Dear
Edgerley Parents,
We
have had a wonderfully busy week filled with incursions and inquiry. We were
lucky enough to have Christina from RAA Street Smart Road Safety come and work with
us on keeping our bodies safe around the road. She had lots of fun activities
and songs to share with us to help us remember how to keep safe as a
pedestrian. Lotti listened very closely when Christina suggested wearing bright
clothing to make it easier for cars to see you and insisted on wearing bright
ribbons in her hair for the rest of the week. Good thinking Lotti.
We also had
a visit from Isaac S’s Mum on Thanksgiving to tell us all about both the
origins of Thanksgiving as well as how Thanksgiving is celebrated today. Isaac
was very excited to have his Mum in the classroom!! We loved seeing photos of
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and talked about what pilgrims would have eaten
on the first Thanksgiving. Louise shared with us the four f’s of Thanksgiving,
family, food, football and floats! Afterwards we talked about giving thanks and
Mrs Bishop introduced the grateful game. We shared some of the things we are
grateful for.
Isaac S - I’m
thankful for my family and friends
Lotti - I
have been to Singapore and I’m very thankful that it is still there so I can go
back
Will A - I’m
thankful for my house because I get to stay there and it makes lots of room
Charlie - Turkey
James - Custard
Alexander - I’m
thankful for my lemon tree ‘cause it’s going to grow
Will P - I’m
thankful for my body
We
record our discoveries about Thanksgiving in our Edgerley Calendar Book
We
enthusiastically jumped into preparation for Christmas as well this week. You
might see some of our Christmassy creations around the classroom but would ask
that you please do not take anything home until they have been placed in
children’s lockers. If your child has taken home their clay Christmas
ornament can you please return it as soon as possible as they have not been
fired in the kiln yet.
Excitingly
our silk worms have finally begun to transform into moths. We discovered on the
internet that they are flightless, just like a penguin. We are quite pleased
about this because it means that they are unable to fly away from our
overwhelming love and attention! We are learning to be very careful and gentle
with them. I wonder how many moths we will have on Monday?
Have
a lovely weekend
Mel
and Emma
