Kindergarten
Director: Meg Arnold
Waratah: Group: Jacqui Zourkas, Megan Lebret, Michelle Green, Eliza Wong
Lasiandra Group: Helen Williams, Rhonda Tabe, Canice Searles O'Connor, Jeni O'Kane, Eliza Wong
Banksia Group: Naomi Parkin, Melanie Goldmith, Shannon Stackpoole
Wattle Group: Naomi Parkin, Shannon Stackpoole, Megan Lebret
Lunch Relief: Meg Arnold and Sarah Wilson
Monday 13th May - Banksia Mothers Day Afternoon Tea - 2pm - 3pm
Tuesday 14th May - Lasiandra Mothers Day
Tuesday 21st May - Lasiandra and Banksia Photo Day
Thursday 23rd May - Waratah and Wattle Photos Day
Monday 27th May - National Reconciliation Week
Tuesday 4th June - Banksia Water Safety Incursion
Thursday 6th June - Wattle Water Safety Incursion
Monday 10th June - King's Birthday Public Holiday - Kinder Closed
Tuesday 11th June - Banksia Wildlife Incursion
Wednesday 12th June - Curriculum Day - Kinder Closed
Thursday 13th June - Wattle Wildlife Incursion
We have a planned curriculum day for Wednesday June 12th. The kinder will be closed on this day. The staff will be participating in a full day of professional development. We are using our School Readiness Funding to learn about Trauma informed practices and Attachment Theory with psycholanalytic psychiatrist and consultant Therese Raulin. We are looking forward to doing this learning all together as a team and implementing what we learn.
On Wednesday 22nd May we will be participating in the National Simultaneous Storytime. The story that will be read this year is Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker. National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, kindergartens, family day cares, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. It is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes.
Our Picture Plate Fundraiser is coming to an end. Thank you to all the families who have purchase plates. Please return your orderforms and your childrens drawings by Tuesday 14th May to your child's teacher.
If your child is currently in our 3 YO program or you have a child on our 2025 waitlists, we will be sending out an email next week for you to confirm your intentions for 2025.
If your child is currently in our 3 YO program you will be able to either confirm you want a position in 4 YO in 2025 or decline.
If you are currently on our waitlist for 3YO in 2024 or 2025 you will be able to confirm if you wish to remain on our waitlists and potentially receive on offer for 3 or 4YO in 2025 or decline and be removed from the waitlist.
Please ensure you respond to this email as soon as possible so we can finalise our waitlists. All first round offers for 2025 will go out early July.
We will be hosting an Information Session about 2025 enrolments on June 5th over Zoom. This will be emailed out to all families on our waitlists for 2025 next week. So keep an eye out for it in your inbox.
We are very lucky to currently have a Pre-Service teacher with us at the moment. Lili is studying a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at Victorian University. Lili will be shadowing Jacqui in Waratah and Naomi in Banksia from now until the 14th of June. The children already enjoy having Lili helping them out! I know you will all make her feel welcome here at VPSK.
Last Thursday our amazing educator, Megan married her lovely partner Matt! It was a spectacular day. Megan made for a beautiful bride and we are so incredibly happy for her!
Matt has been a great help here at kinder at times, cutting down tables, fixing things and he has promised to put together some cubbies here at kinder soon. So he is pretty handy to keep around!
Congratulation Megan and Matt from all of us here at VPSK!!!
