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25.01.2022 Please check your emails, thank you for your understanding

24.01.2022 We have decided to create a private space to provide our online learning program and support for term 2. Please join our private group for learning resources, updates and videos to support families learning from home in 2020.

24.01.2022 What are we up to this fortnight? Among many other things, we are learning about repeating patterns with natural objects, and continuing to explore measurement in our play inside and outside. The children proudly planned and designed a new pet shop/ vet play area following on with an interest in pets, and we will be reading Hairy Maclary and learning about rhyming words. Don't forget our learning program is updated fortnightly and lives in the main foyer.

23.01.2022 Families who normally attend on a Monday and Tuesday please check your emails. Hope everyone is managing to keep cool during the hot weather. Stay safe

23.01.2022 We cant believe term 2 is nearly over! We are getting excited for our Animals Anonymous visits next week by learning more about animals- sorting/ classifying pets vs wild animals, extending the childrens recent interest in pets/ pet shop & vet. Well also be exploring childrens theories of friendship, making our own Dear Zoo books and painting with water and chalk. An interest in paper aeroplanes has emerged, leading to a STEM challenge - can you design and make a strong aeroplane? and more numeracy opportunities for measurement, sorting and data collection. The full learning program is available in the foyer.

23.01.2022 Can you guess which children's interest we are following this fortnight?! If you are a parent/ caregiver of a child currently enrolled, please join the 2020 Learning together group for more information.

22.01.2022 Don't forget our AGM and first parent committee meeting is this afternoon at 4pm - everyone is welcome.

22.01.2022 Monday Tuesday families, don't forget Animals Anonymous are coming tomorrow morning at 9.30- please do not be late as this will interrupt the presentation! We are still accepting $5 family contributions to cover the cost (card or bank deposit only, we no longer accept any cash), thank you to those who have already paid. The animals will be visiting our other group next Thursday 17th September, thank you to those who have paid already.

22.01.2022 Don't forget Wednesday is photo day for the Wednesday Thursday group. Please note the photographer is now coming after lunch, so arrive at your usual time.

21.01.2022 A huge thank you to all our families for your co-operation following the instructions about drop off and pick ups. Some families may have missed the communication due to absence or misinterpreted it. Just a friendly reminder when dropping off and collecting children. Please do not enter the school grounds before 8.30 or before your preferred collection time and only enter the school grounds at the Muller Road Car Park entrance. The school has requested that families do no...t walk across the oval. Thank you for your understanding and support during what has been a very challenging time for everyone.

21.01.2022 You are invited to attend a consultation event for the review of the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. The Education Council wants to hear from education stakeholders, including teachers, principals, students and parents. The current Melbourne Declaration, agreed by Education Council ministers in 2008, articulates nationally consistent education goals for young Australians. It has guided the design and delivery of education and laid the foundat...ion for the development of school curricula and assessment. Follow the link to find the Adelaide event. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/review-of-the-melbourne-dec

21.01.2022 Have some fun with Google 3D animals! You can take screenshots of your child and their favourite animal

19.01.2022 Now its Term 3 children must wear hats during outdoor play. A reminder for families to send a hat to Preschool. We have some hats for sale, limited colours and sizes.

19.01.2022 Governing Council meeting is next Tuesday - 8th September at 4.00pm. Please see Melanie if youre interested in joining the committee.

19.01.2022 Check out the link below for a virtual tour of Hampstead Primary School. I have also emailed the link https://Vimeo.com/449201009/e5f1fdbeac

16.01.2022 Dont forget our AGM and first parent committee meeting is this afternoon at 4pm - everyone is welcome.

15.01.2022 Staff and The Governing Council Committee have recently reviewed and updated several policies, these include Allergy Aware Policy, Behaviour Guidance, Healthy Eating, Rest and Sleep Procedure, Toileting/Nappy Change Procedure and a new policy - Water Safety Policy. If anyone would like copies of these policies they are available in the foyer area. If you would like to provide any feedback about these or have any questions then please speak with a member of staff.

