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Today we did cooking club and we made golden syrup dumplings! the children loved this activity as none of them had made these before so it was new and fresh. They enjoyed watching the dumplings get cooked and really wanted to make them again! Next time I think it would be good to make a healthy version as it contained a lot of sugar.

follow up: Healthy golden syrup dumplings

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today the seniors thoroughly enjoyed making slime nearly the whole group wanted to complete the craft. there wasn't much supplies so some slime didn't turn out so maybe make sure there is plenty of activator next time. we could add a bit of colour next time or bean balls to add texture. in the end everyone loved the craft and was able to develop their fine motor skills by effectively creating and making slime.

followup activity: ooblek

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Today the Junior craft was making slime. The kids all really enjoyed it and it kept them busy right up until 4pm roll call. The only problem we had was running out of activator before all slimes were completely set. A good follow up activity would be play dough.

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The children have never played rainbow tag before and once the children found out how the game works they were all super keen to play. We play 3 rounds of the game and the children were engaged the whole time. The children worked really well together episcally if they saw that someone was struggling. Overall it was a really good activity

follow up: toilet tag

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Today the junior sport was pacman. The kids really enjoyed this sport and pretty much all the kids participated. The activity ran well and smoothly and overall the kids really enjoyed the game.

Pacman encouraged the kids to plan which lines they were going to follow in order not to get caught by the tipper.

Overall, great sport and afternoon activity. A follow up sport could be golden child as the kids love running on the basketball court!!

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Today two boys and two girls joined the craft and worked together well to help each other complete it. They struggled with gluing, cutting the paper and needed help putting everything together. But overall they were interested in the craft and enjoyed doing it. Follow up craft could be making animals with the toilet paper rolls.

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Today we made play dough for the senior craft. The kids really enjoyed participating and loved playing with it afterwards, it kept them entertained for a long time. The only issues were while the kids were waiting for their turn for things they got impatient and started yelling and running around. Overall it went well and was easy to run. A good follow up activity would be making slime and making slime would require less waiting time as it doesn't need to be cooked or anything.

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Today the year 1 and 2's really got involved with the sport with the sport stretching till about 4:15 pm. It was great to get involved with the kids and watch them invest their afternoon with playing the sport we planned for them. We did a medley of 3 different games which I believe got the kids more interested. We played Golden Child, Bullrush and Ship, Shark, Shore. The dynamics worked really well and the kids noticed how Jesse and Ella (Staff) were joining in with them and they loved it. I definitely recommend on the busy afternoons to get all of the kids to do sport first and craft after 4pm as the option then. It was a success! FOLLOW UP: Soccer Tennis (it was suggest by the kids)

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Today the sport was thumb ball. The kids really enjoy it, however there were points where the kids got a bit too competitive getting angry at one another. I aimed to try reset the game when things got too competitive.

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Today Ash ran a great event. Majority of the OOSH kids participated in the cake decorating event. Overall the event ran smoothly and the kids all enjoyed it.

The event encouraged team building/work between the kids, creativity and imagination!

Each year group got 3 cakes to decorate however they wanted, in an attempt to win the best cake award and the end of term party of their choosing!

The year one's took out the comp with the best 3 cakes. Their team work, creativity, and imagination was definitely better than the other year groups.

Overall, GREAT EVENT ASH!!!

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Today we made faces with scrap paper instead as it was wet weather. Kindys weren't interested at first but joined in when they came in for the 4 o'clock head count. Juniors joined in and enjoyed it, helped each other out and added their own flare to their projects.

Follow up: nature craft as we didn't get to actually use nature resources or the kids wanted to make outfits with the scrap paper to match the faces they made

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Today the senior sport was thumb ball. Overall the the kids really enjoyed it and were all getting involved. The kids did struggle with getting a bit too competitive. One kid was super inclusive and even got out on purpose so another kid who was upset that they were out could get back in.

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Today the sport was dodge ball. The seniors were quite restless today and were struggling to listen. Some of the kids were getting into the game however there were times where we had to stop the game to re sort teams, ect and restart as it got out of control. The game in the past has been ran well so I think it was just how the kids were for today. a good follow up game would be a handball tournament.

