Langley Room

A big warm welcome to all our new Langley children and their families! It has been an exciting and busy week as we settle into classroom life and routines and get to know all our new friends. Our unit of inquiry this term is ‘Conversations in Colour’ and the children have taken great pleasure in peering through the coloured water bottles as they discuss how their view changes and talk about which colours are their favourites;
“All bue (blue)” commented Max,
“Red, red, red” said Kristian excitedly,
“Everything changes colour” observed Thomas.

We are also inquiring into ‘Who We Are’ as we settle into the Langley room and would appreciate it if each child could bring in a family photograph to share with their peers next week.


Kind regards,

Jess, Kerry, Pippa and Amy

Mead Room

Dear Mead Parents,
Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and holiday break. It is wonderful to see all the new little faces this week in the Mead Room. The children have been settling in very smoothly, becoming familiar with the more"grown up" routines and expectations, renewing old friendships and making new ones. Our week has very much been a 'settling in' week, with our focus being social and behavioural. The transition from the Langley Room is a significant one, so we are spending time discussing the dynamics of their new environment (in 3 year old terminology!). Our unit of enquiry this term is "Conversations in Colour" and the activities set up within the classroom have provoked discussions and explorations in relation to this. They are really enjoying exploring the larger outdoor environment too!
Best wishes,
Emma, Susan and Christina

Cooper Room

The Cooper children quickly embraced our new unit of inquiry, 'Conversations in Colour', when they came back to Cooper this week. We mixed coloured dye to colour our playdough, sorted coloured cars in their garages built with blocks, made new paint colours by mixing blue, yellow and red and mixed and matched transparent plastic colours on the overhead projector. The children also made collages with coloured celophane and tissue on plastic and tested them out on the overhead projector...
"I can see mine" said Angus and Bailey.
"You can only see the red" noticed Lily.
"It's just a rainbow. Some of the colours have gone away" commented Chloe.
You can check out the children's collage work on our Cooper windows when you go past!
Kind regards,
The Cooper Team

Chapple Room

Dear Chapple Parents and Friends,
We have had a wonderful start to the 2012 school year in Chapple Room. All the children have had a lovely time meeting new friends and catching up with old ones. We have started our exploration into our unit of inquiry, Conversations in Colour, and have had some in depth conversations about colours. We have listed our favourite colours, explored painting with primary colours and have had a fun time making our own kaleidescopes.
Many thanks,
Chapple Room Team

Edgerley Room

Wow!! What a fantastic first week of Term One we had in Edgerley. We all busily engaged in our new unit, “Conversations In Colour”. There was a lot of enthusiastic mixing and we made all sorts of discoveries, particularly about green. We also learned something new about the colour blue after sharing the story “Blue Chameleon”. Did you know that sometimes when people feel sad we can say that they feel a little blue? We created some very blue pictures with big sad faces… lucky Lao Shi provided us with an antidote…red!! We splashed lots of that happy colour around our Chinese New Year kitchen and cooked up lots of stir fry!
We would like to welcome Jacob and his family to our classroom and are also thrilled to invite Miss D to join Edgerley Room
Looking forward to next week
Kind regards
Mel, Pip, Sinead and Rachel

Edgerley Room

Dear Edgerley Parents ,

There will be an information session for all Edgerley Parents on Wednesday 1st February. This will commence in the Prep School Gym at 6.30pm and will move down to the ELC by 7pm. Mrs Bishop will outline the plan for the last semester for the students Literacy and Numeracy programs and the transition to school. The evening should conclude by 8pm.


Jeanine

Centre Closure

Just a reminder that we are closed this Friday- 27th January 2012, you will not be charged for this day.

Teachers return and formal classes commence on Tuesday 31st January. Please welcome the many new families that you will see around the centre from next week !

Jeanine

New Door Code

From next Tuesday- 31st January - we will have a new code for our door . We change this regularly for the safety of all the children in the ELC. There is a slip of paper with the new code in your child's pigeon hole and Mrs Porter has copies at the front desk . If you forget it please ring the doorbell ! Please do not pass this code on to your older children or allow them to use the code pad as it defeats the purpose of having a security system . You are welcome to give it to other carers who regularly collect your children.


