On Friday we visited the aquarium. We had been learning about the ocean and animals that live in the ocean all week. It was so wonderful to see the things we had been learning about alive and moving in the tanks. The children had a great time watching the sea lion performance, underwater show and otter greeting. They also enjoyed wandering around the aquarium and looking into all the different tanks. It was such a fantastic day!
We made fruit caterpillars for getting our class rock jar full! It was so much fun to make different patterns with our pieces of fruit. We also really enjoyed eating them!
Last week we learnt about the importance of healthy teeth. We read books about going to the dentist and talked about food that is good for our teeth and food that is not good for our teeth. We practiced brushing our teeth and learn that brushing in small circles is better than long hard strokes. We also learnt we should rinse our mouths out after we have cleaned our teeth. Here are some photos of us practicing!
This Friday we will celebrate 100 Days in Kindergarten. We have been reading lots of book about 100s Day and doing lots of activities about the number 100 to get ready for the big day.
Here we counted out 100 math manipulatives.
We also measured out 100 Kindergarten footsteps!
Mrs Richardson came to visit us last week. She came to read us her book – The Stone Thrower. She wrote the story about her Dad, Chuck Ealey. We so enjoyed listening to her read her book to us! Thank you so much Mrs Richardson!
This week in Math we have been learning about short and long. On Thursday, we found objects in our classroom that were shorter and longer than a piece of string. We had lots of fun finding things to measure against our string.
We had such a lovely last day of school before Christmas Break. Our Moms and Dads came to visit and we played games with them, read books and played in Drama Corner with nativity sets. We also shared a special morning tea together, before we performed at the Christmas Production. Thanks Moms and Dads for sharing the day with us.
On Thursday (American Thanksgiving Day) we went on our “Thanksgiving Walk”. We made Thank-You cards for special staff members around our school and delivered them. We so enjoyed seeing the smiles on staff members faces as we handed over our cards.
This week we learnt about pumpkins. We learnt about the parts of a pumpkin as well as their life cycle. We cut open pumpkins and pulled out all of the seeds. We counted the seeds. There were 444 seeds in the smaller pumpkin and 296 seeds in the larger pumpkin. We were so surprised!
Yesterday we went on our first field trip to the local Fire Station. It was wonderful! We were split into three groups and were able to look at 4 different things at the Fire Station. They showed us the tools firemen use, the inside of an ambulance and fire truck and the inside offices and living area that the firemen use when they are on duty. We had so much fun learning about Fire Safety.
