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24.01.2022 Very grateful for the recent rain at Wallangra ....... so much of our play today revolved around water......

23.01.2022 Wishing all our wonderful Dad’s a very happy Father’s Day....... and if you are working on Father’s Day hopefully it is in a rainbow dozer!!!! Artwork by G xx

23.01.2022 3.2.2 Resources support play-based learning. Resources, materials and equipment allow for multiple uses, are sufficient in number, and enable every child to engage in play-based learning. We had observed home corner in the cubby had been ignored, after reflecting on this this, we moved home corner to the verandah and placed the train train in the cubby..... this seemed to provoke exploration and engagement at both experiences.

23.01.2022 QA5.2 Relationships between children. Each child is supported to build and maintain sensitive and responsive relationships. 5.2.1 Collaborative learning. Each child is supported to collaborate, learn from and help each other. Interacting with our peers with care, empathy and respect.

22.01.2022 Broadening my understanding of the world in which I live..... on an ‘adventure’ in the search of puddles at Gum Flat..... thank you to our understanding parents who were greeted with bags of wet clothes this afternoon xx

22.01.2022 Hoping your weekend is full of adventures.....

22.01.2022 Broadening my understanding of the world in which I live...... One of our peers recently moved house, which has sparked an interest in our address and where we live..... over the past few weeks we have thought about who lives in our home, what our home looks like etc as we drew and painted our houses..... today we thought about where our home is.... who our neighbours are etc..... as we placed our home onto the ‘map of Inverell and Gilgai!’

22.01.2022 QA6.2.3 Community engagement. The service builds relationships and engages with its community...... when very special people share very special things with us......

21.01.2022 Fine motor movement and control...... manipulating equipment and managing tools with increasing competence and skill. (Not to mention concentration!)

21.01.2022 Manipulating equipment and managing tools with increasing competence and skill.....

21.01.2022 Applying a wide variety of thinking strategies to engage with situations and solve problems...... manipulating objects and experimenting with cause and effect, trial and error and motion..... transporting water from one area of the sandpit to another......

19.01.2022 2021 is going to be the start of something big. We are looking forward to growing our team. If you would like to join our team.... follow the link below for further details.

19.01.2022 Actively using, engaging with and sharing the enjoyment of language and texts in a range of ways..... listening to the audio book as we turned the pages..... reading to our new friend Slothy...... Slothy was observed reading to her bird friends..... finishing our illustrations for our book about Malu the sleepy koala...... Slothy had lots of adventures at Gum Flat today, maybe there is a book to be written about Slothy too????

18.01.2022 Showing an increasing awareness of healthy lifestyles and good nutrition..... Thank you do much A and P for sharing your delicious apricots with us..... A: ‘So if they are squishy and orange they are good. But some are green they are no good.’ ........checking on our carrot experiment..... P: ‘It’s got a very long stem.’ J:’Maybe it will grow bigger and bigger we need more water.’

18.01.2022 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 15: Children have the right to meet with other children and young people ....... Children are supported to collaborate, learn from and help each other. (QA5.2.1 Collaborative leaning)

18.01.2022 Exploring, infering , predicting and hypothesising in order to develop an increased understanding of the interdependence between land, people, plants and animals...... there was a visitor in the sandpit today..... we wondered what kind of frog it was...... after consulting the frog poster we matched it to an Ornate Burrowing Frog or a Giant Ornate Burrowing iFrog....... once we measured the frog, it decided that it was in fact an Ornate Burrowing Frog...... we drew our representation of the frog and researched what the Gamilaraay word for burrowing frog..... galgalbanaa

17.01.2022 Applying a wide range of thinking strategies to engage with situations and solve problems...... today’s focus at Bush was building shelters.... the children thought the blue one would protect us from the rain...... Den and shelter building is a form of the enclosing schema.

17.01.2022 Hoping the school holidays are filled with special times and special people....

17.01.2022 We had a few visitors at Gum Flat today..... a guda in the tree.... Slothy returned for her second day at Preschool, listening to a story about one of her friends..... and the Big Bad Wolf tried to visit too!!!!

