BOOK NOW! ELC End of Year Celebrations

Dear ELC Families,

We are delighted to invite you to our ELC End of Year Celebration on Friday 29 November.

Join us at the Jeffreys Linn Arts Centre at St Peter’s Girls’ School at 5.30pm for a Christmas concert performed by our ELC children. Singing will commence at 5.45pm.

Following this, families are invited to enjoy a picnic on the Chapel Path lawns (see map below). Children are invited to wear their Christmas party clothes to this event.

Please book by Monday 25 November, and pre-purchase any food and drink options by clicking the Book Now button below or visiting www.trybooking.com/CVEOB

This is a much-loved event, and we hope you enjoy the festivities and have a wonderful time. We look forward to sharing this special celebration with you and your family!

For further information about this event, please click here.

Kind regards

Liz Schembri
Director of ELC

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News from Learning Community 1

Central Idea – Celebrations can strengthen our connections with each other and the world around us.

Over the past two weeks, Learning Community 1 has engaged in an in-depth exploration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. We are fortunate to be guided by the expertise of Mrs Fern, who has been sharing her wealth of knowledge and personal experience celebrating Diwali through traditional clothing, stories, rituals and food.

Diwali, characterised by its vibrant colours, symbols, and diverse materials, has provided our youngest learners with the opportunity to inquire and expand their cultural awareness through creative languages. These include dance, music, clay, light and shadow play, mark making and the use of loose parts. Our lightroom has been transformed into an immersive space for dress-ups, music, and movement. It has brought together children, educators, and family members alike to relish in the creative expression inspired by traditional Hindi dance and song. Through tactical clay, the children have experimented with creating traditional diyas, or clay lamps unique to Diwali festivities and rituals. In shaping, moulding and decorating the clay, the children have connected through conversation, remarking on and celebrating the creative efforts of their peers.

Our encounters with light evolved and transformed throughout the week. By exploring and being immersed in curated spaces to play with light and shadow, the children collaborated to recreate fireworks with glow-in-the-dark markers, torches and lamps. Other symbols of Diwali, such as circular Rangoli designs, have been celebrated, explored and represented using loose parts and collaged, recycled materials.

It has been a joy to witness the children’s wonder and curiosity in encountering diverse perspectives, cultural knowledge, traditions, and rituals through creative languages and open-ended materials. Nurturing creative thinking and imagination, the dynamic nature of creative languages serves as a powerful tool to enhance cultural competencies and foster connections among individuals and groups. We look forward to continuing our exploration of different celebrations in the final weeks of the term, as we engage with friends, family, and the community to celebrate our transitioning children, the end-of-year concert, and the Christmas season.

Dot Kelly
Learning Community 1 Teacher – Bell Yett