Fun in the Dark!

On Thursday Eden grounds were abuzz with excited Grade 2's....it was there Fun in the Dark evening! 

Throughout our novel Plop explores reasons why people like the dark because HE DOES NOT LIKE IT AT ALL!
Mel and I decided to go with the theme and organised an evening in the dark. When the children arrived they were each given a mask with a secret number on it.

We then had Michael come and tell them the story  about Guy Fawkes. "Remember, remember the 5 of November " rang out as Michael taught them the song while building our own 'GUY' by stuffing newspaper into an old shirt and pants.

It was too light to put him on the stake so ....... we organised a treasure hunt around the school! This they did in pairs  (the special numbers were under their masks) Among other things they collected sparklers and pop pops. Some of the activities were writing their names in chalk on the car park! They loved asking Mrs Whillier for her second name too!

Now it was time to burn the guy! Oh my gosh what excitement!

We then lit the sparklers, played with the pop pops and made scary faces with our torches!

Eventually time was running out so we ended with a beautiful fireworks display and sent everyone home to bed! Thank you to Michael and Byron for so ably helping us out

Diwali Festival

We were treated to a wonderful Diwali celebration on Friday. The Hindu children had all learnt beautiful dances and the older children explained the meaning of Diwali to the rest of us. We were then treated to a delicious breyani supplied by the Hindu community. Thank you to all concerned.

My beautiful Hindu children - all dressed up

Wow these girl;s look like models!

And they can dance too!

Boys won't be out done!

Roic: The Sea Scout

Yesterday we read the next chapter in the owl who was afraid of the dark. Mel and I chose words that the children had to listen for while we read the chapter (and these later formed part of their spelling homework). Plop discovered that "Dark was Fun" when he spoke to a boy scout. Roic had brought his sea scout things to school and told us all about being a sea scout. Thank you Roic for sharing all you do at sea scouts with us. The children were enthralled. We are waiting for the rain to abate so that we can have our fun in the dark evening!

Charity Drive

One of the Grade 7's at Eden has decided to collect soft toys for children suffering from cancer and who are hospitalized. Byron , a facilitator in my class, has decided to run with the idea and involved the children in decorating a box for the toys. The children have embraced the idea and had great fun at break helping him. They also brought some beautiful teddies. I hope a lot more will be sent in through the course of the week.

Great granny Avril and Granny Wendy

Yesterday two dear grannies came to share their knowledge about knitting and crocheting and french knitting with us! Great granny Avril told us that she has retired and has spare time. She mostly reads and watches TV but spends many hours knitting. She makes dolls for the AIDS orphans in Underberg. She explained how she made them. 'Granny' Wendy told us how she teaches her granddaughter to crochet and do french knitting. We then explained to the children how we used to make 'pom poms' in our youth! We all then made pom poms to eventually turn into Plop! It was a lovely morning and the children did so well. Mel and I were very impressed!

Gogo Goodness

Continuing with this theme on Thursday we decided to put the children's interviewing skills into practice. "Goodness" is one of the ladies who help us at our school and she is a granny. We invited her to come to our classroom and each child had an opportunity to ask her a question which she happy answered. We learnt so much from her about how life has changed particularly in South Africa. The children then wrote about what they had learnt. A fantastic experience for all of us. Thank you Goodness.