Oaklands Estate Kindergarten in Marion, South Australia, Australia | Education

Oaklands Estate Kindergarten

Locality: Marion, South Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 8 8276 7843

Address: 16 Pethick Terrace 5043 Marion, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.oaklandskgn.sa.edu.au

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25.01.2022 This week we enjoyed having breakfast at Kindy! It was great to see the different pyjamas on children, teachers and parent helpers. We collected the data to show what kind of toast we had at breakfast and children analysed the results and noted strawberry jam was the most popular. Thank you to all our parent helpers who made the toast, spread the butter and jam, cut fruit and served the food and drinks. It was wonderful having so many helpers. In the sandpit, Reagan, Sebasti...an, Arianna W, Charlie L, Cashel, Armaan and Coby cooperated to create a long river. They worked together, digging with hands and shovels to make the water flow. Rebecca and Yasmin have been attending professional development sessions as part of the music scholarships they won this year. Yasmin has completed her sessions and has been introducing new songs and rhythms to the children. The presenter for Rebecca’s group is in WA so Kodaly has arranged a musical buddy to mentor Rebecca. Penny visited the Kindy on Tuesday and Wednesday, teaching us some new songs and modelling a music lesson for preschool children. At the Botanic Gardens the Wisteria is in bloom if you would like to see it. See more

25.01.2022 We have been noticing the insects in our garden. Aaron found a millipede and Cashel found a slater. We research them and discovered that, although millipedes are considered a pest, they eat leaf litter and return nutrients to the soil. Slaters do too. If they are in the garden our plants will be happy. Chloe was concerned this week about trees being cut down to make paper and wondered what we could do to save trees. A group of friends joined her in brainstorming some ideas a...nd we decided to make our own with used paper. Children found discarded paper in the recycling bin, cut and tore it up before soaking it in a bowl over night. Once the wet paper had been blended children took handfuls, including Chloe and Ciara, squeezed the water out and placed it on the tray to dry. We will use the new paper on our return from the school holidays. During the break we will be sending each child a letter from the educators about our holiday plans. We would love to hear about your activities. Term 4 begins on Monday 12 October. Kindy photos will be taken on Mon 12 & Wed 14. This time we have a tiny teddy to find if you are passing by the kindy. See more

24.01.2022 This has been our final week of Term 1 with children. Next week the staff will be using the pupil free days to develop our on site and at home program for Term 2. Thank you to the many families who have picked up their Week 11 & holiday pack. Some children have already started with the bag of collage material provocation. Thanks to Charlie Th., and Matilda for sharing their creations. We have also heard from Ariana, Noah and Silas with news about their explorations of the bag.

22.01.2022 This week we enjoyed having breakfast at Kindy! It was great to see the different pyjamas on kids, teachers and parent helpers. We made some tally marks to show what kind of toast we had at breakfast and strawberry jam was the most popular. Thank you to all our parent helpers who made the toast, spread the butter and jam, cut fruit and served the food and drinks. It was wonderful having so many helpers. In the sandpit, Reagan, Sebastian, Arianna W, Charlie L, Cashel, Armaan ...and Coby cooperated to create a long river. They worked together, digging with hands and shovels to make the water flow. Rebecca and Yasmin have been attending professional development sessions as part of the music scholarships they won this year. Yasmin has completed her sessions and has been introducing new songs and rhythms to the children. The presenter for Rebeccas group is in WA so Kodaly has arranged a musical buddy to mentor Rebecca. Penny visited the Kindy on Tuesday and Wednesday, teaching us some new songs and modelling a music lesson for preschool children. At the Botanic Gardens the Wisteria is in bloom if you would like to see it. See more

22.01.2022 Just a reminder ... All preschools and schools have pupil free days this week. OE Kindy is CLOSED for children and families this week. Do not worry if you did not pick up your week 11/holiday learning pack last Friday. Any left behind have been posted to the children. Please remember to return your Term 2 learning program preference by email today. Thanks.

22.01.2022 The latest update from The Department for Education South Australia. Week 1 starts next Monday the 27th of April, We are looking forward to seeing our children and families. -OEK Team

22.01.2022 Children and educators were happy to be back to an enjoyable first week of Term 3. Children noticed and played with the new inside cubby (using branches trimmed from our trees) and the table addition requested for the mud kitchen. Maddy was very excited to find her seed feeders finally attracted some birds to the garden. She recorded her success with a drawing and taking photos of the nibbled seeds and bird. The other children joined in and made their own feeders to take home - seed mix and copha mixed by hand. Please RSVP by email for our Bonfire night next week so that we can cater for enough marshmallows and popping corn for everyone. Do bring a torch. No bears to find at kindy this week but something equally cuddly. Do pass by and look for Blue Blue Acorn (named by Eden).