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Today we made a combined giant octopus for a board in the dome. The children really enjoyed working collaboratively together to create the artwork.

Follow up: recycled ocean board

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Today's sport was Kick Tennis we had a lot of involvement from the kids and we played the game until it was time for roll call. The only problem with the game was that the kids were very disrespectful towards staff and had to wait for the half the sport lesson

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WE MADE CRAB HATS FOR KINDY CRAFT TODAY, IT WENT WELL AND WAS FUN, MOSTLY GIRLS JOINED IN TODAY AND 2 BOYS FROM KINDY. WE ENDED UP DOING DRAWINGS AFTER WE MADE THE CRAB HATS AS THAT IS SUCH A EASY- FAST CRAFT IT DIDNT TAKE LONG TO FINISH AND WE HAD ALOT MORE TIME 2 KILL. I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FOLLOW UP CRAFT FOR THE CRAB HATS - THIS BEING TIARAS, SUCH AS MAKING TIARAS FOR THE CRAFT.

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Today the junior craft was cooking club. The cooking club was fairy bread and all the kids loved this. The activity ran smoothly and well. Only the kids that were well behaved at afternoon tea got to participate. Overall the activity was a great idea, would definitely recommend this one again.

A follow up activity/cooking club could be: baking cupcakes or decorating cupcakes.

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Today for sport was dodgeball, Their behaviour was terrible at afternoon tea which delayed the start of the dodgeball. They enjoy dodgeball however it is hard running it by myself policing rules whilst playing, need 2 strict staff on dodgeball. After the roll they all went to free play, but i recon they wouldve played more if they weren't interrupted. Lots of juniors wanted to play and lots of seniors including grils which was good. Follow up could be fumbball but no need as dodgeball lasted the entirety of the time.

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Jewlery friendship making was a great activity and the kids were really excited to do it. However, the set was not very easy to access, and juniors were all demanding and not very nice towards the teachers and all fought over the beads. In future a better system of using the beads would work better.

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Today we made lemon muffins. the children enjoyed making these as they used skills learnt from different activities to make something more complex. It also introduced the children to a recipe with healthy substitutes. The recipe had multiple steps which kept them engaged for along period of time as it challenged them. Overall it was a really great activity.

FOLLOW UP: passionfruit muffins

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Fumball was a good sport as all the kids love to play it and get involved, with all different skill levels. They all know the rules and how to play, the only issue is the occasional argument, however as we had 2 teachers it ran well.

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Today the kindy's got the opportunity to do cooking club! Mostly all the children were keen and engaged in the process of the making the crackle. They all really enjoyed taking turns with each step and were so excited to taste the final product.

FOLLOW UP: freckle cookies

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Today the juniors played dodgeball with the seniors. This did not work very well as the seniors were obviously much stronger then the juniors. This created chaos as the juniors were all crying and getting hurt even with 3 teachers. In future keeping the game strictly juniors would work much better.

Follow up - bin ball

FOllowed up 11/06

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Juniors always get very excited when soccer is the sport. However, this sport always ends up in arguments and injuries. To avoid this, having more staff and stricter rules woud prevent this from happening. The kids do love it , but also as the afternoon goes on kids begin to leave and the teams become unfair making the issues worse. Perhaps swapping the game from soccer, to shoot outs would fix this issue.

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Today for the craft we made chatter boxes. It went really well, the kids were all helping each other making them and the pack up was easy and quick. A follow up activity would be origami animals.

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Kindy Craft - design your own maui hook - 21/05/2024

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Kindy Craft - design your own maui hook - 21/05/2024

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The kids loved this simple craft they liked the freedom of being able to use their own colors to design the hook and cut it out.

Follow up - design your own crown

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This was a great cooking club idea as it was easy to prepare and easy for the kids to get involved fairly. Each kid got a certain amount of won ton paper and meat and had fun wrapping in different shapes.

Cooking them off the floor was a bit hard as I couldn't leave them unattended with the hot oil.

