31st July 2012
Dear parents
Welcome back to Term 3. Its going to be an exciting term with the children enthusiastically practising their groovy moves ready for the Kindergarten Disco coming up. So please remember to mark in your diaries the 24th of August. This is one of our main fundraisers so we look forward to your support with this fun event.
Program – We have been looking at the ‘fruits of the Spirit’ with the afternoon children and will be displaying the children’s own ideas about these.
During the following weeks we are planning activities around the Olympic games. This will be also a great opportunity for the children to look at other countries and cultures.
Professional Development – The teachers recently attended a variety of workshops at the CECEAA conference (Christian Early Childhood Education Association of Aoteroa).These included ’Creativity with Blocks’, ‘Nurturing the Child’s Spirit’, ‘Engaging with the Mãori Culture’, ‘Dramatic Play’, ‘Christ Centred ECE’ and ‘Families Matter’
Kiwi-fruit and Strawberries– It has been four years since we have had a child with an allergy to kiwi-fruit so we would like to suggest that we now include the above foods in our morning tea. Also for parents to have the choice to include these foods in their children’s lunch boxes. Please see Pip McGee with any feedback on this possible change.
Safety of our children – Just a reminder that there is a five minute parking limit outside the front doors of OCC church/kindy. For the safety of our children, who are walking along the footpath, we also discourage reversing out of our drivway.
Term Dates 2012:
End of Term 3 is Friday 28th September (both sessions)
Term 4 Start Date is Monday 15th October (both sessions)
Term 4 End Date is Wednesday 19th December (both sessions)
Please support us to purchase new books through your support of Scholastic Books which are available to order now. Thank you Kellee Teal (Ruben’s mum) for organising this again.
Any donations of boxes of tissues would be very appreciated especially during the winter season.
Donations towards the purchase of crackers for the morning children are appreciated. $3 has been the suggested amount per morning session family per term.
Grace Kindergarten hats and tee-shirts are available for sale. Please see the teachers. They are both $20 each.
We would like to remind you that your child’s portfolio is available for you to look at any time. Also that we value your feedback at any stage either with a meeting, through a phone call or with an email.
Parent Help Roster: Due to the weekly/daily changes in our parent help roster we are unable to email out an accurate copy.
Please write down the dates you have chosen in your calendar at the time of your choice. If you cannot make your parent help duty – please contact 3 other parents to try to swap before your duty date.
Please speak to myself (Pip) or Ange Marklew if you have any financial concerns regarding paying donations. We understand that this can be a tough financial climate for some of our kindergarten families.
**Remember to pack an extra set of clothes and named drink bottle for your child.
