Mini News January/ February 2014

Minischool Mini News January & February 2014

Thankyou to all of our blog and facebook followers, we have had such an interesting year so far already.

We began our preschool year at the beginning of January when we returned early in the New Year to enjoy a summer of activities and preschool vacation care.

Our preschool graduation was a success. The afternoon tea ceremony, cake cutting, presentation of folders and super cape gifts were much appreciated by the graduates but their highlight was when we left the parents at home and headed out for a teacher/ student dinner. The kids enjoyed ordering the biggest pizzas and scribbling their artworks and names all over the paper tablecloths before tiki touring on the way home. Thanks to Pauline, Michael and Meliss at The Rock for hosting our dinner out. We already miss our big boys as they head off to school.

So far this year, we have already covered themes and learning of

All about me, where we learnt how tall we were, the letters in our names, what our footprints look like and eye colour. Plus what are the same and differences between us, our friends and family.

Valentines day and love, We learnt about the best emotions, what made us happy and loved, posted letters to our parents to let them know we loved them (thanks to Jasper for licking 18 stamps!) we also made huge heart cookies and gave loads of free hugs.

We then enjoyed the winter Olympics with games and obstacle courses (the jumping Olympic course was our favourite). We included an international theme to learn about the continents, flags of the world and international costumes. Lots of laughs as we found out what ducks and other animals sound like in 7 to 10 different languages. Our Minischoolers got to have an up close view of the beach carnival from our gazebo. Thanks to all of our parents and volunteers who came and had fun with us especially cooling off with a splash-a-thon at the end of the day.

At the beginning of autumn, it was a great time to learn about all the seasons. We learned about weather patterns and what clothes we need to wear in each season. Lots of leaf collecting and leaf craft. The windy weather was perfect for testing our handmade bag kites. Many of our kites also made it to the foundation day kite festival which was great to see such a good turn out from our little ones, even if all didn’t enter, we hope you had fun anyway J

Last week we went on a guava (porpay) hunt in 3 different locations and now have plenty of juice for making guava jelly to enjoy on our lemonade scones. One of our older children invented Guava pops- Just pop yourselves over to our blog for a photographic display on how to make these easy and tasty treats for kids.

You will find our guava jelly & lemonade scone recipe on there as well.

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There were also plenty of ending and beginnings during the past week. An excursion to the airport farewelled one of our friends, we hope he saw us as we raced the place in the field at the side of the runway.

Thankyou to all of our parents, families and community members who have helped us on our transition towards our new home closer to the school and town. It has been done with minimal disruption to our children thanks to your support.

New Adventures await us on this fabulous early learning journey.

♥ Cristina & Mandy

Minischool is a fresh, fun, inspirational & educational preschool offered to 3 to 5 year old children of Norfolk Island.