Term 2 Week 6    

metaproject...

Many MZa children continue their fascination with space. We have added stars to our solar system table and children have been busy designing and creating vehicles to travel to the stars and planets. But what are stars, actually...?

"They are the moon's President."

"You cannot go to stars...they have fire inside."

"Stars are really like planets and they move around the moon."

"They give bright light at night."

"The sun is a big star."

The question remains..."Are giants real or imaginary?" We have challenged our thinking by watching a short animation of the legend of Finn McCool, followed by an excerpt of a documentary about the geological feature The Giant's Causeway in Ireland. Children have re-created the story in play, incorporating shape recognition and an introduction to tessellation!

Our trip to Chinatown...

We had a wonderful trip to Chinatown on Thursday 5 February. The children did a great job of locating items important to Chinese New Year and practising their Chinese vocabulary to purchase decorations for our classroom and their homes.
Thank you so much to all our parents who helped the children on this day - this trip would not have been possible without you!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!