Dear Mattingley Familes and
Friends,
Welcome to Term 4!
Over the last few weeks many
children have shown great interest in the animals that the afternoon team have
bought in from the Nature Education Centre. As a class, we talked about looking
after an animal in our classroom and decided that we would love to take care
and learn about a Tortoise. Before the Tortoise arrived, we wrote down what the
children knew, had observed and thought about Tortoises.
Clementine – They walk
Angus – They have a shell
Rocco – They have claws
When the children arrived on
Friday the Tortoise was in our classroom. For mat time the children were given
the opportunity to touch the shell of the tortoise. We then asked them to tell
us why they thought Tortoises needed a shell and what the shell felt like.
Emma – They have shells to
protect themselves
Didier – Shell felt like a
block of chocolate
We will be looking after the
Tortoise for the next two weeks and are excited to learn more about it.
This week many of the
children have continued to thread beads. This is yet again a great opportunity
for them to practice their fine motor skills and is showing the children’s
increasing capability to concentrate on completing a somewhat challenging
activity.
Have a lovely weekend,
Cass and Liana
