The day Lily came to school.

Ms. Josie has her dog, Lily, visiting school for the day. Do you have any questions for her about how she takes care of her pet, Lily?

Children’s comments and questions:

Dogs need exercise – Ewan

I have a pretend dog at home – Francesca R.

I have 2 little cats – Maia

I have a big dog, and I always have him jump on the table. – Lara

We clean the dog with the brush – Ms. Josie

I have a pretend dog. – Alice

Me too, a penluche – Matilde

I have 1 dog. He goes woof and goes walk. – Yago

Ho un piccolo cane, and un gatto e 2 cane – Chanel

What do dogs eat? – Ms. Josie

They eat pine cones – Raffaella (at the time, Lily was chewing away on a pine cone!)

Yesterday, I brushed my dog with a double brush

Does she eat dog biscuits? – Anna

Dogs eat bones – Sienna

Why is the dog kept on a lead? Ms. Constance

Why otherwise he runs away. _ Matilde

Or gets lost. – Giovanni

E vero, che la coda del cane non si tocca? – Matilde

Is there anything else in the bag for the dog? – Isabella

Caring For Living Things

We are starting our new unit of inquiry ‘Caring For Living Things’.

We asked ourselves how the children would define something living, and so introduced them to Ms Josie and Ms Constance, in a non-living form.

Can you tell which one is alive?

The children obviously thought that this was really funny, howe

ver they came up with some insightful comments on why our avatars’ were not real.

“If you’re living you move, you walk, you talk, you breathe". Lara

“You draw, real people they can cook.” Arthur

“She’s not real, there’s nothing. Non c’e la voce” Dylan.

“The real Ms. Josie she was painting the bulletin board outside.” Francesco

And what do real people need?

“A coat.” Raffaella

“To eat, to drink, coca-cola, milk”. Isabella

As we progress with the unit we will be looking at what babies, plants and animals all need. We hope to keep you posted.