Transition Time!

Whether your child has been attending onsite, has been learning from home since early in the year or has been both attending onsite with periods of at home learning, their kinder experience this year has been very different to anything we have ever seen. 

As we return to face to face learning in Term four we look ahead to the impacts that less onsite attendance will have on children as they transition to either four year old kinder or prep. 

We know that families and children will have had a range of experiences and reactions to the limitations restrictions have imposed. For some families maybe there have been positives in terms of family connection and a greater work life balance. Perhaps this has led to a greater sense of wellbeing and cohesion as a family unit. For others this period has impacted on finances, mental health and wellbeing and broader family connections. Children will have had a range of reactions to all of this, with many of you discussing these issues with us at our recent family meetings. 

It is important to note that even if children have been offsite since term one, they have still continued to learn in rich and meaningful ways through their everyday experiences in the context of their home and family. It is natural too that both children and families will be feeling a range of emotions about transition, especially to school. 

In this issue of our newsletter we will explore this year's approach to transition and how we can all work together to give children a really positive experience in Term four and support them as they either move to four year old kinder or to Prep.