Jacaranda Journals

Term 3, Week 1 (18.07.17-21.07.17)

Science is when you make something!

-Alia

The children were asked what they know about science.

Toby It is a language of talking.

Amelia It’s when you are making compost.

Rosa It is for making stuff.

Tyler Building towers.

Miss T Does anyone know what an experiment is?

Henry It means you play.

Alia You mix something together and find out what it is overnight.

Toby It’s making a cake.

After the children discussed what science is, we introduced the ’sink or float’ experiment.

Miss T Can anyone tell us what sink means?

Oli Sink means goes to the bottom.

Miss T What does float mean?

Toby Floats on the top of the water.

Let the predictions begin…

Item 1: The flower

Matteo It will float because the water is not wavy.

Item 2: Orange

Eva It will float because it’s big.

Mia It is cold so will float.

Jared It will sink.

Item 3: Wooden spoon

Rosa It will sink because it’s straight.

Zac Float.

Alia Sink, because its smooth.

Amelia Sink because its wooden.

A Mindful exploration into the senses: Taste

The children were asked to think about how each flavour tasted and felt.

The orange.

Toby It’s delicious.

Jared It tastes like mandarin.

Oliver It was good.

Eva It feels nice on my tongue.

Alia Sour but yummy.

Liam It wasn’t tasty.

Broccoli (picked from our very own ELC vegetable garden)

Alia It tasted ok.

Jade Delicious.

Mia Yummy. Tickly on my hand.

Henry I just don’t like the taste of it.

Jared It taste like the garden.

Chocolate

Amelia Yummy.

Floyd I love it.

Science experiences offer ideal opportunities to promote other aspects of children’s learning and development, including language, literacy and social skills. As children are naturally curious, science experiences will often keep them engaged for long periods of time and they offer natural opportunities for children to ask questions and have conversations in which they share ideas and solve problems.

Extract from Putting Children First, the magazine of the National

Childcare Accreditation Council Issue 38 June 2011 (Pages 16-17)

Jacaranda Journals

Term 3, Week 1 (18.07.17-21.07.17)

Holiday Reflection

What was the highlight of your holiday?

Alia: I went to Lorne and I stayed in a hotel for three days and I saw a cockatoo and it went cluck, cluck, cluck. I went

with my family.

Henry: On the holidays me and my mum went to Luna Park. I went on the dragon ride with Clemmy and Amelia. We

went on our boat to the sea.

Eva: I went to a friend’s house and there was a cat.

James: I went to the snow in the city and I made a big snowman. I went to the museum and saw a big horse. I saw an old

house at the museum.

Mia: Daddy bought this (a bracelet) and some crayons at the mall.

Liam: I went with my brother to Legoland. I went skiing- there was ice at the snow.

Toby: On the holidays my nanna came over. On the last day of holidays I watched Bob in the afternoon.

Tyler: I went to the Gold Coast with Mummy and Olivia. I went on rides: a motorbike and a big train. It was warm. I

stayed in a hotel.

Ava: I went bowling – Daddy was the winner. I went to my nanna’s house across the road. I saw Frozen Disney on Ice.

Amelia: I went to the Frozen show, my big brother came. I went to a holiday house in England with stairs. We went to

golf in Oakleigh- I’m very clever at golf!

Zac: I went to the holiday house in Inverloch and I took a bike but not our scooters. I took a helmet. I went to the

football.

Rosa: I went to Luna Park with my family and my dog. I went on the dragon ride. I went to Sovereign Hill- that was

really old, lots of old shops. I saw old toys. There was fake snow and we brang our cold toys and that’s what

made us cold.

Frankie: I went to the movies and I saw Cars. I went with Alia and Mia. I had ice-cream.

Eleanor: I went to Lorne. Uncle Josh and Iya came to the holiday house. It was my birthday I turned 4. I had a frozen cake.

Jade: I went to the hairdresser and had a haircut. I went to the art gallery and we did art.

Oli: I played outside with my toys with Mummy and Daddy and my scooter. I saw Matteo on the holidays.

Floyd: I went to Thailand, I saw a monkey! Daddy, Mummy and Florence. I went swimming.

Jared: I went to the farm, Nanna’s farm. There’s a little bed and lambs and chickens and eggs.

“Children’s wellbeing, identity and sense of agency are dependent on

their communication skills and are strongly linked to their capacity to

express feelings and thoughts, and to be understood” (Victorian Early

Years and Development Framework, 2009, p. 28)

Jacaranda Journals

Term 3, Week 1 (18.07.17-21.07.17)

By Rosa By Jade

By Zac

By Amelia By Alia

Holiday Drawings

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Term 3, Week 1 (18.07.17-21.07.17)

“You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man”.

I sing the gingerbread man at home. -James

I read the book with my mum. - Eleanor

Following an interest in the story ‘The Ginger Bread Man’, we

designed our own gingerbread people before cooking them.

Tyler Mia Jared

Gingerbread Person Recipe 125 grams butter

1/2 brown sugar

1/2 golden syrup

1 egg or 1 serve of egg replacement

2 1/2 cups plain flour

1 tbs ground ginger

1 tsp mixed spice

1 tsp bi-carb

Mix ingredients together.

Bake for 10 minutes, 180C

We decided to share some of our

cookies with the staff from the school canteen

as a thank you for all of their continuous hard

work. Upon our visit we were welcomed into

the kitchen for a tour.

VEYLDF Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity

-show interest in other children and being part of a group

-engage in and contribute to shared play experiences