{"id":19779,"date":"2026-02-23T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/?post_type=article&p=19779"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:41:33","slug":"kindergarten-21","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/article\/kindergarten-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past two weeks, Kindergarten has been busy building the foundations for confident learning through a strong focus on fine motor skills, gross motor development and self\u2011regulation. Students have been strengthening their hands through activities such as guided drawing, pencil\u2011grip practice, handwriting routines and a range of fine motor tasks that support control and coordination. We have also been incorporating whole\u2011body movement to help children regulate their energy and attention, including chair push\u2011ups and other simple gross motor breaks that build core strength and give students opportunities to practise using their ‘fast, calm and strong’ body tools to prepare themselves for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside this, our literacy learning has centred on rich storytelling experiences. As a whole grade, we explored our focus text through dramatic retells and vocabulary building. Students have been learning to sequence events, understand narrative structure and share ideas confidently during group storytelling. We have also begun exploring new beginning sounds, with students practising how to hear and identify words that start with each sound, generate their own ideas that begin with the focus sound and learn the correct letter formation to match it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Reilly, Erin Horne and Brooke Napper<\/strong>
Kindergarten Teachers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the past two weeks, Kindergarten has been busy building the foundations for confident learning through a strong focus on fine motor skills, gross motor development and self\u2011regulation. Students have been strengthening their hands through activities such as guided drawing, pencil\u2011grip practice, handwriting routines and a range of fine motor tasks that support control and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[6],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-19779","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\/19779","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=19779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=19779"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=19779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}