Preschool News – Term 2 – Week 7
Hello everyone,
We hope you all had an enjoyable long weekend. This week we warmly welcome Anna who joined Lisa, Abi and I in preschool. If you haven’t already, please pop in and say hello to her.
In astronomy we’ve been learning about fossils and how they are formed. We’ve started making plaster imprints that we’ll continue in preschool next week until everyone has had the opportunity to make one. We’ve also encased some plastic dinosaurs in gypsum to recreate paleontologists discovering fossils. We continue to revise our learning from astronomy, embedding this into our program. Just like stars, people need hydrogen to live and in preschool that means drinking lots of water which also contains oxygen. We also discuss the ultraviolet radiation the sun omits from the sun and talk about the level of UV each day. Whenever it is 2 or under, we don’t need sun protection outside as the sun also gives us nourishment in the form of vitamin D. Children can of course choose to wear sunscreens and hats if they wish.
The interest in cubbies continue, we have a couple of daily visitors from primary who have been turning the gym mats into mazes. Peer learning is very powerful, with the preschool children now making their own mazes and creating some very elaborate cubby houses thanks to the positive influence their connections with primary children are creating.
Soccer on the basketball court seems to be of particular interest to many of the children. It’s wonderful to see the children forming some close friendships, working collaboratively, cooperatively, and independently in engaging in soccer games with each other.
The new red leash and dog frisbees from the Woolworths donations were a big hit in preschool on Friday, igniting lots of pet play for most of the day. Who knows where this will lead!
Unfortunately, it seems we have lurgies about in preschool. A huge thank you to families for keeping unwell children at home when sick where they can rest, recover and not spread their illness to others!
That’s it for this week!
Love
Karina, Lisa, Abi and Anna