Welcome to our classroom!

 KC children have settled into their new school environment with ease.  They have enjoyed exploring the school grounds, meeting new people and learning about life at school. The Year 6 Foster Buddies have been great in providing a familiar and helpful face in the playground. This transition to school is the focus of our Term 1 HSIE unit “School Days”.

Nursery Rhymes have been chosen as the basis of our literature unit in first few weeks of Term 1.  The Nursery Rhymes are usually well known to most children and the familiarity of the theme helps build their confidence in reading. The pre reading activities allow students to explore the different aspects of language and the concepts of print. From Week 7, a different letter/sound is introduced each week.  Students enjoy a variety of activities such as phonics / reading, literature activities, and visual arts, related to the focus sound. When "Tt" was introduced we made toast and it was delicious. Diary writing offers the opportunity for students to write about their experiences at home and at school. Kindergarten students also participate in a fine motor program which involves fluency patterns, cutting, tracing and manipulative skills. 

Maths is lots of fun too because the activities are very practical and child centred. To reinforce the concept of patterns in the Numeration Strand, students made a variety of patterns using pasta, paper chains, pattern blocks and shape necklaces. For sorting in the Data Strand, Kindergarten read the poem “buttons” by Avelyn Davidson. They then sorted buttons by shape, size, colour and the number of holes and were able to identify the criteria for each group. The theme of buttons was further explored by reading “The Lost Button” by Arnold Lobel and students used their number skills to work how many buttons were involved in the story. Next term we begin CMIT maths groups which are lots of fun and reinforce number concepts such as number recognition, counting and labelling collections of objects, addition, subtraction, grouping and sharing

The science unit this term is about Built Environments where students explore how their needs are met at both home and at school. The students investigate the characteristics of different building materials using a simple series of experiments. This allows them to determine why the materials have been used in certain ways e.g terracotta tiles are waterproof, they keep the sun out and they are strong.

KC enjoy visiting the Computer room and enjoy using the Kidpix program which helps develop their mouse and keyboard skills.

Creative and Practical arts is an important aspect of the kindergarten program.  Visual arts activities are linked to nursery rhymes, HSIE, focus sound of the week and related literature. The students enjoyed making these beautiful sunflowers using flour paint and their fingers! The students made their colourful turtles using pastels and edicol dye.

In Drama, students are provided with opportunities to explore their imagination and participate in different drama techniques such as improvisation, hot seat, role play and movement.

The PDHealth and P.E program encourages active participation in a range of sequential skill based games and activities each week. Social skills is an important focus in Kindergarten and topics include friendship, positive self esteem, listening skills and cooperation. 

KC hope you have enjoyed visiting their classroom.