Welcome to a fun Friday.

What a wonderful first week we have had. Mr Norris and Mrs Rodgers are very excited about our year of learning together.

The children did a fantastic job at our first assembly of the year, which was lead by the leaders of the school – we were very proud.

Our blog today is about the Power of Play.

During play investigations the children explore areas of interest and wonder.

During this time they are building upon the important learning disposition necessary for life long learning.

These include:

• Negotiate space and resources
• Collaborate with others to achieve a shared goal.
• Work as a team as they share and take turns
• Use their imagination to create
• Problem solving
• Take a risk and try something new
• Communicate  – express ideas, have conversations, role play.
• Perseverance  to reach their goal
• Independence to organise their play

We celebrated Max and Harper’s birthdays today. Max and Harper celebrated their birthdays in the holidays. We hope they had lots of fun turn 5 and 6 years old.

Next Friday the children will get their black bags and we will go to the library and borrow reading book for home.

Have a wonderful weekend – see you Monday.

Welcome to Thursday

Literacy Morning

Come Read with Me

This is a wonderful way to start our day – sharing books and conversation with our friends. During this time we are connecting through written and oral language. We will start our days like this from Monday – Thursday and then Friday we have assembly.

Shared Text

Grug goes to school

Book Making

Today we started making books

After we read the story we talked about making books and how the Ted Prior is the author and illustrator of the Grug book and that is what we are going to be today – The authors and illustrators.

How do you do this? What do we need?

Matilda: Some stuff to draw with.

Joel: We need paper

Rozy: Stick them together
Ellen: We write words,.

Clara: You have to colour in.

Kunal: staple it

Here are some photos from our book making today:

Mr Norris and Mrs Rodgers are very proud of our young authors.

Reflection:

Some of the things you have enjoyed about coming to school:

Kayden: Going to the playground.

Eva: I like playing in the doggy house.

Ellen: I like doing making.

Mason: I like the exercise by playing.

Kunal: I like the classroom and I can play here and I like book making.

Joel: I like playing with Oscar.

Rozy: I like drawing.

Lucas:I like outside.

Olivia H: I like shining in the classroom.

Matilda: I like to play with the texts

Andreas: I like making new friends.

Clara: I like books.

Anna D: I like drawing.

Have a wonderful night and we will see you tomorrow.

Michelle and Paul

One more quick note: In the morning we will unpack our bags and do the roll, before walking to the hall for assembly at 9am.

Welcome to wonderful Wednesday, our first day together in R MR and R PN.

Today was the first of many days  filled with fun, exploration and learning together.

The blog will be used to share a snapshot of part of our day- for the children to revisit learning and to spark conversation.

Welcome to R PN and R MR

We are looking forward to meeting you all on Wednesday the 27th of January.

 Paul Norris and Michelle Rodgers

Room 7 and Room 8