What is a Star Made Of?

• “Stars are made out of rocks because they are like the moon and the moon is made out of rock” said Ben
• “They are made of metal and they don’t like to come out in light, only at dark time” said Braheem
• “I think they are made out of plastic because they are white and squashy and plastic is white and squashy” said Kyle
• “They are made out cheese, I don’t know why” said Joshua with a big smile
• “They are really shiny” said Jasper
• “Stars are hot” said Matthew
• “’Cause they look like the sun and the sun is hot” said Thomas Chapman
• “I think they get cold cause they are made out of ice” said Lachlan Martin
• “The moon is round like the sun but stars have sticks on the side that shine out” said Henry
• “Stars are made of shiny glass that is white” said Braheem
• “Stars don’t go away, the world turns around” said Ben
• “At the museum I saw the world and the world goes around really fast but we can’t feel it and so the stars are on one side” said Hugo
• “When the world turns around the sun is on one side and the stars are on the other” said Matthew
• “Yeah, the stars go where the sun was” said Kyle
• “When the sun goes to America at day time the stars go to Australia for night time” said Thomas
• “The stars came down and crashed up the dinosaurs but in real life the scientists believe a meteor came down and crashed the dinosaurs” said Dion
• “Stars may be made out of sun” said Jasper
• “When it’s day time the stars are still there but the day is light so we can’t see them because the sun is really brighter” said Hugo

Jack de Vidas Art Show

Congratulations to the following boys who were awarded prizes in the Jack de Vidas Art Show that all students wee entered in this year.
Merits:

• William N
• Isaac R
• Clark E
• Braheem A
• Rhys M
• Edison W
• Anthony P
• Henry N

Winners:

• Lachlan M
• Mick M

Photos For Christmas?

Festival City Photography has partnered with PAC again this year to profile a number of events in the school. Orders are currently being taken. To see whether there is a magic moment capturing your son's activities at school visit www.festival-photo.com.au/scripts/shoppingcart.dll and scroll down to the PAC section. To view the photos you must enter the date below.

• 08 may 08 Princesses Tea Party
• 24 June 08 Builder dress up day
• 26 June 08 Flinders Graduation
• 3 September 08 Big Boys Breakfast
• 25 September 08 Sports Day

Costumes for our Nativity

Dear Parents,
Next week we will begin production of a new set of animal costumes more suited to the size of our children for our stable animals in the nativity. They will be simple tabbards that go over children's heads and ties around the waist. If you are able to sew and keen to help and make a small number of costumes can you please let your child's classroom teacher know.
Thank you
Mel Bishop

Spinning Silk

Wow!! have you checked out our silk worms in both of our Kindergarten rooms? We have lots of eggs hatching, and at the same time are enjoying watching our big silk worms spinning cocoons. We wonder if we will be able to find the end of the silk thread and unravel them when the moths have broken free?
We are on the look out for any Mulberry trees. If you have any Mulberry trees near you house and are able to bring us some fresh leaves we would appreciate it very much
Thank you
Kindergarten Staff

Preferences for Reception in 2009

Dear Flinders Room Parents,
as the end of Kindergarten and start of school draws near for your sons, teachers have been busy helping students prepare for this big change. In coming weeks your son's will have visits from Reception teachers and closer to graduation will also go on visits to the Reception classrooms. In four weeks teachers will begin to separate the current Kindergarten class and Mid-year Reception class into two new class lists for 2009. Much work, care and thought goes into the preparation of these lists and staff work hard to ensure that each child has some familiar friends, a working group that is conducive to his development and a teacher that suits his learning style.
Before this process begins however we will accept requests from parents for particular peer groupings. Please note that these must be in writing and that we do not accept requests for teachers. Please feel free to forward your requests to Mel at mbishop@pac.edu.au, Bec at rgolding@pac.edu.au or Annabel at aecroyd@pac.edu.au
Please be aware that requests will be considered but may not be able to be actioned for one reason or another in every case. If you have requested certain friendships to stay together it is always wise to supply us with at least three names. Due to the need to meet and place new students joining us at the college in 2009 class lists are not completed and finalised until the start of 2009.
Thank you
Mel Bishop

Bursting Into Life

Dear Pirie and Flinders Room Parents,
This term we will be finishing our Unit of Inquiry entitled Bursting into Life. Students have already had the opportunity this year to observe growth and change in seeds and eggs and have talked about changes in humans and how we grow. Last term in the Pirie Room there was much discussion about birth with the imminent arrival of Tilda and this term of course we will be focusing on the story about the birth of Baby Jesus. Both rooms currently have tadpoles swimming about and in the coming weeks children will also be able to observe silk worms change as well as hatching monarch butterflies from cocoons.
To support this enquiry we would appreciate it if you could send a photo of your child as a baby to school. We are looking for the earliest picture that you have so that the comparison is most evident. If you are unable to send a digital photo to mbishop@pac.edu.au please send your child's photo to school clearly marked so that we may return it to the correct owner at the end of the term!
Pirie Room students also have a short questionnaire to complete with their mum and dad about when they were a baby.
If you have a new baby in your family and would be comfortable giving your baby a bath in the Pirie or Flinders room please let your child's class teacher know.
Thank you for the support you offer class room teachers by bringing in photos requested from home. They really help enrich our program and help children feel a real link between home and school. We appreciate it very much
Thank you again
Kindergarten Staff

Parent Direct and Chalk Catalouges

Dear Parents,
Parent Direct and Chalk Catalogue orders close at the end of week 2 - Friday the 24th October. If you have any outstanding order please pass them directly to Mrs Pip Cooper.
Thank you

Quiz Night Raffle Basket

Dear Parents,
your P&F reps are currently collecting donations for the Quiz Night Raffle. The theme for the Kindergarten is "Entertainment" and we have already had a few DVD's a cook books donated. Please keep them coming in and place them in the orange basket outside the Pirie Room before this Thursday morning.
Thank you for your kind donations

The Spring Thing

It has been wonderful to welcome back the warm weather and great to see the boys observing the seasonal changes. We have had some lovely sunny days and so it is now time to remind parents to send their child's hat to school as term 4 is a compulsory hat wearing term. Term 4 is always a great term to move back to water in children's drink bottles as this often quenches children's thirst for more satisfactorily than milk, juice or cordials.
We have already had our first cases of hay fever. If your child is particularly prone to bouts of hay fever please feel free to visit your family Doctor for a health plan. After receiving a health plan you can send this with a named bottle of hay fever medication so that relief can be administered at Kindergarten. Please note that staff can not administer hay fever medication to children with symptoms without a health plan even if the medication is one that is familiar to you. Spring is also a good time to check that any asthma medication is still in date.

An Exciting Arrival

Dear Parents,
we are thrilled to announce the arrival of Tilda Annie May Webster on the 8th of October weighing 7lb and 11oz. Both Bron and Tilda are doing well and we hope to be able to share some photos with you soon... you may see more of Tilda at our Nativity!
We would also like to announce the arrival of Izabella Sarita McCauley on the 12th October weighing 6lb 2oz. Both Kellie and Izabella are doing well.
(Please note that Ms Hodges is taking art this term in Kellie's absence)