Follow up: Something similar where they can wrap pastry or something. Maybe little pies and they can weave the pastry.

Have the filling and pastry prepared and then they fill their own little tin with filling and then decorate with pastry over the top. Apple pie!

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Today the Juniors had cooking club, they made chocolate chip cookies. The children were very attentive to the instructions given by the educator and they took on the challenge/ responsibility to have a turn in making the batter for the cookies. This was particularly good as they also encouraged other children to participate that were hesitant in doing a role. Some children had difficulties with listening and trying to take items out of the educator's hands whilst they were giving instructions. However, this was quickly resolved when they were spoken to. The cooking club was not messy at all today and smooth sailing. Follow up- Cake pops

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Today the kids were lucky enough to enjoy time of experimenting with loom bands making all different types of things. This includes making rings, bracelets and necklaces. They kids got extremely creative with their choice of style, colors and tricks. The kids really liked the opportunity to do a special craft activity for today and behaved really well to be able to participate.

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Today the sport was handball. A few of the kids were not super keen to play at the start however as the game started they got super into it. The main issue with the game was that there was a lot of waiting around as there were a lot of kids and only 4 could play at once. They decided to play handball against the wall after a while so everyone could play at once which worked really well. Overall I think it went well and the kids really enjoyed it. A good follow up game could be a big dodge ball game.

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Today's craft was a big success! There was lots of steps to the craft and the Kindy's got their heads around it and it lasted a full hour. We will definitely do something similar again .

Follow up - Rainbow suns

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Today the Kindy's loved cleaning their toys in the car wash craft. they had to take the toys from the dirty water to the clean soapy water. They enjoyed seeing the transformation of dirty to clean. It was a great craft to do all together. I think we should continue with messy craft.

follow up - rainbow spaghetti

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The seniors love this game they get really into it.

Main problem is them not being honest when they get out or getting frustrated with one another.

It helped that we kept adding some rules to make the game go a bit faster e.g have to release ball after 5 seconds, making the playing area smaller. This way more kids had turns of playing when they got out.

Follow up:

Kick tennis

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HAMA BEADS

Today's junior craft was a hit for a big group of the juniors. They really enjoy getting these out, and love to use their imaginations to make all their own little designs. The craft was asked to be continued on by majority of the group. Follow up - loom bands

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Today the kindy craft was making ice blocks out of paper, paddle pop sticks and tissue paper. The craft was super simple and easy for the kids. The kids loved the craft and the end results were great!! A follow up activity could be making different types of food out of the same equipment.

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Pacman was an awesome hit for the juniors. 90% of the kids got involved. However this meant it was a huge group and quite chaotic and required lots of staff. therefore we got 3 of us helping and it worked out really well in the end. It was extra good as nancy was super involved being competitive and the kids love when teachers get involved.

Follow up - Dodgeball

folowed up 26/4

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Sustainability board collaboration
This afternoon older children engaged in creating painted hand print trees. Throughout this activity they used fine motor skills, colour perception, positive social skills amongst their friends, peers and educator. From this activity they used their imagination and creative skills to extend the activity to designing flowers, portraits.
In the future to have fluorescent colour paints and tubs where they can mix the colours together.
An extension of this activity for the future could be:  self-portraits of the self’s and the family. As this will promote their fine motor skills; eye/hand coordination; social skills; creative skills.

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Today for the Junior Craft we did loom bands. There were lots of kids involved at the start and even teaching each other how to make them which was very nice to see. Some of the kids stayed making loom bands for the whole duration and got really into it. Pack up was a bit tricky though as other than a few kids who stayed the whole time, most kids stayed for a little bit and made a bracelet or two before moving on to another activity. this meant at pack up time a few kids were packing up for a lot more kids mess. overall though the kids really enjoyed the activity. A follow up activity could be beaded friendship bracelet making.

follow up 29/5

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Today the seniors made slime, which they love to make! all kids were engaged with the activity and thoroughly enjoyed making it. The seniors love the messy play, and being able to create something that is long lasting that can play with. Overall slime is a successful activity that the seniors always love o do!

