Nina Marni everyone and welcome to our weekly blog.
Learning Intention:
To deepen our understanding of the advent season and celebrate the cultural tradition of Christmas
Why
-throughout each year we celebrate many cultural traditions of our families to nurture each child’s identity and promote a sense of belonging
-Liturgical advent is a joyous season of preparation. The word itself actually derives from the Latin word meaning “coming.” During these four weeks, we prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus, with prayer and mindfulness. Celebrating Advent is a meaningful way to prepare our hearts for Christmas
-Christmas is a time of celebration, which is meaningful to many children within our community
Learning Intention 2: To support children’s understanding and development of a growth mindset, especially when faced with challenges
Why? According to Carol Dweck, Growth Mindset researcher, “the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life”. With a growth mindset, students continually work to improve their skills, leading to greater growth, competence, and confidence. A growth mindset supports children’s self-esteem, enables them to learn new skills, and helps them to accept new challenges and see new opportunities. Supports the development of agency. To demonstrate trust and confidence. Supporting children to co-operate and work collaboratively with others. Maintaining high expectations of each child’s capabilities. Being aware of children’s developmental milestones, particularly emotional and social development, helps educators understand what to expect at different ages and stages in children’s lives
Sacred symbols are special and important.Why?
Doctrinal Insights from the Catholic Tradition that support this Enduring Understanding include:Sacred symbols remind us that God is close to us, and with us.In my Catholic learning environment, I can see many sacred symbols.Candle flames remind us that God is with us.The Bible reminds us of God’s love for us through special stories.The Cross reminds us of Jesus.Water is used for special blessingsSacred symbols are used in my school/ELC and in church celebrations, prayer and liturgy. (CCC1145)Other faith traditions also have sacred symbols
The Sign of the Cross is a prayer to God.Doctrinal and Content Elaborations:Doctrinal Insights from the Catholic Tradition that support this Enduring Understanding include:The Sign of the Cross is a prayer with actions and words.The words remind us that God is called Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Literacy Intentions (our hopes for their learning)
- Reading picture books regularly. Children will enjoy a joyful connection to picture books.
- Continue using mark-making tools, such as crayons, textas, pencils, paint, chalk, sand (as they create texts during this process).
- Children will build symbolic functioning, sharing something about the marks they have created.
Numeracy intentions .
Can you follow the pattern?
Specks of gold !!
Community Walk….
Trajectories:
- Christmas carol songs practice
- Continuing to deepen our understanding of the advent season and celebrate the cultural tradition of Christmas
- Increased community visits to support children transitioning to reception.