The Rose Ceremony marked a momentous occasion for Class 1/2: a new beginning, a coming together for the first time, entering and engaging with academic learning. The special moments for me were to see the Class 1 parents standing behind each child and to see how openly and confidently each child met the occasion, in the way they held their rose and strode through the archway.

We warmly welcome the Class 1 parents and their extended families to our school community.

Since then, we have begun to settle into our new weekly rhythm. Class 2 children are guiding, helping and modelling and with the passing of each day the many faces and ground beneath our feet becomes more familiar.

In exploratory and enlivening ways, we are engaging with archetypal forms and the sounds and signs of our English alphabet. We have cast (imaginary) arrows as we practice our long “F/f” sound; drawn marshmallows, mangos, milkshakes and macaroni cheese as we Mmmmm! (savour every mouthful of delicious foods beginning with M in our thoughts) and searched for the “B” in butterfly wings and the butterfly tree behind our class. We have been busy engaging our whole body in finding relationships to our subjects, leaving a space to make a living connection to it. Alongside this, Class 2 are deepening and receiving an intensification of these themes.

This year, Class 1/2 will undertake a community project together with the Denmark Bird Group and the Woven Womens Ensemble. Our theme will be Migratory Shorebirds. An important aspect of this will be showcased at the school hall on Saturday 11^th May (World Migratory Bird Day). Please watch this space!

In the meantime, we encourage all families and staff to come along to the Woven Womens Ensemble performance on the 24^th of February at our school hall. You will find further details in the newsletter or on posters throughout the school campus.

On behalf of Class 1/2 I wish everyone a fruitful, healthy and joyful school year ahead.

Sarah