Surprise Video

On Friday when we got to school Bauble had tipped out all the Duplo and built a tower with it. When we went out to the oval to practise our whole school concert he wrapped up Mrs Dempster's chair! Then, after lunch he left us a special Christmas animation to the tune of 'Let it Go'. The kids absolutely loved it!

Fun Day

Yesterday at Kindy we had a special fun day. Lately the kids have been a little tired and worn out so Mrs Aldersea and I decided it would be the perfect opportunity to have a relaxing day, enjoy ourselves and get ready for the next 5 weeks of term. We started our day by signing some songs and doing some dancing. Next we read a very funny book called Alien's Love Panta Claus. In the book the alien's gave all of the children underwear for Christmas. They even decorated their Christmas trees with undies. Then we went outside and played with the parachute. We sang a song and did some actions whilst the parachute was high in the sky, we ran underneath it, sat under it like a mushroom and also bounced balls on it.

Between recess and lunch we did fun activities like painting, colouring, play dough, construction, shaving cream play and even made Rudolph biscuits. After lunch we enjoyed a play at the Spiderman Playground and ate our yummy biscuits. Our sneaky elf- Bauble was hanging upside down on the paper chains after lunch with a sack. Inside his sack were some magical Tic Tacs that we had to plant in the dirt. We made predictions about what will happen and we will find out on Wednesday when we come back to Kindy. We all had a fantastic day! Here are a few photos of the fun we had.

            

                           

                           

Elf on the Shelf

This morning after we played a game outside, we had a very special visit from the Elf on the Shelf. When we walked back inside the elf was sitting on top of the Smart Board. He had left a letter and put a story up on the Smart Board. We watched the story and read the letter he left us. The elf told the kids that he is magical, however if he is touched by children he loses his magic. He can only be moved by adults. He is magical and watches what the kids are doing all day long and then flies back to Santa each night to report back to him. The elf only moves when no one is looking, which the kids were all very excited about.

The elf also told us that we need to think of a name for him. We brainstormed some ideas and each wrote about what we wanted to call the elf in our special 'Elf Journals'. After lunch we voted on our favourite names and ended up choosing the name "Bauble". Please help your child share the magic of Elf on the Shelf and embrace all of their ideas about what he is up to. They truly loved it today and the smiles on their faces and the excitement they shared was beautiful. When you arrive at Kindy he may or may not be in a funny spot. Let the kids enjoy it, talk to them about what the elf has been doing but please remind them that they must not touch him, that way they all get to see him.

Making Words

One of the activities we did at Kindy today was making simple CVC words (consonant, vowel consonant) by listening to the initial, medial and final sounds. First of all we made words on the smart board to match the pictures. Then we had a go at drawing our own pictures, made the words with Lego blocks and then had a go at writing the word under our pictures. We are getting so clever at hearing the sounds in words and identifying the matching sounds!

Our Monsters

Last week we learned about the letter Mm and read a story called 'Go Away Big Green Monster' by Ed Emberley. I read the story to the children without showing them any pictures and they had to listen carefully to all the describing words and imagine what the monster looked like in their heads. Then we drew and painted the monsters just by listening to the adjectives.

The monster had:

• 2 big yellow eyes
• A long bluish/ greenish nose
• A big red mouth with sharp white teeth
• Scraggly purple hair
• 2 little squiggly ears
• A big, green, scary face

This week we read the book and looked at all the pictures and compared our monsters to the monster in the story. We had so much fun and think we did a fabulous job! Check out some of our monsters below and have a look at them hanging up in our classroom next time you come in.

Book Week Dress Up Day

Thanks to everyone for all your efforts with the fabulous dress ups for Book Week ! The kids were so excited to be dressed up and we had a great last day of term together. For those of you who missed it, here are some pictures.