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25.01.2022 Today in Junior Kindy! Extending in of the childrens interests of sand play and digging. Miss Shelley buried some insect figures in some sand trays and the children used popsicle sticks and their hands to dig through to find them! This activity was an absolute hit with the children! Keeping some engaged for most of the morning! Cant wait to see where we go from here. ... Floor activities consisted of big block building and train tracks with miss Maria. Outside we moved our bodies with rocking horses. Obstacle course and working on our balls skills with catching. Kicking and throwing! Have a good afternoon!

24.01.2022 Today in pre-prep we enjoyed exploring play dough to explore our imaginations to create and construct while using our small muscles to manipulate the play dough. The children created wonderful creations while using the play dough.

23.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all of the Dads and Father figures in childrens lives. Hope you have a wonderful day!

23.01.2022 Our Pre-Prep children are so proud of their colour recognition activity!! During this activity they also further developed their cutting and hand-eye co-ordination skills!!

23.01.2022 Today we collaged some insect outlines as we extended on the bug catcher experience outside. We discussed the names of the insects and the colours they used to decorate the insects.

22.01.2022 The Kindy children enjoying water play today in the beautiful sunshine! The children are developing and strengthening their gross and fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination as they lift, pour and funnel the water.

22.01.2022 Fun in the Kindy Room

21.01.2022 What a fun filled day at Ascot Drive for our Country Show Day!! Our day began with Bean Bag Throws, the Duck Matching Game, Farm Animal Play, Face Painting and Ball Games. For Lunch we had enjoyed a delicious Sausage Sizzle. In the Afternoon we had Ice-Cream with Strawberries and decorated our own Biscuits. We also got Tattoos and our Hair Sprayed in different colours!! At the end of the day we said Good-bye to our friends and received a Show Bag and Balloon!!!

20.01.2022 The Pre Prep children have been enjoying learning through the new interactive whiteboard. We have been busy learning to recognise our name and learning numbers 1-10. We have also been using the interactive whiteboard to enhance our music and movement!! Name recognition builds concepts of print and begins the process of sight reading as well as children learning to have an identity. Recognition of numbers supports the development of other number skills such as counting.... Music and movement helps the body and mind work together. Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self expression.

20.01.2022 Today the Pre-Prep children enjoyed some yummy Brazilian treats made by Gigi and her Mum! Thank you Gigi for making the Honey Cakes, they were delicious

19.01.2022 Today we said farewell to a much loved Educator. Maria has worked with us for so many years, but recently decided to retire. Thank you Maria for all of your dedication over the years, you have touched the hearts of so many children, families and staff. We will miss you!! We wish you luck in your future endeavours

19.01.2022 Today in Pre Prep we discussed healthy and unhealthy food!! We practised our scissor skills and used the scissors to cut out the healthy food that would belong in our lunch box!! Cutting enhances childrens eye-hand coordination as well as builds up the tiny muscles in their palm and hand! Children must be able to see what they are cutting while moving their hand!

19.01.2022 Today was Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day! Childrens Day is a time Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and all Australians, celebrate the strengths and culture of all children. It is an opportunity to show support for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, as well as learn about the crucial impact that culture, family and community play in the life of every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child.

19.01.2022 Halloween Fun at Ascot Drive on Friday

18.01.2022 Babies in the Nursery enjoy their day

18.01.2022 Kindy Room the children are developing their counting skills!

18.01.2022 Superhero Day on Friday!

17.01.2022 Friendly Reminder: Tomorrow is Book Character Day!!

15.01.2022 Thank you Miss Kim for baking these yummy love heart cookies. We invite all our families to take one for Valentine’s Day

15.01.2022 Outside play with the Toddlers!

15.01.2022 Junior kindy had a very busy and fun filled Friday! Starting our day with some group time where we enjoyed some stories, singing, and some music and movement! Before moving on to some table activities. Following on from our learning the letter A, we painted our favourite animals! ... Using thin brushes and paint, this enabled us to build on our fine motor skills. As well as our vocabulary and small group engagement skills as we discussed with miss Sarah what we liked about our chosen animal. For outside play we enjoyed various whole body activities including the obstacle course, running races, trikes, and kicking, throwing and catching balls with our friends!

14.01.2022 Happy Educators Day!! We are so fortunate here at Ascot Drive for having such dedicated Educators that always go above and beyond!! We appreciate you! Thank you Happy Dayz Cafe for the delicious sandwiches and donuts, they were AMAZING!!... Also thank you to the Alcott family for our cake and yummy Tim Tams, we are so lucky

13.01.2022 Jeans for Genes Day this Friday!

13.01.2022 Yesterday and today we put our gross motor and problem solving skills to the test with some new additions to the nursery furniture. They especially loved crawling or walking up and down the grey ramp with more and more confidence. The children were happy and engaged in exploring the obstacle course; Ryan and Harry stepped in between the railed ramp to get across to the middle, sometimes using the wall or sides to keep their balance. The A frame was a tricky but a popular one too, with Harry and Ryan taking one or two steps up the side and Jack and Millie using it as a support to help them stand up. Jack figured out that the pole on the A frame spins, he was so happy with himself he repetitively spun it. We are excited to watch as these little ones explore and further develop their skills over the next coming weeks.

13.01.2022 We are loving our new home corner furniture in the Toddlers. It is very relaxing and helps us to develop our social and emotional development.

