Category: Kindy Blue
Kindy Blue September 4th 2017
We were so excited to host a playdate for all our Dads, Pops, Grand dads, Grandpas, Uncles and Mums for Father’s Day.
It was great fun to play Lego and Mobilo, build collage and play dough, go birdwatching in our dramatic play bushland, use the sandpit and generally have a super time together!
Thanks to all our special visitors for coming along…we hope you felt very loved and appreciated!
Kindy Blue August 26th 2017
LIFE ED VAN
We were so lucky to be invited to participate in a visit to the LIFE ED VAN that was visiting the whole school last week!
The unit topic on Belonging and Connecting”  connected very well with our own Growth Mindset Unit in our Kindy Programmes.
Harold the Giraffe shared his videos about the choices we can make that help others and allow our own hearts to grow, through being kind, helpful and generally treating others with care.
We shared with the class something or someone we are grateful for in our lives as we placed a token in a bucket, such as our parents, our families, our brother and so on.
We played games wth a tiny Harold as we worked together holding all the way around a large piece of fabric like a parachute, to give the little puppet some jumping fun in the middle!
Then as we were leaving the van, we could pat and thank Harold for sharing his ideas with us!
BOOK WEEK
Thank you to all our families for helping us with our BOOK WEEK costumes! they looked truly fabulous and the Pre-Primary children enjoyed our parade as we announced which character we came as from our favourite story.
Thinking of books, thank you to our families for also sharing our “Read To Me” stories with us each week
and to Mrs Taylor for swapping them over every Monday- she is a book champion!
Remember to share a book with someone  every day!
Kindy Blue August 11th 2017
“PLAY FOR LIFE”
“Bodies, Balls and Brains”
We have begun our Wednesday gross motor programme with ‘Play 4 Life’.
We have been having great fun participating in activities and games, as well as dance and music and movement activities.
Practising these skills helps with our listening and processing, along with developing strength, balance, movement and the correct use of equipment.
Wednesday is our favourite day of the week! 🙂
Kindy Blue August 2nd 2017
MORNING STATIONS
This term our morning stations have a MATH focus.
Most of us are adept at finding our group and starting our activities as soon as we have put our name up.
We have tried…
Threading beads of varying colours, sizes and shapes.
Some clever kids even threaded according to a pattern they made!
Playing Dominoes, matching the number of spots.
Finding the shapes to match the Geo Shape block patterns.
Making towers of Unifix cubes to match the numbers on the mats.
Stacking Donuts to match the number tiles.
It’s a good idea to CHECK and recount your stack to be sure it is correct.
How many ways can you show a number?
We line up all the ways to match the numbers 1-10.
Using coloured pop sticks to copy the pattern cards- trickier for us than you might think!
Roll the dice and place that many marbles in the dish- can you fill it to the top?
Count the pictures and decide how many, then choose which is the correct numeral and clip a peg onto that numeral.
Read the number and place that many stickers along that line to make a stairway.
Playing Dominoes by matching the numerals.
Most days we also practise ordering numerals 1-10 in a number line.
We try to remember to use words like “…move in between…” or “…goes after…” or “…is more than…”
to move incorrect numbers to the correct place.
We always have to read and CHECK that we have the numbers in the correct order.
Then we have to find answers to tricky questions like “Which number is between 5 & 7?”, “Which number is one more than 8?”, “Which number is one smaller than 3?” , “Which number comes after 7?”.
Kindergarten Welcome Back to Term 3!
19th July 2017
Dear Families,
Welcome back for more fun and learning in Kindy!
Please take the time to read through our programme information for this term and mark in the important dates and events into your calendars.
Kindy Blue June 26th 2017
ST EMILIE’S WEEK
During St Emilie’s week we read all about St Emilie to learn some special things about her life and how she looked after others who had little by way of food, education or medical care. She dedicated her life to the service of others, that they may gain strength and experience God’s message of love.
We read our school prayer and viewed both the statue outside the church of St Emilie and the stained glass window inside the church.
We met up with our Year Three Buddies to chat and share the colouring of beautiful Mandela designs.
St Emilie would have been proud of the way our buddies were so kind and nurturing of us and our efforts to colour inside the lines!
Thank you St Emilie for showing us the way to care about and share with others.
Thank you God for our wonderful buddies who are so generous to share their friendship with us!
Kindy Blue June 8th 2017
FINE MOTOR STATIONS
This term we have been using FINE MOTOR STATIONS on arrival at Kindy each day to strengthen our finger and hand muscles.
We have really enjoyed trying different equipment, materials and procedures each morning .
It has helped with our organisational skills as we have had to learn the three clues that show us which station we are on each day:
1. Check for the Australian Animal mascot for my group over the term.
2. Check for my name on my group for the term.
3. Check for the people I work with at stations every day this term.
Usually who ever arrives first in the morning is able to demonstrate to the others in the group how to follow the tasks.
These stations really test our perseverance and concentration as we repeat the tasks or practise what we are trying to teach our brains and our hands and fingers a number of times each session.
It also helps us to slow down to be able to carry out a task well.
For example, you can’t put tea leaves into miniature tea sets with tiny teaspoons accurately if you let your hands rush and pour the leaves on top as if you were using a shovel!
Slow and steady wins the race!
Practise makes perfect!
Kindy Blue 16th May
Mother’s Day Pamper Morning
Thank you to all our lovely Mums and Grandmas for coming along to our Pamper morning last week for Mother’s Day.
The Kindy children were thrilled to have you at school as their special visitors.
Nail painting was especially popular, as was the jewelry making. Some beautiful, sparkly crowns fit for a queen were made at the play dough table and Mum’s actually put paint on their children’s hands on purpose !…to make a handprint keepsake that is!
We had a lovely sunny day to enjoy the sandpit, driving in the cars and other fun outdoor pursuits.
We love you so much Mums and Grandmas and we hope you felt very special on your pamper day!
