Clipsal Excursion

Thankyou to all the parents who have volunteered to come on this excursion . If you have not been on an excursion with us before you will need to fill in a Statutory Declaration with Mrs Dry before going.
Please be at the centre by 9.00 am for a briefing with Mrs Bishop. The weather forecast looks perfect but remember your hat and sunscreen and water bottle !
We will have the tickets that were purchased on line at the centre but if you did not order one of these you will need to buy your ticket at the gate.


Jeanine

Curriculum Evening

Thankyou to all the parents who joined for our 2012 Curriculum Evening. We hope you found it enjoyable and informative. Thankyou for stepping out of your comfort zones to work on your art works, we look forward to displaying them for the children next week
Kind Regards
The ELC Team

Langley Staffing

Dear Langley Families,
Please note that Miss Jess will be on annual leave from next Thursday 1st March, returning to work on Tuesday 13th February. Have fun on your vacation Miss Jess, you’ve earned it!
Thanks

Chapple Staffing

We are pleased to welcome Ms Tracey Vickers as a co-educator in the Chapple Room. We look forward to getting to know her and welcoming her into our centre. We would like to thank Miss Lucy for all her work filling in in Chapple Room in the last few weeks and wish her all the best as she continues on at University.
Thanks
ELC staff

Cooper Family Get-together

Dear Cooper Room Parents,
Please bring your swim gear to our family BBQ in the park on Sunday at Tusmore Park, as it will be hot.
Thanks
Rose, Cleo and Jules

Clipsal Reminder

Dear Parents,
we still have outstanding permission slips for our excursion to the Clipsal 500. Please pass them to Mrs Dry as soon as possible so that we can ensure adequate child:adult ratios for this trip
Thanks

Our Annual Grandies Day!!!

Please put the 28th March in your diaries for Grandies Day. Children are currently preparing invites to come home soon
Thankyou

Illness in the Centre

Dear Parents,
It is very important for you to inform us of any illnesses your child may have so that we can watch others for symptoms. Thankyou to those parents who keep their children away when they are contagious. Don’t forget to let us know the reason for their absence.
Thanks

Centre Policy Review

Thankyou to the parents who have taken the time to read and in some cases, comment on our centre policies at the big table in the entry way. We will be reviewing five different policies in the coming fortnight
and look forward to your feedback, ideas and suggestions about arrivals and departures, waiting lists, enrolments and orientation
Thankyou for assisting us in this necessary process

