No matter what the weather brings us in these last few weeks of winter, we have certainly been making sure that we all continue to stay warm in Kindy. Each day before we go out to play, we count our layers to make sure we are rugged up and warm. On baking day, we have been gathering firewood to make a warming fire so we can cook our bread over the hot coals. We love to sing warming songs as we cook around the fire.

‘Cold grey winter’s here, fires give us cheer. Snug together, winter weather, cannot make us drear.’

We have also been hearing a heartwarming story each week about a mitten that was dropped by a woodcutter and mysteriously stretched to provide shelter for a collection of animals looking for refuge from the cold. There was room enough for the blue bird, the bush mouse, the possum and even a big lumbering wombat who all scurried out when the woodcutter’s dog returned to find the mitten for his master. We all know how important it is in Kindergarten to make room for one more!