Kindergarten
Director: Meg Arnold
Waratah: Group: Jacqui Zourkas, Megan Lebret, Michelle Green
Lasiandra Group: Helen Williams, Rhonda Tabe, Canice Searles O'Connor
Banksia Group: Naomi Parkin, Melanie Goldmith, Shannon Stackpoole
Wattle Group: Naomi Parkin, Shannon Stackpoole, Megan Lebret
Lunch Relief: Meg Arnold and Sarah Wilson
Monday 15th April - First Day of Term 2
Thursday 25th April - ANZAC Day - Kinder Closed
Tuesday 7th May - Banksia Water Safety Incursion
Thursday 9th May - Wattle Water Safety Incursion
Wednesday 15th May - 4YO Responsible Pet Ownership Incursion
Tuesday 21st May - Banksia and Lasiandra Photo Day
Thursday 23rd May - Wattle and Waratah Photo Day
Monday 27th May - National Reconciliation Week (celebrations/activities throughout the week)
Monday 10th June - Kings Birthday - Kinder Closed
Friday 28th June - Last Day of Term 2
Thank you everyone for a fantastic Term 1. All the children have done an amazing job settling in this term. We can't wait to get up to much more exciting experiences in Term 2 now that we have established some strong relationships.
We hope you all enjoy a relaxing a safe break! Have a great Easter and eat lots of Chocolates!!
As of Term 2 our 4 YO groups will visit the school libary once a week. Please remember to send along your child's library bag each week for them to borrow and return their books.
Session Times -
Lasiandra: Mondays 11.50am - 12.30pm
Waratah: Thursdays 11.10am - 11.50am
If you or someone you know wishes to enrol for 2025, applications close on April 30th. Please make sure all applications are in by this date for your best chance at being offered a position. All current 3 YO children will be sent an email at the end of Term 2 to confirm if you wish to take up a position in in the 4YO kinder program for 2025, so NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING until then.
Tours are being held on allocated dates. You can book a tour via the button below. Feel free to pass this on to family and friends wanting a tour.
The lovely Shannon, from Wattle group is currently studying her Bachelor in Early Childhood. As part of her studies she needs to complete placement in another service. So for the first 4 weeks of Term 2 Shannon will be away on placement. Relieving Shannon we have been very lucky to organise the equally lovely Eliza. Most of the children know Eliza as she helped out at the beginning of the year supportting the 3 YO's settling in.
We wish Shannon all the very best on her Placement and look forward to her return in Week 5!
We had the absolute best day last week, running in the Colour Run at the school! A huge thank you to all the volunteers who assisted on design, set up, marshalling children and packing up. These events cannot take place without you all.
The pictures of the event really do speak for themselves. We were so impressed with all the kinder children who participated. They all loved getting splashed with colour and attempting all the obstacles, well done to you all!!!
Over the course of the week we have celebrated Harmony Week. It has been lovely to see so many of the children dressed in their cultural dress and talk share traditions they have in their families. We are so lucky to have so many families from different cultural backgrounds.
We were very lucky to have the Easter Bunny visit earlier this week and drop off some easter eggs for all the children. Some of the children even caught the Easter Bunny in the act!! We have all enjoyed gluing and cutting to make some very lovely Easter Baskets. The 3 YO's also got to make some super yummy Hot Cross Buns.
Our 4 YO Lasiandra group have been learning their addresses. We have discussed the numbers on their letter boxes, what their houses look like. This then led to discussions about streets and signs you might see near roads. The children created a group mural of all their houses, that included their house numbers, and some landmarks around the kinder (apparently that includes a jail, hahaha), as well as some street signs. They all worked so hard and enjoyed every minute of putting it together!
As the weather gets cooler and wetter next term we will still be venturing outside. With the right clothing, there are so many benefits to playing outdoors in the wet.
At kinder we provide Mudlark waterproof jumpsuits (as seen below) and gumboots for children who want to play in the mud and puddles. We are always looking for donations of gumboots, so please bring any in that your children have grown out of.
We do recommend that families do NOT send children in their good clothing to kinder. Keep that for the weekends. We will get messy and we will learn so much whilst doing it!!
