Pre-Primary Blue’s Furry Visitors
Mrs Mubanga, Mrs Pike and all the students in Pre-Primary Blue were thrilled to have six furry visitors on Tuesday 29 October. Sam and his mum brought in the four-week old chicks for us to enjoy. The students were able to pat them and learn what the chicks like to eat and how to care for them. We were amazed by the different colours and personalities of the chicks.
Read MorePre-Primary Is All About Learning Through Play
In Pre-Primary Blue, we love to learn through play. It’s a great way for us to learn how to:
investigate the world that God has created develop our social and emotional skills build on our confidence think critically solve problems perform experiments to test our theories and hypotheses and much more!We also think Mrs Brookes makes a terrific bee keeper!
Read MoreWe Love to Learn and Play
In Pre-Primary Red we love to learn and play.
Joseph Chilton Pearce, who wrote a lot about child development, once said, “Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.”
George Bernard Shaw, who was playwright, said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
While there is no one definition of play, there are a number of agreed…
The Gift of Music
On Wednesday 16 May, we had the privilege of celebrating the gift of music. Alec Duncan from Child’s Play Music is a musician who makes his own instruments from everyday resources.
Children were given the opportunity to play a variety of instruments created from loose parts such as PVC pipes, hose pipes, aluminum pipes, storm water pipes, and ex-food plastic carboys. We played on balloon bassoons made from PVC pipe, a balloon,…
Credo 2017: On This We Stand
On Thursday 21 September, Wilson’s entire student body sang the truths of Scripture together at our school concert, filling the gymnasium with the sounds of “I Believe”. Credo 2017 was a celebration of the rediscovery of Biblical truths during the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. The venue was “standing room” only as many family and friends attended.
We were privileged to “meet” Martin Luther, William Tyndale, John Calvin, John Wesley, and John Newton as “The…
Around the World with Pre-Primary
God has created our world with so many different cultures, customs, plants, and animals to explore!
We started our Term with Australia, and had lots of fun with our bush campsite, campfire, and learning about Australian animals. We also looked at Aboriginal art and dance, and had a go at doing our own dot paintings. It was quite hard!
From Australia, we set off to other parts of the world! We looked at African stories,…
Pre-Primary Students Enjoy the Outdoor Classroom
In Pre-Primary we utilise our beautiful playground as an addition to our classroom. This Term we have been exploring “Mini Beasts: God’s Little Helpers.” Our outdoor environment has been a huge assistance in growing our understanding of Mini Beasts and how God has called us to care for His creation.
God created worms to help keep the soil healthy and help water to get to the plants roots. They also help get rid of food…
Togas, Music, Food, Dancing, and the Olympics
In Wilson Pre-Primary Red we have been learning about the world’s most spectacular sporting event – the Olympic Games – which are about to start in Rio.
We have been investigating why and how the ancient games started and why we have them today as the Modern Olympics. We brainstormed ideas and posed many ‘I Wonder’ questions. We made suggestions about the things we wanted to do and know. We wondered why the Olympic torches…
Music is Child’s Play
On Tuesday 17 May, the Wilson Kindy and Pre-Primary students joined together to engage in a musical extravaganza. Child’s Play Music provided an exciting and educational hands-on music incursion. Mr Duncan…
Early Learning Adventures
At Kindy, we have been reading many of Eric Carle’s books, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Little Cloud
Mystery Solved
The Wilson Pre-Primary students have engaged in a mysterious investigative journey all of Term 2. It all began one day at the beginning of the Term, when we discovered footprints and a big mess in our classrooms and kitchen as we came back inside from recess.
We collected the evidence and became detectives and forensic scientists as we examined each clue that was left behind and made conclusions about out visitor. The visitor came back…