Happy Mothers Day from the BDK children

A number of children were keen to record personal messages to their mums for Mothers Day. Click on the movie below to open it in 'You Tube'. Select the full screen icon at the bottom to view the movie full screen.

Raffle winners

Thanks to all who supported our raffle
1st prize ... 1006 .... Tangi
2nd prize ... 808 .... Tania L
3rd prize ... 303 ..... Kevin

The wood project ... week two

Itʻs Tuesday ... and that means that It has been a Steve day.
With the bird house project well under way the plan was to use the ideas the children had shared last week or had put on the blog. What great ideas emerged.
At morning meeting the children looked at their progress last week on the TV. Earlier in the morning Ben had had the task of checking out suitable places to put the birdhouse. Steve then asked Ben to take photos of the four best places he thought the birds might like to live. The children then discussed the shape and size they wanted for the hole for the bird to get in. The children then drew the shapes they thought the bird might like and then all the children voted on their preferred shape. The circle won. It was then time to find the right tool to cut a circle and to put the plan into action. While all this was happening Marieke was hard at work drawing, cutting out and laminating her flag for the birhouse.
Next task ... the top. Did it need to open? Did the children want it to hinge or lift off? So many decisions! Hinges won the day and were duly added. What else do we need? Thatʻs right! Olivia suggested that the birds needed to have something to stand on while they decided to go in or out. Luckily Steve had a round piece of wood ... called dowel ... in his tool box. It was just right for the job. The only job left was to test out the best places for the bird house that Ben had chosen and photographed. They decided that the spot by the guinea pig grotto was not sunny enough. They experimented with placing it in the tree, but they couldnʻt open the lid. The spot on the side of the playhouse was just too noisy. The last spot was the fence and that was just right! You could open the lid, it was sunny and it wasnʻt too noisy. Together, the children and Steve attached the bird house to the fence ... and Mariekeʻs flag looked really grand. How lucky the birds are!
It is now time to think about the next project. What will that be? Put your ideas on the blog.

Chocolate bars for sale

Thatʻs right, we have 280 bars left to sell. Just great for watching your favourite TV programme.
Get your bar from kindergarten now ... $2.50

Creative kids

Unleash the Goo Documentation - Botany Downs Kindergarten

A big thank you to everyone that supported our 'Unleash the Goo' project. The donation of creme eggs for the animation and commitment to viewing of the final movie to gain votes was most appreciated! Unfortunately we didn't win any prizes but had a very enjoyable time creating our animation and the children developed and revisited a number of ICT related skills. Below is a self playing movie documenting the journey from concept to completion. The video can be viewed larger by double clicking on the video and opening it in 'YouTube' .We hope you'll watch it and enjoy reviewing our journey as much as we enjoyed being participants. The documentation is also printed in a paper format and available for viewing at the kindergarten. Raelene

Kindergarten swap with CASCADES KINDERGARTEN

Thank you for a great day Cascades Kindergarten
When we asked the children what was different at Cascades KIndergarten this is what they said ...
Jayden saw a micrphone and a stage
Rohnan said the that there wasnʻt a tree that we could climb on
Jessica said ... the pets here are different to our pets
Ryan said ... I saw the bags hanging up on that ... that was different
Mackenzee said ... I saw red flowers with red things on them
Madison M thought the sandpit and toilets were different
Chase thought the children were different
Mikaela said it had a more bigger sandpit
Anish said the sandpit was different
Noah said that he saw a different bigger digger in the sandpit
Mia said that she saw fish and snails
Seth thought the soccer net was different
Archie said there was a real microphone
Madison T thought the soccer net was different
Alex saw different swings
Ben thought the pink play dough was different
Marieke spied something in the trees. A moon hanging upwards
Emma saw a different slide
Stefanie saw cool glue guns
Summer noticed that there were monkey bars but they were hard to do. The playground was different too ... with a tunnel
and we could go each way to see each other
Jemma said ... there was a tunnel over there. The monkey bars were pretty different too. There was a pirate flag on the playground
Molly said there was a different playground

Thanks to all the parents who assisted us on this trip. Your support is much appreciated
Elsa said that there was a swirly thing in the tree