Welcome to our new Kindergarten students!
All of the staff at Samuel Gilbert extend a warm welcome to our new Kindergarten students for 2021. We hope you are feeling ready and excited for 'big school.'
We will be updating this page with literacy and numeracy activities, new information and more, so make sure you check back regularly.
We will be updating this page with literacy and numeracy activities, new information and more, so make sure you check back regularly.
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Press play on the video to view a lovely welcome message from our current Kindergarten students.
We look forward to seeing your children at the transition days later this term. |
Numeracy Activity - Make a Counting Book

You will need
To make the counting book
Once you have made the book, it’s time to fill it up!
- colour pencils or markers
- 5 zip-lock bags
- a stapler
- a piece of cardboard
To make the counting book
- Open the zip-lock bags.
- Lay the bags on the cardboard, like pages of a book.
- Take the remaining cardboard and fold it over the bags to form the spine of the book.
- Staple it into place.
- Finally, give the book a title.
Once you have made the book, it’s time to fill it up!
- Create your book based on a number. (For example, number 5).
- Go on a ‘5 hunt’ to find different ways of showing 5.
- Create your book about 5.
- Read and share your book with someone in your family.
Questions for parents to ask
- How do you know that is (the number chosen)?
- Can you count to be sure?
- What else can you do to help keep count?
Literacy Activity - Handwriting
Watch the video to the right to see an example of a handwriting lesson
Extra things to do at home
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