K2 Turtle Class

   The K2 children will gradually start tuning into the new Unit of Inquiry  How We Express Ourselves   this week. Throughout the unit, they will be invited to learn about others' strengths as well as share their own, through multiple ways of expressing and "languages" such as art, music, drama etc. This process develops each child's expression of self as they develop a sense of ownership around how they communicate meaning to others. If you would like to learn more along with some concrete examples of what the learning might look like, feel free to hear me walk through the unit in finer detail. It's a 3 min video and you may press the full screen button for a clearer view. As we progress through Term 3, we are incredibly excited to encourage children to broaden their horizons and engage with new experiences and ideas through their interactions with others. We also welcome  you  to come in during Open Play to express yourself, this is a fantastic opportunit...

Welcome back to our final Term in the Turtle Class! It only feels like yesterday when the Turtle Class transitioned into their new K2 learning space from the K1 Dolphin Class!  We are looking forward to a fun-filled Term 3 together. This week, we began tuning into our new unit of inquiry - 'How We Express Ourselves (HWEO). This unit's central idea will focus on the following: "People can express their imagination and ideas in different ways."  On Thursday, we received a very special gift from a famous story character named Jack from the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Jack gifted us some magic beans, which we plan to plant and eagerly await our very own giant beanstalks to grow! Please note that we will now begin uploading photographs and videos into our new unit of inquiry Google Photo Albums, which can be found below: AM Class HWEO PM Class HWEO

  Dear Turtle Class Families, We have continued to inquire into Causation and Responsibility in regard to taking care of our planet Earth. The children were asked the following question, "Where does all of our rubbish go?" We were very impressed with some of the children's prior knowledge who responded with, "A dumpsite!" We explored how lots of our rubbish cannot be recycled and therefore it is sent to a landfill, which can be a problem for our planet Earth. We watched a small clip from the Disney movie Wall-E, which also highlighted the importance of recycling and caring for our planet.  These are some funny clips from the movie too: The class then explored a variety of other ways in which we can help take care of our planet. Reading  The Earth Book  story written by Todd Parr, gave us lots to discuss and think about. Through a number of recycling activities in class, the children were able to revisit and transfer the knowledge gained in our previous unit of i...