Transition to Year 1

Term 4 is finally here! Can you believe your little one has nearly finished Kindy? I know the teachers can't believe how fast the year has gone.

We are starting to prepare the children for Year 1. Your child's teacher has organised a visiting and learning time with the Year 1 teachers. Kindy students will go to a Year 1 classroom for approximately half an hour in which they will meet the teachers and learn about different routines and procedures.

The aim of transition is to lessen the anxiety some students may have leading up to significant change.

We hope you can support your child with their upcoming transition by always maintaining a positive attitude about change and moving into the next grade. Have discussions with your child about their excitement and/or anxiety. Talk about all the wonderful things they have learnt in Kindergarten and that there is so much more they can learn about in Year 1 too! Share any anxiety issues with your child's teacher.

Most of all, enjoy the final term of Kindergarten and we look forward to (in a sad way) sending a very independent, capable, curious, loveable bunch of kids onto the next stage of their remarkable learning journey!

Oakvale Zoo

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Exploring St Luke's Church

Our History Excursion on PhotoPeach

Kindergarten fun!

Jack Johnson Memorial Day on PhotoPeach

Kindergarten Gross Motor

Tuesday afternoon fun and fitness! on PhotoPeach

KT Making Words - Fri 5th April

KT Making Words - Fri 5th April on PhotoPeach

Sight Words!

Who is struggling, trying to get their child to learn the sight words? Do I hear a unanimous YES !!!

Well here are a few ideas you can use at home.

1. Hunting. Hide some of the words (5 or 6) around the lounge room or kitchen. You call out a word and your child has to run, find it and bring it back. Check it is the right word.

2. Rainbow Words. In kindergarten, there is a big focus on being able to write the sight words we are learning. That's where Rainbow Words comes to help. You write the words (just choose 5 or 6) on a piece of paper. Your child writes over the words (one by one) using many different colours. They say the word after each colour.

3. Magnetic Letters. You say the word and your child makes it on the fridge using magnetic letters. Look out for packs of magnetic letters that have the correct formation of "a" and "g". You can buy them online if you really want them. Otherwise I know the Reject Shop sell the normal packs.

 

 

4. Sight word carpark. Do you own one of those mats that the kids love to drive their cars on? You can park/place some of the words in a few locations around the mat and your child has to drive their car around the mat to collect the words (that you call out) in the correct order.

 

 

5. Noughts and crosses. Write a sight word in each of the spaces. Play noughts and crosses but your child has to say the word before they can play in that draw their nought or cross in that space.

 

HAVE FUN......HAPPY LEARNING...........and stay tuned for more ideas.

 

Mrs Carter

Learning about halves in KT!

Fairy bread and shape halves! on PhotoPeach

Our first week in KT 2013!

I am at school. on PhotoPeach

A big welcome to our Kindy parents and friends of 2013. We are very excited to be up and running with our blogging again and can't wait to add some of the exciting things we are doing in Kindy! Look out for photographs, videos, work samples and even some links to great games and websites we have been using in our classrooms! Here is one to get you all started. In KT we have been playing a great game called Counting with Lecky. You can access it at the Crickweb page. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html Happy playing!