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Tuesday 20 Dec 2022
KG Adventures Around the World




KG Adventures

Around 

the

World











Amy Loveday-Hu  

Head of KG

幼儿园园长


 


Our KG show is an adventure in imagination, in exploration and in 'finding out'.  Our show is not a show for a show's sake, but a presentation of learning explored in various exciting ways, inside, outside, and in every corner of the kindergarten, over the past weeks. Our extended inquiry into the world around us has taken us to many places, we have investigated an array of countries and continents from the perspective of what our children want to learn about them, focusing on what they think is important.   

Students explored things like, the languages spoken, the food eaten, the weather, clothes, customs, songs, sounds, sports, and dances, to name but a few. Teachers and students collaborated to create short stories to share their learning about specific places, to make props, backdrops, and costumes and to practice together. They even designed invitations to share with the community. They are, as they should be, extremely proud of their work.  



Families joined us on this amazing journey online, which was not how we had hoped, but, in true kindergarten fashion, we did our best to make it work.  Cancelling was simply not an option; everyone had worked too hard and was too proud of their efforts for us not to honour them, so we chose this way because 'the show must go on', but to also ensure we did our best to keep everyone safe and healthy. Over 4,000 people watched the show online on the day, and many extended family members in countries all around the world were able to watch too.  What a truly global community!  


In the costumes carefully made by our children, in the stories imagined by them, and in the developmental differences between KG, KG2 and KG3, we saw  growth, learning and dreams in action.  When our children explore learning that they can see, smell, feel and hear, they learn so much more than if they simply sat and listening to a teacher, or filled in gaps on a worksheet.  On this journey our children's learning has filled every space we could imagine and has gone further than we could possibly have predicted, this is why we do it this way. We want the best learning for our children all the time.    


We all hope our children will achieve their dreams, we hope their dreams will be wild, exciting and take them on a journey in life that brings them great fulfilment and happiness.  Those dreams begin in kindergarten, with wild and wonderful journeys like this one!