Week 8: The Penguin Post – Kindergarten Weekly

🌈 KINDERGARTEN NEWS 🌈

Last week was a busy but enjoyable week in Kindergarten, with lots of opportunities for our youngest learners to take part in whole-school events and continue building their confidence. It has been particularly nice to see them engaging alongside older students during Sports Week and embracing new challenges with enthusiasm.

This Week

• We are excited to welcome a new member of staff, Ms Anni from Finland, who will be joining us for her practicum. She will mainly be based in Primary but will also spend some time supporting in Kindergarten.

  
  

• The student run café will be open on Wednesday at 3:30, with a relaxed meet-and-greet event for parents, students, and staff to connect.

  
  

• For our Friday trip Kindergarten will continue their swimming lessons at Hampton. Please ensure your child brings swimwear, a towel, a change of clothes, a water bottle, and sun protection (sunscreen and a hat).

Looking Ahead

• We will be conducting Parent–Teacher Meetings on Thursday 9th July. These are optional, but parents are very welcome to attend.

  
  

• On Wednesday 29th July, we will be holding our annual Flea Market. Parents are welcome to come and sell items. This is a great opportunity to clear out unwanted toys and belongings and sell them to friends at a good price. One person’s clutter is another person’s treasure. Both parents and students can create items, games, food, drinks to sell.

Highlights from Last Week

Sports Week ran smoothly, with a full programme of activities across the three days.

On Monday, the kindergarteners designed team materials before coming out to watch and cheer on the whole-school tournament of Gaelic football and handball.

On Tuesday, the kindergarteners joined their Sports Day teams and prepared healthy food together, including cacao balls (made from dates and oats), fruit salad, guacamole, and apple slices with peanut butter.

Wednesday was our main Sports Day event, with track and field events in the morning and family games in the afternoon, followed by the awards ceremony. It was fantastic to see our youngest students participating in running, jumping, and throwing events.

A highlight was the water-filling relay race, where it was fascinating to see the different ways students approached the challenge.

A big thank you to Alex, Amanda, Daniel, Harris, Laura, Ping An, and Toa, who all played a key role in planning and running the events across the three days, as well as to all the parents who attended.

Congratulations to our overall champions, the Military Clovers.

Closing

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. It has been a pleasure to see the children growing in confidence and independence, and we look forward to another positive week ahead.