Raceview Congregational Kindy in Ipswich, Queensland | School

Raceview Congregational Kindy

Locality: Ipswich, Queensland

Phone: 3294 1199

Address: 117 Wildey Street 4305 Ipswich, QLD, Australia

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17.01.2022 Our wonderful Kindy still has vacancies for 3 year old Pre Kindy children on Monday/ Tuesday class. Class time are 9am till 2.20pm. Enquires 32941199 or visit our website www.raceviewkindy.org.au

17.01.2022 This Saturday and Sunday night, community carols singing out the front of the church with our live stable animals and shepherds. Visit the big tree and then wander down to the church.

16.01.2022 I have been asked to explain why I recommend that children are taught to draw the shapes on small chalkboards rather than on paper or whiteboards. There are se...veral reasons: 1. You don't cut down a forest of trees to teach handwriting. Shapes and letters are immediately erased from the boards if they are formed incorrectly so that there is no lasting visual image of an incorrect formation. 2. Children learn the shapes and formation of letters using a large arm movement rather than a small finger movement which many are not ready for when they first come to school. Many children who are not ready for paper and pencil learn to form letters incorrectly which hampers their speed and efficiency when writing sentences and stories and when learning to spell. Writing using a larger movement on a single line also enables them to establish visual-motor co-ordination for letter shapes before they are asked to use fine motor movements within specific boundaries. 3. Using a small piece of chalk helps to develop correct pencil grip - you cannot hold a small piece of chalk in more than 3 fingers. Using large whiteboard markers encourages poor pencil grip and keeps children using immature grips longer than necessary. 4. Chalk on a chalkboard causes friction and drag and the movement is easier to control than a marker on a slippery whiteboard - particularly for left-handers. This provides kinesthetic feedback to the brain and assists in embedding the movement to motor memory. The children learn to form the letters correctly using a large movement which transfers easily to pencil and paper when fine motor skills are in place. Children move to paper when the can write every letter with correct formation automatically, when they have a bank of high-frequency words in their writing memory and can produce them automatically, when they can write a simple sentence using the high-frequency words in conjunction with reasonable letter choices for sounds they hear in words they want to write. Here are some photos to show the progression from 3 weeks at school to 6 months at school.

16.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all our super Dads!!!

13.01.2022 Our rating is in and we got Exceeding!!

11.01.2022 Have you ordered your mangoes yet?? Don’t be late, orders due by Thursday.

10.01.2022 This we week at kindy we had Geckoes Wildlife visit.

07.01.2022 Dear Kindy families, After all the news release and events over the weekend. We would like to encourage our families to be vigilant about monitoring the health of family members and not attending if you are unwell or monitoring for symptoms.

06.01.2022 Urgent Covid-19 Update: Contact tracing locations in Ipswich which have been visited by COVID positive people. Full contact tracing details for SEQ: https://www.qld.gov.au//cor/current-status/contact-tracing

06.01.2022 Raceview Congregational Kindy has limited vacancies in 2021 for children turning 3 years old. Born from July to December 2017 and January to June 2018. We also offer the Queensland approved Kindergaten program for four year olds. Enquires 32941199 or visit our website for details. www. raceviewkindy.com.au

04.01.2022 Our new car park has started

02.01.2022 A great end of term three. Celebrated with a wheel-a-thon linked to under eights week.