14.01.2022 We are prepared for a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spreading to South Australia. People should be alert, but not alarmed. Ongoing research ...and evidence suggests that COVID-19 presents as a mild illness in the majority of cases, with fever and cough being the most commonly reported symptoms. Severe illness and fatalities occur more often in people who are older, have chronic conditions (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension) or are immunocompromised (e.g. cancer, renal disease). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may also be at increased risk. Our hospitals are ready and prepared to respond. We have opened a COVID-19 clinic at the RAH and are planning more across metro SA. These clinics will test and treat patients outside of Emergency Departments. There is no need to stockpile food or toilet paper. However, you may want to have a few weeks of essential items such as regular medications in case you become unwell and cannot leave your home except to seek medical treatment. If you are well, you do not need to wear a mask unless you have been advised to do so by a medical provider. Surgical masks in the community are only helpful in preventing people who are suspected or have COVID-19 from spreading it to others. We all have a part to play in reducing the risk of getting sick and stopping the spread of infections: Stay home from work and school if you are unwell (e.g. dont go shopping or use public transport until you are well). Avoid contact with others if you are sick (particularly vulnerable people such as older persons and people with chronic medical conditions). If others are sick, keep your distance from them as much as possible (at least 1.5 metres), avoid close contact such as shaking hands, hugging, kissing. Wash hands regularly, particularly after going to the toilet, blowing your nose or handling used tissues. Cover coughs and sneezes with a clean tissue or your elbow. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, or handling food, until you have washed your hands. Wipe down frequently touched surfaces.

14.01.2022 Reminder - photo day is this Tuesday for the children who attend on a Monday and Tuesday. Dont forget to complete your form. You can order on line using the details on the form or pay cash on the day.

14.01.2022 We can now advise that we are re-opening from Monday 8.30am! Please be aware that parents and caregivers will temporarily not be allowed onto the school grounds. All children are to be dropped off (between 8.30-9am) and collected in 15 minute increments 3-4pm, at the Muller rd staff car park entrance (next to the oval and traffic lights). Please check your emails for further details.

14.01.2022 Can you guess which childrens interest we are following this fortnight?! If you are a parent/ caregiver of a child currently enrolled, please join the 2020 Learning together group for more information.

13.01.2022 Please can you make sure that your child has a hat at Preschool, our SunSmart policy states that children must wear a hat during terms 1,3 and 4 and at others times when the UV index is 3 or above. Unfortunately children will not be able to play outside if they do not have a hat.

13.01.2022 We have focused on large loose part play outside (lots going on in the sandpit at the moment), and we're currently doing a project around increasing engagement and learning in our indoor small loose part play area. You may have noticed some changes to the block area recently! We would love your ideas or feedback on this learning, and help gathering new to us open-ended resources, such as those pictured in this link. We love to use natural items where possible. We currently have rocks, shells, wooden beads, wooden blocks, bottle lids, woven branches etc. but I wonder if our families have anything at home they'd be willing to donate?! As always we appreciate your input

13.01.2022 This is a wonderful resource for learning at home, please check it out. There is a 'prior to school' section full of links to stories, online experiences and activities you can do at home- all linked to our Early Years Learning Framework. You can also find resources for your older children here. We well be posting more resources online over the coming weeks.

13.01.2022 Reminder that tomorrow is Animals Anonymous, they arrive at 9.30. Please ensure children arrive before 9.15 so they dont miss the animals and do not cause distractions by arriving late. Thank you in advance. P.S. watch out for snakes and lizards amongst other native animals

12.01.2022 Thank you to the families who have dropped off donation items for Nunga Mi:Minar! Feel free to place donations outside of Mel's office if you are able to help.

12.01.2022 Dont forget Wednesday is photo day for the Wednesday Thursday group. Please note the photographer is now coming after lunch, so arrive at your usual time.

