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🌸We were delighted to welcome Professor Martin Westwell, who joined us to celebrate all learners. An opportunity where learners of all ages have been positioned as capable contributors to one another’s growth. This feels like a powerful example of the South Australian vision for education as a connected 0–18 journey, where children come to us already capable, curious, and creative, and our role as learning communities is to strengthen those capabilities over time.🌸 ... See MoreSee Less

Our partnership with Modbury High School sparked curiosity, “How did they get to kindy?”
Over time children used Google Earth, maps, conversations with families, dialogue with one another to explore roads, landmarks and places that connect our kindergarten with Modbury High School. 🗺️

“Modbury high School is like a E shape for the birds” G
“So many trees at Kindy” A
“You can hear the music” C

As they moved between mapping, drawing and construction, children transferred their understanding of 2D and 3D representations to create their own maps of our community.
Roads were lined with flowers. Buildings were filled with colour. Modbury Kindergarten became a vibrant landmark, connected to places that were important to children and their families.
By listening to children’s perspectives and inviting families to contribute their own stories, we continued to strengthen our shared understanding of belonging, connection and place.🌸 ... See MoreSee Less

🌱 Modbury Kindergarten has strong relationships with local sites. This year the preschool has been connecting with a group of Year 12 Child Studies students from Modbury High school to support learning and future pathways.

On their visit the year 12’s were surprised with the strong connection between their own learning dispositions and those of our 3, 4 and 5-year-olds. As our preschoolers designed, constructed, collaborated and problem-solved using open-ended materials and real tools, the students recognised the same creativity, risk-taking, persistence and critical thinking they are developing as senior learners preparing for life beyond school.

Our preschool children became the experts, confidently sharing their ideas, processes and thinking, while the older students left inspired. 🌱 ... See MoreSee Less