This week Waterfall has been doing their best preparing for Sports festival, making lots of craft, dancing, and even milking farm animals!
We went to the gym twice this week to practice racing and dancing. Each student had to think about their own responsibility, what they had to do, where to stand, and what to do next. It has been a great opportunity for students to continue gaining independence while moving their bodies and developing and understanding of healthy habits.
Half of the class had their swimming lesson at the central pool, where the coaches are really impressed by how everyone is getting used to splashing, moving in water, and even getting faces wet too! The other (younger) half had a “rhythmic” lesson with Miss Miwako. She allowed students to explore rhythm through stories. We used our imaginations to take a walk around a lake, become frogs, and even chase fish!
As our unit of inquiry progresses, students created a lot of craft this week. We made sharks, and finished our forest animal masks too! Once finished, we pretended to be living in the forest, and made a huge variety of animal sounds and movements. It was great fun!
On Thursday, we had a visit from some dairy farmers! Students had the opportunity to find our where milk comes from, by getting “hands-on” with some cow udder models. Students could touch the dummy udders and squirt real milk from them! After that they even had a chance to make butter from the fresh milk. What an amazing experience!
We begin the new month of September next week, and we can witness the changing of the seasons, while putting the finishing touches to our Sports Festival preparation!
