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Simone’s Message By Simone Cooke, Principal

WELCOME TO TERM TWO

A warm welcome back to Term Two. What an enjoyable and relaxation time we had during our Easter

Vacation. We were so thrilled so many of you could join us for our Easter festivities and visit from the Easter

bunny. This week we showcase the highlights of our three week Vacation, from Easter Yoga sessions with

Miss Kelly through to Easter Treasure Hunts, Rock n Roll Rabbit dance day and our PJ and Movie Day. It was

a wonderful opportunity for us all to just take a break from our regular classes and enjoy the celebrations!

SPECIALIST CLASSES

This term promises to be another busy term at Reddam with many varied and thought provoking

Provocations planned across each of the classes. We have made some slight changes to the timetabling

of our Specialist classes this term and a roster of our classes is attached to assist you in knowing when your

child’s classes will be taking place. Rotating our classes ensures all our children enjoy a sampling of each

of the various classes and some exciting new classes including Drama and Italian have been added. Our

existing teachers Valentina and Simon will also be assisting us with Italian classes this term with the success

of our Mandarin classes inspiring us to add another language class throughout the week.

MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

We would like to invite all our Families to join us for Morning Tea next Friday 12th May between 8.00 –

9.00am in celebration of Mother’s Day. Please feel free to join us if your child does not attend school on this

day.

5TH MAY 2017

Monday Ballet Miss Tess Speidel- Con-nolly

Tuesday Yoga Miss Kelly Nance

Wednesday Music Mr Justin Sze

Italian Miss Valentina Procopio & Simon de Vallier

Thursday Physical Education Coach Spencer Clifton

Drama Miss Laura Hudson

Friday Mandarin Miss Sherry Zu


Easter Morning Tea


Easter is such a fun time of year, filled with pastel colours, chocolate and catching up

with family and friends. For our Easter Craft Day the school was abuzz as it was the first

day of our Vacation Care Programme.

The Nest and Hatchlings made some adorable hand puppets whilst the Fledglings

tested their artistic talents painting "Mum and Bub" chicks. Stage 2 used various craft

items to make special Easter cards and Stage 3 and 4 used collage to decorate eggs

with new special chalk markers creating designs on black paper. Overall we had a busy

yet fabulous day!!

Easter is such a fun time of year, filled with pastel colours, chocolate and catching up

with family and friends. For our Easter Craft Day the school was abuzz as it was the first

day of our Vacation Care Programme. The Nest and Hatchlings made some adorable

hand puppets whilst the Fledglings tested their artistic talents painting "Mum and Bub"

chicks. Stage 2 used various craft items to make special Easter cards and Stage 3 and 4

used collage to decorate eggs with new special chalk markers creating designs on

black paper. Overall we had a busy yet fabulous day!!

Easter Craft Day By Miss Sue


Easter Craft Day


Eggs, Eggs, Eggs by Miss Kasia

Easter is a wonderful holiday to be celebrated. There are beautiful signs of spring, bright

colours, energetic children, and the excitement of the Easter egg hunt ahead. At

Reddam we like to celebrate Easter with all its egg-citing possibilities !

As part of the celebrations we invited the children to creatively decorate hard boiled

eggs. We used food colouring, sharpies, Japanese paper as well as googly eyes and

feathers. The Children created egg monsters, collage eggs, and traditional dyed eggs

called Pysanky. Each class had an opportunity to try new techniques and create their

own unique design.


It’s Easter Egg Hunt Day! Miss Amanda and Miss Riina

Each class got to go outside for an Easter egg hunt with their Teachers. Where are all the eggs?

The teachers hid shiny plastic eggs around the school for the children to find. The children found

them in trees, in the cubby house, in pot plants and even in the sandpit! Everyone had a

wonderful time out in the sun hunting down their Easter eggs. Once a child had found an egg

they could trade it in for a real chocolate egg! The children did a great job helping their friends

find an egg if they were having trouble.

