The Fizzy Orange Soft Drink!!

Miss Jenny bought a soft drink, a fizzy orange soft drink.  Just the thing to quench her thirst on a hot and sunny day.  She turned the cap.  At least, she tried.  Thirsty Jenny almost cried, for though she tried with all her might, the cap stayed fixed and firm and tight!

The magpie pecked, the cat pawed and clawed, the dog bit and chewed but no-one could open it!!  (A little bit like our Koala Can!!)  Then a young boy found it and shook the bottle... bubble bubble.... then he turned the cap without much trouble and the cap went whizzing through the air and the drink fizzed out everywhere!!

This has been a very popular story of late, one the children really enjoy.  So today Liz brought in a 1 litre soft drink and we thought we would have a go at trying to get the cap off and test the theory ourselves.....

We read the story once more at mat-time.....

We each took a turn at trying to get the cap off...

 

  

Then we put on our aprons and went outside......

 

And we shook the bottle, bubble, bubble.....

 

 

 

AND.....

POP!!!!, it went fizzing everywhere!

Haha, not quite the fizz we were hoping for, but a fizz we did get!!  Maybe because it was a brown fizzy and not orange?  I think we might try it with Orange another day!  Loved the excitement and anticipation again, just like the Koala in the Can.  Great collaboration, sharing of idea's, working together, taking turns and patience, what a fun way to work, play and learn!

Strange creatures afoot at Uxbridge!

What a week we have had!  We have had a visit from a weta - who Deanne and I had watched get stung twice by a wasp!  It slowly lost the the use of its legs however the next day it hadn't died like we thought it would.  It was still alive so we released it back into the wild and it happily wandered off. 

The next visitor we had was a spider, it was quite large and Shi Ming's Dad told us it was a Large Brown Vagrant spider, native to New Zealand, nocturnal feeders and if it had a salmon colour on its front, it was a male.  Possibly he was out looking for a mate and he became lost at Uxbridge.

All five of our tadpoles have metamorphosed into frogs now too.  We have been feeding them the flies we catch and mealy worms.  I popped a preying mantis in their tank last week however it attacked the frogs so I removed him.

Our Axolotls are growing ever so big!  Beak, the brown one, is a little bit rough, especially when he is being fed his blood worms.  Pumpkin on the other hand, is slow and gentle. 

Our last visitor for the week was Deanne's pet rat Splinter.  His colouring makes him look like a Panda when he sleeps.  Splinter is very inquisitive, he even made a huge hole in his bed that Nate believes is so he can look out at everybody!

Canned Koala!!

Liz brought in a tin can and on the front was a picture of a Koala.  The tin had a lid so it started the discussion of how we could open it?  We tried extra hard with scissors but had no luck!  What could be possibly be in the can?  The children were just so interested and curious as to what could be inside, it was rather exciting, such a mystery and one that we were going to solve!  Ooh such suspense! The children were talking about it for a couple of days about what might be inside and how they were going to open it!  I wonder what will be inside?!!

We had some pretty amazing thoughtful responses from the children on what could possibly be inside and these were some of their answers - a big aeroplane, jelly meat, a snake, a butterfly, a monster, spaghetti, koala food......  The anticipation grew and grew!!  Kailah even said to her mummy at dinner if she could bring her can opener into Kindy so we could open it.  Lucky Liz brought one in from home.

At mat-time, it was finally the big reveal, we had found a tin opener and we were going to open the can!!  Ooh what's going to be inside!!!  We just couldn't wait any longer!!

Everyone stood back, Teacher Deanne was looking worried, should she open it?  YES!!  So she slowly started undoing the tin.....round and round..........until we got to the end, shall she take the lid off??  YES!!!  She squealed as something furry popped out and so quickly put the lid back on.  Then slowly she raised a little of the lid again,  Ahhh she screamed!!  It's got two eyes, a big black nose and furry ears..... Ahhhh!!! and put the lid back down.  We all wanted it opened and were giggling in suspense, so being big and brave once again, we took the lid off AND......  out popped a furry cuddly Koala!!  How funny is that, exactly what it said on the label on the tin!

We passed it around for everyone to give a great big cuddle, what gentle hands and loving arms we had.  Liz said we could keep the cuddly Koala at Kindy, thanks Liz.  I wonder what adventures we might get up to with our new furry friend xx

 

 

 

 

Abseiling!!

Today we had a go at abseiling up the slide.  It required a lot of strength, balance and perseverance to make it to the top.  Well done to everyone who took part, tough challenge!!

The great big mud puddle!!

Anzac Day activities!

ANZAC day activities...........

This week we have been doing lots of activities for Anzac Day in remembrance of the Australian and New Zealand soldier's who fought in the war. We have set up a special memorial with poppies and crosses.  All of the children contributed to the memorial in some way whether it was making poppies, baking anzac biscuits or painting the wreath.