Hats

Our centre policy is that the children must wear hats between September 1st and April 30th so all children need to bring their hats from next week for outside play. Please make sure they are clearly labelled where your child (and staff) can easily see their names .

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Show Day

Next Friday (6th Sept) is Show Day and the school will be closed. We will be open as usual but please let us know if your child will be absent.

Fundraiser Catologues

These are available for you to take from the front desk. If you wish to order anything from them please return your orders by 30th September. The centre receives a percentage from any sales.

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Big Boys Breakfast

Dear Parents,

“Any man can be a Father but it takes a special person to be a dad.” Anonymous

It has been a special week as we prepared to celebrate Father’s day with the Big Boys Breakfast. To begin with we talked about what we love about our Dads and shared the favourite things we like to do together. Many children brought in photos to share during show and tell. We created portraits and the children carefully talked about their special drawings. No celebration is ever complete without a gift so the children have also been busy creating a gorgeous handmade tie for their Dad to wear to the breakfast and a magnetic photo board to remember their special morning together. After a delightful concert and a feast of yummy pancakes the children excitedly took their Dad into the “Book Nook” and shared a few quiet or noisy moments reading a book together. What a special way to snuggle up close! We hope everyone enjoyed their morning and we wish all our  Dad’s a Happy Father’s day. You are very special to your children and it has been beautiful listening to the children talk so lovingly about why their Dad is so special ! 

Happy Father’s Day!

Big Boys Breakfast

This will be on next Thursday 29th August at 8.00 am .This is always a very special event to share with your child. Please make sure you have replied if you are planning to come and return your survey asap ,

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Missing Jackets

There are a couple of  children whose ELC  waterproof jackets are missing. Please check if your child has brought home the correct jacket so that we can return them to the right owners !

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Head Lice

Dear Parents ,

There have been a couple of recent cases of headlice in the centre . Please check your children and treat them if needed. There is an information sheet in each child's pigeon hole. Please note that treatments must be repeated after 7 days and continued until all lice and eggs are gone.

Thankyou for your help

Edgerley Room

Dear Edgerley families and friends.

Week 5 has been a very busy week for all of us. Building tree houses in various styles has showcased the children's ability to plan, share, solve problems and work as a team of builders.

"I will build the roof", Gabby said.

"And I will prepare the wall", Oliver added.

"There will be some trees on the side too" Sabian thought.

"This tree house is for all of us", Henry decided.

"There's a house next to mine. It's a house for me and Harrison. You have to wait for the boom gate to open if you want to come in", said Jackson.

"Let me know when the roof is done then I can put the chimney", Spencer requested.

We have been discussing more about different sounds our bodies can make. We heard lots of clicking, clucking, wheezing, stomping, clapping and lots more. We also enjoyed watching video clips of people body drumming and beatboxing. We were totally amazed at what  noises our bodies can make. But when the noise gets all too much, we know that we have a cubby to go in to and listen to soft sweet music with our headphones. It's chilled and relaxing in there.

Our excursion to the Odeon Theatre to watch " Me and My Shadow" was a huge success. The children were in awe at how the shadows moved and changed in shape and size. The use of lights was incredibly entertaining and there were just lots of giggles and laughter all throughout.

"Why the shadow go big and small?" inquired Edward.

"It was very funny when the boy jumped over the girl", Sabian said as he giggled.

"The man lifted the big red ball!" Pauline exclaimed.

"I want to see it again!" Florence added.

Thank you to the parent helpers who took the time to go with us. 

We are all looking forward to all the dads coming to our Big Boys Breakfast! Please remember that we are also raising funds for the Wesley Mission Australian along with this event and we are looking forward to your support in making a difference in the life of the less fortunate. See you all on Thursday morning.

Kate, Coney and Karla

Chapple Room

Dear Chapple Families,

Thank you so much for your warm welcome on my first week in Chapple and what a week it has been!  The students have been busy creating some beautiful artworks while listening to Lullaby music. They have had very thought full reflections on their work.

"This makes me make circles.  It’s bubbles, it makes me think about bubbles.  It doesn’t make me all crazy."  Hugo

"I painted what the music sounded.  The stars and a night time sky and the people sleeping in their beds". Izabella

"I hear a violin and I’m painting one.  Actually a double violin.  I hear a piano, it makes me feel a bit sad."  Amaia

Please come in and have a look at them.

