Hello Everyone
The children have really responded to the shapes project. This week we have been exploring shapes found in nature – spirals, circles, cylinders, ovals and symmetrical shapes. This has led to looking at patterns in nature as well. Yesterday Elizabeth, Alexander’s mum, brought in some of the stunning quilts she has made and is making to show us the shapes she used when making the quilts. There were triangles, squares, rectangles, crosses, hearts and stars.
We have also been looking at treasures and treasure boxes. We have had a look at Chris’ treasures and started painting treasure boxes. If anyone has any treasures or a treasure box they’d like to share with us come and show us!
We have also been singing shape songs and shape movements in Music with Tony. Gabriela has also been singing some Spanish songs. We have a Latin American show coming to preschool on Wednesday 9th September 2009 from 10.30 – 11.30 am. The cost for this will be $8.00.
Sisse has been doing experiments with flowers, seeing if we can make watercolour using petals and leaves. Last week the flower arranging was very popular. Thanks for all bringing in flowers. Yesterday Sisse is baked delicious Danish Cinnamon Snails with the children.
Sally and Noel (Hamish’s grandparents) planted seed potatoes in tyres on the tanbark near the spiderweb with Sisse and preschool. We are going to add a tyre every now and then and as the potatoes grow upwards they will make new potatoes along the stem. We should be able to harvest them in December. Thanks Sally and Noel!
Thanks to everyone who comes on a Monday for signing the new park excursion permission form, and for everyone getting to school in time for us to leave at 9.30 am.
Thank you to all the people who have let us know their plans for next year. The list for preschool places is still up on the window next to the sign on sheet. I will take this down at the end of the week and then begin contacting people on the waiting list.
There is a Cafe on this Friday at 2.00 pm, so bring a cake (no nuts, chocolate or kiwifruit, but cocoa is fine) to be sold at the Cafe and then come and have a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake with the Currambena community. There are notices up around school with the details.
Thanks to Anne for all the really useful rolls of paper and thanks to everyone who does the washing so efficiently.
Love from
Sue, Chris and Gabriela.
