Kindergarten 

The Kindergarten students have had an eventful few weeks filled with many varied learning opportunities. On Thursday 8 August, students and teachers celebrated 100 days of Kindergarten with a liturgy in the hall, followed by a picnic on the field. We were blessed with beautiful weather on the day. Back in their classrooms, the students completed literacy and numeracy activities centred on the number 100, including making a necklace using 100 fruit loops. This was certainly a highlight for many of the students!

On Friday 16 August, all classes on the Primary Campus participated in a variety of scientific investigations as part of National Science Week. The Kindergarten students engaged in an exciting experiment during which they made oobleck using simple household ingredients. They had a wonderful time exploring how the oobleck changed from a solid to a liquid, and then back again. This was linked to the students’ learning in Mathematics where they had been exploring the internal volume of containers by filling them with liquid and describing the contents as ‘full’, ‘about half full’ and ‘empty’. Further connections were made with the students’ investigations in the focus area of three-dimensional spatial structure, as they explored the solid form of oobleck and experimented with making different three-dimensional models.

Last Friday, 23 August, the Kindergarten students enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book characters to participate in the Del Monte Book Parade. The students came dressed in a variety of costumes representing the theme ‘Reading is Magic’. After the parade, the students completed descriptive writing in class by writing about the character they dressed as. What a fun-filled and busy three weeks of learning it has been!

Brooke Napper, Rebecca Saba, Vicki Spillane 
Kindergarten Teachers