Lobethal Community Kindergarten Newsletter Phone: 8389 6321

Fax: 8389 5153

Email: dl.4630.leaders@schools.sa.edu.au

Web: www.lobethalkgn.sa.edu.au

Term 1- Weeks 10-11, 2014

Issue 5, 2014 Growing & Learning...TOGETHER

Diary Dates

April 2nd (Wednesday) - Governing Council Meeting 7pm at kindy 8th (Tuesday) -Combined Kindy Excursion to Normanville Beach (bugs & frogs) 9th (Wednesday) - Last kindy sessions for term 10th (Thursday) - No Kindy sessions 28th (Monday) - Term 2 begins

May 14th (Wednesday) - CAHYS health checks

Please remember that we are having a joint kindy excursion on Tuesday the

8th April. Therefore, there will be no kindy sessions on Thursday the 10th of

April. Last kindy sessions for the term will be on Wednesday the 9th of April.

Thank you.

Sessional

Kindergarten

$130 per term

Term 1 Kindy fees are now due , invoices have been sent out. Please endeavour to pay as soon as possible.

FEES

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

This will probably be my first and last time writing in the “Director’s spot”, so here

goes……I hope you have all received a letter from Lee ,who will be taking leave for

the rest of the term, we all wish Lee and her family positive energy and plenty of

good wishes and love. We would like to welcome 2 students to our centre. Cindy

Russell (parent of Charlie 2013) who is at TAFE studying for the Certificate 3

Children’s Services and Laura Wardrop who is at Uni SA studying her 3rd year in

Early Childhood Education. They are both doing orientation visits at present on

Tuesdays and Wednesdays and will be doing their placements next term. We are keen

to support students in the field of the early years and invite you to introduce

yourselves as they begin to build relationships at Lobethal Kindy.

We have a very exciting excursion coming upon Tuesday 8th April as the whole

centre heads down to Normanville for a fantastic day of discovery, learning and fun.

We welcome as many parents as possible for this outing. The staff will be undertak-

ing a comprehensive ‘Risk assessment “for the excursion and this will be displayed

for families to look over and get a ‘feel’ for the day. For parents who are coming to

assist on the excursion, we will be creating a hand out for you so that we can all work

together, with the safety of the children in mind. This will be given to you shortly.

Just a friendly reminder for children to be at kindy by 8.30 a.m. so that we leave the

centre at8.45 a.m. sharp ,so please be prompt to kindy on that day so we can keep to a

pretty tight schedule. The bus will be returning to kindy by 2.30 p.m. and we ask that

the children are collected at this time as they will be extremely tired!

It’s great to see that some families have discovered our new centre book called

“Experiencing Belonging”, which we have written to highlight the first 6 weeks of

kindergarten and how well all the children have been developing their sense of

belonging at the centre and beginning to establish relationships with each other and

with the staff. The children have enjoyed seeing themselves in a ‘real’ book and love

seeing their images. The book is near the Belonging Tree, please feel free to have a

look.

A big thank you for returning your beautiful ‘Rock solid Value’ rocks back to the

centre. We have displayed them all on a table near the entrance to the kindy, complete

with mirrors so we can ‘reflect’ on these over the year. It has been affirming that the

beautiful words that have been written clearly link with our beliefs and values about

early childhood, which we will be compiling as a staff team on the last Thursday of

term. We will share this with you early in term 2. Early next term we will also be

holding a parent session discussing “How children learn, and developing life skills

through play”. We will give a date shortly. We welcome as many parents as possible

to these evenings.

Term one has been an amazing term for us at the centre and we are excited to see

what the rest of the year will bring. A big thank you to all families for their support

and enthusiasm, Lobethal Kindy is definitely a great place to be!

Katie on behalf of the terrific staff team-Lee, Janice ,Nic, and Nell

Session Times Please remember that kindy sessions commence FROM 9.00am and

finish at 3.00pm. (staff not available until 9.00am to supervise

children)

2014 Governing Council

Nell Ward - Co Chairperson Kerri Muster - Co Chairperson Alida Cosgriff - Treasurer Wendy Foweraker - Assistant Treasurer Jessica Boyle - Secretary Lisa Golding - Assistant Secretary Katie Taylor - Staff Representative Jo Dugan - Playgroup Representative Tess Schultz - Community Corner Coordinator Jason Chandler - I.T. Coordinator General Committee Members (including fundraising) Nicola Butler Olivia Cushway Erika Waide Mel Hein Kylie Wingard Sam Burdon Bernice Glynn Ali Moylan Thank you our new governing council for nominating. We know that you will enjoy your year of friendship and fun all whilst supporting Lobethal Kindy.

Holiday Activities with Rockit Performing Arts –Fairy

Workshop, Superhero Workshop and Cheerleading. For more information visit

www.rockitperformingarts.com.au All activities are based in the Adelaide hills.

