Our Beginning

The children have made enormous growth over the month of September.  Although they come home saying they are only playing; evidence of learning, growth and development abound throughout our classroom.

During the month of September our Learning Goal was: We are learning to be members of our classroom and the St. Gabriel School Community.

The children have made new friends through learning activities in Kindergarten.  We are learning the names of our classmates, finding ways to communicate and negotiate differences in opinions and share our ideas.  Together we are exploring safe play at school, in the classroom, gymnasium, and at recess   One of our big areas of growth is in our ability to be independent. The children are quickly learning how to unpack their backpacks, put on their own coats for recess, negotiate opening their own snacks and lunches and change their shoes for indoor activities as well as recess.  It is quite wonderful to watch how the Senior Kindergarten students have mentored the new children and how all the children encourage each other on this important journey.  The classroom has been a buzz of activity where we are exploring its possibilities and discovering new experiences for learning.

Thank-you to all of you for the markers, crayons, scissors and other classroom supplies you have sent.

As we enter into the month of October our focus will be on changes... How our outdoor environment is changing, how we are changing as we grow and an investigation into how letters and number are used to assist us to express ourselves in order to communicate. As the children explore these topics we will be sorting, comparing and contrasting through our explorations.

The photos below provides wonderful examples of the children playing, learning and growing together within the Kindergarten program during the month of October.

We can make friends.  

We can pray together.

We can share.

We can learn together.

We can follow our class rules.

We can be independent.