P

laygrou

p

Welco

me

to So

uth

Co

ast Bap

tist Playgro

up

!

The p

rogram

attached

is an o

utlin

e of w

hat exp

erience

s will b

e prese

nted

for yo

u an

d yo

ur ch

ild

each w

eek. Yo

u w

ill no

tice there are m

any o

pp

ortu

nities fo

r you

to d

evelop

and

extend

you

r ch

ild’s lette

r and

sou

nd

recogn

ition

in th

e pro

gram. W

hile

this is im

po

rtant it is o

nly seco

nd

ary to

ben

efit gained

from

child

ren learn

ing an

d gro

win

g togeth

er alon

gside th

eir paren

ts. Y

ou

r role

on

the

day

Mrs B

arbara U

nu

wai o

r Mrs C

atherin

e Jon

es will facilitate p

laygrou

p o

n b

ehalf o

f SCB

C Sch

oo

l of

Early Learnin

g. It is integral to

the gro

up

that p

arents p

lay a key role in

the ru

nn

ing o

f the

Playgro

up

. We en

cou

rage you

to m

ake an effo

rt to get to

kno

w o

ther p

arents, in

trod

uce yo

ur

child

to o

ther ch

ildren

and

, mo

re imp

ortan

tly, join

in activities w

ith yo

ur ch

ild.

Ho

use

keep

ing

P

lease sign in

the ro

ll wh

en yo

u arrive an

d rem

emb

er to sign

ou

t wh

en yo

u leave.

C

ollect a n

ame b

adge fo

r you

rself and

you

r child

and

wear th

em at all tim

es wh

en in

the

bu

ildin

g.

P

lease ring th

e Cen

tre on

95

40 4

44

4, (o

r 04

77

999

31

8 o

utsid

e of o

ffice ho

urs), if yo

u are n

ot

able to

atten

d o

n th

e day.

Du

ty of care

Yo

u are resp

on

sible fo

r you

r ow

n ch

ildren

P

lease ensu

re you

and

you

r child

are wearin

g nam

e tags.

Please en

sure yo

ur ch

ild stays in

the co

nfin

emen

t of th

e playgro

up

roo

m an

d yard

Yo

u are req

uired

to su

pervise yo

ur ch

ild at all tim

es. You

will n

eed

to p

erson

ally accom

pan

y

you

r child

to th

e toilets

P

lease do

no

t wan

der aro

un

d th

e Cen

tre. We h

ave a d

uty o

f care to ch

ildren

enro

lled in

care.

Cen

tre and

Co

llege tou

rs will b

e con

du

cted

from

time to

time o

r you

may b

oo

k a perso

nal to

ur

thro

ugh

the C

entre o

ffice

Pare

nt In

volve

me

nt o

n th

e d

ay P

arents are en

cou

raged to

be in

volved

in th

e mo

rnin

g’s activities and

on

arrival you

will b

e asked

to sele

ct a job

from

the list o

f job

s to b

e do

ne. A

n exam

ple o

f these jo

bs is co

llecting th

e fruit an

d

prep

aring it fo

r mo

rnin

g tea fo

r the ch

ildren

, cleanin

g up

after activities etc. If yo

u ch

oo

se a job

that yo

u are u

nab

le to co

mp

lete you

are asked to

swap

it with

som

eon

e else.

Dre

ss P

laygrou

p is an

active and

often

messy p

lay experien

ce for yo

ur ch

ild. P

lease ensu

re that ch

ildren

are dressed

in a m

ann

er that is ap

pro

priate an

d allo

ws th

em to

play freely.

The cen

tre has a n

o h

at – no

play p

olicy. P

lease be a go

od

role m

od

el to all ch

ildren

by en

surin

g

you

also h

ave a hat fo

r ou

tdo

or p

lay.

We h

ave plen

ty of sh

ady areas b

ut w

e still recom

men

d ap

plyin

g sun

screen

to yo

ur ch

ild b

efore

atten

din

g playgro

up

.

Wh

at to b

ring

A

hat fo

r you

r child

A h

at for yo

u

A

ny p

erson

al care item

s you

r child

need

s

Please p

rovid

e on

e of th

e follo

win

g :

a piece o

f fresh o

r dried

fruit,

ch

eese,

p

lain crackers,

a p

late of san

dw

iches to

be sh

ared am

on

gst all the ch

ildren

We are a C

entre th

at sup

po

rts child

ren an

d ad

ults w

ith serio

us allergies. It is im

perative th

at you

avo

id n

ut p

rod

ucts, p

rocessed

foo

ds like p

olo

ny an

d h

igh su

gar foo

ds. W

ater/milk is p

rovid

ed fo

r

the ch

ildren

. Sp

ecial D

ays

We h

ave a fun

draiser Su

per San

dw

ich d

ays. Each p

arent co

ntrib

ute

s an ite

m o

ff the Su

per

Sand

wich

list (located

on

the n

otice b

oard

). Examp

les of th

is are a can o

f bee

troo

t or tu

na, a

loaf o

f bread

, a packet o

f ham

etc. The fo

od

items are p

ut o

ut an

d eve

ryon

e makes th

emselves

a sup

er sand

wich

. The co

st is $3 p

er sand

wich

wh

ich go

es to

ward

s pu

rchasin

g equ

ipm

ent an

d

resou

rces for p

laygrou

p.

W

e have an

end

of te

rm p

arty each te

rm w

here eve

ryon

e con

tribu

tes an

item o

n a list.

If yo

ur ch

ild is h

aving a b

irthd

ay on

a playgro

up

day, yo

u can

ord

er a b

irthd

ay cake thro

ugh

the

Cen

tre by seein

g the O

ffice for an

ord

er fo

rm.

A

t the en

d o

f the year w

e have

a Ch

ristmas P

arty. We ask th

at the gift yo

u b

ring is a b

oo

k of

you

r cho

ice eg co

lou

ring, sto

ry, mu

sic, pu

zzle-b

oo

k. There is n

o lim

it on

the valu

e pro

vidin

g it is a b

oo

k. It can b

e gift-wrap

ped

and

han

ded

in at th

e o

ffice in th

e two

wee

ks prio

r to th

e Party

day. Th

is bo

ok w

ill be h

and

ed to

you

r child

on

the d

ay.

C

hu

rch

Affiliatio

n w

ith a ch

urch

is no

t a prereq

uisite fo

r enro

lmen

t, ho

wever, p

arents en

rollin

g mu

st be

sup

po

rtive of th

e Ch

ristian b

eliefs and

values o

f the C

entre i.e. grace b

efore m

eals, bib

le stories

and

mu

sic. Sp

ecial G

uests

The SC

BC

Playgro

up

is part o

f Sou

th C

oast B

aptist C

ollege w

hich

is a min

istry of R

ockin

gham

Bap

tist C

hu

rch. O

n o

ccasion

, the C

ollege P

rincip

al, Mr D

es Mitch

ell may call o

ver to say h

i and

intro

du

ce

him

self. C

ost

$6

.50

a session

,($1.5

0 fo

r add

ition

al child

/ren), o

r $5

5 per term

for o

ne ch

ild, $

65 p

er term fo

r tw

o ch

ildren

. For Fam

ily Day C

are child

ren; $

6.50

per ch

ild, p

er session

.

Mrs C

atherin

e Jon

es

Directo

r

Tha

nk yo

u fo

r pa

rticipa

ting

an

d jo

inin

g u

s here a

t the

Sou

th C

oa

st Ba

ptist P

layg

rou

p.

We w

ou

ld lo

ve to see yo

u b

ack n

ext term.