Week Nine

It was exciting last week as the children learnt many new WOW words to build their vocabulary. e.g. enter, exit, elevator. Our Hospital Emergency Department was kept busy with our ‘doctors’ working hard looking after the ‘patients’ who needed extra care. Social dramatic play is greatly enjoyed by all the children and helps teach them social skills to share, use their imagination and communicate while working together.

This week we are focusing on the initial letter sound Dd, doll starts with d, d, d. drum starts with d, d, d, dinosaur starts with d, d, d. Our new sight word is Dad. We will be learning to recognise this word in sentences and making up our own sentences that use the word Dad. For example, Dad can sit, I am a dad.

NAIDOC Week has been postponed from the original July dates to November, due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic across communities and cities. Wattle Grove Primary School will still be celebrating NAIDOC Week in July. In preparation, the Kindy children will learn about the history and culture of Aboriginal people. They will participate in activities based on stories, art, craft and songs. 

It has been very rewarding to see each child making progress in their learning since the beginning of this year and we are extremely proud of them. It must be noted that each child progresses at their own pace and at their appropriate developmental levels, hence regular support and reinforcement of concepts taught needs to be consistent both at school and home. The children have been assessed for mid-year reports that will be issued at the end of this term. 

We are so proud of all our ‘bounce back bears’ who made it through the challenging times that we have faced over this semester and have come out happy and well.