Djilba’s coming, djilba’s coming!

Birdies build your nests

Djiti djiti, brave koolbardi

Each one doing your best

As the weeks roll on and we glimpse the changes that herald a change of season, there is a growing awareness among the K6 children that there is a big change coming for them, too.  Although the start of Class One is still many months away, in Kindergarten we do begin, during the second semester, to take small steps to ease the transition.

This term the Class Five students have been visiting us each Monday afternoon to read stories to the kindergarten children.  It is a time eagerly awaited by the little ones as they welcome their future “buddies” to spend some time together.  At the beginning of next year, these are the students who will welcome the new Class Ones into the school at the Rose Ceremony.  We also hope having some familiar older friends in the playground next year whom they can look to if needed will assist them to feel more comfortable there.  The Class Five students have also been enjoying getting to know next year’s Class Ones, and it has been a trip down memory lane for those who attended Karri Kindergarten themselves.

This week by request of Class Five, they were able to spend a little longer with us and joined us in the Kindergarten garden.  Many thanks to our Class Five friends and their teacher, Lydia for taking the time to visit us, to read and play together.

Warmly,

Denise