11.01.2022 Reminder Next Monday 17th August is a Pupil Free Day. Preschool is closed for families. Staff will be busy taking part in some professional development.

10.01.2022 *Update* Thursday April 2 will be our last day of term 1. We will be emailing families with any further updates regarding term 2. We will be open next week (week 10) as usual; many families are choosing not to attend currently, we respect your decision in doing so. Please let us know if we can assist in any way at this time.

10.01.2022 From 7 Aug 2020, it will be mandatory for children attending an early childhood service to be up-to-date with vaccinations. Parents are required to provide appr...oved immunisation records upon enrolment, and at other specific ages throughout the childs attendance at: childcare centres family day care pre-schools kindergartens early learning centres Early childhood services are also required to keep a copy of all approved immunisation records for the duration a child is enrolled in their service. Retaining immunisation records onsite will enable a faster response time during a vaccine preventable disease outbreak, and help protect vulnerable children. An approved immunisation record is a childs immunisation history statement from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR): https://bit.ly/31tPvw9 Check the AIR to see your childs records, and talk to your immunisation provider to ensure your child is fully immunised. Read through our parent and carer FAQs here: https://bit.ly/2ZjseKV

10.01.2022 Weve had a busy start to the year and cant believe its week 5 already! So what are we up to this fortnight? The children have been interested in robots, dinosaurs and volcanoes so we are going to continue exploring these through play, experiments, loose part play, books, stories, music and recording childrens theories. We are focusing on numeral recognition and measurement- e.g. how far can you jump? In literacy we are learning about our emotions through My many colour...ed days book and mark making activity, as well as syllables and concepts of print- what are the different parts of a book called? We will develop our noticing skills though the butterfly hunt outside, imagination through dramatic play, and cooperative play skills. As always, our learning program lives in the foyer and feel free to ask staff of you have any questions. See more

09.01.2022 Families are now able to drop and collect children off at the preschool gate. Please only enter the school grounds via the Muller Road entrance. Staff will be available between 8.30 and 9.00am. Remember to social distance at all times and minimise the amount of time on the school grounds. Thank you.

09.01.2022 It's Book Week! To celebrate we will be going on our walking excursions to Greenacres Library on Tuesday and Thursday. Children are invited to dress up on those days and/ or bring their favourite book to share

09.01.2022 Welcome to Term 3! You will notice our new carpet this week, we think it provides a visually calmer learning environment. Let us know what you think! In term 2 government funding was allocated to preschools to support local businesses during Covid. We are using this money to install shelving for resources, a new bench in the sand pit, paving a little used play area outside, as well as the carpet upgrade.

09.01.2022 Follow the link for a simple story explaining the virus to young children.

09.01.2022 These are the SA restrictions currently in place, stay safe everyone and we'll see you during the week

08.01.2022 Happy New Year to all of our families! We start back next week on Tuesday 28th (Monday Tuesday group) and Wednesday 29th (Wednesday Thursday group) 8.30-4.00pm. Please ensure that you bring a broad rimmed hat, water bottle, healthy lunchbox (no nuts/ nut products please), and a bag with spare clothes and underwear. Please label ALL belongings, and ensure that your child is wearing sunscreen and comfortable clothes and enclosed shoes.

08.01.2022 Happy Spring! This fortnight we are getting ready for the warm weather by learning about the seasons and the lifecycle of plants with Eric Carle's 'The Tiny Seed'. We are also using seeds to count, sort and plant in the garden. We are also learning about fruits and vegetables and their seeds at group times and at our outdoor sensory table. We're making and designing cubby houses, paper plate masks, and the dog and cat house has been a big hit. Next week we have a family volunteering to cook fried rice with the children- yum! Keep an eye out for a new newsletter next week.

