I wonder

Children cease to wonder if they are always given the answers. “I wonder why the plants are growing here ( under the protection of the trellis ) and not there […]

Writing

It’s exploded everywhere. I have told them they are amazing writers. Don’t let anyone tell them they aren’t.

Big Emotions.

I don’t have A lot of pictures to represent this blog but of course I wouldn’t. Of course I shouldn’t. Taking pictures of children when they are in crisis is […]

Kindergarten Tour 2018

All the Pre-Kinder’s came in today extremely excited about being able to visit Northside, our kindergarten. Many of them sat in chairs in front of the glass door just hoping […]

Dial 65

Can you tell I hate assessments ? It’s called a Dial 3 but it feels more like 65. This morning we had a visitor. Ms Amy is taking a class […]

Still Assessing

Today Holly was out sick but I was still able to continue doing the dial 3 assessments – a little modified. Why use tiny blocks when it can be a […]

End of Year Assessments

This morning we took time to do a bit of our dial three assessments. Year end is coming up soon. End of year assessments are not required but I do […]

Pre-kinder Visit and STEM

I wasn’t sure what to highlight today. Two wonderful things happened. So why not talk about both ? This morning we had a scheduled visit with Mrs Frey , the […]

Autonomy

Providing children with a range of materials and resources from which they can freely choose allows them to exercise their independence and make their own decisions about what they will […]

Big Winds

I don’t usually get too anxious weather events for some reason today I am feeling the need to be extra cautious. We had a quick tornado drill this morning so […]