Term 2, Week 6

Let’s begin with a huge thanks to all families for the amazing, tasty treats that were shared last Friday – we were very sorry to say goodbye to Mr Harvey, but we had a wonderful five weeks and it was a great send off!

Luckily we’ll also be very distracted this week as we race right on into our junior school cross country. We’ll be running a short course here at Birchwood at 11.30am on Tuesday 11 June. Parents are most welcome to come along, however please follow the directions of the teachers at the marshalling area on where to stand – we LOVE that you are here to support your children, but distracted children sometimes head off towards parents (or stop altogether) rather than race to the finish line (and/or miss the start of their races) :)

We’re also going to be intensifying our topic focus as we take apart world maps looking for countries of interest, watch cultural clips from around the world, and develop some inquiry questions of our own. On that note, a reminder to families please to make payment for the Spirit of Polynesia show ($4.50 if you have not already paid), and for the Big Sad Wolf show ($4) directly to the office. The children adore these shows and it is important to support their learning in the visual and perfomance arts, not to mention literacy.

Finally, we are still collecting plastic soft drink bottles with the “star” or “flower” shaped base for an upcoming snowflake printing project. If you have any bottles to donate please bring them in to Room 3 this week :) So far, we only have a couple.