Kindergarten Learning Spotlight

Each fortnight we like to put a spotlight on the great learning happening in a particular grade in our school. In this report the spotlight is on Kindergarten!

Our Kindergarten students have had a wonderful few weeks of learning, showing fantastic engagement and enthusiasm across all subject areas!

In Literacy, our reading groups have been a hive of activity with students enthusiastically building CVC words and working hard to improve their reading fluency. During dictation, we’ve seen great progress as students tune in to the sounds they hear and work to record them accurately in their writing. Handwriting sessions have focused on ensuring letters are consistently sized and spaced correctly, with careful attention to punctuation. The children have also been learning how to write simple sentences using co-constructed sentence starters. It's been a joy to see students confidently using their sound charts to spell new words and proudly reading their writing to friends and teachers.

In Mathematics, we’ve been exploring teen numbers by matching numerals to quantities using think boards and hands-on activities. We've also been refining our number formation to ensure digits are neat and clear. Recently, we began learning about data, where students discovered they can gather information by asking questions or sorting items, and then represent that information in creative ways. We used tally marks to collect data and created both picture and column graphs. Highlights included graphing the colours of Smarties and making a picture graph of Kindergarten’s eye colours—such fun and engaging ways to bring data to life!

Our Science investigations have had a real-world focus as we explored the materials in our environment. On Tuesday, students tested a range of materials to determine if they were waterproof. This experiment sparked lots of curiosity and will inform our upcoming design challenge—to create a waterproof bird feeder using recyclable materials. Time to get those thinking caps on!

In Geography, we’ve been learning about our local environment and the special features of our school. Students have enjoyed exploring different types of maps and creating their own school maps complete with a key to help someone new navigate our grounds.

In Health lessons students have been learning how to keep themselves safe near the road, water, at home and on Country. On Wednesday the students worked with their buddies to draw ways to keep themselves safe in our school and home environment.

In Art lessons students have been studying famous Aboriginal Illustators. This fortnight we focused on Bronwyn Bancroft in particular her boo, 'Big Rain Coming'. This felt even more fitting with the rain we have been experiencing in our local community. It also prompted many students to want to talk about the floods and unpack that rain can have lots of benefits and is very necessary but too much can be devastating to communities. We used 'Big Rain Coming' as inspiration for our art session on Friday. The students enjoyed using lots of different textures and materials to create their artworks.

Today we also joined the rest of the school in celebrating Catholic Schools Week with a beautiful liturgy. As part of our reflections, Kindergarten shared what they love about Holy Name School—and the answers were heartwarming!

It’s been a delight to see all our Kindergarten friends embracing their learning with such joy and curiosity. Keep up the great work, Kinders!