We have been so busy at Kindergarten for the past few weeks! We have been lucky to have extra helpers some days in Evie and Ethan. This has given the children more adults in the room to talk with, create with, paint with, cook with and play with. They also supported us for our recent excursion to the Museum, such a great opportunity for the children!

We have continued our inquiry around the broken tree in the park, this has culminated in the children sending a letter to the council telling them about their inquiry and asking them some questions.

• Will the tree doctors climb the tree with a firefighter ladder?
• Will the tree stay alive or not?
• Will you put a tree house with a ladder and slide in the tree if it survives?
• Did the tree catch on fire? Did the firefighters check it out when the storm passed?
• Will the tree get extra water to help it grow better again?
• Did the tree doctor try to fix it? Can they fix the top?
• Could the tree doctor visit us at school to tell us?
• If the tree won’t survive, what will happen to it? Will you grow a new one from the seeds? (we have some seeds, incidentally)
• Why is the tree red in the middle? Is that because of the lightning?

On Monday we are meeting Council representatives at the park who are coming along to answer our questions and tell us what they know about the tree. Very exciting!

On Tuesday December 5 we headed to the Museum with the 1/2 class. What a great day! I have never in my life seen children more excited about being at the museum! I heard “Tania!!! Look at this!!” approximately 500 times I estimate. We explored many galleries and when we had finished we headed over to the Christmas Tree in Mawson Place and on the way home we stopped at the Huonville Esplanade park for a quick play. We all slept well that night!

It has been an amazing year learning with these curious, engaged, kind, thoughtful articulate inquirers. I have loved every minute of it.

Tania, Kindergarten Teacher