Sept 9
This week has been all about socialising and spending time
in groups it seems! Because we still had the use of the foosball and the pool
table, we had great big groups, with mixes of boys and girls, young and old,
all playing together. Lots of the children have seen pool played but many
hadn’t learnt the rules yet. So there were lots of discussions about how which
ball was meant to be hit, and who got extra goes!
On Monday we got in the garden and trimmed back the herbs.
We love to give the herbs to parents when they go home and hear all the yummy
meals that are going to be made. We have been trying to help children learn the
names of herbs, by identifying them by smell and sight.
Outdoors we were lucky with the weather and were playing
lots of badminton, soccer and make believe games on the playground. While
indoors we were constructing with boxes.
On Tuesday we spent more time at the long jump pit. It was
been really pleasing to see many children having a growth mindset when thinking
about their performance. Lots of them could pick apart what went wrong. Some
asked questions about how they looked as they jumped. But everyone kept trying
and trying different techniques to achieve their best. As some of our older
children are now jumping well over three metres they are reaching the other end
of the pit!
We also kicked everyone outdoors on Tuesday, taking
advantage of the good weather is really important for us at OSHC. Outdoors we
had big groups of chasey, big mixed age group playing soccer together and the
giant bouncy ball in the SAC.
On Wednesday a group of girls and an educator put their
bodies to work and dug an extra metre and a half of the long-jump pit. We were
rewarded with a new OSHC record!!! 4.1 m!!!
While some were working hard, another group were off
designing a relaxing room. It was complete with comfortable chairs, books to
read and a massage parlour.
On Thursday we had a focus on physical play. In the SAC we
had a group play a half-court basketball game, marks up and the kids ran their
own basketball skills workshop where they traded tips and tricks.
Indoors we built cubby houses, did homework and relaxed in
front of the Wii.
Have the kids ever come home with homework, but then had a
busy night and not had time? Why not encourage them to do it at OSHC? As many
of our staff are teachers in training, they are really happy to help out and
assist the kids with their work. We are happy to listen to kids read, problem
solve inquiry projects, double check maths homework and more.
By the end of the week when everyone was exhausted, we put
on a movie to unwind. We watched Mr. Peabody & Sherman in the long room and
chilled out on bean bags, pillows and rocking chairs. Mr. Peabody is a highly
intelligent dog and with his adopted son Sherman, they travel through time and
have ludicrous adventures.
In the SAC we brought
out the blue mats and practised some gymnastics while others played a more
primitive version by flopping, tumbling and splatting themselves on the mat.
Watch this space for the up and coming Vacation Care Program.
Over the last couple of weeks we have been hearing lots of reports about the Royal Adelaide Show. Here is one of our young people's thoughts.
Luke’s thoughts of the show
I rate the show 8/10. Bad reasons, there are hardly any
fish, there are corn dogs and corn dogs are gross, there’s no good
tacos/burritos and finally WHERES THE SPORT???
Good things about the show the rides, show bags, animals and
the people. The best animals were pigs because their babies are very cute and
their noses are squishy. Best show bag was Zappomungus.
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