping and movement, practicing our leaps and
bounds off the plank in our classroom. We have been providing the children with
lots of opportunities to work in small and large groups this term, allowing
them to develop their social skills. This week we created a group cutting
collage outside, practicing our sharing, turn taking and negotiation skills to
create a cutting masterpiece. Thursday we had a whole lot of muddy fun to
celebrate International Mud Day. The children squelched, squashed, squeezed,
stomped, built, threw and even rolled in the mud! We had an absolute ball
despite all the mess that was created! Here are some of the children’s
reflections on our mud play.
Zac M - Squashed it
Hugo - I like running over
Nicholas - Got on puddle
Ariana - I did play in mud
The children have also been eagerly monitoring the growth
of their seeds this week, some of them are getting really tall. Be sure to
check out our mini garden next time you are in.
Best wishes for the weekend.
Ellen, Courtenay, Melissa, Chelsea and Jess
