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Tuesday 30 March 2010

LOST SHOES IN PRESCHOOL

One of our new entrants into the Preschool has misplaced two pairs of shoes this week. 
The first pair is a brand new pair of Havaiana jandals (Size 26).  They are pink with butterflies on the sole of the shoe.
The second pair are a slip on shoe - sparkly and silver in colour. 
Please check your child's bag and if your child has taken these home by mistake please return to either Mona or Oriana as soon as possible please.

Monday 22 March 2010

Friday 19 March 2010

Toddler News


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On Monday morning we were excited to see that our butterfly had come out from it's chrysalis, but very sad to see that one of our caterpillars had died during the weekend. The children and Rachel had a discussion about how the caterpillar had died. Rachel made a house for the butterfly and we kept it to observe it for a day before setting it free. The children watched the butterfly come out of the chrysalis (see attached photo) and this was the home for the butterfly (see attached photo).
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Friday 12 March 2010

Moving The Dinghy

Today we decided to move our beloved boat from inside, out into the playground. 
It took three adults and the "help" of several children to manoeuvre the heavy boat.  
Once outside the children immediately jumped on in and started to have a whale of a time!  
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Nursery Week

This week the Nursery children have been busy getting involved in lots of music and movement, painting and messy play as well as partipating in mat times.
Joseph was the helper of the day, turning the pages and putting up the props for Marama.
This week we welcome our new babies to the Pukeko Room, Jacob, Krisarn and Jules.
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Thursday 11 March 2010

Music Class - 10.3.2010

This week's story was 'So-Me and the Secret'.  It revised the Me-So-La sounds and explained how we can whistle the sounds as well as sing them.
We practiced writing the note "C" on the stave and I was very impressed by how well everyone did.  I will display copies of the children's work on the Weka Weekly board and the Music board (which is next to the beds in the smaller of our rooms). 
I introduced a couple of new concepts to the children today - crotchets and quavers.  They got a giggle out of these funny words, which is good as it will make them easier to remember.  A crotchet is worth one beat in music and a quaver is worth half a beat.  This is a hard concept to explain in words so if you are interested in finding out more please don't hesitate to ask me to show you using rhythm!
Joe's dad, Tony, kindly lent us his clarinet today (as mine is in the depths of storage somewhere) and I was able to play it for the children.  We talked about the different parts of the instrument (e.g. mouth piece, barrel, bell) and how it fits together.  I showed them how to put the reed on the mouth piece and explained how it vibrates to make the sound.
Afterwards the music group children stood up in front of the entire class to show off the clarinet.  They shared what they had learnt and I played some more notes for everyone.
Next week is the final class in the ten week block.  At this point we are still discussing where we will go from here, we will keep you posted once we have finalised our plans. 
Thanks Laura
 
 
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