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Good afternoon Giraffe families, we hope you’ve had a lovely Wednesday. This morning we started off our group time with a story called “The magic beach”, on each page the children were asked to observe the pictures thor horoug oughly hly t to give t o give them hem an n ide idea of of wh what t they hey mi might ght find at t find at the he bea each ch, , we made we made lis list on on the he whi white b e boa oard t d to help o help us us make e a sen a sensory ory box w x wit ith h al all l of of t the he ob obje ject cts s ment mentio ioned. ned. We completed our sunshine online activities on the interactive TV, still focusing on the letter “M” working on our pronunciation and building literacy skills. We sang “the pirate’s life” song and the children helped make up up r rhy hymin ming words g words t to c o creat reate e a new a new rem remix. ix. After er group group t tim ime e the he c chi hildren ldren w were ere free ee to p o play lay wit with th h the e set set u up l learnin earning g exper experiences iences aroun round t d the he roo room. W m. We p e provide rovided cons d construct ruction b ion block ocks, s, se sea c creature reature puzz uzzles, les, the he me measurin suring sc g scales, les, and nd the he p pirat irate e sh ship ips s wit with h al all l the he s sma mall ll piec ieces. es.

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Date 15 - Jul - 20 Catherine Emily Elin Amanda Day Wednesday 9:30 - 6 7:30 - 4 7:15 - 3 Away 10 mins 10 mins 10MINS 1.00 - 1.30 12:00 - 12:30 12:30 - 1 CHILD'S NAME Rest Time Lunch Clothing Morning tea ALEX ALL ALL REST AYDAN ALL ALL REST ANTHONY (AJ) ALL ALL REST AUSTIN ALL ALL REST ASHER ALL ALL REST AMELIA NONE ALL REST COLIN ALL ALL REST SEZAL ALL ALL REST EMMA ALL ALL REST CHARLIE ALL ALL REST GAVIN ALL ALL REST HARBANI ALL MOST REST SAMUEL ALL ALL REST ILAN ALL ALL 12:30 - 2 INA ALL ALL REST ISABELLA ALL MOST REST JACKSON ALL ALL REST JOSEPH ALL ALL REST LANNING ALL ALL REST LILLIANA ALL ALL REST JOYCE ALL ALL REST NAOMI ALL ALL REST JAYDEN ALL ALL REST SARAH ALL ALL REST WILLIAM ALL ALL REST UV ratjng 9.00 - 3.10 morning tea FRESH FRUITS lunch Splitpea and lentjl dahl with rice afuernoon tea Margarita pizza