21.01.2022 - , : Today the Premier announced a 6 day statewide lockdown starting at midnight tonight (Wednesday 18 November) t...hrough to midnight Tuesday 24 November. Only the children of essential workers and vulnerable children will be able to attend school, preschool or childcare. A skeleton staff will provide supervision but not a learning program for the remainder of this week. All students have been asked to take home school laptops, devices, books and anything they need to continue their learning from home. More information on learning programs will be provided early next week.

19.01.2022 Thank you to the many children who have shared their amazing creations with us this week. Each child had the same items in the provocation bag (added to by what they could find at home) and yet every piece is unique. Just like every child. We had fairy houses, patterns, leaves from the garden added, stories about monsters, bins and each child thought carefully about their work. Thank you Eliana, Coby, Cashel, Anna, Fiona, Hudson, Chloe Snow and Pippa. If you have run out of the items in the bag go collecting in the garden, try to recycled paper, use bottle tops, cartons, boxes, gravel, stones, sand, grass, leaves, sticks, ribbons, wool, string, etc. The resources are endless - just like children's imagination. We would love to see any creations from the collections from home this week.

19.01.2022 A nordic saying "There is no such thing as bad weather ... just poor clothing choices" was so true today while our families enjoyed a very, very cold but wonderful day at Kuitpo Forest. We were all rugged up and raring to go. Parents and grandparents joined their children in playing in the forest, making toys with leaves and sticks, drawing with charcoal from our fire pit, making toast over the coals, playing with balls and hoops, bird and animal spotting and enjoying the cr...eek. Alby's dad kindly agreed to show us how to crack a stock whip, Noah's dad shared his knowledge about tree gum and resin, everyone socially distanced for lunch and then there was time to explore or try the marvellous mud slide before we danced and sang at farewell. Our thanks go to our wonderful parents who joined us today and also gave permission for the photos to be posted. See more

18.01.2022 Maddys bird feeder story continues she compared photos of the seed block in the tree and noticed that none had been eaten. well, no birds found it. I think I will put it in another tree where birds might see it but not under it she said. We will keep you posted. Eloise has been enjoying visiting the wetlands with her local bird checklist. She has observed most of them already. We have been learning about repurposing items from home and the community. We thank a parent ...who works at Banks & Brown café and plants, Warradale, who has kindly been collecting and washing out an endless supply of plastic milk bottles for us. They were perfect for the band which was created by children choosing items to fill the instruments. Sand, gum nuts, sticks or bark made unusual sounds that Sadie, Imogen, Alex, Aaron, Omama, Alyssa, Slias, Arianna, and Aron compared and sang along to. Enjoy the video of the band playing the Nina Marni welcome song. This weekend there will be a new character to find for the 'bear hunt' at kindy. **Edit** unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we were unable to attach the video. ** See more

18.01.2022 We began Book Week by celebrating with children sharing their favourite book with friends and dressing up if they wanted to. It included a Snow Leopard, Bluey, Spider boy, Thelma Unicorn, Scarface Claw, Bob the builder, Alice in Wonderland, Fancy Nancy, the dog, a footy player and a great giraffe. Thank you amazingly creative mums and dads for your help with this. We also enjoyed parents and grandparents taking book groups during the week. Rea...ding aloud to children helps to develop early literacy skills, extends vocabulary and comprehension, develops thinking and problem solving skills, provides the early link between the spoken and written word and is just plain fun for children. Enjoy the special time reading with them and know you are helping to develop life long readers and learners. Our parents also joined us this week to share their expertise. Deanne described her job supporting children with autism and had practical ways to illustrate what it means. We even tried to guess how someone feels if you cannot 'read' their expressions. Tony wore his scrubs and used a water spray bottle to illustrate how far our coughs and germs will travel if we do not catch them in our elbow or by wearing a mask. He helped Rebecca kit up for protection and then showed us how he cares for others. Thank you all. See more