08.01.2022 Reminder to all our Wednesday/ Thursday families that tomorrow Weds 3rd March is a pupil free day and kindy will be closed. We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday

07.01.2022 Please read for current department guidance about the Covid-19 virus. We would appreciate families being extra vigilant in keeping sick children away from kindy, or accessing GP advice, in order to keep our families and teachers well. We are talking with the children about effective handwashing and coughing/sneezing into our elbows, and hope that you can reinforce this at home.

07.01.2022 Please check your email regarding information about the parent opinion survey. We would really appreciate it if you can take some time to complete the survey as it provides us with important feedback about what we are doing well and what we might need to improve.

07.01.2022 Monday Tuesday families, dont forget Animals Anonymous are coming tomorrow morning at 9.30- please do not be late as this will interrupt the presentation! We are still accepting $5 family contributions to cover the cost (card or bank deposit only, we no longer accept any cash), thank you to those who have already paid. The animals will be visiting our other group next Thursday 17th September, thank you to those who have paid already.

07.01.2022 It's our last week of kindy for 2020! Just a reminder, we will be filming our graduation ceremonies on Monday and Wednesday (they will be emailed later in the week). Our last day of preschool will be Tuesday (group 1) and Thursday (group 2) at 3pm early pickup. Children can dress up on their last day and will watch a movie with friends.

06.01.2022 This is a wonderful resource for learning at home, please check it out. There is a prior to school section full of links to stories, online experiences and activities you can do at home- all linked to our Early Years Learning Framework. You can also find resources for your older children here. We well be posting more resources online over the coming weeks.

06.01.2022 Please can you check your email for information we have been asked to pass onto families around the latest information we have received. Thank you.

06.01.2022 Peter Combe's song 'Wash your face with orange juice' is a favourite at kindy! Tune in at 2pm today for a special online performance

05.01.2022 This fortnight we are learning about feelings and safe behaviours at Kindy at our story table with our focus book 'The feelings book', making masks, face stones, songs. stories, videos about friends, and exploring Kindy rules at group time- what fair/ safe choices can we make, and what can we do if others around us make an unfair choice (i.e say 'stop I don't like it', move away, or ask for help). We are continuing to explore syllables and basic book features. In numeracy we are focusing on sorting colours, shapes and natural objects. We will continue learning scissor skills and using our name cards. Following children's interests we will be exploring volcanoes, police, babies, dinosaurs, mark making, water play, colours and Lego. Our full program is on the board in the foyer.

05.01.2022 We've had a busy start to the year and can't believe it's week 5 already! So what are we up to this fortnight? The children have been interested in robots, dinosaurs and volcanoes so we are going to continue exploring these through play, experiments, loose part play, books, stories, music and recording children's theories. We are focusing on numeral recognition and measurement- e.g. how far can you jump? In literacy we are learning about our emotions through 'My many colour...ed days' book and mark making activity, as well as syllables and concepts of print- what are the different parts of a book called? We will develop our noticing skills though the butterfly hunt outside, imagination through dramatic play, and cooperative play skills. As always, our learning program lives in the foyer and feel free to ask staff of you have any questions. See more

05.01.2022 We have created craft packs for children to take home to support learning at home. They contain craft materials and ideas for at home learning through play. We also have four literacy packs left (these were provided to most families earlier in the year) if you have not received one you may do so now. We will leave the packs in the foyer for you to pop in and collect this week without having to come into the kindy room. Please have a look at the 'STEM inspiration for families...' book for some excellent activities relating to the stories in the literacy packs. these activities are easy and fun to complete at home. Keep an eye out for an email for Mel today about how we will be providing guidance around learning from home in term 2. Currently we are planning to be open in term 2, however we will update you ASAP if there any changes from the Department for Education. It is up to individual families to choose if you want your child to learn at preschool or at home, we will be supporting all families and children regardless. See more

05.01.2022 You may be aware of the fire that occurred at Hampstead Primary school over the holidays. Thankfully the kindy was not damaged, however the building was affected by smoke and required a deep clean and some resources were lost. We have been working hard this week cleaning, sorting and reorganising to get everything ready for our children starting next week. Please be aware that currently our computers, internet and phone line are not operational- this will be fixed by next week, or you can call our mobile 0439 006 236. Here's our group time room on Tuesday and Friday!

