River room

We have come to an end of another beautiful term. What a year we had!! Term 4 was filled with many activities including The Lizard Wizard incursion, Halloween dress ups, Christmas activities and etc. 

The Lizard Wizard incursion

This incursion was a very interesting one for the kids and us educators.  In particular, incursions provide a new and exciting experience within an environment the children are familiar and comfortable, enhancing their confidence to experiment and explore. We got to meet some interesting reptiles like a snake, a turtle, a scorpion, a frog and etc, giving us the opportunity to pat them all! Some children could not have been more excited to hold every single one, whereas others were a bit more apprehensive. With the support of their educators and guidance, by the end of the session, even the children who were a little bit scared had the courage to pat some of the largest animals. It was so wonderful to see the children encouraging each other, acknowledging tricky emotions like nervousness and fear and celebrating each other’s’ bravery to engage with the creatures.

Halloween

Halloween this year was great with so many children coming in their favorite dress ups.  We had some activities during this time including a Halloween sensory tub and taped mummy for children to use their gross motor skills. Pretend play helps children learn how to be creative and flexible; an important life skill for their future. We also made a couple of Halloween wreaths with our Field room friends. 

Christmas

This was the most wonderful part of Term 4. The children had so much fun doing so many Christmas activities. The room was filled with so much Christmassy vibes. We set up the Christmas tree at the end of November because we educators were so excited about it. Then through out we did activities including painting, making baubles and wreaths, Christmas colour play dough and so on. We also had a Christmas sensory tub filled with Christmas coloured rice. We also enjoyed Christmas songs almost everyday. The Haven Christmas party was filled with so much joy and we hope you all enjoyed. 

It's a wrap!

To all our River room children, we wish you all the best for next year in the sun room. We will all miss you surely but can't wait to see your growth in the Sun room. Thank you for all the families for being a part of the River room.  We all hope everyone will have beautiful holiday. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

See you all in 2024!!

Chethi, Jesss, Cate, Sok & Elissa