Second Hand Uniforms

I have two size 4 Polo shirts and two hats for sale. If anyone is interested please see me


Jeanine

Holiday Program

The program for the upcoming holidays is now displayed in the walkway area opposite the first double doors. Please check what the staff have planned as there may be some special items that your child needs to bring or wear or certain days,

Thankyou
Jeanine

Chapple Room Art

Could all Chapple parents please collect their children's wonderful art work from outside the classroom

Thanks
Jeanine

In the Classrooms

Langley
The Langley children have been very excited about the ten baby chicks that have hatched out of our eggs. We have been visiting them in small groups this week where we have been doing observational drawings of them. Some children have even been brave enough to have a hold or a pat! We were also very lucky to have our Grandies come and visit us this week. It was lovely to be able to show them all the wonderful work we have been doing this year and sing them our special song that we have been practicing. Some of our children wore orange to kindergarten on Tuesday as we celebrated Harmony Day. We have been creating paper people chains using paint and collage materials and continue to talk to the children about the importance of caring for our friends and family.
Kind regards,
Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
Dear Mead Room Parents,
We celebrated our Grandies and how much they mean to us this Wednesday. Our special Grandies came in to our centre and listened to us as we sang 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes', a Chinese colour song, and a special surprise Grandies Song.
We then spent time together looking around our classrooms, outside areas and at our wonderful art exhibition. It was a very memorable day.
Best Wishes,
Emma, Susan and Penny

Cooper
On Tuesday the ELC children celebrated Harmony Day with the Junior Primary. Many came in orange and looked fantastic! The children made orange pinwheels as part of the celebration and we joined in the older children's chapel service where we heard about the meaning of harmony and the reason for the day. (However, we may need to further clarify this as one of the children was heard to ask, "When do we get to eat the honey for Honey Day?"!!) We also listened to the older boys singing, which received a round of applause from some of the Cooper children! Finally we all joined together for a photo of everyone in their orange. This was a lovely chance for the two parts of the school to get together and the Cooper boys enjoyed being a part of such a big event... even without the honey!
Kind regards,
Ali, Susan and Sue

Chapple
We have had another fun week with the chickens. Having them so close to us has enabled us to paint, draw and observe the chicks as they have grown and changed. It was great being able to hold them and touch them, even if some of us were a little scared. We have also had a busy week with Harmony Day and Grandies Day. It was lovely having our Grandies come to see our amazing art work, and the children valued being able to show these very important people proudly around the centre. The Grandies were very generous and all but two books were purchased to go into our library! We are looking forward to the Easter Bonnet parade and the egg hunt next week.
Thank you for a wonderful term.
Have a lovely Easter!
Alexandra and Juliana

Edgerley
Wow, what a wonderful week! We really enjoyed having the grandies in our Kindy.
“I really liked having the grandies yesterday” said Ethan the following day
“We could have them in our kindy again” said Henry
“Yeah, ‘cause they were fun” added William
We hope to see lots more of you, thankyou for coming to our special day.
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie

Car Park Entry

Dear Parents,
We have growing concerns about the entry into the Kindergarten car park on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. On these days children are leaving the centre and crossing the driveway just before 9.00am to go to the prep school for PE or Library classes. We have had some close calls with late parents attempting to enter the car park whilst students are crossing the driveway. We do actively teach children about looking before they cross roads but some parents are entering the car park at such a speed that children cannot anticipate the traffic. If you are arriving on one of these mornings after 8.45am please enter the Kindergarten car park with caution and our young students’ safety in mind.
Thankyou
Early Learning Centre Staff

Shoeboxes of Love

Dear Parents,
We have begun our ELC fundraiser Operation Christmas Child. We seek your support to create care packages to give hope to children caught in the midst of war, famine, natural disasters and extreme poverty….a simple gift to show them they have not been forgotten.
Over consecutive months we will be collecting donations to allow each child in the ELC to carefully pack a special care package (shoebox) to send to either a girl or boy.
This month while you are out and about with your children please help them select something which links to our focus something for school. The donations must be unused, good quality and appropriate for young children. Please pass this to your child’s classroom teacher (there are some ideas just before you enter the centre)
Looking forward to your support
Thankyou
ELC Staff

Easter Bonnet Parade

Dear Parents of Wednesday students only,
We hope you are enjoying your home project with your child and look forward to seeing the wonderful bonnets you have been creating. Our Parade has been scheduled at 11.00am for those parents who wish to attend and take photos
Regards
Mel Bishop

Grandies Day

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou to all the grandmas, grandpas (and great grandmas!!!) who attended our first ELC only Grandies Day. The children had a wonderful morning and were talking about it days after. It was very special to have you all in our environment. We would also like to thank you for your wonderful response to our book sale. Thankyou to you our children have 76 wonderful new books to share amongst the classes.
A big vote of thanks must go to out parent helpers, Irene, Christine, Karli, Karen, Tabytha and Vanessa. I would also like to thank classroom teachers Ali Blake, Emma McKenzie, Susan Lock, Jess Catt and Alex Marcus for the large amount of work they put into preparing for the day, both with and without the children. And a specific thankyou must go to Mrs Emma McKenzie for organising and coordinating the entire morning.
Thanks again
Mel Bishop