Can you Help?

Does anyone know how to splice ropes for swings? We have a couple of swing ropes in need of repair.. Our home corner chairs are in need of some TLC. They really need sanding and revarnishing. If you have time and are able to take them over the holidays please see staff.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

31st March Amie Mulyk

1st April Bernice Glynn

2nd April Help Needed

3rd April Help Needed

7th April Alicia Bartlett

8th April

EXCURSION

9th April Help Needed

10th April No Kindy.

Thank you to all who have already put

their name down. If you can help with

any blank days please add your name

to the roster near the sign in. Thanks.

Community News

Come along to our wonderful playgroup. Same great Playgroup, different venue!

When: Fridays 9-10.30am Where: Lobethal P.S Activity Room (OSHC Room)

Cost: $2 Per family (plus Playgroup SA membership fees) Bring along a Sun-Smart hat, a drink and a piece of fruit for your

child. Come along and have some fun!

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who has answered our call for help in the last few weeks.

Our lovely end of day helpers—thank you for coming along and making the end of the day so

much easier and calmer. To all the lovely parents that take the bags of

washing we leave out a huge thank you.

Mothers Day Raffle

We are holding a Mother’s Day raffle and to help out we need donations to be used for prizes. We are looking for goods that all our hard working, deserving mothers would love. For example vouchers, appliances, books/magazines, gardening products, beauty products, wine, chocolate, candles and pamper products. Use your imagination and feel free to rummage through your drawers and cupboards to re gift those unwanted presents. All donations can be left in the box near the front door and we will need them by Wednesday the 30th April. Raffle tickets have been placed in your communication pockets for you to sell to family and friends. Please return all books by Week 2 next term, Monday the 5th of May ready for the draw on Wednesday the 7th of May. Thank you for your ongoing support of our fundraising. Remember every cent raised will help your child during their kindy year.

Fundraising News

Lobethal Football Club will be once again running an Auskick

program generally for 5—8 year old boys and girls at the

Lobethal Football Oval. All details are below on how to

register and how the program works.

The Football club is also looking for someone to run the

program.

Auskick goes for 9-10 weeks and can be held whenever it suits

the Coordinator. Sessions are for and hour and there is lots of

help/ideas from the AFL on how to run sessions. The

Coordinator will need a couple of parents that can help out

each week and this can be mums, dads, grandparents etc. This

can be a very satisfying role for you and your children.

Contact Shane Skinner if you are interested or know someone

that may by interested.

Coordinator

Shane Skinner

Phone: 0412

941 945

Development

Manager

Jo Dennis

Phone: 0421

765 619

Venue:

Lobethal FC Oval

Centre Details

Days of operation: Wednesday

Time: 5.00pm-

6.00pm

Duration: 60 min

Start Date:

30/04/14

Auskick is held for a minimum of 10 weeks, which teaches

the skills and basics of Australian Rules football through

appropriately modified activities. The cost for each partici-

pant is $55.00. All children wishing to participate MUST

both register and pay online.Any queries or concerns please

contact the Auskick/Development Manager or email

sfcsasfa@bigpond.net.au. Registration form and payment

receipt must be given to the Centre Coordinator at the first

session you attend.

If I had my child to raise over again.

If I had my child to raise over again, I’d finger paint more,

and point the finger less. I’d do less correcting, and more connecting.

I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I would care to know less, and know to care more.

I’d take more hikes, and fly more kites.

I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I’d run through more field, and gaze at more stars.

I’d do more hugging, and less tugging.

I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.

I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I’d teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love

It matters not if my child is big or small, From this day forth,

I’ll cherish it all. Diane Loomans “Full Esteem Ahead” 1994.

Bookmark Borrowing

Book borrowing for term 1 has now finished.

Please return all books to kindy to enable us to do a stock take

ready for borrowing in week 1 term 2.

Thank you

Excursion Payment and Consents

If you have not already done so could you please return your

excursion consents and payments by the end of this week.

This will enable staff to complete important preparations for

the excursion including supervisor/staff to children ratio and

allocations.

Risk assessment is now on display in the foyer on the white

board.

Kindy Website/Blog

Have you checked out our Kindy website? www.lobethalkgn.sa.edu.au/ We have an amazing blog section that will enable you to see some of the things we have been doing at kindy. Here are the latest blogs to go up on the website. http://www.lobethalkgn.sa.edu.au/the-benefit-of-risk/ http://www.lobethalkgn.sa.edu.au/class-movie-2013-outdoor-kindy-authentic-learning-for-all/

Lost Property

Please check the lost property located on the front verandah, we

would like this cleared before the holidays. Also ensure all your

child’s belongings go with them on their last day of term.

Thanks