It's Dream O'clock

Starting the blog by saying Preschool had a busy week is slowly becoming my mantra but one that holds true for this week as well!

Unit of Inquiry

As the Unit on Healthy Choices  is ending soon, Preschool has started putting their thoughts to their summative assessment, creating their own Healthy Toolboxes. It will be an opportunity for them to showcase their knowledge on the Unit. I am very excited to see the outcomes, I know they will be great!

Preschool made a great connection this week. They realised that sleep is essential for their bodies to be healthy. Therefore, during Unit this week, Preschool explored the importance of sleep and what happens to our bodies when we sleep. They learnt about dreaming and why we dream or have nightmares.  Preschool should also be free of nightmares with their Dreamcatchers, hanging above their beds! 

Maths 

In maths we also wrapped up our transdisciplinary work on the Unit of Inquiry, by practising telling the time to the hour. Preschool mastered this with a lot of enthusiasm, showing me how knowledgeable they are! 

They played games, became the clock's hour hand, used hula-hoops, all to help consolidate their knowledge.

I think it's safe to say that we can rely on them to be on time from now on...

Making the hour hand with their bodies 

 2) Practising the time with games and hula-hoops 

Language

Preschool enjoyed reading Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley. They loved pretending to be little mice, nibbling daintily on crackers and making mice noises. They were able to join Mouse on his food journey and create their own Mouse books choosing their favourite healthy food choices to feed their mice! 

Cooking

Second time lucky (even better than the usual third time lucky!) with our cooking class this week. However, it was a great learning experience for the students and for me (always bring extra eggs when baking!). Preschool learnt that for some recipes, it is ok to mix the egg white and egg yolk but for others they need to be separated. They made a wonderful Swiss Roll, filled with whipped cream and cinnamon spiced apples! 

I am compiling a recipe book for Preschool that will contain all the recipes we make this year, which will be shared with you. It is great to see how much they enjoy the cooking and how well they take part in the lessons! 

What a great cooking lesson! 

To start us off, ready for a great weekend, we were able to taste an American treat brought in by Miss Moss to celebrate her Birthday. Thank you Miss Moss! 

After a busy week, Preschool is ready to go home; relax and refuel, ready for a great last week before the break!

Have a great weekend and I look forward to meeting with you next week. 

Sabina Michelotti

Reminders 

• Parent Teacher Conferences will be held next week, please contact me in case of any changes or questions. 

• Swimming on Monday. 

• Cooking on Wednesday-please bring in containers. 

• For Show&Tell  on Tuesday, I would like the students to bring in their favourite recipe (if they are simple enough, we may even try making them in our cooking lessons this year!).