Jeanine

Staffing for 2012

Due to some last minute changes in circumstances we have had to make some changes to the staffing allocations for this year .
Miss Amy Jones has replaced Miss Haley in Langley room.
As Mrs Nacca has decided to reduce her days here this year Ms Sinead Diotallevi will now be in Edgerley Room and Miss Cristina Caratozollo will be in Mead room.
Miss Gray is on holidays for the next 2 weeks and will be replaced by Miss Lucy Smith during that time.

Jeanine

Holiday Fun

We have had lots of summer fun at the ELC this week. Many of the children have been busy constructing amazing box creations turning them into trains, planes and skyscrapers.

At storytime the children requested a well known fable ,The Gingerbread Man. They have been busy creating their own version of the story through craft.

On Thursday, a bright and sunny day the children enjoyed visiting the ELC beach. Here they discovered sea creatures, beach tents, pools, ice and a favourite - the slip and slide (even Miss Gray had a turn !) The children came dressed appropriately in beach attire to fully appreciate the wet and wild fun that was enjoyed by all , finishing our day at the beach with a big cold icy pole on the hill!!

ELC Team

Langley Room

Another busy holiday week in the Langley Room. The children have been showing an interest in brushing their hair leading to the set up of a hairdressing salon in front of the large mirror. At the salon were brushes, combs, clips, shampoo bottles and conditioner. The children have been taking turns being the customer and hairdresser. This experience prompted role play from which the children were able to draw on their own experiences visiting the hairdresser.

We also took advantage of the lovely weather by joining in beach day with the other children. Lots of splashing, slipping and sliding fun was had. We set tubs of water up in the Langley yard for a splash during the afternoon which kept as lovely and cool.

Jess, Kerry,Pippa and Hayley________________________________________

Centre Closure

Next week the ELC will only be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be closed for the Public Holiday on Thursday 26th January and remain closed on Friday 27th January.
We will be open again as per usual on Monday 30th January and our Teachers will return and formal classes begin on Tuesday 31st January.

Jeanine

Uniforms

If any families need to get new uniforms the shop will be open next week on Monday and Tuesday.
Uniform requirements are in the Parent handbook but could we please remind everyone that pants (or skirts ) MUST be either moroon or a neutral colour like navy,black, denim or beige.
Shoes need to be of a supportive style to enable your child to run, jump , climb etc . Thongs or crocs are not suitable . Hats need to be worn until 30th April.

Jeanine

Welcome Back

Welcome back! It's now 2012 so let's get ready for a fun and exciting new year.

The first week back was very quiet which gave us the opportunity to vist the big school playground and the boy's and girl's have enjoyed spending time across the different rooms.

The children enjoyed juicing some oranges so that we could make ice blocks to share together in the afternoon on Wednesday. This was a real healthy treat!
We had wheels day on Friday and the children brought in their bikes, scooters and prams. They were very excited to ride their own wheels around the ELC.

Remember Beach day (at the ELC)is on this Thursday. Come dressed in your beach wear, don't forget your towel! Get ready for some wet and wild fun!!!!

ELC Team

Langley Room

Welcome back for 2012 everybody. The children were very excited to discover that our tadpole had finally grown legs over the Christmas break and by Tuesday he had lost most of his tail! We quietly peered into the tank to see him perched on top of the rock.
“He’s a frog!” said Marcus excitedly, “he bent his tail” he added.
“He’s a frog, he eats creatures. What colour is he?” questioned Oscar,
“He’s back (black)” answered Max.
“Rana” said Leonardo naming him in Italian.
“He broke his tail” commented Jack S,
“Ribbit, ribbit” said Advaith as the children starting jumping up and down like frogs.
“No tail, it’s a frog” said Erin.

Please don’t forget to keep packing your child’s named hat in their bags for this term.

Kind regards,

Jess, Kerry, Hayley and Pippa



Sadley Miss Hayley will be leaving us at the end of this week as she has been offered a Teaching position at Murray Bridge Child Parent Centre. We will certainly miss her and have appreciated all she has done in her time here . We would like to congratulate her on winning this new position to futher her career !


Jeanine