Kinder

Important Dates

Wednesday November 9th - 2023 Information Night - 5.30pm 3 YO's, 7pm 4YO's

Wedenesday November 23rd - Green, Purple and Blue Group Bee Incursion

Thursday December 15th - Last Day of Term for Blue, Red & Yellow Group

Friday December 16th - Staff Pack up day (Kinder Closed)

Monday December 19th - Last Day of Term Purple & Green Group

Tuesday December 20th - Staff Pack Up Day (Kinder closed)

Raffle Winner

Congratulations to Chloe Cao Cao from Green Group on winning the Chocolate Hamper in our Art Show Raffle!

3YO Drumming Incursion

The children thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Drummer Joe last week.  All the children had an opportunity to have a play on the big drums as well as interacting with smaller instruments.  

4YO Science and Drama Incursions

Our Green Group children had a fantasic fun and messy Science incursion this week.  They got to explore some amazing reactions and learn about solids, liquids and gases.  They also made some Slime to take home!

Our Purple and Blue group children were lucky enough to experience a very interactive Drama incursion.  The teachers spotted budding little thespians amoungst the groups, as all the children were encouraged to take on roles in the plays.  Some more acting oportunities will be offered during group times now that many of them have caught the acting bug!

4YO Transition Statements

Currently our 4 YO teachers are writing the Transition Statement for all children moving on to Primary School next year.  If you haven't already, you will soon receive an email with a link for the family to complete a section.  Please reach out to your child's teacher if you need any assistance completing

New Kinder Yard

The children have all been enjoying the new outdoor space.  They have been exploring and discovering new parts of the yard to play in and ways to utilise the space.  We are so glad to have such a huge undercover area where the children can still play even with the rain we have had lately.  

A very popular space to play at the moment is in our mud patch and creek bed.  The children are loving digging in the mud and filling buckets at the tap, or watching the water find its way over the rocks into the mud patch to then help them make some amazing mud pies!  This type of play has many benefits (see below), but it does also involve the children getting dirty and wet!  Please ensure you pack a spare set of clothes with your child so they can change if needed.  Also remember to send the children in clothes you don't mind getting dirty.  Feel free to send the children along with gumboots, if you would like them to wear them.

BENEFITS OF MUD PLAY 

• Mud Play encourages creativity in children. It can also be soothing and relaxing, providing an outlet for children to express their feelings through their senses and exploration. 

• It is important that children have uninterrupted time to play with mud imaginatively outdoors and experience nature. This facilitates opportunities for them to problem solve, come up with and explore ideas and exercise their minds! 

• Mud Play is important for children to develop and practice their fine and gross motor skills, increase awareness of their senses, particularly touch, improve hand/ eye coordination and develop their social and emotional skills, including taking turns and leading/following directions. 

• Through Mud Play, children develop a sense of self and belonging of their place in the world around them. Being in and around nature provides children with opportunities to explore nature, ground themselves and learn to care for the environment and the world around them. 

• Mud Play is not focused on making or producing something with instruction and rules. It is about the process, not the product. This is what makes Mud Play so enjoyable for children, they are free from pressures of ‘getting it right’ or risking it not being ‘perfect’, it is learning to play and playing to learn free from restrictions with maximum benefit

Donations

To support our messy play, we are looking for donations of Gumboots.  If you have any old gumboots, please consider donating them us.  This will allow the children access to them as needed when they wish to play in the mud, saving their shoes from getting muddy.