Fairview
Ms Kerrie Neophytou
Parent Helpers Information Session
The College offered Fairview and Cumberland School parents the opportunity to partake in the Parent Helpers’ Information Session. It outlined the Child Safe Code of Conduct, Direct Contacts Volunteer Agreement and Parent Helper Policy. We also explored how to help children in the classroom (and home environment), focusing on Literacy and Numeracy strategies. We celebrate and congratulate their enthusiasm and commitment, and look forward to their College engagement. Due to popular demand we will be offering another seminar session early Term 3, date and time to be announced soon.
Fairview Open House
Thank you to all of our recent visitors to our Fairview Open House. Wonderful to see the excitement of the children and the visitors!
Prep Parent Gathering
A wonderful way to start the year with our Prep parents and children, was a social gathering. In the Food Technology Centre it was a lovely evening with lots of shared conversation and games for the children. Thank you to all who attended.
Let the Children Play
Play is one of the greatest experiences children can be given. It is crucial to their overall development. It provides them with a natural learning environment, which promotes brain development. It supports and develops children’s language and communication skills. We underestimate the benefits of play and how the social skills developed directly impact a child’s confidence and physical development; it influences how they interact with their world.
During play, children take risks and have a go; they feel safe, secure and comfortable. As educators, we encourage young children to play, not only at school but also at home. A school day is a very long day, full of fun and learning and home life will support this process. However, when children go home from school, play and talk should be encouraged. Play provides down time and allows children to explore their language, emotional, social and physical development.
I encourage parents to also join in and play with their children, they are not young for long - in a blink they will be teenagers!
This quote is from John Ruskin (1819-1900) a writer from the 19 century. He has a bank of wonderful and insightful quotes. This quote supports the view of encouraging children to play outdoors, even in colder weather.
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." - John Ruskin (1819-1900)
We include some home suggestion play activities:
- Bingo
- Snap
- Bubble blowing
- Playground equipment
- Ball games
- Outdoor and indoor imaginative play
- Hide and seek
- Dancing
- Playdough
- Quiet and shared reading
- Memory games
- Finger painting
- Painting
- Storytelling
- Puppets and role play
- Building – Lego
- Construction/Modelling
- Freeze
- Hopscotch
- Indoor bowling
- Board Games
- Simon says