P is
for....
Pigs
have been a reoccurring theme throughout the week. We looked at the story of
the Three Little Pigs and what they made their houses of. By the end of the
week we were able to use our thinking skills to work out that you could make a
house of many things. The children began to think about the properties of the
material and what would make it useful and what would be a problem.
James:
You can use straw. You first put metal and wood around and then put the straw
on.
Mikayla:
Sticks would work if you had long sticks and weave them in and out.
Zed:
Or long wood.
Cooper:
Some leaves to make curtains and a door.
Liliana:
Hard metal would stop the wind from blowing.
James:
Our roof is metal.
Can
you make a house of material?
Cooper:
Too slippery.
Danica:
Too soft. You would need a 100 waterproof coats from Big W and sew it
together.
We
learnt the word frame to hold and support.
Paige:
That would look like a tent!
We
put together a tent and found out it was a pretty stable structure for a house.
We
also ready the book “Iggy Peck -Architect”. We thought about what an architect
did? And some of the children thought that architect may have drawn their
house. If
anyone has any house plans we would love to see them and copy them if possible?
Trent
Hill came in and spoke to us and about Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. Stories
that teach us. He
even showed us how to make tracks in the sand that look like one different
animals would make.
We
made our own race tracks and explored our phonetic awareness with the sound
matching game.
Next
week is Book Week and we will have various activities to help develop the
children’s love of literature.
Book Week Parade- Thursday 24th
August 9,15- Please no Superheroes
Show and Tell this week is the sound I for ink. We are
focusing on the sound, so for example ice although is written with the letter I
does not make the I for ink sound.
As part of our work into “Who We Are” and identity,
please could you send in a photo of your family. We will be looking at how all
families are the same and different.
The Seesaw trial seems to be going well and we are
pleased to be able to share the activities the children experience throughout
the week. Where possible we try to take individual pictures, but the Chapple children are very social and often the photos will include their friends.
Although Seesaw is a secure private site, we ask you to be mindful of copying
and sharing picture of children that are not your own on other social media.
Chapple
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