18.01.2022 We barely had enough time to fit it all in this week. We thank the many parents and families who joined in the Diwali celebrations as well as our NAIDOC acknowledgement and discussions around what children are learning about the history, achievements and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. A huge thank you to Anu, our amazing bilingual support, who coordinated the parents to help with our family lunches each day. Thanks also to Katherine, Harwinder, Fatima a...nd Abeer who cooked and were henna artists for us. Children also chopped ingredients and washed rice for the dishes before our guests arrived. Children drew their preferred designs on their hand outlines before their hands became the canvas. Staff were lucky enough to play dress ups and wear a sari. Families were greeted by a rose petals shower, listened to children singing and then enjoyed a mango lassi drink and a vegetarian feast. We also thank Amy (Hudson's mum) who nipped in one day during her lunch break to share her uniform and experiences as a full time mum, full time teacher and part time soldier. Children were delighted that she had helped the people of Kangaroo Island as well as rescuing kangaroos and koalas following the bushfires (Some of the things reservists do - check out httpt://www.defencereservessupport.gov.au/latest-news/news/2020-national-employer-support-award-winners/). We are looking forward to welcoming a police officer parent and a saxophonist parent in the coming weeks. See more

17.01.2022 This week we had visits from the Nature Education Centre. Alex brought a variety of animals for us to see and some we could touch! The animals included a giant burrowing cockroach, green tree frog, shigleback lizard, frill-necked lizard, children's python, brush-tailed bettong and ring-tailed possum. The children were very intersted in the animals and asked some great questions like "Do the baby possums have a dad?" the answer "with possums, the mum does all the work". Enjoy the photos below of our visiting animals and a picture by Coby. Coby was facinated and shared his learning with his family. He drew his recollections (with some help from mum with the lizard). Thanks for the drawing Coby.

16.01.2022 Another busy week at OEK. We thank the families who joined us on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for the bonfire nights. Covid social distancing restrictions meant we needed to offer them with a limit on the numbers of guests over two nights. However, the frosty nights were warmed by good cheer ... and marshmallows (thank you Tennielle for permission to publish Anna's treat). Children reported great excitement visiting a mysterious garden with their torches and lanterns dotte...d through the trees. Children also shared their learning portfolios with families on the well lit verandah. The evenings finished with singing songs around the fire before families headed home. We have posted out the first round offers for children enrolling for 2021. Thanks to Eden, Charlie Th, Pippa and Lily who helped add the stamps to the envelopes. It is not too late to add your name to the expression of interest list for 2021. If your child is 4 before the 30th of April, 2021 they are eligible to start Term 1, 2021. Please email [email protected] and a form will be sent to you. This week Pedro (named by Charlotte) is the very cuddly 'non bear' to find at kindy if you are passing by. See more

13.01.2022 International mud day was celebrated on Mon 29th June but we celebrate it every day at OEK. This term our action research wondering with children was what additions would make the mud patch and mud kitchen more inviting? I think we 'nailed' it ! Ethan and Eliana compared splashes in the mud puddle but their enjoyment was the same (thank you Karla and Phillipa for permission to publish the smiles). Whether dry dirt or wet mud - the saying is so true ... the best days are often... the ones with the dirtiest clothes. The kindergarten is closed for the school holidays but do remember to walk past as there is a new teddy bear collection to find. The preschool children will receive a letter from the staff (and some notes for Mum or Dad) during the holidays. Please let staff know if you do not receive it. Kindy returns on MON 20 JULY for the beginning of Term 3. Playgroup will be delayed until Term 4 as we have a number of kindergarten commitments on Fridays in Term 3. Have you enrolled for 2021? If your child is 4 by 30 April 2021 then they are able to start kindergarten in Term 1. Email us on [email protected] for an expression of interest form. See more

13.01.2022 For some children the bus ride was almost as interesting as the animals on our excursion to Monarto Safari Park and Zoo. In discussions leading up to the day we wondered which animals we might see and what they would be doing. We saw giraffe, lions, a cheetah, zebra, wild dogs, hyenas, chimpanzee, rhinoceros and meerkats. Children were careful observers and even some drizzle did not dampen our spirits. A HUGE thank you to our wonderful parents who joined us for the trip and the very patient families waiting when we ran late on our return due to roadworks on the freeway. Next week we celebrate Book Week. Do join us to take a group with your child. Add your name to the list by the front entrance. Do look out for Tim if you are passing by the kindy.

