An amazing term of learning for Kindergarten

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2019 Kindy last day

Today the Kindergarten students took the opportunity to celebrate all of our Term One learning!

We started the day inviting our families to join us for prayer circle and we received personalised learning awards. Then we went to visit our high school friends. We shared prayer and a music concert together.

Kindergarten have had such an amazing term. The children already have a great sense of ownership over the space and we are seeing their individual personalities emerge as they build on their confidence. This term in particular highlights children building self-confidence, sharing common interests, learning new things about each other and forming friendships with others.

We have begun writing and reading groups in Kindergarten and we have seen so much growth this second half of the term. The students have been developing their skills in writing a simple sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and full stops. The students have thoroughly enjoyed reading groups and the children have engaged in a variety of learning pods such as the farmer’s market, iPad, letter, fine motor and story making pod.

The children have been learning about 2D shapes and numbers from 0 to 20 in Mathematics. The children have enjoyed creating their own picture using a variety of 2D shapes and concrete materials and associating 2D shapes with real life objects. The children have also been growing in their confidence in numeracy particularly when rote counting to 20, recognising numbers and playing numeracy games.

The children have immersed themselves in a range of activities during investigation time. The children have been investigating on how things move and what things are made of. In all of these activities, the children are gaining valuable experiences in socialising, working as a team, strengthening their fine motor development and challenging their minds.