The children happily shared key highlights of the week using their Home School Journals to help them. Once we had remembered what we had been up to, we each drew pictures of our favourite parts. Some of us were able to hear the key sounds in the words we wanted to write.

With the weather forecast improving slightly, we have again used every opportunity to get outside. The children love out of class learning, and so do the teachers. The children embarked on a special scavenger hunt which we used to help them explore descriptive words. Some of the instructions were to find something; hard, crunchy, smooth and soft. All the children demonstrated great imagination and super thinking skills as they explained why their object fit the description. We also explored the climbing equipment with many of us overcoming our previous fears of climbing over the climbing wall.

We love visiting The Hub and exploring the range of facilities it has to offer. This week, we decided to take all our show and tell objects to The Hub for a circle time. Afterwards, we used the Chromebooks to play a special shape sorting game. Everyone in Transition was eager to give it a go and, with a little help from an adult, all the children were able to use the Chromebooks to effectively complete the game.

In continuation of our topic, festivals and celebrations, we looked into St. Patrick's Day and Holi, the festival of colour. Within Pre-Prep it is important that we acknowledge and celebrate a range of festivities from different cultures. The children absolutely loved to hear about the celebration and how it compares (and differs) from their own celebrations. We watched a special video showing us the celebration of throwing powdered paint. This is done to welcome spring. Using paint and straws, we created magnificent pictures by blowing the paint into different directions.

To celebrate St.Patrick's Day, we used a range of green materials to decorate our shamrocks. It required us to use our super fingers, using scissors to trim the ribbon and tear green paper into smaller pieces.

Other activities we have been enjoying this week have been; our letter sound e, going on a scavenger hunt to find things which begin with the sound e, playdough pancakes, games on the paddock, dressing up, chitting potatoes and scooping out pumpkins. Another super busy week in Transition!