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(birds chirping)

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(faint cheering)
(peaceful music)

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– Welcome to the Early Learning Centre.

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– The thing I really love
about working at Hutchins

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in the Kindergarten is
coming in every morning

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and being greeted by those
happy friendly faces.

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– Year 2 is a really
lovely year to teach.

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The boys are still very
intrinsically motivated—

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they’ve got a lot of questions

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about the world around them, how it works.

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– The Pre-Kindergarten boys
have specialist programs

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which includes Music, PE,

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and Religious and Values Education,

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and the Kindergarten boys
do those specialist lessons

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as well as having French.

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We have some specific programming

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that we do based on their wellbeing,

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especially social and emotional skills,

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and we talk a lot about kindness—

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what it is to be kind to each other.

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– It’s really nice watching
their relationships

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with each other form

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and how welcoming they
are to new boys as well.

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– We have lots of play-based activities—

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lots of play-based learning.

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We have really highly experienced
and trained staff here

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at Hutchins in the Kindergarten.

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We have a combined
experience of over 60 years

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which is really fantastic
for working with children.

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– Another unique part of the
Year 2 curriculum is the

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special buddy relationship we
have with the Year 12s.

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– We really like that there’s
that gentle introduction

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for the younger boys
into the School community

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which can continue right
through to the end of Year 12.

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(peaceful music ends)