Director's Report

Hi Families,

Thankyou for your patience over the past two weeks.  We are so relieved (as I am sure you are!) that we could reopen albeit with an amended timetable, before the end of the year. We are pretty lucky as Hygienist reports can take up to 10 days to complete!

I know the change in times etc is disruptive for families but it was the only way we could actually open up whilst meeting the requirements from the Department of education to ensure the health and safety of children.

Some of the directives were that we needed to have extra staff available at all times to take children to the toilets in the foyer, wash hands, ensure outside is safe during the update, supervise hazardous damaged areas whilst still ensuring the child safe standards and regulations are met.

We thank those families that reached out with kind words and offers of support. 

The staff have all been extremely flexible changing their hours around to be able to stay later so we could extend the hours of the funded kinder sessions until 4pm. Unfortunately it has not been possible to have extra staff available for the Livcare sessions as staff are already working extra hours on the floor supporting the other groups. Consequently all Livcare for the rest of 2024 is cancelled.

Staffing the kinder is always tricky due to staff illness, long service leaves, parental leave, I would like to thank our amazing team of teachers and educators for their understanding, patience, and flexibility throughout the year. The staff makes Livingston such a welcoming place and we are fortunate to have such a consistent and dedicated team.  Our Survey echoed this with positive Staff comments throughout the survey. 

In other news-the outside area is looking fantastic and all areas should be open for the children to use before the year finishes!

As a community-managed kindergarten, we rely on the involvement and participation of parents and families to ensure the successful operation of our fantastic kindergarten.  

Whether through stay and play, laundry duty, or supporting our fundraising activities and working bees, we appreciate all that the Livingston families have contributed this year. 

Thank you to the 2024 Committee for volunteering their time to run our kindergarten. You have done a fab job and your dedication is greatly appreciated. Along with our bookkeeper, Kat  Livingston has been in good hands! 

Our annual general meeting - AGM held on Tuesday 19th November was well attended and the  Livingston committee for 2025 was formally elected.  

Thanks and Happy Holidays.  

Louise.