To our Bilby Families

Term 3 In the Bilby Room

As we move through Term 3, it has been wonderful to see how much the children have grown and developed since the beginning of the year. The children have settled beautifully, forming strong relationships with both their peers and educators. Their confidence, independence, curiosity, and sense of belonging continue to flourish each day. We have been happy to welcome a few new children into our Bilby community as well.

During this term, we have been focusing on extending the children’s learning through more group experiences and intentional learning activities that provide challenges and opportunities for expanding their thinking and collaboration.

The children have particularly enjoyed making their own playdough, experimenting with colours, bubble making, drawing, and painting while developing their fine motor skills and creativity. Creative expression has also been encouraged through collaborative mural artwork using paints and paint pens. These experiences allow children to explore different artistic techniques while working together and sharing ideas.

Our exploration of nature and the changing seasons has sparked many meaningful discussions and discoveries. The children have enjoyed observing their environment, learning about seasonal changes, the local birdlife, digging sand and mud, and developing an appreciation for the world around them. They are very excited to see their sun hats are back and are starting to wear them.

Monday mornings continue to be a highlight, with Music and Movement sessions led by Mr Gavin. These fun and engaging experiences support children’s social and physical development, coordination, confidence, communication, and enjoyment of sharing music.

In brief our Learning Goals have been:

• Encouraging children’s voices, choices, and interests in daily learning.
• Exploring and caring for the natural environment.
• Building confidence, independence, and wellbeing through new experiences.
• Developing STEAM skills through play, creativity, and problem-solving.
• Strengthening communication through stories, songs, rhymes, and conversations.

Looking Ahead

For the remainder of the term, we will continue to focus on developing the children’s growing independence. By using daily routines, self-help tasks, and opportunities to make choices, we aim to build each child’s confidence and encourage greater independence in preparation for future learning experiences.

We will also be focusing on kindness, respect, empathy, and body safety. Together, the children will help create our room rules, learning positive ways to treat one another, continue to build friendships, and develop a safe and caring learning environment where everyone feels valued and included.

We look forward to continuing to support, welcome parent input and celebrate the children’s growth throughout the rest of Term 3.