12.01.2022 Oops, now with the video. Chloe greeted her mum with rose petals for Diwali.

12.01.2022 Great news. Preschools and schools are open for all children next week. Prior to the lockdown children were practicing to plan, do and review their creations. Pippa persisted with her small world environment. Ella and Eloise returned each day to build on their city plan. Armaan persisted with his tower. Following the lockdown Anna took the opportunity to share the creation she made at home. Further to our Diwali celebration, our video this week is Chloe greeting her mum with... the rose petals. (thank you to our parents for permission to post) It might be a little late but some links for families at home - ‘Playgroup at Home SA’ on Facebook Playschool Story time: https://www.youtube.com/results PE with Joe on You Tube Playdough recipe: https://www.kidspot.com.au//playdou/Play%20dough%20recipes Gloop recipe: https://www.kidspot.com.au//a78775bd20f1a49c91d0de394346c9

11.01.2022 Almost everyone has returned to kindy and children have been busy with planning, negotiating and collaborating with their cubbies. Whether using branches from our trimmed tree or blocks, the construction sites have been a hive of activity. Next week we will be practising our Emergency drill. Evacuation - continuous blast on the whistle and we move to the gates, mark the roll and make a decision about whether we move off site. Invacuation - continuous blast on the hooter and we move to the mat inside, mark the roll and make a decision about whether we move off site. Now would be a great time to plan and practise your home emergency drill.

11.01.2022 Term 3 begins on Monday 20 July. We look forward to welcoming our children and families back for an exciting term. Social distancing this term will include a staff member monitoring a maximum of 10 adults inside at drop off (school aged siblings need to wait in the front door fenced area and toddlers need to stay with their parent please). You will be handed a laminated numeral and need to hand it to the staff member as you leave so we can offer it to the next family waiting.... Please let your child show you how independent they are as they carry their bag inside, place lunch in the baskets and hang it up on the hook. You can still chose to kiss and drop at the door too. Do remember to add your name to the list for Bonfire night coming up. Thank you to the families who have been keeping us up to date over the break. Imogen has been caring for her bean plants, Charlie Th went camping, Fiona has been drawing and building with lego, Ella has been patting wildlife at Cleland, Abigail made some finger puppets and Eliana made delicious biscuits. We cannot wait to hear all of the other news next week. See more

11.01.2022 We have been learning about aerodynamics when a gusty day led to the wind blowing our drawing and writing paper all over the outside learning area. After catching the paper and loading the collected pile down with pebbles, some children wondered what else might fly. This eventually led to children designing, decorating and making paper kites and testing the strength of the wind needed to send them flying. Maddy brought back her wetlands bird checklist included in the at home.../on line learning component of the take home packs. She visited the wetlands with her Pa, a keen bird spotter, and found almost all of the birds on the list over time. However, she noticed that the kindergarten did not have many birds visiting it. She wondered if we made some food spots for them would they visit? Making a bird feeder with a sand plate and craker biscuits she hypothesised that the butterfly garden might be the quietest place for the birds so they were not frightened and could eat without being disturbed. An ongoing experiment. The new wobble boards, with the ball adjunct, have been an interesting balance and motor planning challenge that almost everyone wants to try. Children have fallen off, skipped the ball out and over balanced but persisted to try to manage this test of a new skill. Words of suppport & encouragement from peers and commitment to keep on trying have been the focus of small groups of friends. See more

10.01.2022 This week we have been learning about reptiles and in particular, Pete, the bearded dragon that we have borrowed from the Nature Education Centre. We have been discussing why he might need the lamp on in his home and how 'cold blooded' creatures live. The preschool is also in the middle of the last part of the outside learning area upgrade with the pathways to the shed and fairy table levelled and the creek platform being remodelled. The crew from Complete Edge Maintenance ha...ve been answering endless question from fascinated children who have watched the work progress. Fernando even shared the gecko he found while digging new foundations for the platform. Coming up at OEK - Our thanks to parents Nao and Katherine who will be helping the children to make vegetarian Sushi this week. We also thank Adele who will bath her baby (Lexie's little sister). See more

09.01.2022 Inside or outside children have been sharing their learning and collaborating in their play. Faizullah was eager to show us his bean seeds from the Learning at home package have been growing with his care. Maddy has persisted with her feeding station and regularly took the IPad to record the seed ball in another tree. She has decided that the kindy is too noisy for the birds and is wondering about making her own seed station. Modelling reading for friends highlighted early literacy norms and sharing ballet expertise gave joy. Dogs in the digging patch, of course, needed four boots. Cubbies can be as simple, and exciting, as tarpaulins.With toasting marshmallows being a great way to finish a day.

