Nina Marni and a Happy New Year to all of our beautiful families. Welcome to our summer holidays blog for the Year 2025.
Learning Intention 1:
To support children’s expression of ideas through our outside environment by creating moments of play with nature play. By explore a variety of enriching experiences which caters to the interests and imaginations of young learner’s. As well as following of sustainable practices, which could lead to inquiry.
Why:
- Ensuring our holiday season is filled with laughter and adventure.
- By giving children the opportunity to explore a variety of nature play, it engages them in sensory play and allows them to discover new exciting materials.
- This helps to enhance a child’s critical thinking, brain development and language development, which gives them the ability to build towards more complex learning tasks in the future.
- Exploring the world around us in which God created for us
- Also an amazing opportunity for the children who are going to school in janaury to see the learning environemnts that Holy Family has to offer and get them school ready
Children returned back from their holidays to fresh new beginnings in a New Year. Transitions were slow but smooth easing into the school holiday break by relating stories of their own holidays and adventures, reconnecting with their peers and Teachers to explor their world around them whilst visiting our common community spaces within the Holy Family school grounds. Children harvested some fruit and vegetables from our garden providing it to the kitchen for consumption during their meal times.
Learning Intention 2 :
Provide opportunities for the children to further develop their Gross and fine motor skills during play experiences
Why:
- Fine and gross Motor skills help children to navigate the world with confidence.
- Children become more confident with a skill, gradually make smooth
- Strengthing social and emotional development – with interations with others
Engage children in active activities every session where and when possible
The visits around the Holy Family school grounds have provided children this week with multiple exploration opportunities to conduct investigation and enquiry into exercising their gross and fine motor skills through a variety of play experiences. It was a great opportunity to enjoy the beautiful sun shine and have morning tea by having a picnic on the oval.
A spec of gold to end this week , our chef Angela provided the children with a cooking experience of how to make a berry smoothie. The children enjoyed being part of this learning experience where they were able to be valued participants and have a yummy taste of a very nutrious drink.
Hope you all have a relaxing weekend and hope to see you all back for more exciting holiday fun and adventures.