17.01.2022 Exploring the purpose and function of a range of tools..... the addition of pump bottles to the mud kitchen provoked ideas, conversation and play.....

17.01.2022 QA1.1.2 Child centred. Each child's current knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture, abilities and interests are the foundation of the program...... we have observed some children using paint to paint themselves in the past few weeks.... were the children seeking sensory opportunities? In response to this question, this week a shared sensory experience was offered....

17.01.2022 NRAV 1 Preschool start dates Bush Preschool: Monday 1st February 2021 Gum Flat: Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Bush Preschool and Gum Flat: Wednesday 3rd February 2021 Wallangra: Thursday 4th February 2021... Bukkulla starting date is dependent on department approval.... will announce date as soon as we know.

16.01.2022 QA4.1.1 Organisation of educators. The organisation of educators across the service supports children’s learning and development. Educators are deliberate in their positioning at Bush, we are always close by for support when asked for or needed but allow space and opportunities for children to engage in new challenges, considered risks, shared play or moments of solitude...... authentic child led play........

15.01.2022 QA1.1.3 Program learning opportunities. All aspects of the program, including routines, are organised in ways that maximise opportunities for each child’s learning..... our educational program isn’t confined to the indoor classroom and group times.... our learning spans all environments and is ongoing throughout the day..... B: ‘Do you think it will go to our nest?’ (Our visiting bird)

15.01.2022 2 days of FREE preschool in 2021! Please see attached link for IDFS Fee charging and collection policy. https://idfsnetau-my.sharepoint.com//EY5S0R_WZb1Fl-gFOL7vu

14.01.2022 Wow!!! Gum Flat Public School looks a little different to how we left it...... there will be a few changes to our arrival and departure procedures at our venues....... look out for an email and social media post in the coming days.

09.01.2022 BECOMING: Socially responsible and showing respect for the environment...... showing an increased understanding of the interdependence between land, people, plants and animals..... using play to care and feed the birds...... using the water from our water play to water the school's new tree..... recycling our art therapy artwork for sewing and threading.

08.01.2022 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 31: Children have the right to relax, play and join in a wide range of leisure activities...... combining gross and fine motor movement and balance to achieve increasingly complex patterns of activity.

08.01.2022 QA6.1.1 Engagement with the service. Families are supported from enrolment to be involved in the service and contribute to service decisions..... we value and invite family input in our Early Childhood Education program.... G brought in a special pamphlet showing many species of butterflies from her recent visit to Coffs Harbour’s Butterly House..... this has prompted some homework for us all which we will share on our Bush Preschool page soon...... C’s Mum shared C’s question of the day this morning, ‘Why don’t cows, birds and monkeys go to school? This question provoked lots of thoughts and ideas......

08.01.2022 Start of the preschool year is almost upon us...... time to reflect on the year that was and plan for the year to come.... after reading an old copy of @countrystylemag ..... @annabellehickson wrote..... ‘Where did you put my preschool craft dinosaur made out of an egg carton?’ (In the bin, where it, arguably, should be).’....... This comment made me stop and reflect upon the art/craft experiences we provide for our preschool children..... we offer independent access to an ...art trolley, enabling children to self select materials and create independently or with others..... as is our approach with our other resources in our play based learning approach..... allowing children to turn old ideas into new ideas, look at things closely, trying new things, repeat old things over and over again (kites are popular for this!), improve old things etc..... higher thinking becomes evident..... this matches our philosophy of viewing children as successful, competent, resourceful, involved, curious and capable learners...... but..... I then think about our guided art therapy experiences and the activities that were both independent and collaborative.... is there room for both? I would be very interested to know what you as a parent think about this? (Do you even think about this!!) See more

05.01.2022 Not all classrooms have four walls......

02.01.2022 Demonstrating trust and confidence...... sharing humour, happiness and satisfaction.... playing ‘Kangaroo Skippy Roo’ using the parachute..... one of our peers was hidden under the parachute and we had to remember and recall who was missing.......