In the Classrooms

Langley
We have been experimenting with mixing some colours at the easel this week. We started with yellow and blue. Many of the children were keen to predict what was going to happen when you mixed the colours together and were then excited to see the results;
“It turns to dark blue. It turned to yellow dark” said Hugo Sanders,
“It dween (green)!” cried Harrison excitedly,
“How did Hugo make green?” asked the Teacher,
“Yellow and blue, it goes green” answered Kristian.
“He painting yellow, green and yellow. He make green on there and there” observed Angus, “blue and yellow maked green” he continued.
What an exciting discovery the children have made! I wonder what other colours we will be able to create next week?
Best wishes,
Jess, Kerry, Pippa and Amy
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
Our yellow week began with bananas and ended with bananas! The children have loved bringing in yellow items for 'Show and Tell'!! Andre brought in a banana, Raphael brought a lemon from his Nonna's tree and James W brought in a yellow capsicum. We decided that once we peeled the banana the yellow skin might change colour, so we are eagerly watching every day to see the different colours it is changing into. Nicholas painted a wonderful picture about cats and we all painted our self portraits in our favourite colours. Sebastian's mum baked us a delicious banana cake, (made from..........yes, yellow bananas!!) and we celebrated Marcus's birthday on Friday with cupcakes! What a week......
Best wishes,
Emma, Susan, Cristina and Heidi
Cooper
The Cooper children combined their investigations in colour with their interest in dinosaurs this week. The children used fine motor skills to pick up the little dinosaurs with chop sticks and practised sorting and categorising skills to identify the dinosaurs by colour and type. The dinosaurs hid in the long grass and the children found them and sorted them into groups and lines...
“I catch green” said Fletcher.
“I catch a big tail” said Cooper.
“I wanna catch the green ones. I’m gonna catch four more” Sebastian R. told us.
“I gotta big one, yellow one” exclaimed Fletcher.
“One red, ten red” counted Chanel, “The flying ones go down here, only blue can go here.”
“I’ve got the green group” explained Lara.
“I’ve got a flying group here” said Chanel.
The dinosaurs came in many different shapes and colours which made this activity a real challenge!
Kind regards,
Cooper Team
Chapple
Dear Chapple Room Parents and Friends,
The children had a wonderful start to the week, with Mrs Mackenzie popping back in whilst I was at professional development. It was a nice treat for everyone! We have again been very involved in mixing colours and trying experiments with dyes and paints. We investigated the colour of water and looked at the properties of colours such as black and white. One of the highlights has been using the dress ups during outside play. Belts, flippers, hats and ties were used to create various characters for imaginative play. We will continue this next week with the doctor’s room we are setting up in the classroom. We are all looking forward to yet another busy and exciting week!
Chapple Room Team
Edgerley
Dear Edgerley room parents and friends,
The children have been very busy mixing shades of the same colour. We explored different shades of blue, red and green! The children spent a lot of time putting their shades of blue in order from darkest to lightest. They came up with some great names for the shades of blue,
“ocean blue” suggested Noah
“Midnight blue” added Oliver
“and Navy blue” said Chester
The children really enjoyed deciding on names for their shades!
We have a growing interest in growing. Can you please begin to send in family photos so children can share the different stages of people in their families.
Kind Regards
Sinead, Emma, Pip and Amelia

Unwell Children

We have had a confirmed case of "Slapped Cheek " in the centre . This is a mild virus which begins with cold like symptoms then 2-5 days later the child develops a 'slapped cheek' rash on the face and a lacy red rash on the trunk and limbs. Although the virus is mild in children it is quite dangerous in early pregnancy so please keep children at home if they display any of these symptoms to prevent spreading it as the contagious period is prior to the rash developing. Information on this virus will be on the dresser inside the double doors.

We have also had a case of "paediatric shingles" reported to us . This is fairly rare but as it is caused by the same virus as chicken pox children who have not been immunised against this are at risk. Information about chicken pox will also be available to collect. Children must stay at home with any sign of a runny nose , cough or fever particularly those who have not had this immunisation.


Jeanine

Curriculum Evening

Curriculum Evening will be held next Thursday at the Centre at 7pm . Come along and join the fun and discover how your child learns ! Please rsvp to Mrs Porter so that we have numbers for catering but BYO wine to share on the night,

ELC Team

Clipsal

If any parents have not replied but would still like to join on us for this excursion on March 1st you are very welcome . All parents who did not purchase tickets through the school website (or do not have their own pass) can buy tickets at the gate on the day for $39.


Jeanine

Older Children at the Centre

Could we please remind all families that older children accompanying their parents at pick up time must not play on the outdoor equipment and must remain with their parents under their supervision. Pick up time is usually a very busy time of the day and it is important for staff to be able to supervise the ELC children without other older children in the play area,

Thanks for your help
ELC Staff

Langley Room

We have used coloured card and straws to create rainbow threading this week as we use and develop our fine motor control and coordination to get the little wires carefully through the little holes! Whilst threading, the children have engaged in conversations about colour and shape;
“It’s black, a black rectangle” said Kristian, “pink triangle” he continued,
“Black straw - and that’s a green square, I got it” said Hugo Sen.
“I got a green one” commented Hugo Sanders, “pink and blue, yellow and pink and purple and red, yep on da stick” he added.
“I do pink” said Gabby,
“Triangle, put it there” said Ammar.

The children have enjoyed sharing their family photographs with their peers as they identify the members of their family - we look forward to sharing some more photos next week.

Best wishes,

Jess, Kerry, Pippa and Amy