Summer goodbye, summer goodbye!
You may no longer stay!
Autumn is on it’s way!
Summer goodbye, summer goodbye!
Roses, sweet petals shed!
Apples are turning red!
Summer goodbye, summer goodbye……! !

All around us are signs of a change of season…. the weather has been humid and stormy, with sunshine breaking through, (changeable as always in Denmark!), but the days are noticeably shorter as we draw closer to the Autumn Equinox (when day and night are of equal length), which falls on Saturday 20th March this year. 

The date of Easter is determined by the movement of the sun and moon; Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon once the Equinox has passed and in Karri Kindergarten our nature table is dressed in the shades of the season; reds, browns and oranges.  Gnomes guard a cave, mushrooms have sprung up and honey possums peek out from a fallen log.  “Mother nature” who sits on our story table wears her warm hat and shawl as the mornings are becoming cooler and “red squirrel” has begun gathering her stores for winter.  A bowl of wheat seeds is about to spring to life to create an “Easter garden”.  

This week the children have been painting blown eggs to hang from the Easter Tree (could parents please send in a blown egg if they haven’t already done so).  We look forward to baking Hot Cross Buns for a special treat and an egg hunt in the last week of term (keep these secret for the children please!).

As we come to the end of our first term together in Karri Kindergarten, with a wide range of ages and stages from different place combining, I am feeling that the work of stitching us all together to create a cohesive group is coming to fruition!

Warm wishes to all!

Denise