Possible follow ups could be science experiments such as elephants toothpaste or a volcano!

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Today the Kindys participated in musical bops/limbo. We ended up doing musical bops on the basketball court as inside was busy and not many chairs were available. Most of the children were engaged in the activity but a lot had too much energy and the boys were running around playing basketball. We did it like sport and then craft second.

Follow-up activity: Basketball shooting or charades

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Harmony day was a great success! It was wet weather that day but we had a wet weather plan up and ready to go. We were prepared!

The day started with afternoon tea and then we jumped straight into activities all about harmony day. Craft involved, painting together, making hand prints to show people binding together. A few messy crafts were set up and we had a few games in the middle pf the room going as it was pouring with rain!

Overall harmony day was a lovely day for kids to understand the meaning of family and friends and the importance of acting as one.

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Today the seniors chose to do soccer and cricket doing it like fifteen minutes of each. There was a lot of interest in the soccer  to begin with when after we finished a lot of kids went off to do other stuff when we switched to cricket. The cricket was hard because there was allot of arguments between img whose batting and whose bowling. Other than that the choosing idea w

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Today for sport was Dodgeball, They loved the game and a lot of them got involved but very competitive. It was difficult to play and police all the rules aswell as it was difficult to tell some kids to go out as they wouldnt listen. However It was very fun and most kids played the whole afternoon. Soon other ages joined and it became a big game. After that we did kids vs staff and it was awesome. Some kids were asking to play again tomorrow as they loved it. follow up could be thumball as we were playing on the handball courts, however dont think theyll need a follow up after today.

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We did kick tennis for junior sport group game today it was super fun everyone got involved and seemed to enjoy it, there was only boys that wanted to participate but I think this was because the balls were getting kicked high like a footy ball would, and as a girl myself it was pretty scary to attempt to catch. There was no faults in the game today, everyone seemed to have fun and there wasn’t any injuries or bad sportsmanship that turned to tantrums etc.

Defiently a fun game to play again with the seniors could be fun ?????

Follow up: footy

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today the sport was soccer and there was only a handful of boys who wanted to participate. all of the children wanted to do completely different thing ranging from fumbball, handball, soccer and using the speaker. it was hard to run the sport because there wasn't many kids and kids left when they saw other kids doing other choices or doing whatever they like.

follow-up: handball competition

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Kindy sport- basketball drills - 10/04/2024

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Kindy sport- basketball drills - 10/04/2024

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The kindy's really enjoyed learning some basketball skills this afternoon. We did lots of small activities, like learning how to bounce a ball properly, throwing the ball against the wall, lots of pairs work. I think next we should go back to soccer drills and try put together a mini game.

Follow up - soccer drills and mini game

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For the sport today we did kneeboards and hoopla-hoops for the kindy’s. They absolutely loved this for the sport activity as they had a lot of freedom to collaborate together

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During the shift today I ran one of the sport activities since it was Health Day so we all had different activities. I assisted with the year 1 afternoon and then helped a few kids who were injured and looked for the kids going home.

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Today we did ship shark shore with Kindy. It was quite challenging they really struggled to understand where ship shark and shore was, they keep getting it mixed up, so I felt bad doing elimination. I decided that the game was not working, so opted for duck duck goose instead they really enjoyed that and made sure everyone had a turn without me telling them too.

Follow up - Musical Chairs

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Today the seniors played hide and seek tip and enjoyed it. They were a bit rowdy this afternoon so they all went off and played a few different games with each other. I think next time we play this we should maybe make a smaller boundary and a whistle and when it goes it mean that round is over and a new round has begun. as some get lost and distracted with other games.

follow up: Tip

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Today we did handball with the juniors. It went well however need a firm staff per court to police the amount of cheating. Apart from the policing they had fun however numbers eventually dropped. When numbers went too low we eventually turned into thumb ball with a mix of all the years. Follow up activity was obviously thumbball. they honestly preferred thumbball over handball but both went well together.

