Monday, 8 August 2016 Music Over the past couple of weeks we have been exploring sound, looking at high and low pitches. To further extend the children's knowledge Miss. Rouse showed the children her special music staff, or stave house. Miss. Rouse explained the concepts of pitch by showing the children when there are marks at the top of the house, the roof, the pitch is high and when there are marks at the bottom of the house, the floor, the pitch is lower/deeper. We then made our own pitch sounds using pipe cleaners, which were performed in front of the group.
Clara: Milan: What sort of sports? Milan: Blake: I saw them - all the girls - running. They are sports. What are the Olympics? Running, swimming, and all kinds of sports. And whoever wins gets the golden medal. Mummy and me saw the beach volleyball. I saw the Australian swimming. Who were they swimming against? Blake: Who won the gold medal? What colour did they win? North America and other people from different places. Monday, 8 August 2016 I went to my cousin s house and saw the Olympics. And they were doing swimming. And they won golden medals. The fastest swimmer in the pool. The Australian swimmer girls win two medals. Gold. Australia I so many that night. At home, I saw swimming at the Olympics. I saw the Australian song. The anthem. The Australian anthem. When did you hear the Australian anthem? Chloe: Henry: Olivia: Olivia: Harper: Taj: Billie: Ruby: When the Australian girls won. I watched an amazing thing. At the Olympics they climbed on boxes. It was really dangerous. There was lots of different countries but we saw Australia. Some people try really hard to win. But everything the other ones. Once they keep trying really hard. When Mummy and I watched the Olympics. It was the test runner. And she won 3 medals. What colour were the medals? Green. Who was competing? Ruby: That means there are 4 medals. My Dad said "Australia has the most medals." On TV we saw a room it was made of special glass and there were all sorts of people there. The ceremony? At the end they put a fire in a bowl. The first people who were born do it. They got to put the fire in the bowl. And when the sports have stopped they put it down. When they run they never stop running because they want to win! I saw the beach one and the swimming one. I saw the shooting arrow. The bow and arrow. Chinese against Australia. Australia won. The team won. I watched three of them. The volleyball, swimming and the bow and arrow. The highest flag is the Australia and that means Australia won. Next year there is going to be no Olympics. Because it comes every 4 years. It's goes for two weeks. Because people like to see what the Olympics mean. Australian Flag by Aiden
Angus: Sean: What do they land on? Sean: Billie: Ruby: Henry: Taj: Angus: Harper: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 What sports do you see at the Olympics? Swimming because they come from different lands. Gymnastics this morning my Daddy told me he saw people jumping over a green pole. It s a sport that you have a long stich and you have to do tricks. High Jump. You jump over something like a cone. A trampoline. Gymnastics. Gymnastics. Bicycle riding. Soccer. Horse riding. They ride horses. Basketball. Soccer. Running. Netball. Weightlifting. Weightlifting is who can be the strongest and lift the weight lifting. My Mummy is a weight lifter. She does it at home. I saw Rugby. It was the girls. Horse riding. We shared a non-fiction book about the Olympics. As we looked through the pictures the children noticed familiar things that they had seen after viewing the Olympics. What are the Paralympics? Angus: What is it made of? People who have hurt themselves can still play. It would be really hard. That man in the wheel chair looks really strong. He has lots of muscles. That is the Olympic flag. Rings. Olympic Drawings Wednesday, 10 August 2016 After our discussion on Tuesday we watched some of the different types of events the Australian team is competing in at the Rio Olympics. We watched some of the Australians being presented with their medals and commented on the how the medals are awarded and celebrated. After viewing the events we enjoyed drawing what we had seen. The swimming race. One guy just jumped in so fast. Felix Olympic divers. When they jump off the diving board their arms and legs are connected. They go very high into the sky and then they dive into the water and touch their toes. Olivia Olympic swimming doing backstroke Australia and America. Australia is winning. Aiden.
An Olympic swimming team. Arabella Australia and France swimming team. Australia is going to win. Sean It s the gymnastics. Harper A person jumping off a diving board. It s North America. Blake Olympic diving team. It s Australia. Clara Australia is doing soccer. William Equestrian. Australia against China. Ruby This is diving. Australia against Russia. Thomas It s the Olympic swimming. Australia is winning. Taj An Australian runner. He is winning against New Zealand. Milan It s Olympic swimming. Angus They are all different teams. There is Canada, Australia and America. Kyler It s the swimming. Billie Its Olympic swimming. These are all the countries. Gigi Olympic cycling. Henry
Thursday, 11 August 2016 In preparation for the Mini Olympics the children have been practising their skills in our Motor Skills sessions with Mrs. Zachest. Thursday morning was a fun occasion for the children to put all those skills in to action and compete in the ELC Mini Olympics. The children participated in six events; hockey, athletics, swimming, equestrian, team work (feeding the chickens) and relay. To celebrate the children's achievements, they were presented with an individualised medal they had made especially for the event. When all children had their medal, Aiden raised the Australian flag and we all sang the National Anthem the crowd showered the athletes will huge applause of congratulations.
Victorian Early Years Learning & Development Framework Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing: recognise their individual achievements, demonstrate spatial awareness, combine gross motor and balance.
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