Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable holiday, and a very merry Christmas!

A very special last day.

On Friday we had such a wonderful time together down at Wynyard Quarter. We were so delighted when the sun came out for us, just as we arrived. The girls particularly enjoyed exploring the playground. There was lots of swinging, running, climbing and spinning! 

Eating lunch at Live Fish restaurant was also a highlight. The food was delicious and we had such a beautiful view of the water. Thank you Joanna for organizing this for us.

Here are some photos from our trip:

We would like to wish Daisy, Ria, Sophia and their families all the best as they move into year one next term and look forward to welcoming Luca, Kate, Eloise, Joyce and Karsimar next year.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Christmas is most certainly upon us, and in light of this we have begun to get into the Christmas spirit here in the classroom. We have been singing carols, playing with our wooden nativity scene, reading Christmas stories and working on some special Christmas crafts.

This morning the girls worked to create some decorative trees out of the sticks that they busily collected on Mt St John last Wednesday. They are all looking so beautiful and are hanging on our classroom tree. We will be sending these home with the girls at the end of the week.

Harvesting our produce.

On Thursday the girls harvested the produce from our garden. We picked our beans, peas, lettuces, spring onions and herbs and divided them all up into ten bags. We were so happy that everyone was able to take some home to share with their families. Sophia and her mum Susan told us about how they enjoyed making theirs into a salad to have at their BBQ on the weekend! Yum. 

Our 'from garden to table' inquiry has been a very rich collaborative experience, which has provided us with lots of fun and many opportunities to get our hands mucky! 

 We have all learnt lots about planting and caring for different vegetables and herbs, and most importantly the girls have become passionate young gardeners.

The 'most beautiful wonderful garden'.

Have you noticed the amazing garden mural that has appeared on our wall out in the hallway (near our door to outside). The girls have fondly called it 'the most beautiful wonderful garden.' This is a garden mural filled with all sorts of delightful things. Strawberries, sweetcorn, apple trees and fantastic looking insects are only a few of the different things that fill this space.

The girls have been working so hard on their drawings and paintings, looking carefully at different provocations and really seeing the detail in the different fruit, vegetables and insects which they have been creating. 

Here are some examples of their work: 

Sunflower by Isobella

Sweetcorn by Jenesis

Carrot and strawberries by Ria

Strawberries by Emma

Carrot by Zoe