Religion: Lives of the Saints
☑ Waratah has chosen St Jerome as our Special Saint for this month.
- Patron saint of librarians, students and angry tempers
- Feast day September 30
- Symbols - pet lion (he pulled thorns out of its paw); skull and hourglass (the transience of life); trumpet (the Last Judgment)
English: Reading Eggs
☑ Map 5 Lesson 44
Human Society & Environment: Investigation
Topic: Families Past and Present - Then and Now.
☑ The History of Soccer:
- Beginnings in Ancient Greece [Link]
- from Aztec and Mayan games through mob soccer to the development of modern rules [Link]
- the Chinese played Cujo (watched excerpt from Red Cliff [Link] in Chinese)
Cultural Studies: Languages
☑ Viewing Chinese language movie (see above)
Mathematics: Weights and Measures
☑ Measuring and weighing toy animals
(Waratah measured the penguin at 5 1/2 cm and asked the correct way to write it, but read it as 55cm when answering the questions, hence the choice of penguin as the tallest animal.)
English: Handwriting Practice
☑ Using the blue / green / brown (sky / bush / earth) reminders for letter placement (see Maths work above).
Creative Arts: Music
☑ Listening to Australian Folk songs on CD.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: Role Play Safety
☑ Calling emergency services (giving name and address); Animal Rescue game with Mulga.
Cultural Studies: Festivals and Celebration
☑ Celebrations of Spring - Dancing around the Maypole (watched numerous videos on Youtube and discussed).
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: Free Choice Activity
☑ Ribbon Dancing to celebrate Spring
Science & Technology: Observation and Report
Topic: Looking around you - The Playground
☑ A close look at Earthworms
(Report not completed; further research to follow).
Preschool
Colours: Rainbow hunt
Active lifestyle: Ribbon Dance (see photo above)
Music: Nursery Rhymes
Imaginative Play: Emergency Services - Animal Rescue
Infant Activities
Gross Motor Activities: Boronia rolled over for the first time.
Exploration: Several air baths on a lovely day; also lying on a mat on the grass.
Self-awareness: Boronia used the potty.
Baby Sign Language: Introduced "Toilet" and "All done".
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