Here we are now in our third week of being a 'Diversified Kindergarten'. For us this means not being a traditional sessional kindergarten but having a roll of 40 children per day with 20 staying for 6 hours and another 20 for 4 hours. A challenge for us was how to continue to provide the children with a real sense of belonging when there was not longer a continuity of attendence. With this in mind we set up a photo poster board showing the children who were attending for that day for the children to consult. This has been a huge success with the chldren gathering around to check it out when they arrive and at other times during the day. It has been interesting to watch the children who stay for the six hour day discover and make friendship with children they usually do not play with during the four hour morning. For us this is one of the positive outcomes of change.
No doubt other challenges will arise as we work our way through this first term of change but for now we continue to acknowledge that things will happen and we will think, heavens, didn't think of that.
Monday, August 3, 2009
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