Nina Marni beautiful Children and all their lovely Families, Welcome to our Blog for term 3 /week 2
Learning Intention 1
To support new children from Long daycare 3 and their families to develop a sense of belonging in the LDC4/ Preschool learning environments as well as help existing children develop relationships within their community and throughout our Holy Family Early Learning Environments.
Why
In early childhood settings children develop a sense of belonging when they feel accepted, develop attachments and trust those that care for them. As children are developing their sense of identity, they explore different aspects of it (physical, social, emotional, spiritual, cognitive), through their play and their relationships.We have some new children and families joining our community this term who will need support adjusting to our Preschool Rhythms, Rituals and Routines.Children have a right to belong to a community and it is important that they are supported to develop this understanding. Through developing this understanding, children are supported to broaden their understanding of the world and their place and role in it.After a period of time away from the Preschool environment, it is important to re-engage and remind the existing children of the rhythms, rituals and expectations of Holy Family Early Learning.
Our sense of belonging extends when children explore and investigate their learning environments through consistent community visits to the MUDLA and the log park. Children also begin to build connections with their natural world and show respect empathy and care for all living beings. As we explored our unique spaces we were also very thankful that we could accomodate our writers workshop in to the MUDLA where the children have had a chance to connect through mark making and drawings of their little friend the turtle strawberry. The children presented their drawings to the turtle before they left the MUDLA.
Learning Intention 2
| Book making/ mark making Starting from scratch – what is a book? What is the purpose? Who reads books? Who writes books? What do they look like? Teachers will use information gained about prior knowledge to decide next steps. Mentor texts Explore a range of Mo Williams books during morning/ Afternoon group times (Term 3)– discussions and questioning to follow. |
Some specs of gold for this week
Hope you all have a relaxing weekend.