Ball Games

Each week we spend time enjoying games and working on ball skills. The girls are always so enthusiastic when we put them into teams and they love chanting and encouraging each other along.

The task was to collect two balls, jump into each hoop on the way to the 

bucket and then to throw the balls in.

Following three instructions as well as waiting your turn and joining 

the back of the line, is a challenge. 

The girls showed great persistence with this and each time

you could see them getting better at it!

 We then enjoyed some singing games and the girls particularly
enjoyed learning "Poor Little Sandy Girl". 

Shapes Around School

Off we went this morning on a walk around the school armed with the ipads, looking for shapes.

Before we even got out of the gate the girls had excitedly pointed out circles, rectangles, semi circles and triangles. Nature provided them with some serious challenges about 

what shape the different items were.

We are looking forward to using the photos tomorrow with the girls for further discussion and 

to gain a deeper understanding.

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Today's Mt St John Adventure

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about shapes. 

Today during our walk up Mt St John we decided to go on a hunt for 

shapes that we might see in the outdoors. 

As we walked up the road, Féline saw a rectangle fire hydrant and then Isabella spotted the triangle on the road, pointing it out to us. Halle found a red oval leaf and Scarlett found a little round lady bug which Mariana took time to admire while it crawled on Scarlett's Thumb.

As we continued around the mountain many other things caught our attention. 

We came across a tree covered in cicada shells. Some of the girls held them in their hands while other girls were not so sure and decided to stand back. 

 The girls then decided to continue their journey around the mountain to the Fairy Grotto. Where they climbed the trees and pretended they were riding Roller Coasters. Mika found a little "Grasshopper" that everyone gazed at in amazement. 

Welcoming Grandparents

Over the last few days we have had the pleasure of welcoming 

some of the girls grandparents into the classroom. First Dakota's and then Féline and Tess'

Dakota welcomed Carol and Robert and we were lucky to have them visit

before they left for America today. We are looking forward to

catching up with them through our blog.

Féline has had her Aunty, Uncle and cousins over from the Netherlands

as well as her Oma and Opa. We said farewell to Oma and Opa 

today as they are returning home tomorrow. 

Tess has also had lots of family staying. 

What a wonderful welcome she gave her Oma and Opa yesterday when they

arrived in the classroom fresh off the plane from the Netherlands. 

The wonderful welcome was SO touching and some of us 

shed a few tears. 

Both Tess and Féline haven't seen 

their grandparents for about 6 months and it was so lovely to see the joy

they showed in having them visit our classroom.

"Grandparents hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts for ever".

 

A Miracle Happens!

 A Miracle Happens!

At morning meeting we were discussing the butterflies that had hatched out of their Chrysalis’ over the weekend, when wonder of wonders, another butterfly began to hatch in front of our eyes.

The girls were intrigued with how the butterflies wings were all scrunched up and in no time at all, they had unfolded

We took the butterfly outside to the tree and it stayed very still. Miss Lambert
asked the girls;

“Why do you think the butterfly is staying so still on the tree?”

“It is still growing and it is too windy and it is waiting for the wind to stop”.
Mika

“Maybe their wings are a little too dry to fly?”
Zara

Monday is Library Day

Today was the first time this term that we visited

the library together. The girls enjoyed choosing a book

and we read them during the day and at rest time.

Creating Music

Tuesdays are the time we have music with Mrs Robinson and the girls

really enjoyed going to the music studio this morning.

Mrs Robinson has asked the girls to think about their favourite song and draw a picture

for her to put up in the music room. We will work on this during the week.

Lily's favourite is Lorde's Royals and Féline's is Slaap Kindje Slaap (sleep children, sleep) which she

enthusiastically sang to everyone.

Today in the classroom we continued music and used the instruments to play 

along with some of our other 'favourite' songs.

We concentrated on getting the beat right, stopping when the music stopped and 

having rests during the music.

We are also working on clapping out the syllables of names and words. Joining sounds together is helpful for later reading.

The girls' attention span during our group work is quite remarkable!