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Capturing children’s voices throughout our learning environments is a powerful way to ensure children feel heard and valued. Important conversations, like the one our Pre-Kindred group engaged in today, play a vital role in supporting their sense of belonging and agency After reading “My teacher and Me”, the children’s voices were captured as they shared the expectations of the educators.

Pre-kindergarten children participated in a hands-on maths experience focused on one-to-one correspondence and number recognition. The group began with a shared discussion of numbers on the whiteboard, followed by an individual bead-threading activity where children selected a number card and counted out the matching number of beads.

All In for Reconciliation brought our community together, with each room contributing to a canvas reflecting our families, our children, and our shared values. The artwork thoughtfully embeds Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, honouring connection, storytelling, and respect

Today we celebrated National Vegemite Day at kinder. As part of our afternoon tea experience, the children made their own sandwiches by independently spreading butter and/or Vegemite onto their bread

So many conversations about the weather and snowy adventures sparked curiosity about snowmen.
Our Toddler One children each created their very own snowman, exploring creativity and fine motor skills along the way.

Our kinder children have been exploring rhyming words and learning how some words share the same ending sounds. They eagerly joined in discussions and proudly shared their own rhyming examples.

Exploring emotions the children in Toddler Two engaged in a fun and meaningful activity, matching coloured pompom sticks to the corresponding feeling monster faces. 
They showed wonderful focus and enthusiasm as they sorted colours while talking about emotions and facial expressions.

We hope our families have enjoyed the long weekend. Look forward to hearing about the adventures on Tuesday.

When our lizards stretch their legs and explore the centre it creates meaningful learning moments. Children observe, ask questions and build respect for living creatures, bringing joy to both the children and the lizards.”

Toddler 1 strengthened their fine motor skills as they explored building homes for Australian animals. During Reconciliation Week, the children and educators shared stories encouraged curiosity, questions and conversations about the animals and their habitats