27 August 2013
Dear parents and whanau
Please pencil in your diaries the 20th of September, which is the date of our KINDERGARTEN DISCO. We are all having such fun practicing and learning new dance moves so that we are ready for this fun and family focused fundraising event. Tickets will go on sale from next week.
Mrs Lienert has settled so very well into the role of teacher, part time. She has already become a real asset to our kindergarten. The children and teachers are happy to have her as part of our close team.
Our programme is currently revolving around the topic ‘the world around us’. This incorporates the children’s previous interest in earthquakes with their current interest in planets and stars plus construction and bridges. We are encouraging the children to form their own theories about space and our planet earth, also to make up questions of ideas that they would like us to research with them.
For examples of the way we include literacy, numeracy and science into our above programme please see the blue learning snapshot board.
If you have any friends who may be interested in enrolling at our kindergarten but would like to visit us beforehand, please encourage them to contact us so that we can arrange this.
Other – Our recently purchased cd and song books in te reo, have proved popular with the children.
The teachers recently attended a night of professional development in relation to ECE and the use of ipads.
Thank you to Blair McDonald who has done some maintenance on our well loved bikes and our doll’s house.
A reminder about the privacy agreement signed by families on admission to our kindergarten. The wording is ‘I respect other family’s rights to privacy and agree not to place images of Grace Kindergarten events on social networking sites if children other than my own are visable in the picture, unless permission from the families is given’.
Welcome to Jemima Young (mum Tanya and dad Warren) and Alice Hemsley (mum Robyn and dad Andrew) who have recently started at our kindergarten.
Reminder about Children’s Safety
We would like to remind parents that our driveway is one way only.
There is NO REVERSING.
Warning for new parents – turning right into Khandallah Rd means you are turning into a blind corner.
Term Dates 2013:
Term 3 End date is Friday 28th September (both sessions)
Term 4 Start date is Monday 14th October (both sessions)
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.
Any donations of TISSUES would be greatly appreciated for the upcoming cold and flu season.
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.