We all bounced back after the spring break ready for lots of fun and learning that the last term has to offer!

In the lead up to Earth Day we had a compost bin delivered and we decided to set it up in our community garden.  All children at snack have been encouraged to put their food waste in a separate container when cleaning up. Together they carried the container  outside and we began the composting process.

Each day the children have remembered to separate their food waste from their wrappers before taking outdoors.

“We need to take that to the compost bin”

“My crisps can go in there but not the packet!”

“Its going to feed the little worms and slugs!”

“Can I come and help today?”

Children in the orange group have been learning how we look after our planet, they explored planet earth by closely looking at a globe and some maps. They decorate their own planets by differentiating between land and water.

As the temperature outside has improved more children in the orange group have been venturing outdoors more. They have been reading “Jaspers Beanstalk” which has been engaging their interest in speaking about days of the week and runner beans. The children looked closely at the little details in the beans before planting them. They  have continued to revisit them each day to water them and check to see if they have started to grow.

After spending lots of time outdoors looking and digging for insects and worms we pretended to be a little worm and made Mrs McCluskey laugh! Other children had a little go too!

Pattern Challenge!

Each child in the orange group has really enjoyed making their own patterns using a variety of resources. We have used buttons, animals, paper and even shoes. It has been great fun learning about how to continue a simple pattern  and how to create more complex ones of our own!

Some children looked at only one colour but separated it into shades before creating a pattern.

“That’s dark and that one is light so they are different!”

It was also good fun to let the buttons run through our fingers and watch where the landed after having a little bounce on the floor. There was lot of giggles and laughter as the buttons scattered on the floor. As a group, the children were really responsible and everyone took a turn cleaning up once they were finished.

We have had fun getting ready for our up coming sports week.