Dear Edgerley Parents,
This week, inspired by Isaac S’s description of “wild
ramps” that can be found in nature, our investigation into ramps took another
turn. We attempted to create our own wild ramps with ice and pipettes. We
achieved success but progress was slow despite large groups of enthusiastic
ramp makers clustering around the blocks of ice. Later in the week we
discovered a new tool to help us. With syringes filled with warm water we were
not only able to create ramps, but also pools and drops and began working
towards making tunnels!!! It was very satisfying and there was no shortage of
enthusiastic participants.
This week we also continued to work on our Chinese New
Year movie, even adding credits to the end. After using puppets to tell the
story of Nian the Beast and performing the story for the entire Early Learning
Centre last week we are very enthusiastic about our latest way to tell a story.
We have also pinned up the animals of the Chinese zodiac in our play kitchen.
Come in and lift the flap to see what our zodiac animals are. Feel free to add
your own name if you wish… and if you know your animal!!
Finally this week Friday children headed to the bottom
oval for games only to discover that the previous nights windy weather had
littered the ground with all sorts of things from up in the canopy. We decided
that they were gifts from the wind that Isaac B described as “gifts falling
down like rainfall” and that we would like to observe them more closely. We
gathered up our gifts and took them back to our room.
We wondered if others looking
at our great pile would also appreciate their beauty?
How could we help them
see that they were special gifts?
Xavier suggested that we put them on a
special table. Karl suggested that we could sort them into groups and perhaps
even hang some from the roof. We enthusiastically sorted our gifts and gave
them their special table (aside from one small branch of leaves that went home
with Sebi to feed his brothers stick insect!). We can’t wait to observe them
even more closely next week.
We would like to remind all parents to remember to apply
sunscreen before Kindergarten as the sun can become surprisingly strong during
the day despite the overcast mornings.
Also, as of next week Thursday children
will require a library bag to borrow books from the Library. Please remember to
bring a Library bag and the book from the previous week to avoid
disappointment.
Have a lovely weekend
Mel, Emma and Chris
