{"id":15566,"date":"2025-04-01T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=15566"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T04:30:06","slug":"kindergarten-11","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/kindergarten-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Kindergarten students have been actively engaged in developing their social skills this term through weekly structured pastoral activities, including their participation in the Friendology Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent weeks, the students celebrated both Harmony and Neurodiversity at Santa Sabina by engaging in discussion and learning experiences specifically planned to raise their awareness and appreciation of the uniqueness of others and to develop an understanding that diversity is something to both celebrate and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through implementation of the Zones of Regulation, the Kindergarten students are learning the importance of expressing their emotions in appropriate ways. This program provides students with not only a common language to use when feeling overwhelmed or uncomfortable, but also practical strategies which they can employ to calm and regulate themselves and re-engage in learning experiences in a positive and happy way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key factor in facilitating a positive school experience for our Kindergarten students is the strong connection they form with their Year 4 buddies. This relationship is a mutually beneficial one, with the Year 4 students assuming their position as role models for their Kindergarten buddies with maturity and a visible sense of responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our recent Harmony Day celebrations provided an opportunity for the buddies to come together and engage in a variety of enjoyable activities, devoted to recognising and valuing the many different cultures that make our Santa Sabina Community such a special one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Donato, Alana Ivancsik, Brooke Napper, Vicki Spillane<\/strong>
Kindergarten Teachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Kindergarten students have been actively engaged in developing their social skills this term through weekly structured pastoral activities, including their participation in the Friendology Program. In recent weeks, the students celebrated both Harmony and Neurodiversity at Santa Sabina by engaging in discussion and learning experiences specifically planned to raise their awareness and appreciation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[6],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15566","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-primary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/15566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=15566"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=15566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}