It has been a busy few weeks of Kinder. In this time, the students have been busy establishing daily routines, investigating through play, gardening, counting Blue Tongue Lizards, sharing stories and learning how to identify and form letters and numbers.

We have been exploring what it means to use our imaginations. We read the story ‘The Dress-Up Box’ and identified ways we can use our imagination when playing dress-ups. We each chose items from our class dress-ups box and engaged in imaginative play.

Here were our findings:

“I’m a superhero” – River.

“I’m a Zookeeper” – Johnny.

“I’m exploring” – Oskar.

“I’m an Explorer, searching” - Tarkyn.

“I’m on an adventure in the cold”- Ollie.

“I’m an Eagle” – Dot.

“I’m a Princess Mermaid with a crown” – Isla.

“I’m Princess in a rainbow castle” – Isabell.

“I’m walking down the street with my fur coat” – Tyler.

Inquiry Learning:

As part of our Term 1 inquiry, the students have also been investigating who belongs to our school community. We are currently in the finding out phase of our inquiry, where we have begun exploring different buildings and areas of our school, to help us identify different members of our school community.

 This week, we visited the Library, Prep/1 classroom, 1/ 2 classroom and Mr Spyker’s office. It was so much fun exploring different areas of the school.

It has been wonderful opportunity to talk to and learn from and meet other staff members. We have also been lucky enough to plant potatoes, broccoli and spinach in the Kinder Garden with Andrew. We are learning how to care for the plants by watering them and ensuring people aren’t stepping on the garden beds and soil.

Here are some pictures to show what we have been up to in Kinder.