A STAR IN OUR MIDST?

James just loves playing the guitar and asks to use it every day. He sits on the couch and plays and sings so I grabbed the Easyspeak microphone and recorded him as he sang the pirate song.

Then Ian, our techie, told me about a great new keyboard that isn't too expensive - made by Akai. After a little online research I went to the shop he suggested and bought one. I am so pleased with it. Using Garageband on our computers, the children are creating some fabulous music and having heaps of fun. James was the first to try it out (of course) and I recorded his first efforts. I think it has a lovely jazz type feel and that it is very musical. I wonder where James will take this and look forward to listening to more of his music as he becomes even more proficient.

Margaret ❀

POLKADOTS SHOW!

We were very lucky to be invited by the children's group, the Polkadots, to a free show (thank you to their sponsors Telstra Clear) at Greenhithe School on the 8th September. All the children also got a free DVD from the Polkadots to take home at the end of the Kindergarten session.
I created a slide show with the photos I had taken so the children could revisit the show and after setting it up on my lap top on a table, I invited the children to draw pictures of what they had enjoyed at the show. I was so impressed with the results - the drawings were stunning and full of detail, capturing the wonderful time they had all had. Another example of ICT enhancing children's learning opportunities!
Margaret ❀

MASTER BUILDERS

We have been amazed by the wonderful buildings the morning children have been creating over the past few months. They started out very simply and have become more complex as time passes.  After searching Google Images for some interesting buildings and printing out those that the children chose, the buildings became even more developed in form and shape. We have had taller and taller buildings created and rooms and buildings within buildings. We have even had roads between buildings made and buildings created along the roads. One road even went out to the sandpit! The printed images are regularly used as a reference point as they consider what to add to their creation, or as a starting point at the beginning of the day. We just wonder what they will come up with next.

Margaret ❀

SKY TOWER VISIT

Our morning children have been creating an amazing range of buildings in the block area at Kindergarten and doing building related activities, so to extend on this we took them to visit the Sky Tower in the city on Friday 20th August. Everyone really enjoyed their morning which started with us having morning tea at the base of the tower, out of the rain. However, when we went up the tower we could see a long way despite the weather. And, near the end of the visit we got to watch some people jumping off the tower - a highlight for many of the children.
Margaret ❀