This month the cooling down of the temperature and no rain has meant playtime in the playground has been so much fun. It’s lovely to be out in the sunshine.

The children have been busy practising their jumping and throwing with Coach Tim and having lots of fun. Sports day was a great day-going next door to the High School to run on the oval was exciting and having parents there to watch and everyone cheering made it all the more exciting. We loved it!

At our Early Year’s parades all the children in the class have now been presented with their bronze Ardy certificates. Well-done to you all. All of them have also received Student of the Week certificates over the last few weeks for following the school expectations of being safe, respectful learners.

In class we are enjoying our literacy activities. Everyone enjoyed “Wombat Stew” when it was our book of the week. We used props to follow along with the story and added things to our pot to make a yucky stew. Another favourite story has been “Snore” and using the toy animals as we read along and snoring like the dog makes us laugh. We continue to practise how to form our letters correctly on the interactive whiteboard, saying a little rhyme as we go. For example, (Hook and down, then straight across. for f)

In maths we have been playing with playdough and making birthday cakes with coloured paddle pop sticks, counting as we put them in. We’ve also been making towers out of duplo and unifix cubes to match a number.

The Teddy Bears Picnic was wonderful. Everyone had lots of fun and we were happy to have so many of our families there to share it with.

The holidays are fast approaching and I think the little people will appreciate some time at home recharging their batteries. It has been a wonderful, busy term full of activity and learning.

Till next time-that’s all from Early Years 1.

Lynne, Kate, Marky, Jake, Rose, Jace, Isabelle.