K1 meta-project

It has all been about volcanoes in MZa over the last fortnight! Many children are fascinated by volcanoes and have been making them from clay. After drying and painting, they made them  erupt by filling the craters with bicarb, vinegar and red food colouring. There was a lot of pleasure to be had in seeing the children's awareness of how volcanoes work take a hands-on perspective!

I showed the children a short video after which I asked them if they had any questions about volcanoes. The responses below will provide many directions in which to expand our inquiry in coming weeks…

"How did the earth get Lava?"
"I don't know why volcanoes make fire."
"Why does lava come from volcano?"
"Why do volcano blast go straight up?"
"How do people go near volcanoes?"

In addition, many children continue to have firm ideas about how planet Earth was formed...
                                                           

It's wonderful to see the children so engaged, making connections and becoming so knowledgeable about the world through our meta-project!

K1 Service

Thank you for sending in the shopping money for our children to purchase items to fill the Project Get Ready For School bags which the class have been busy decorating. They are now full and ready to be presented to the recipients. We made the first presentations on Thursday afternoon...to two local school friends who have spent a couple of days with us over the last fortnight. Our new friends were very excited to receive the bags!

UN Celebrations

We have had an exciting time during the last week, with our UN Day and Food Festival. The children loved completing the craft activities and filling their 'passports' with their parents, then went on to sing beautifully on stage. I was very proud of them...as, I know, were you! Everyone looked fabulous in their national costumes...

Thank you to those parents who were able to help during today's Food Festival. We enjoyed having you with us to enjoy the delicious fun!