Kindergarten News

Dickins Room

What a tremendous week we had at kinder! There was such a buzz, with the children eager to participate in the production preparation in the school. Both our classes practised in the hall and we spent some time watching the other classes as they practised. With so many of our children having siblings, it was an incredible opportunity to create a strong sense of community and connection to our school. The production night itself was fantastic, with the children being able to use their strong sense of identity and confidence to showcase in front of a huge audience. This was a huge step for our children and they did a fantastic job.

Our three year olds spent time this week discussing the changes around spring- some of their concepts were that 'leave are stuck on branches with sticky tape', and that flowers' came from the shops'. We discussed the changes that happened in spring and then represented this through an art experience, asking the children to drop some black paint onto paper, blow this with a straw and then using cue tips, create dots to represent the blossoms. The children really enjoyed the process and sat and focused for extended periods.

Our Marram class have been experimenting with smell, using their curiosity to drive their interests we have visited the garden, picked aromatic plants, fruits and water and with a mortar and pestle, the children have created 'potions' and 'perfumes'. This has been an incredible learning experience where we have been able to observe peer to peer scaffolding as well as independence and autonomy. 

We are looking forward to the last week of term and we also say goodbye to Treesje our intern on Friday.

Al, Mardi and Jo

Moore Room

What an amazing performance from our Bob the Builder’s for production night. All of the rehearsals paid off as we came together and delivered a great show. We were so proud of the way the children behaved in the ‘green room’, waiting patiently and then navigating the backstage area before taking the stage under the lights in their moment to shine – well done Kinder’s.

We also had a busy week whereby the children helped to make some lanterns, watched a video about the meaning of the Autumn moon festival and then tried some moon cake. The children also made some rum balls (without the rum of course) to celebrate Anastasia’s successful placement with us. We had some great outdoor moments; visiting the school gardens, water painting, picnics, dramatic play in the sandpit, travellers and lots of searching for treasure.

We still have a big week for our last week of Term Three. On Wednesday the 18th September we will have a footy day – come dressed in your favourite footy team colours or any other favourite sports team colours. We will have a parade, kick some balls and have a party pie to celebrate and we have taken into consideration dietary requirements. We also have our Family literacy and numeracy night on Thursday 19th September with the school 6.30 – 7.30pm.

We hope you all have a fabulous holiday with lots of rest and hopefully lots of sunshine.

Kelly-Anne, Jen, Julie and Mardi