Followed up 27/5

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This craft went really well with multiple children engaged and wanting to make one then one. They enjoyed the idea of using cupcakes warpers as the lids once also getting the opportunity to colour them in with there own designs! Overall it was a really good craft with positive feedback.

FOLLOW UP paper roll telescopes

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For senior craft today we did chalk. Quite a few of the girls got involved and stuck at it for a bit, as well as a few boys. We took turns drawing our own things as well as all drawing the outlines of each other as 'snow angels'. This was a good craft as each kid kind of got to use their imagination and do some of their own work.

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY: some sort of chalk activity that uses the outlines of our bodies but maybe adds something else, or is educational and aligns with what they are learning at school (bones on the body or something). This will also mean that the craft can last for the desired time as there will be a bit more to it :)

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The kindy's really liked this craft and did well at cutting out the different shapes and sticking them together to make their bunny.

This craft ran well when I had traced the shapes on the paper for them to cut out.

Follow up:

Create movie characters with different coloured paper.

Some of the kids favourite movies was ghost busters, minions, frozen etc. I think they would love it!

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Today the junior craft was painting flower figurine magnets. The juniors ABSOLUTELY loved this craft and the end products were great! The kids got along and managed to complete the task very easily. A follow up craft activity could be another painting activity except having more options for the kids to paint.

fllow up 6/11

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the seniors were really excited to do kick tennis. although, it is hard because the groups become unfair when the kids want to be with their friends. there was alot of arguing and disputes with the rules which made it hard to play. next time maybe split it into year groups and in the end it began to work out. a followup activity could be poison ball.

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Today's sport was soccer. The kindy's absolutely loved it. We just practiced some skills and we will eventually build to a proper game over time. Next time we should practice basketball drills.

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The kids love this game! There were a few issues with kids being dishonest about who got out, however this game ran over the time allocated and the more we got involved the better. Some of the girls got involved as well which was great. Perhaps next time we try and involve them more by getting them to stand closer to the front of the line so they have more of a go at throwing the ball against the wall.

Follow up: I would program this again. Handball comps are also always a good one to do.

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The kids got pretty involved in the game, although there was quite a bit of arguing about who was in/out. Tried to compromise by doing no elimination which worked, after a while they wanted it to be a competition with a winning team. Overall, this game always works the best when staff get involved. For next time, when two staff are on the sport, it would be great to have one staff on each side to encourage the kids.

Follow up:

King ball or basketball

Fllowed up 28/5

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For kindy sport today we did kneeboards and hoola-hoops, the kids absolutely loved this. They had a lot of freedom to do their own thing with the equipment pieces and join into groups with their friends to create games etc. After doing their own thing for a while we made a huge jump scotch with the hoopla-hoops and everyone joined in. We were able to keep the sport going for a while with majority of the kids sticking at it for a while. I don’t think there is a follow up activity that relates to this, keeping in mind the kids absolutely loved this sport today.

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Today Tom planned a great event to celebrate St. Patrick's day! The craft was making rainbows out of paddle pop sticks, clovers out of tissue paper and St. Patrick day hats also out of paddle pop sticks.

The kids really enjoyed this craft activity as they got to make multiple things. The craft was simple and easy and it turned out great!

The kids also participated in a treasure hunt. The treasure was gold chocolate coins, and the kids especially loved this activity.

Overall great event!!

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with using yellow and red paper, sticky tape colour pencils and paddle pop sticks. All Children enjoyed creating own loin.

paper lanters or paper people etc

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This afternoon the children had chalk as there craft. Due to limited numbers today with the kindy's we decided to do chalk as a group all together. All the children were eager to join within the craft activity. They all took turns with sharing the chalk while also playing games together involving the chalk. Overall the activity lasted the whole 30 mins with every child engaged and happily doing the craft.

Follow up - chalk paint

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14/03/2024 Pot Plant Toilet paper rolls  

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14/03/2024 Pot Plant Toilet paper rolls  

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The kids got quite into this craft and created their own take on the pot plant idea, designing a unique range of pots. Some of the girls tried different painting techniques e.g. painting over tape and pulling it away, smudging different colours with paper towel for tie dye effect.

