Dear Parents,
What a strange
week of weather. On Monday and Tuesday we survived the heat with lots of
air-conditioning and water play, and then on Wednesday we dodged rain and
thunderstorms!
We have enjoyed investigating motion and movement with
some brand new marble run to explore, and at the painting easels with
spray paint. In our water play we further investigated motion with
small boats and running water at our giant water fountain play.
Aiden - Look it's moving
Ed - That's 'cos the
water's moving
Aaron - It makes the
boat's move
As we are
rehearsing for our Nativity, learning about the story of Christmas and
with much talk about the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, we have begun making Christmas
decorations this week. Using pop sticks and craft materials we have made
reindeer to hang, and we have also begun creating clay Christmas surprises
for our Mums and Dads. We can't give too much away!
Our silkworms are
continuing to change and grow, and have been busy spinning many
cocoons. We are now waiting to see which moth will emerge first with great
anticipation.
The Tuesday
children enthusiastically participated in another social skills lesson about
co-operation. In our lesson Archie had to co-operate with his friends and do a
group project on the insect they chose (grasshoppers), rather than the insect
he chose (stick insect). There were so many yellow and green reward cards
received as the children voiced some thoughtful ideas and concentrated so well.
It is encouraging to see so many Edgerley friends revealing an understanding
that different situations evoke such a variety of emotions.
Aaron - His friends were
disappointed because they wanted to do grasshoppers Will G - He was cross
because he wanted to do his insect right now
Lewis - He was angry 'cos
he practiced doing his stick insect drawing and couldn't do it
Despite Archie
feeling such emotions of anger and frustration, the Edgerley children
brainstormed some wonderful ideas to help Archie in this scenario.
Lotti - He could play
with his friends. He could use his words and say "I don't like getting
laughed at"
Grace - He could talk to
them about it
Stirling - He could tell the
teacher, or just move away from there and find a friend that doesn't do that
Karl - He could ask
another friend
Brian - They could get
another piece of paper and copy Archie's (idea)
Aaron - He could take
deep breaths (to calm down)
Best wishes,
Emma M, Mel and
Emma G
