Mathematics at Kindergarten

This term the teaching team are conducting a short term self-review on Maths. We began by brainstorming what we thought maths was and came up with a range of terms around this curriculum domain. We have found that aspects such as number and shape have been bought to the forefront in our practise and incorporated into play with children. Today children were using a foam shapes to build castles and converstaions were had about the different shapes being used. This knowledge was then shared around other parts of the kindergarten, like when Alycia went over to the swing, held it up and said "look.. its a smily face... its a half circle!" Akex and Scott were also sharing their knowledge around measurement, more specifically height as they stood up tall beside each other - Alex couldn't believe that he was a whole head taller than Scott! PLEASE NOTE: We are having difficulty uploading photos at the moment - so sorry that we can't share the fun photos with you to make these learning expereiences even more visiable!We will see if this works next week.

Frosty Mornings

Yesterday morning at we had a lot of fun exploring what we had left in the trough over night - it froze!! Te makariri hoki - How cold it is! !

Plastic cups filled with water, dye and a plastic bug. The water was frozen inside each cup as well as the water around the cups. This left a hole in the ice where the cups were lifted out of the trough! Children enjoyed using their fingers to feel the cold ice, putting their fingers into the holes and swirling around the water as it slowly melted on the bottom of the trough.

It didn't take long before all of colours were mixed together in the trough. The droppers were used ever so carefully transfer these colours into the container of fresh snow that was alongside the trough. The colours that they children made were watched closely as they absorbed into the snow and spread. Lets see what tomorrow morning will bring...

Our snowy morning

What a fun and unusual morning we had at kindergarten today.
With only 18 children that soon dropped to 15 as the snow came in quite heavy we spent the morning doing things that we don't normally do.I like that,he pai tena ki ahau!

Putting on our coats and going out to explore the snow and gather data through all our senses was a priority. Then we made popcorn and set up kindergarten so it looked like we were at the movies and we watched a funny movie " The Cat in the Hat".

Stay warm and safe over the weekend and we will see you back on Monday ,hopefully with the sun back too.

Kindergarten open today (Friday 21st)

Morning the kindergarten is open today but we are working with reduced staff due to 3 permanent staff and 1 reliever that are affected by the road closures and snow around Fairlie.

In session this morning will be Tracey, Louise with Helen's support.

afternoon cancelled

Hi afternoon kindergarten cancelled today

Please check later on about morning kindergaten tomorrow

Conditions Deteriorated

Kindergarten closed for Morning session due to road conditions.

Will evaluate afternoon session at 11am to see if afternoon session will go ahead.

Please listen to radio FM too.

Kindergarten Open

Good Morning

Geraldine Kindergarten open today, but please be aware of the road conditions.