They were good at cleaning up after themselves once they were done when I had made it clear to them about the instructions once they finished.

Follow up:

Scrap paper collage picture (could also be old newspapers or magazines). The challenge would be to create an image using small pieces of cut up paper, like a mosaic.

All the little pieces of scrap paper gathered from all other craft, can we please put with the rest of scrap paper in the white bucket :)

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first off what didn't work was that there was no rocks to paint and there was no time to try and find some. So using paper plates instead of rocks, which work just as well,

all children enjoy painting.

follow up project Salt Dough lady bugs or worms etc etc.

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The kids absolutely loved this activity today. The idea of making an instrument out of toilet rolls stunned the kids, was a great idea. The kids really enjoyed also designing the toilet roll to 'transform' it. We performed a dance to shake it off using them! Follow up: Making Drums.

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The kids got really involved in this craft and loved being able to decorate them in all different colours. This craft ran well with an easy step by step process.

Follow up- turning your hand print into another animal or object. Some options: Cactus, Bees, Peacock (get a bunch of the kids hands to make one big peacock)

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Today for craft we did hama beads/bead bracelets. The girls were very keen to join in and participate however the boys were not. The group of girls that participated continued on with the activity after the 4pm headcount, as we made a variety of bracelets with each other and as gifts for friends etc. Due to the iron still being broken we had to change to bracelets which the girls were pretty disappointed about but we made it work. FOLLOW UP: friendship letter bracelets.

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Today for craft we did origami cranes, It was slightly challenging for the juniors especially with myself trying to learn myself as well while doing the craft. Maybe easier origami such as planes could be easier as some kids may already know how to make certain planes, however quite a few kids put in the effort till the end and put in quite a bit of effort to attempt to create the crane. FOLLOW UP: tbh no follow up needed as origami is quite time consuming however if needed could make paper planes or create a chatterbox or folded cut paper thing to make a cool pattern.

follow up 2/04

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today the juniors did stress balls for the craft as the supplies for the scheduled craft wasn't available. there as allot of interest but it made it hard to do the craft because i was trying to make all the stress balls as when they tried to do it themselves rice was going everywhere. other than that the children loved this craft and their was so much interest. next time maybe find a way to not make as much mess.

follow-up activity: cupcake decorating the other idea was good maybe do that again fuzzy art bookmarks

FOllowed up tues 19

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Today for senior sport we played packman. The children all voted to play this and we had a good first round. however after that some went off to play cricket and soccer because they got bored. i think this happened because lots of kids were playing and it was very chaotic especially after a few injuries. i think if we program again we need to make sure we have more staff on if we have the same amount of kids to help deal with the injuries ad not let it stop the game so much.

Follow up: golden child basketball

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The sea craft was really cute. Lots of kids got invovled, and it was the perfect difficulty level for the kids. It was however very messy, bt the juniros all got invovled helping whih was awesome

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Today the seniors made oobleck as their craft. They made it in groups of 2-4 and they really enjoyed the experience!

They used big mixing bowls which made it easier for them to play around with and it made the clean up a bit easier for them at the end.

This activity was one that they really enjoyed and participated in! Would definitely recommend this activity again in the future.

A follow up activity could be slime as the kids wanted to take the oobleck home but it would have been too messy.

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Kindy Craft - 4/3/24 Watercolour Painting

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Kindy Craft - 4/3/24 Watercolour Painting

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Today the kindy’s enjoyed having the option of doing free water colour painting. Whilst some kids loved doing their own thing, some of the kids said they would prefer to be told either what to paint or have an activity set for them to complete! The kids did enjoy using some other than paint! Follow up; A picture to colour in using watercolours.

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Today we did a rubbish pick up craft for Clean Up Australia Day. All f the kids got super involved and it was an awesome activity than ran perfectly. The kids loved the competition aspect of the activity, as the kindies, juniors and seniors all competed against each other to see who could pick up the most rubbish. Not only was this awesome for the environment around the school but showed great sustainability!

