Last Friday 1L got together after school for a class party organised by our super class parents Cari and Tanya.
The children swam, decorated Christmas baubles and gingerbread cookies, rode their scooters and played at the playground. Some of the girls even made up their own art activity -- they decorated paper plates with the paint tubes that were used for decorating the baubles (so we eventually ran out of paper plates!). At the very end, the all received 'secret Santa' presents. A wonderful chance to play and have some fun with class buddies.
The children have been learning about a very special celebration this week - Weddings. Today we held our very own wedding in Year 1 and the children from 1L were the guests. We had a lot of fun decorating cakes to make a grand wedding cake for the reception and we made lots of bunting and confetti too. The children all came dressed in their best clothes for the celebration and some of the children read out a love poem we had written in class. After the wedding we went back to our shared area for the wedding reception where we ate cakes and danced to celebrate. it was a wonderful wedding day. Many thanks to the secondary drama students who made a wonderful wedding party!
We have been learning about the celebration of Thanksgiving . We learned that people in north America and Canada all celebrate Thanksgiving on the 3rd Thursday in November. We watched the story of the very first Thanksgiving meal shared by the pilgrims . We also thought about what we are thankful for. The turkey is a symbol of Thanksgiving . We made a hand print turkey picture and then went outside to grill some real american smores made of chocolate and marshmallows over a fire.
This week the children will be learning about the Celebration of Diwali and how it is Celebrated.
1L had a fantastic time at the International day parade and during our visit to the food hall. The children's costumes were so very colourful and we enjoyed learning more about our home countries, making our national flag and locating our home country on a world map too.
Today we visited the International day Expo where the children took part in lots of activities from the many countries around the world.
have a look at our wonderful photos.