Today we embarked on our first journey of the term, up Mt St John. It was such a beautiful day, and we were very eager to re-connect with our mountain as well as to share it with our new friends.
Prior to walking up the mountain, we shared some of our wonderings that we had about the mountain. Some of the girls wonderings were as follows:
"I wonder if we will see Autumn leaves?" - Alice
"I wonder if the leaves have changed to the colour red?" - Emily
"I wonder if we will see any rainbow coloured birds?" - Zara
"I wonder if we will see any sheep?" - Chloé
"Or...if the cows are back on the mountain again!" - Emma
"I wonder if there will be any water up in the pond?" - Anika
"I wonder if we will see Tahi the dog up there?" - Paige
Here are some images which tell the story of our trip up Mt St John:
Kaitlyn's dad Mike joined us for our walk today. Zoe told him that she wished he had three hands so that she could hold his hand too.
It was beautiful and sunny, but at times it was windy too. McKenna had to hold on tightly to her hat.
Anika explored the long, long grass.
Some of us took it slowly and carefully...
...and others ran down, as we got closer to the bottom of the hill.
Today was a particularly special visit to Mt St John as we met some girls from St Cuthbert's at the top. Mrs Bayes has a good friend who teaches at this school, called Mrs Waller. We all had a picnic together.
We enjoyed playing 'The Three Little Pigs'. Mrs Bayes was the wolf. She sure does a good job at pretending to be the wolf! We all giggled when she burnt her bottom on the fire that the pigs had made.
We climbed trees...
...and Chloé found a huge big branch.
McKenna found a beautiful buttercup and shared this with her friends.
Once again we had a joyful and interesting time on Mt St John. We look forward to going again next Wednesday!
"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the mountains and the stars up above. Let them look at the beauty of the waters and the trees and flowers on earth. They will then begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education."
- David Polis
Looks like you had a wonderful day on the mountain
ReplyDeleteOn the way up the mountain before crossing the road, I asked the girls what their wonderings might be about what we would see and do up on Mt St John. It did take a little while to listen to all the responses. Mrs Smith made us laugh when she said "Mrs Bayes, I'm wondering when we are ever going to get up there!"
ReplyDeleteWe enjoy a lot of humour with the girls and this connects us and gives a sense of belonging. It is also interesting to note that humour is seen as a 'high order thinking' process and we know how good we feel when we have a good laugh!
Sophie loved having morning tea with the big girls from St Cuths. She also enjoys seeing Tahi the dog each time and says.... It is ok that Tahi isn't on his lead as he is our friend.
ReplyDeletebring on the higher order! and thanks for puckering out anika - seems she's rather fond of sleeping right now, haha
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