We have had a big ‘making’ week this week. We have baked,
constructed buildings from pop sticks, built waffle block houses and sewn toys.
We have set a challenge this week to build a tower that is
at least 30cm tall and can hold 1kg of weight. The children can only use
skewers, pop sticks, pegs and masking tape. So far every is designing slowly
and trialling different techniques. This has been a great chance for everyone
to develop their problem solving and teamwork skills when working in groups.
While everyone has avoided the outdoors and the heat, some
have relished the air con and developed different skills indoors. Sewing has become popular again for some
people, with one student producing a felt gnome.
We have been enjoying watching some David Attenborough
documentaries in the last couple of weeks. Although the picture quality is not
as good as what we are used to, the sense of adventure and wonder is still
engaging from Sir Attenborough. We were even lucky to find a baby blue-tongue
lizard during our hot weather! Not fluffy and cuddly, but still adorable.
In our kitchen we baked banana cup-cakes and apple and
cinnamon cupcakes on Wednesday. On Thursday we ditched the cooking because of
the heat and made chocolate crackles instead.
The groups were challenged to do as much as they could on their own.
They had to rely on their reading and comprehension skills to cook.
Our Vacation Care program is being developed as we speak. If
there are dates that you know you will definitely need, you can always let us
know ahead of time.
