Dear Wilkins Families,
It has been a wonderful week in the Wilkins room. We have been busy finding out more about
ourselves and more about our identity.
Sybilla: I have eyes and hair all over
Aria: My mouth and my teeth
Angus: Two
eyes
Jack B: Ears are here
Henry: Hair, hair, hair
Sid: Noooose
Ezra: My hair, my nose and my eyes are here
The children have begun to identify their facial body
parts through our morning meeting opportunities like song, dance and
stories. We have been following this up
with a simple art experience involving highlighters and tracing. These self-portraits are on display above the
lockers.
We have also discovered how much we ALL love the story
“Going On A Bear Hunt”. We have had a lot of fun experiences within the
classroom involving the story from viewing, to books that make special noises,
to dancing out the story, to even homemade sensory bags. It is a great story to read to help learn
rhythm and rhyme, which is an important step towards gaining reading skills.
It has been lovely to see so many parents noticing the
display boards with their child. It is a
brilliant way to connect all learning by revisiting previous experiences or
thoughts. Take your child up to a board today
to help them discover what is on it.
Just a friendly reminder: if you have not signed up to Seesaw please do as soon as possible or
inquire more about it to any educators.
You may have noticed a new teacher face in our room. Her
name is Valentina. She is a university student from Enable College doing her
practical placement in our classroom from Wednesday (20/2) through to Tuesday (27/2). Please
say hello to her as you see her to make her feel welcome. She is training in her Diploma of Early
Childhood Education. She has previously worked in a Montessori classroom in
India and is now residing in Adelaide.
Adelaide 500 road
works have started this week please be mindful that there are road restrictions
in place around the college.
We have had a few questions around staffing hours - here
is a quick run through of who works when:
For this Term the staff shifts are as follows… (the
co-educators rotate shifts termly)
Miss Melissa: 7:30am-3:30pm (Co-educator)
Miss Kathy: 8 am-4:00pm (Class Teacher)
Miss Ellen: 8:45am-4:45pm (Co-educator)
Miss Courtenay: 9:15am-5:15pm (Co-educator)
*Miss Neve: 10:00am-6:00pm
(Afternoon Support Teacher)
Enjoy your
weekend and stay dry.
Miss Kathy,
Miss Ellen, Miss Melissa and Miss Courtenay
