March 2011
Pre school has begun for 2011!
We have welcomed back old friends, made new friends and have been amazed at how grown up the children starting school look in their uniforms.
The parents had a big working bee before pre school started, tidying up the playground,
re-staining our cubby house, and planting two beautiful ornamental pear trees.
They will grow up to shade our play area in summer, and let the sunshine through in the cold Kangaroo Valley winters.
Thank you every one for making our pre school more beautiful!
The highlight of February has of course been the Kangaroo Valley show.
The children made some lovely easel paintings which helped decorate the pavilion.
They have been talking about all the exciting things they saw and did.
The dodgem cars, the jumping castle the big bull and eating ice cream are some of the hot topics of conversation around here at present!
The children have been delighting in their favourite activities as they settle back into their pre school days.
Cooking in the sand, jumping on the trampoline, reading books and listening to stories, painting, play dough and messy play. The children have asked to put the doctor bags and dress ups in the home corner and have been very caring of each other, making all the “sick” children feel well again.
The toy animals also came out of the store room so the play could extend into a veterinary practice!
The children have also loved acting out the favourite rhyme “The Lady with the Alligator Purse”.
We all sing the song while the children take turns to dress up and play the characters.
“Susie had a baby, she called him Tiny Tim. She put him in the bath tub to see if he could swim. He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap. He tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn’t go down his throat! Susie called the doctor, Susie called the nurse, Susie called the Lady with the alligator purse.
In came the Doctor, In Came the Nurse. In came the lady with the Alligator purse.
“Mumps” said the Doctor, “Measles” said the Nurse. “Nonsense” said the Lady with the Alligator purse.
“ Penicillin” said the Doctor.
“Castor oil” said the Nurse. “Pizza” said the Lady with the Alligator purse!
Out went the Doctor, out went the nurse. Out went the Lady with the Alligator Purse!”,
The activities at pre school are all guided by the new national curriculum framework ‘The Early Years Learning Framework – Belonging, Being, Becoming”
The vision for this curriculum framework is that all children experience learning that is engaging and builds success for life.
We observe the interests and learning needs of the children, then based on these observations we programme play activities that aim to be fun, while also developing skills and knowledge.
More information on the Early Years Learning Framework – EYLF- can be found at, www.deewr.gov.au/earlychildhood/policy.
We also have hard copies at pre school if you are interested in finding out more.