04.01.2022 Thank you to all those families that have taken the time to complete the parent opinion survey - 28 families so far. If you havent had chance to do this yet we would really appreciate it if you can complete it. I will email everyone the link again just in case you no longer have the original email. The survey is completely confidential, we do not know which families have taken the survey . The survey closes on 30th September

04.01.2022 Sharing a book with your child has many benefits such as developing oral language and communication skills, increasing vocabulary, helping children to understand story structures or learn new facts plus enabling you to spend quality time with your child which helps with social and emotional development. A reminder that tomorrow Thursday 18th is Library day. Children can borrow a book from the school library. In order to borrow a book please send a small named library bag with your child tomorrow. These should be given to the staff on arrival. Happy reading

03.01.2022 Please can you make sure that we have your up to date contact details - telephone and email and ensure that you are contactable to enable staff to contact you quickly should the need arise. thank you

03.01.2022 We can't believe term 2 is nearly over! We are getting excited for our Animals Anonymous visits next week by learning more about animals- sorting/ classifying pets vs wild animals, extending the children's recent interest in pets/ pet shop & vet. We'll also be exploring children's theories of friendship, making our own 'Dear Zoo' books and painting with water and chalk. An interest in paper aeroplanes has emerged, leading to a STEM challenge - can you design and make a strong aeroplane? and more numeracy opportunities for measurement, sorting and data collection. The full learning program is available in the foyer.

02.01.2022 Next Governing Council meeting will be on Friday 9th April at 9.00am. All welcome. Feel free to speak with staff if you want more information

02.01.2022 Reminder that this is the last week of preschool and we will be closed for 2 weeks. Preschool will reopen on Monday 12th October. On Wednesday 21st October Preschool will be closed for a Pupil Free Day so no children at Preschool on that day.

02.01.2022 Thank you to all those families that are up to date with their fees. A reminder that Term 3 fees are now overdue and should be paid in full before the end of the Term. Please speak to Melanie if you are having difficulty paying your fees, an individual payment plan can be organised. Thank you in advance

02.01.2022 Making art with fine liner pens and watercolour paint. We listened to classical music and children responded to what the heard and how they felt.

01.01.2022 Welcome to our new followers! We post our fortnightly curriculum planning so that you can see what we're learning about at Kindy and maybe even follow up at home with songs, games, play, stories and conversation. The program is on the curriculum board in the foyer of you'd like to know more. Weeks 3-4 Term 1: We are learning about Lunar New Year and diversity through craft and mark making activities, watching videos and reading stories. We are exploring the concepts of iden...tity, safety, and emotions by creating self-portraits and our belonging display of polaroid photos, exploring our safety rules, making friends, and taking about making fair choices. In numeracy we are exploring numbers 0-10 using a range of resources, physical experiences and group time activities where we learn about counting 1:1 (with meaning), recognising numerals, and subitising (recognising a small group of objects without counting). In literacy we are reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear what can you see? and starting our work on syllables. At the story table we are sorting object by colour and by syllables. We are incorporating children's interests in cars, space, babies at the washing station, and cutting and glueing by focusing on scissor skills this week. We are still learning Kindy routines and how to use resources appropriately, such as painting at the easels without mixing up the paints, putting lids on textas etc. Children are encouraged to be independent with their belongings, taking shoes off at the sand pit etc. There is lots of great learning happening already! See more

01.01.2022 Its Book Week! To celebrate we will be going on our walking excursions to Greenacres Library on Tuesday and Thursday. Children are invited to dress up on those days and/ or bring their favourite book to share

01.01.2022 Has anyone lost a pair of glasses? They were left on the table in the foyer area yesterday.