27 September 2013
Dear parents and whanau
Thank you all for supporting our Disco fundraiser. It truly was a wonderful night for connecting with other families and a fun time to show off some well practiced dance moves. We made over $700 and this will go towards our outdoor equipment, which we are now about to order.
Please remember to include your child’s sunhat in their bag now that we are starting to have some lovely sunny days. We have sunblock available, on the sign-in table, for your use.
Wishing you a safe and blessed holiday period and look forward to reconnecting with you in two weeks time.
Our current programme has continued focusing on the universe and we look forward to creating an observatory with the children’s paper machē planets along with a PJ dress-up day early in term 4. We have also been looking at being a good role model and have been linking this interest with the stories Jesus told of showing kindness and love to the people around us.
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 – We have recently purchased some nature books and an additional cd and song book in te reo. We will also be purchasing a new stereo system.
Welcome to Roman Fa’atoafe (mum Alamein and dad Ropeti) and Daniel Kolia-Burns (mum Chrysanthe 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 4 Start date is Monday 14th October (both sessions)
Labour day is Monday 28th October
Term 4 End date is Friday 20th December (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.
