It has been a wonderful start to Term One! In Kinder, the focus has been on creating some daily routines and forming connections with those around us. The students have been demonstrating the Learner Asset of being a Collaborator. This means, the students are being compassionate, kind and reliable. Some of the ways the students have been collaborators include sharing class resources, taking turns at different stations during investigation time, working together to complete a challenge and being a kind and caring friend.

The class Inquiry focus is exploring who are the people in our school community? We are in the tuning in phase of this inquiry, where we are exploring what it means to be curious and practicing questioning skills. The class has also been creating wonderings about what it means to belong in a community. Here are some of our thinking:

Some of the places we belong include:

“In my Home”.

“We belong in Bicheno”.

“I belong in Coles Bay”.

“I belong on the farm”.

“With my Mum”.

“Bicheno Primary School”

“I belong with my brother”.

“In Kinder”.

Another focus has been exploring what belonging looks like in our classroom. The students have created their faces out of different materials for our belonging wall. Families have also brought in family photos for the wall. This has been a wonderful experience and solidifies the important message of belonging in a community.

It has been wonderful getting to know each member of the class. Over the past two and a half weeks. There has been lots of investigations, learning, developing friendships, establishing routines and having so much fun.

Here are some photos of the past few weeks.