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kindy craft - butterfly handprints - 29/02/2024

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kindy craft - butterfly handprints - 29/02/2024

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Today we did butterfly hand prints, the kids loved getting their hands dirty and showing us how they write their names. As a follow up we can still continue with the hand print theme we should do giraffe hand print craft.

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Junior sport was great it was easy because the kids knew how to play and that made it so much easier the kids love it when staff get involved which makes more kids want to get involved

Follow up activity: eagle tag

Folllwed up (14/3)

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Today, the Kindy's got to make Bunnies using Paper plates. They love making new animals and adding to their collection. As a follow up, the kindys wanted to make Giraffe's and Penguins. The kids love learning about their favourite animals. We could definitely do something with this.

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The game was bin ball today although the game ran really well the kids didn’t listen but besides the sport was great we ended up having some of the seniors come to play we had so many kids it was amazing

Follow up game: dodgeball

Fllowed up (13.3)

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Recently we have left it up to the seniors to decide what they want to play each afternoon. This afternoon they chose hide and seek tip. Majority of kids got involved and after 3 round we taught them a new game called 'wave'. They loved learning this new game and they were all very intrigued. This new system is really working. After the game a large group of kids that were playing went a played a game of cricket. we are finding that by letting them choose the group game and having afternoon tea early is really encouraging inclusive play amongst the seniors.

Follow up: Wave

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Rubbish Pick Up - Kindy Sport 27/02/2024

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Rubbish Pick Up - Kindy Sport 27/02/2024

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The Kindy's loved this activity and got super involved. They said they love the idea of keeping their school clean. I would highly recommend reprogramming this activity. We used the garden tongs and the kids wpre the vests! Follow Up: Garden Clean Up.

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Boxing club was an awesome activity! The boxing equipment was perfect and in amazing condition and the students who got involved learnt a bunch of new skills as Thomas was giving really good instructions. However there were also lots of students who did not not want to do boxing as they had to do it last week and they wanted to do something different for sport and were disappointed. So next time doing boxing on another weekday other than Thursday. Follow up:boxing club with Thomas on an alternative day.

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The monkey craft went really well. There were lots of kids who were interested in joining in, however it was a very chaotic craft as a result as how many kids there were. The monkey's all looked very unique and the craft challenged them to work for themselves and not rely on teachers which was really good to see. Jesse did a really good job of organisation the craft and setting up a great example which always helps.

Follow up: Lion Craft

Followed up 14/03

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We started the craft with limited resources of pipe cleaners but the craft still got a lot of interest from the seniors. The children were encouraged to try make animals out of pipe cleaners but most were more interested in making their own creations. Some of the children were engaged but most of the children ended up being silly and only do the activity because they were forced to.

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Senior craft - animal pipe cleaners We started the craft with limited resources of pipe cleaners but the craft still got a lot of interest from the seniors. The children were encouraged to try make animals out of pipe cleaners but most were more interested in making their own creations. Some of the children were engaged but most of the children ended up being silly and only do the activity because they were forced to.

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Senior craft - animal pipe cleaners We started the craft with limited resources of pipe cleaners but the craft still got a lot of interest from the seniors. The children were encouraged to try make animals out of pipe cleaners but most were more interested in making their own creations. Some of the children were engaged but most of the children ended up being silly and only do the activity because they were forced to.

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We started the craft with limited resources of pipe cleaners but the craft still got a lot of interest from the seniors. The children were encouraged to try make animals out of pipe cleaners but most were more interested in making their own creations. Some of the children were engaged but most of the children ended up being silly and only do the activity because they were forced to.

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Kick base ball was an AWESOME sport. The kids absolutely loved it. It took a bit of explaining as we have not done it before, but once they got the hang of it it was perfect! They all had heaps of fun with it and it went on for ages and ages. The only issue were the arguments between the children over who would serve first, however with 2 staff on with 1 on each team it ran really well.

Follow up: Kick baseball but bouncing edition, or cricket base ball maybe if that's a thing?

