Golden time took on a new spin this week for Years 2-6 with choices of activities on offer for the children to participate in. Some children were drawn to a game of dodgeball, others to a game of Twister. Others opted for construction play or colouring/drawing, while a group chose to have playground time and happily played on the swings together. The emphasis was on children making their own choices on what they were interested in doing. It was fascinating to observe the choices that different age groups made and how they all mixed and played together. As the weeks go on, I’m sure the children will start to develop more ideas and take on more ownership of what they would like to explore during their Fun Friday session, with teachers helping to facilitate this. It certainly was a ‘Fun Friday’.
Golden time is a 20 minute free-choice time, that Years 1-6 engage at the end of a hard week of learning. Not that all of the above activities don’t still involving learning… far from it. All activities allow the children opportunities to practise and master physical and fine motor skills, and practise problem solving, communication and negotiation skills as they play together with friends and other children of different ages.
