Early Learning Centre

Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity

As the children begin to prepare for their transition to either the 4-year-old group or to school, we are continuing to focus on their independence and self-help skills, such as looking after their belongings and packing their own bags at the end of the day. The 3-year-old children are beginning to do the same; they are becoming more responsible with their belongings and carrying their bags into kinder each session.

Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world 

Through our Inquiry unit this term, Sharing the Planet-Relationships exist between living things, the children are furthering their learning and investigation on the topic as they delve deeper into life cycles. Each class chooses a topic of interest, examining its importance and its interconnectedness with the environment. Children are currently looking into bees, minibeasts and ants.

Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing 

The strengthening and refinement of their fine motor skills in preparation for more formal learning experiences. These are done through interest-based, open-ended activities, such as LEGO, play dough, salt dough, clay, peg boards, wire manipulation, finger action songs and manipulating lunch boxes/food items. Children are becoming more confident in their outside space, enjoying the challenge of the obstacle courses and utilising the school playgrounds and ninja course to develop their gross motor skills.

Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners  

Linking in with our Inquiry unit, the children have been exploring what a living thing is, beginning to develop an understanding that all living things grow, need nutrition, respirate, respond to changes or stimuli in their environment and reproduce. 

We have also continued the exploration of measurement, noticing how many blocks tall different objects are and comparing the two. Children ahve also been exploring the life cycle of a seed, planting snap peas, developing an understanding of what living things need to survive and then linking that into measurement as they take note of the high the plants grow each sesssion. 

Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators 

The children are continually building their confidence in sharing their needs and wants with both their peers and teachers. Many children now have built solid and reciprocal friendships where they are able to talk more freely with one another and understand social cues more clearly. Children are becoming more confident in sharing play spaces, engaging in associative and cooperative play, where they are able to negotiate play spaces and incorporate others' play ideas.