15th November 2013
Dear parents and whanau
What an exciting term we are having with such events as our quiz night fundraiser. Thank-you to Blair and his wonderful team of parents who contributed to this fun, family connecting event. Please keep a lookout over the coming weeks for the new outdoor equipment that we now have been able to order.
Our dress-up PJ and Space Day was a success and the children just loved going into the ‘blue room observatory’ armed with torches for planet spotting.
I have been informed by many parents that their children are busy singing songs in anticipation of our Christmas show which is on Friday 6th December at 6.30pm. If you would like the words to some of the songs please contact one of the kindergarten teachers and we will email these out to you.
Welcome to Alice Hemsley (mum Robyn and dad Andrew), Cohen Monk (mum Jaimie and dad David), Jack Robilliard (mum Tina and dad Nick), Brooklyn Schleif (mum Angela and dad Shawn) and Felicia Stevens (mum Michelle and dad Wayne) who have recently started at our kindergarten.
Please remember to include your child’s sunhat in their bag now that we are having some lovely sunny days. We have sunblock available, on the sign-in table, for your use.
Our current programme has been focusing on the meaning of Christmas and the showing of God’s love to each other. We were so impressed with the recent prayers and praise many of our afternoon children gave for one of their kindy friends who went to hospital. We are so delighted to have her back with us now.
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.
Term Dates
Term 4 2013
Term 4 End date is Friday 20th December 2013 (both sessions)
Term 1 2014
Term 1 Start date is Monday 27th January 2014 (both sessions)
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.
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.
