05 Mar 2014
What a fantastic start to the year the Kindergarten students have had.
This year all Kindergarten students came in to our school with their parents to have their Best Start Assessment. This was a fantastic opportunithy for the teachers to meet each child individually and get to know a little about each child and their family. The parents were given a tour of the class and it was a wonderful opportunity for the school-family partnership to be formed.
Kindergarten students started at Toukley Public School on Monday 3 February with confidence, ease, independence and beautiful big smiles. The students have become accustomed to the routines of big school and are entering the classrooms ready to learn every day. Literacy and maths sessions have begun and are full of hands on learning, with open ended resources that allow students to learn and create at their own pace.
Kindergarten are coming together as a grade several times during the week to sing, dance, play sport and interact socially with their peers in a play based environment on Friday afternoons. Strong friendships are being formed throughout the grade and it is encouraging to see the students interacting so well with a diverse range of friends.