community
supplies for foundation 2021
Oh hi! How are you going? Your hair looks FANTASTIC! You look super happy, we are so glad to see it! So the 2021 Foundie team has something to ask...
In 2021 the Foundation team will be implementing the Kathy Walker Approach. The core of this teaching philosophy is starting the day with investigative play-based experiences. To adequately prepare learning spaces, we require a large range of resources that we currently do not have.
In order to be sustainable and savvy with our budgets, we are putting the call out to our amazing BNW community in order to gather desired resources.
Please view the list below and add your name and email address to any items that you have and no longer want or need that you wish to donate to us. Please only consider donating to us if your items are in a reasonable condition.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ti_btZ0WtUOlZdfJCIbLdZmo5DIZHV5FzC0_PXLDR64/edit
Resources | |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Kids painting easels | 5 |
| Old shirts for painting smocks | 20 |
| Unused rolls of heavy duty plastic for a floor covering | Approx 6m2 |
| Clothing rack (adjustable height) | 3 |
| Puppets (any at all) | unlimited |
| Stuffed animals | unlimited |
| Kids table a chairs (to use as pretend office desks/ cafe tables) | 2 sets |
| Old cash register or kids cash register | 3 |
| Old landline phones | 4 |
| Fax machine | 2 |
| plastic/ wooden food | lots |
| Shopping basket | 2 |
| Old pots and pans/ wooden spoons | 6 |
| Doctor / nurses equipment | any |
| Chef outfits | any |
| Cafe aprons | 6 |
| Good quality dress ups (non superman kind of costumes) | any |
| wooden dolls house | 1 |
| dolls or dolls furniture for a doll house | any |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| mirrors | 6 |
| Magnifying glasses | 6 |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Mud kitchen | 2 |
| Landscaping rocks (smooth) almost the size of a child's palm | 50-100 |
| Pinecones | 20 |
| crystals | lots |
| Pallets (whole) | 3 |
| Toy cars (matchbox car size) | lots |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Tradie vest (orange/ yellow fluro) | 12 |
| Tape measure | 3 |
| Level | 3 |
| safety goggles | 9 |
| construction hard hats | 12 |
| Kapla blocks | lots |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Screwdrivers (a range of different ones) | 10 |
| old screwdriver sets | 6 |
| broken electronics that can be pulled apart and investigated (eg clocks, game machines, cassette tapes, laptops, keyboards, anything you have that is broken but nothing sharp) | lots |
| small hammers | 3 |
| unused locks and keys that match | lots |
| pliers | 3 |
| old colanders | 2 |
| Wood offcuts - not treated pine | lots of small to medium bits |
| Nuts and bolts (a range of different) | lots |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Small lounge | 1 |
| Tubs to store books (plastic, wooden or cardboard) | lots |
| Books (suitable for 5-6 year olds) unwanted, good quality only please | unlimited |
| Small bookshelf | 1 |
| Item | Quantity wanted |
| Assorted coloured card - any kind at all | lots |
| Assorted decorative writing paper or envelopes | lots |
Please drop off items to the Shetland Ave gate during the last week of school from 8:40am - 9am and 3:30pm - 3:45pm. There will be a designated spot (look for the sign) to leave them and the very appreciative Foundie team will collect them.
If you have anything we have not listed here that you think would be useful for us, please email catherine.beswick@education.vic.gov.au, larissa.fry@education.vic.gov.au or faith.kelly@education.vic.gov.au to check if it may be something we can take off your hands.
Thank you! We greatly appreciate our incredible BNWPS community