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Today we did wheely boards and stilts as well as running races with a big long game of whats the time mr wolf. The kids absolutley loved whats the time mr wolf - LOVED IT. We played it for about 30 mins. We should program this activity again alongside with another game like red light green light running races etc. I find that running Kindy sport in between the bathrooms and the classroom its small and easy to manage a smaller space then a big large space.

Follow up: whats the time mr wolf and running races

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Can you say friend in another language craft

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Can you say friend in another language craft

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During before school the kids learnt how to friend in different language, they did this through creating posters for a display board that will be going up in the bag room keep your eyes peeled!

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Today we played a big game of hide and seek tip and the seniors loved it! The staff getting involved worked really well and made the kids more involved for longer. It was fun and gave the kids the right amount of freedom which made the activity work really well. It bonded the group and after a few rounds majority decided to play a game of cricket together.

Follow up: 44 Homes

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Today we did a really simple sport and the kids really enjoyed playing with the equipment. The kids directed themselves and worked together to play fun games. It worked really well without a structure as they all just did what they liked within the area. This continued on during free play and they drifted in and out of the activity throughout the afternoon.

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To begin with it was very hard to run the craft as the children found it hard to understand how to tape/glue the paper to the toilet roll. The little animals turned out well and the kids liked them with adding Pom poms to add some noise maybe, use rice for animal shaker things next time. It was kind of hard to set up the activity cause I guessed what to use cause I didn’t know where the activity plan was.

Follow up - animal plate faces or the boys enjoyed making pretend guns that they say shoot food.

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Today we made finger puppets and lots of kids were excited to do it and joined in. We had too many kids involved to use the stencils we already had so we gave them coloured paper and they all drew their own designs and characters and came up with different creative ways to put together the puppets. They enjoyed making their own and it still worked really well even though we didn’t use the stencils. Everyone worked well together to help each other out.
Follow up: Finger puppets & draw a backdrop/scene

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Today we did a Kindy Mini Games, I brought out a bunch of toy like equipment such as bean bags, hoola hoops, wheely things and big jumping bags. We pretty much ran races the entire session, the Kindy kids especially River don't really listen and have to kinda do their own thing to have fun, he joined in after seeing the other kids have fun/showing off how fast he is. Running the sport myself was tough for kindy's as its hard to gain their attention and control them. However with pure dedication the kindy's very much enjoyed themselves and had fun.

Also having a lot of equipment and many games is tough as you gotta explain many different rules and games especially as kindy's aeren't very knowledgeable and have a low attention span.

FOLLOW UP

As they got bored of races we pretty much played tip, i got involved and they all got very excited and played till the end of the day.

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Thomas and I did mental health day today. Thomas arranged an activity putting juniors and seniors together to write kind notes to one another. It went well. Lots participated. I think the activity should have been done sitting somewhere that it was easier for kids to write and more room too. We used the bench next to the barbecue, it was pretty crowded for the kids.

Follow up activity: for mental health…. Could be going doing names in a jar and then whoever they get they have to spend 20 mins hanging out with them, getting to know them. A good way for the kids to make new friends or hang out with their peers they wouldn’t usually hang out with.

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I was surpisred by the amount of interset that the children gave in the activity. The children sat and were participating in the acivtiy for the whole hour. They really enjoy asking a competion about who could make the longest chain and who could make the coolest creation. Overall it was a really enioyable activity

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Today juniors made Valentine’s Day craft which went well !!!! Even lots of little boys participated in craft today, which is different as it’s usually the girlies mostly. We made love heart pipe cleaner little people to give to their valentines. The boys and girls wanted to make special things for their parents. Which is always a fun thoughtful way to It was easy, fun and not too much of a mess. It’s always fun to get into the mood/ or themes of events coming up. FOLLOW UP: maybe Taylor swift friendship bracelets to get excited about her Australian leg out the tour.

(Followed up 30/02)

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Today for craft we did a lion face. We didn't get too many kids doing it and the safari theme isn't exciting the seniors too much. I think if we pitch the crafts a different way and maybe turn it into a competition this could drag more interest.

Follow up: jellyfish