Once the egg hunt was over the children used their plastic eggs for an egg and spoon race

while some of their friend played ‘pin the tail on the bunny’! It was very entertaining to watch the

children place their tails on the rabbit’s eyes, nose, ears or even on the Perspex about 1 metre

away from the picture of the rabbit! The children cheered each other on and the older children

tried really hard to listen to and follow the teacher’s directions as they attempted to get closer

than their friends. Everyone played really well together and displayed their skills in turn taking,

sharing and encouraging one another. A wonderful day was had by all!

Each class got to go outside for an Easter egg hunt with their Teachers. Where are all the eggs?

The teachers hid shiny plastic eggs around the school for the children to find. The children found

them in trees, in the cubby house, in pot plants and even in the sandpit! Everyone had a

wonderful time out in the sun hunting down their Easter eggs. Once a child had found an egg

they could trade it in for a real chocolate egg! The children did a great job helping their friends

find an egg if they were having trouble.

Once the egg hunt was over the children used their plastic eggs for an egg and spoon race

while some of their friend played ‘pin the tail on the bunny’! It was very entertaining to watch the

children place their tails on the rabbit’s eyes, nose, ears or even on the Perspex about 1 metre

away from the picture of the rabbit! The children cheered each other on and the older children

tried really hard to listen to and follow the teacher’s directions as they attempted to get closer

than their friends. Everyone played really well together and displayed their skills in turn taking,


Easter Egg Hunt


Eva and Amanda set up different sensory activities throughout the school that were

alternated between stages throughout the day. There was a sensory surprise Easter box,

which was beautifully decorated with Easter Bunny’s and Eggs, glitter and much more.

There was two openings to Easter surprise box, where the children could insert their

hands and feel around. This gave them great joy as they manipulated their digits

feeling things like marshmallows, feathers, squishy assortments.

Stage 1 The nest, hatchlings and fledglings were at first puzzled by the appealing box.

Some children very eager to put their hands in the hole, others hesitant at first however

once they did thoroughly enjoyed the sensory aspect.

Stage 2 The chicks, sparrows and robins, took a different approach, and began shaking

the box to hear the different noises that it was making.

Stage 3 and 4 were straight into it and began trying to pull the objects out after they

had their turn off feeling inside the box.

Sensory Play Day By Miss Eva and Miss Amanda F


Sensory Play


Easter Egg-citement


PJ and Movie Day By Miss Holly

As everyone arrived for pj and movie day the excitement grew, the chil-

dren were very interested in the different choices of sleepwear and spent

some time comparing slippers and gowns!

Once everyone had arrived it was time to find a comfy spot on the floor

with a cushion. The children waited patiently for their popcorn as the mov-

ie started. The look of excitement and wonder as they saw the familiar

face of Peppa Pig was lovely to see. The popcorn was passed around and

refills were given.

Once the movie had finished the children transitioned to various activities

around the classroom, a group of children initiated a creative drawing ex-

perience reflecting the movie. This drew the attention of their peers and

soon there were two tables set up for Pepper Pig related drawings.

Thank you to everyone that joined us for our last day of relaxing vacation care

fun!


Easter Cooking By Miss Bernadette

All age groups across the school engaged in an Easter provocation that revolved

around food. The children were provided with arrowroot biscuits to decorate, in the im-

age of Easter eggs. The children approached the provocation in various ways. Some

of the younger children were keen to explore the environment and experiment with

the items in front of them, using their sense of sight and touch. With some assistance

they decorated their cookies.

Other older children were very calculated in how they decorated their biscuits. They

asked inquiry questions about how to make icing and what colours mixed together to

make new colours on their ‘eggs’. Children of all ages were able to explore through

trial and error the best way to place sprinkles and sugar decorations on their eggs so

that they didn’t fall off.

While some children saved their creations to eat at morning tea – others couldn’t help

themselves, and their creations were consumed as soon as they were finished decorat-

ing. This provocation proved to be a stimulating and fun way to echo the joy and cele-

bration that many families experience over the Easter long weekend.


Easter Cooking


Easter Yoga

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