12.01.2022 Today in Kindy we read "Share said the rooster". We talked about how the characters were feeling throughout the story and how we share in the classroom. At the painting table today we focused on starting to recognise the first letter of our name, by dotting a capital and lower case letter. Then painting each circle at the bottom with our letter in it. On the carpet the kids got creative when constructing various creations with the mobolo. The children told us they made planes, transformers, trucks, helicopters, "a big one" and many more throughout the day. In home corner we made some "lunch". We cooked the pasta and "veggies" then added the pasta sauce. We all helped serve it out to our friends, and topped it off with some tea. Thank you for a great day! See you next time.

11.01.2022 Yesterday the Pre Prep children engaged in a number recognition, matching and cutting activity. The benefits of matching activities helps.... -improve concentration - train visual memory - increase attention to detail... - improve the ability to find similarities and differences - improve vocabulary See more

10.01.2022 On Friday the Pre-Prep children celebrated Chinese New Year. They made lanterns and enjoyed fried rice for lunch with dim sims and spring rolls.

09.01.2022 Yesterday a small group of Pre-Prep children went to visit Loganholme State School. When we arrived we were introduced to Fergie the reading dog, then headed to the icentre. We meet Miss Roser and we read Guess Who? followed by a colouring activity

08.01.2022 Brush teeth twice a day, in the morning and just before bed. Gently move the toothbrush in a small circular, forward and backward, jiggling or vibrating motion over each tooth to remove plaque found both above and the below the gum line. #DentalHealthWeek

08.01.2022 Today we enjoyed exploring our garden, learning about sustainability by planting some new herbs, watering our garden and caring for our garden. The children were curious, eager and showed enthusiasm by quickly putting on their garden gloves and finding a watering can ready to plant the herbs. We planted thyme, rosemary, basil, mint, parsley and oregano. The children were digging little holes to plant the herbs and then used the watering cans to water the herbs. While planting our herbs we had a lovely conversation about gardening and if anyone at home has a vegetable garden.

08.01.2022 The Pre-Prep children enjoying the obstacle course on a sunny winters day

07.01.2022 Book Character Day is on Tuesday August 25th, looking forward to seeing everyone dress up!!

07.01.2022 Last week Pre Prep learnt about the seasons. We enjoyed playing games on the interactive TV about what clothes we had to wear for summer and winter. We then practised our scissor cutting skills and cut out what clothes we would wear in summer and winter. There are many benefits to cutting with scissors including: - independent movements of each finger - strengthens hand muscles - two-handed coordination... - visual motor skills(eye-hand coordination) - visual perception tasks(directionality) - fine motor skills - promotes grasp pattern - focus and attention See more

07.01.2022 As a part of our book week the Pre-Prep children read Jack and the Beanstalk. As an extended experience the children planted their own beanstalks. They had so much fun and they are looking forward to watching them grow! The children then collected some green leaves to create their own beanstalk picture!!

07.01.2022 Today in kindy We all had a turn with the hammer and nails activity. Using our fine motor skills and hand eye coordination to line up the nails with the small holes and again to hammer the nails in place. This type of activity also helps the children understand safety and following rules. As well as developing persistence and patience as sometimes it takes a few tries to get the nail in the right place! Over on the literacy table we traced the first letter of our names. Buil...ding on our letter recognition and identifying the first letter to our own names. Floor activities consisted of the ever popular Mobilo! Today we had buses, rocket ships and flying cars created here. Over on the Duplo table Rocco and Alex worked as a team to build a superhero farm!! What amazing imaginations we all have!

07.01.2022 Through gross motor opportunities at Ascot Drive, teachers promote the following aspects of childrens learning: Confidence in developing movement skills and managing movement challenges Sensory skills and awareness, perceptual motor skills, kinesthetic and spatial awareness, balance and coordination, muscle tone, strength and flexibility ... Fundamental movement skills, including balancing, crawling, running, jumping, catching, hopping, throwing, galloping, skipping, leaping, kicking, striking and dodging Hand-eye, good eye coordination and ball skills

04.01.2022 The children loved our sensory experiences to explore the sense of touch. We had dried pasta, rice, bubble wrap and shaving foam.

03.01.2022 At Ascot Drive on Wednesday August 12th we will have a Country Show Day for all the children!!

02.01.2022 In Kindy we continued on with our number recognition activities. We got some sticky dots and counted them out to match the number of dots we had on our work sheet. Then we put the dots on to the circles and if we wanted, we used the dots to trace the inside of the number! The hammer and nails came out again! And we also got to use the brand-new magnetic building blocks! These are so fun to build with because they can somewhat cling together making the towers and things, we build nice and strong!! Outside was filled with body moving activities. Bikes, obstacle course, building with waffle blocks and kicking and catching balls!!

02.01.2022 Today pre-prep enjoyed making pizzas. We used muffins, pizza sauce, ham and cheese to make our pizzas. We then enjoyed eating them for afternoon tea. 10 Benefits of Cooking with Kids Did you know that cooking with your kids boosts their development?... Increases Language Development. Enhances Fine Motor Skills. Increases Math Ability. Improves Reading Skills. Introduces Kids to Scientific Concepts. Increases Focus and Attention. Teaches Life Skills.

01.01.2022 In Junior Kindy today we explored the chain links! The children had to use their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination together, to be able to join up the links. As well as the chain links, we used the colour sorting tray to separate the colours Red, Orange, Blue, Green, and Yellow. This activity enabled the children to independently select, match and sort colours. Colour recognition enables children to start making connections with their world. Colours recognition is also a great way for children to explore their self-expression, identity and supports speech development.