We also enjoyed our trip to the Odeon Theatre to see ‘Me & My Shadow’, even with the very long walk there and back.

"It was good. We saw it about shadows. There was a man and a lady. And they came out of the show at the end. When the man tricked the lady was my favourite."- Oscar

"I liked it a little bit. Going to the show was the best bit, it was really fun going there ". Markis

Don’t forget your blue Big Boys Breakfast surveys, we need them by Wednesday please.

Thanks again, have wonderful warm and dry weekend.

Juliana and Pamela

Cooper Room

Dear Cooper Parents,

Our learning this week has been all about challenges! The winter months prove to be a challenge in lots of ways – ducking in and out of the wind and rain, trying to avoid catching colds but our challenges were a little different.

We challenged ourselves

: to carefully make our way around the most amazing obstacle course in the town square climbing under rails, balancing on hay bales and stepping on wooden logs to make it to the very end. This tested our perseverance as well as our balance and co-ordination skills.

: sort and classify a wide selection of objects to see what floats and what sinks after playing in the puddles. We were amazed to see that some rocks do float and some pieces of bark sink – quickly!

: create a house that the Big Bad Wolf could not blow down, no matter how hard he huffed and puffed. The children used our dark tent as the house and re-created the story many times over. We will continue to work on construction the perfect house next week, using clay, play dough and a variety of natural resources.

: recognise our own names at group times and even search for our friends names. We began to practise writing them in the sand on the light table.

: putting on our own shoes and socks after rest time. This was probably one of our biggest challenges and sometimes we got them on the wrong feet but we were all very proud of our efforts.

I wonder what challenges next week will bring!

Best wishes

Susan and Coral 

Mead Room

Dear Parents and Friends,

This week we have been busy preparing for our Big Boys’ Breakfast, which is next Thursday morning at 8am. We have also had another musical performance to enjoy. Some Year One boys who are learning the strings came down to visit us in the Mead Room. It was wonderful to be their audience!

We are busy exploring sounds that are made by aeroplanes. Toby brought in some photos of the aeroplanes that pass over his house each day. Often we hear and see planes in the skies over PAC too! Today we have made our own runway in the classroom. The children have been making planes with Mobilo and it is our hope that we might use some wood and popsticks to create our own aeroplanes.

The children have been very busy discovering the sounds made by jungle animals…. We have created our own jungle corner and are reading lots of stories and doing singing games such as “One elephant went balancing, step by step on a piece of string. He thought it was such enormous fun so he called for another elephant to come!” We have reached 5 elephants balancing before the piece of string snapped!!

Always fun and games in the Mead Room!

Kind Regards,

Emma, Pip, Amelia and Heidi

Langley Room

Dear Langley Family and Friends,

We have brought a little bit of sunshine to our rainy week this week by examining some bright coloured daffodils. The children have been studying the shape and colours of the daffodils and then using paint and collage materials to represent them at the easel. Please have a look at our growing gallery of daffodil paintings on display.

We have also been using instruments to create sounds and noises at our music station, complete with a stage and a microphone. We have had all sorts of different renditions of a range of songs and next week we will be discussing with children what their favourite songs are.

We have been busy practicing our songs for our Big Boys Breakfast concert next week and are all looking forward to sharing a very special morning with our favourite big boys. If you have not yet RSVP’d or returned your survey and photo can you please do so as soon as possible as these will be used as part of our display for the morning. We look forward to seeing lots of Daddy’s, Grandpa’s or Uncles there next week!

Best wishes,

Jess, Kerry, Nicole and Emily

New Phone System

The school is having a new computerised phone system installed over this coming weekend . Please bear with us as we all get used to it and try not to lose your calls when transferring between sections !

Big Boy's Breakfast

We are all very much looking forward to helping our Big Boys celebrate their special day! Thank you to those of you who have returned your replies and surveys - keep them coming! Don't forget to go shopping with your child and ask them to pick out a non-perishable food item to bring along with them to the Big Boys Breakfast. This donation will be very helpful for people and families who are supported by the Wesley Mission.  

    

Whole School Photos

Please return any unwanted photos by next Monday 19th August. Any not returned by that date will be charged for on your ELC account.

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