Mead Room Staffing

We are sad to announce that Mrs Penny White will be leaving us and moving on to Wilderness School. Penny will be taking up a teaching position at Wilderness Early Learning Centre and her last day with us will be April 14th. Penny has been part of our initial team in the ELC and has put a lot of effort into helping us become established first in the Langley room and then in the Mead room this last term. We know that you will join us in wishing her all the best with her teaching career ! We will inform you as soon as we have appointed someone to take her place,

Jeanine

Holidays

Just a reminder to please let myself or Mrs Porter know if you are not going to be in on any of your normal booked days over the holidays ,

thankyou
Jeanine

In the Classrooms

Langley
Langley has come alive this week as we introduced our spiny leaf insects, a caterpillar chrysalis and our living eggs. There was much discussion about what was going to come out of the eggs; maybe chickens, maybe ducks, maybe other eggs or lizards! We also explored Aboriginal bark paintings and have created our own dot paintings on bark that we collected from the school. We are looking forward to out Grandies Day celebrations next week, please make sure you RSVP to Julie to let us know how many grandies will be attending.
Kind regards,
Jess, Adele, Kerry and Jennifer

Mead
Dear Mead Room Parents,
We have been fascinated watching our living eggs develop this week.
'I saw the chickies' said Jade excitedly as she entered the classroom.
'Some of them have got fluff' Jesse replied.
'They cracked and they're sleeping now' Charlie told everyone.
'I saw the little baby chicks. The other ones didn't get out' Ryan added.
'They drink water' Jade and Nicholas told us.
'People drink water too' Ryan added.
'Yes, and humans drink milk too' Henry contributed.
'And we eat chocolate' Jade clarified!
'I think the mummy and daddy bringed them the food' Jesse said as he looked at the bird seed.
Best Wishes,
Emma, Susan and Penny

Cooper
This week the Cooper collage table has been inspired by The Snail by Henri Matisse. The children have examined this cut-out paper artwork, the shapes and colours used in it and thought about what they could see in the picture. We also watched a computer animation on the Tate Gallery website which showed how the snail was formed around a spiral shape and how the colours were used. The boys then made their own collage artworks, practising their scissor skills as they cut up the colourful paper and arranged these to make bright pictures. Each picture had its own very individual story to go with it, which told us a lot about the children's many and varied interests. Julian carefully made his picture, saying as he worked, "That could be the fishy going under the bridge. That big bit is the road and that is the fish net." Please take the time to look at the bright brilliant works on display in the Cooper Room next time you are in.
Kind regards,
Ali, Susan and Sue

Chapple
Our excursion to the Art Gallery was a wonderful success. It was a hot walk into the city, however it was a lovely relief to be in the cool gallery, viewing the many masterpieces. The most interest came from the pieces in the Contemporary collection. The main feature, Big Mother, created a lot of intrigue and discussion. Many of the children were also particularly interested in Woman With Laundry Basket, and after the excursion we painted this picture.
Luke- ‘I liked the lady holding the washing because I like helping Mummy with the washing.’
Hamish- ‘I liked the washing machine. It had a washing basket, she was holding. There was a box at the bottom and I like boxes and orange is my favourite colour.’
We also explored the AGSA website, and enjoyed the interactive games that can be played, and created our own galleries. If you have time at home, the children have really enjoyed investigating art works on this site, http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed eggs for the P&F raffle. Please keep them coming.
Alexandra and Juliana

Edgerley
What a fantastic trip we had to the Art Gallery this week. We were wonderful walkers, not complaining once. When we arrived at the Art Gallery the children behaved wonderfully and we were very proud of them. They particularly enjoyed the circle of black birds, Chuffing Around. Perhaps they were looking for food, playing follow the leader, getting ready to fly or playing duck duck goose?? We were so interested in talking about the stories we saw in the paintings we almost ran out of time. Perhaps some mums and dads would like to take us back on the weekend to discover some more stories?
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie

Parent Helpers for Grandies Day

Dear Parents,
we are looking for helpers with tea and coffee and the selling of books this Wednesday morning. If you would like to help please e-mail Emma McKenzie on emckenzie@pac.edu.au
Thankyou
Mel Bishop

Ten New Arrivals

Easter is the season for new life and we have had ten new babies arrive in the ELC overnight! All ten of our eggs hatched into fluffy new chickens and they have caused great excitement! Take the time to stop and look with your child, they won't stay yellow and fluffy for long!

Show and Tell

Dear Parents,
Part of our Kindergarten day includes Show and Tell sessions. Our Show and Tell policy states that children are not allowed to bring toys. Models related to the unit of inquiry or student investigation can sometimes be viewed as toys and we ask parents to use their common sense with these items. However models of super heroes, action figures, transformers and models that encourage violent play such as guns, tanks etc… are not allowed. Students who bring these items will be disappointed and we would encourage parents to assist us by not allowing these items to come to school in the first place.
Thankyou
Mel Bishop

Harmony Day

Dear Parents,
The Early Learning Centre will celebrate Harmony Day next Tuesday the 23rd of March with the students of the Junior Primary. Traditionally orange is the colour of harmony therefore we are encouraging all children to wear orange on that day. We will be making windmills and joining the Junior Primary Chapel service to share the message of Harmony and explore it further with the Junior Primary Boys
Have a peaceful Harmony Day next Tuesday
Kind Regards
Early Learning Centre Staff