Topics Explored, Visitors and

Special Celebrations at The Village

 

Term 1

Term 2

Me and My Family, Australian songs, stories, activities and animals, Chinese stories, songs, lanterns and fans, Learning about Different Cultures especially those that make up the class – food, clothing, music, stories and art, Friends, Formulating Class Rules, Emotions, Feelings, My Body, Houses we live in, Pets. 

 

Special Celebrations:

Chinese New Year

Australia Day

Harmony Day

St Patrick’s Day

Pancake Tuesday

Easter

Passover

 

Safety – Fire, Police, Ambulance. 

Community Workers – Postal Worker, Nurse, Doctor, Dentist, Crossing Supervisor.  Transport Vehicles. 

 

Teeth care. 

Health and hygiene. 

Healthy Foods.

 

Visitors:

Police Officer

Fire Truck and Fire Officers

Ambulance

Oral Health Talk / Tooth Fairy

 

Special Celebrations:

Mother’s Day

 

Term 3

Term 4

Fantasy, Imagination, Make Believe, Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, Mermaids, Dragons, Pirates….

 

Dragons, Dinosaurs and Reptiles.

 

Special Celebrations:

PJ Dress Up & Teddy Bear Picnic

Father’s Day

Sports Day – Being Fit and Healthy.  Being a good sport

EKKA – Activities – Animals, produce, rides…

NAIDOC Week – celebrating and learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture

Life Cycles, Caterpillar to Butterfly / Silk Worm to Moth, Chicken Hatching, Animal Farm, Plants / Gardening, Insects and Bugs.

 

Growing vegetables and herbs.  Being healthy.

 

January School Holidays – Under The Sea & At the Beach – Water Safety

 

Visitors:

Chicken hatching program

Gardening program

 

Special Celebrations:

Halloween Dress Up Day

Open Day – Jumping Castle and Animals Farm

Christmas

Hanukah