27th November 2012
Dear parents
Well it’s hard to believe that the end of the year is now approaching. The children have already been practising their songs for the Christmas show which is being held on Friday 7th December at 6.30pm. This is a special time of the year for all with much excitement and creative activities planned, particularly prop making.
Programme – We have been focusing on the natural world around us and will end this topic by making a soup and having scones with strawberries using our very own vegetables and strawberries from our new planter boxes. Thank you to the parents and grandparents who donated some of these lovely bright planters to us. Also thank you for the soil provided by another parent.
Over the next few weeks we are focusing on Jesus as a baby and what Jesus did as a man. For examples of the way we include literacy, numeracy and science into our above programme please see the blue learning snapshot board.
The working bee was a great success and we would like to thank you the parents for your time and contributions of sand etc to improve our environment.
Our afternoon children will be having a little theatre visit us on the last day of term to present a show called ‘Little Kowhai Tree’
Professional Development – Pansy and Pip have recently attended a professional development course on ‘transition to school’ which also covers literacy.
Term Dates 2012/2013:
Term 4 End Date is Wednesday 19th December (both sessions)
Term 1 2013 Start date is 28th January (both sessions)
With the recent increase of sunny days, we are ensuring that our children now wear a sunhat for all outdoor play. Please see the teachers to purchase a ‘Grace Kindergarten’ sunhat which consists of a full brim. Alternatively please make sure that your own fully brimmed hat is available in your child’s bag for use.
Please remember to apply sunblock to your child before their arrival at kindy. However if you have forgotten we have sunblock available for your use on the sign-in table. Please note the teachers do not apply sunblock to children due to individual skin allergies.
Grace Kindergarten hats and tee-shirts are available for sale. Please see the teachers. They are both $20 each.
Please save your milk bottle tops, corks and untanalised wood for our carpetry table.
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.