First excursion

Alice's class went on an outing yesterday.  It wasn't quite the Natural History Museum or Prittlewell Priory of my childhood, but the Barramundi Cafe, situated approximately 100 metres from their classroom - about 5 metres from the entrance to the preschool building.

Apparently, "A visit to a café is an excellent opportunity for children to develop a sense of community. It also provides the context to practice manners."

We had to fill in a permission slip and everything.  They changed into outing clothes and had a great time by all accounts.  Alice is, of course, an old hand at going to cafes for babycinos (I'm such a great mother - she's already so advanced), but here's the "psychobabble" from the daily report, as Nanna Keefe calls it:

"This afternoon the children went on an excursion down to Barramundi café. Here the children had a baby chino and for dunking the finest Anzac bisects made by Kim. As the children and I got ready for the excursion we spoke of what we would need to do for this excursion. This discussion evolved around listening to our teachers and friends and being safe.


We spoke about being safe and what that meant for us. The children spoke of not running down the ramp, holding our friends ands and not running away from the group.

The children then organised themselves into a business meeting and discussed what was on the agenda for tomorrow. The children’s conversation centred around lots of play, more meetings at barramundis and lots of play that afternoon at the submarine."

(Alice at bottom right)