Here it goes our first official post!!! We’d like to tell
you a bit about our week and our goings on.
At the bottom you will find the Vac Care program. Please be
aware that you will still need to fill in a booking form at OSHC.
Tuesday 15th:
The kids spent time playing board games. One
Night Ultimate Werewolf was easily the favourite. Sometime was spent in the
SAC with the older boys playing cricket for a large part of the day while
others made cubby-houses using the chairs and blankets. By the end of the day
everyone was exhausted and enjoyed relaxing and watching the newest Sponge Bob movie.
If you would like to play One Night Ultimate Werewolf at home, cards can easily be made on
paper and the app is free! It is a great game for children, each person gets to
act out different roles, use critical problem solving skills and question each
other to uncover the truth.
Friday 18th:
Damian spent the evening playing cricket with the boys; there was a great
amount of sportsmanship with the players being resilient to getting out and
taking the defeat in their stride. There has been a focus on participating
fairly so that the game keeps moving. The players need to know that after
batting they need to get involved fielding so the game carries on.
Friday is our movie night; we had a giggle watching Wallace
and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit last week.
Our staff member Sarah attended a training session during
the day at the Lady Gowrie centre. The training was focussed on holistic
planning for our children and worked with the My Place, Our Time framework. It
was aimed to improve and reiterate the importance of planning meaningful activities
to suit student interest and needs.
Book Review by Ava W.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The book is a fantasy action quest book with lots of magic.
The characters are Bilbo Baggins the hobbit, Gandalf the
wizard, Smeagle the more humanised version of Gollum, a twisted crazy hobbit
like thing crazed by the ring (and really scary if you ask me, in the movie
more so).
I think the kind of people that would like the book would be
someone that would like to stay up all night reading it until the break of
sunlight.
Rating: is 8/10.
Tuesday 22nd:
At the end of the day we like to switch off the computer and the Wii, as a
way of calming down for the evening. This is a great time where we encourage
the use of geometric shapes, dominoes and the marble run. These are activities
that regularly involve different children who wouldn’t normally spend time
together. They have the opportunity to collaborate, design and trial different
ideas.
Wednesday 23rd: In the
afternoon we had lots of active children running around and getting their
heartbeats racing. There was basketball and cricket in the SAC and poison ball
and games outside. Inside there was a great game of monopoly, but like all
games of monopoly it was deserted mid-game! But I’m sure there were lessons of
economy and trading before the desertion…
Thursday 24th: Due to
Good Friday being a public holiday, Thursday became our Fake-Friday. This is
when we have a movie and eat ice-cream a day early (To the children’s absolute
delight). We had a fun evening watching Princess and the Frog, played some more One Night, Ultimate Werewolf. There was basketball in the SAC again
(a growing interest at OSHC), soccer on the oval and cricket on the
tiger-turf.
Movie Review by Laszlo:
Big Hero 6
The movie is about a boy named Tadashi who made a
marshmallow guy who helped people. He was like a doctor and his name was
Baymax. Tadashi died in a big fire in school. Hiro was Tadashi’s little
brother. They lived above a café. It was about superheroes and friendship.
9/10
Here are some creations through the week. Top left, a world designed by Milla and Ava. Top right, a marble run that was as tall as a child. Bottom, a necklace made by Madyson.
Vac Care Program: Please remember make bookings at OSHC.
