On Tuesday we went to Anzac Oval to take part in the Armistice Day service at 11am, marking the end of WW1. The children had their faces painted with red poppies, wore poppies over their hearts, and we made a wreath at Kindy as well as James Shaw bringing one along to lay at the Memorial Gates. The Southland Times were there and we made the front page of Wednesday's paper. Over the week the group watched footage of WW1, had big discussions about war and soldiers, and revisited our learning on Wednesday at Story Time where the children retold their day and illustrated their stories in our big book. We talked about what bravery meant...Isaac Ellis shared: "You don't like being here but you need to stay there." We plan to go into this more during Discovery Time next week. A big thanks to our helpers. Did you receive a smilebox for this?? Send me an email if you didn't get it please.
Forest Kindy
Thanks to our helpers this week Greg Wright and Petra Laughton. We headed to the Troll Bridge and collected treasures for making Xmas decorations later in the term, followed by morning tea, before heading back to kindy for 11am.
Growing our own
This week we have been busy planting lettuce seeds, hanging tomato plants, and strawberries. We have to keep a close eye on our four-legged friend Rupert who is quite fond of our new plants...What a rascal you are!!
And a warm welcome to Callum Lyall and family who join our TF Group this week.
Parent Group Meeting next Wednesday night.
2 comments:
Great blog again, thank you for that. Ava really enjoyed her outing to the Anzac Oval on Tuesday and congrats for it making the paper. A great effort in teaching and explaining Armistice Day to our kids. :) See you all next week.
Thanks everyone for a very moving and memorable first Armistice day for this foreign girl! I had fun at forest kindy and am looking forward to 2 December. Max put his collected treasures (xmas decorations to be) in a box with other material in the project room. :)
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