09.01.2022 They say good things come to those who wait. Well, we waited - through Covid delays - and this week we able to welcome much anticipated visitors. Trent Hill, Aboriginal educator, joined us and shared his experiences and expertise and inspired Aaron, Noah and Max to make their own didgeridoo. Trent also used his muscles and friction to light embers that we could have used in winter to light our bonfires. You may have heard sirens at kindy today. Thanks goes to Tom (Alexis' da...d), Leon and Brett - police officers who visited us and explained about their role to help everyone. They showed us their uniforms, including hats and badges, so we know how to recognise a police officer. Children also had the opportunity to sit inside the police vehicle before waving goodbye to the patrol with flashing lights and sirens. We look forward to welcoming the Glenelg Primary choir and Jelena (Charlotte's mum) to help make baubles with children. Watch this space. See more

09.01.2022 nearly ready for children to move in...

08.01.2022 This week we have been considering how we learn about and practice reconciliation at kindergarten. We acknowledge the Kaurna history of the land and sing Nina Marni each day to begin the process. We have been asking children what they know about Aboriginal Australia. The wordle shows what we have learnt so far and where we have more to learn. Normally we lead up to the national conversation with Aboriginal educators visiting and sharing their knowledge and we have planned t...o access them as soon as possible. We are developing a site Reconciliation Action Plan and we begin it with listening and learning from our Aboriginal friends and neighbours. We thank the many families who collected leaves, sticks and gumnuts for our collage creations. We think their use has been fascinating. Maddy's bird feeding experiment continues. Limited success with crackers led her to find a native bird seed block to tempt our feathered friends. She placed it in the Lilly Pilly tree and took the ipad photo so that she could note if any visitors feed on it. We will keep you posted.

08.01.2022 Term 4 begins on Monday and we look forward to welcoming everyone back for a busy but fun learning program. We have borrowed two green tree frogs from the Nature Education Centre to watch and wonder about now that one of our tadpoles has turned into a frog and the others were released. We also have some silk worms to watch as their life cycle progresses. If you are passing by look for a little stripey creature called Tim. See you soon.

07.01.2022 Thank you to the many kindy families keeping us up to date with your busy lives (see photos below Max used his collage materials with his cars, Ollie and Isaac, Omama used them for pasting, Eliana pulled up her carrots before planting beans, Ariana watered her seeds, Sebastian used items for his creation and Anna made a poppy wreath). We hope that the holiday letter has arrived with some more learning experiences included. We know that Eliana and Sebastian found our bear for ...the local Bear Hunt - great noticing. Do walk to the kindy and look for Di's wonderful display. Term 2 begins on MON 27 April. We will continue with our social distancing procedures so signing in/drop off and signing out/pick up at the front door please. The Department for Education is including an extra clean for high traffic areas in the middle of the day. We have plenty of soap, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. However, we regret PLAYGROUP is cancelled for Term 2.

07.01.2022 Sorry for the delay in posting. We set up our new tunnel with the trampoline for an obstacle course last week. It was a very windy day and the tunnel kept getting blown away. We thought about the problem and decided to use hoops instead and jump through them. That worked much better! We had some visitors to the yard. Our blue-tongue lizards are awake and inquisitive. There are two lizards a big one and a small one, they needed names. We voted on names for the lizard: Jack for the big lizard and Zoe for the small lizard. This week we are being visited by more animals from the Nature Education Centre!

06.01.2022 Finally our hardwear issue has been resolved so enjoy the band video. Short but sweet.

05.01.2022 We have been celebrating Science week all term. This week we had many children thinking as scientists hypothesising what would happen with their experiments with powder and fluid. Some bubbled and were effervescent. Some turned sticky and some changed colour. Alex, Billie, Alexis, Isaac, Tate, Fionn, Noah, Coby, Devesh, Ollie, Anna, Chloe, Eden and Sadie carefully measured, mixed and observed the reactions. Thank you to the many children who shared their favourite book with u...s this week including Omama who read it for her friend Harper and Eliana who recounted 'Who sank the boat?' at the story table. We were also lucky enough to meet Toby, the service dog for one of our enrolling parents. We are learning about his special harness and vest that tell us he is working and we cannot pat or disturb him. This week we have William Wobbly arms for you to find at kindy when you are passing by. Spring has sprung ... remember hats and sun cream for everyone when outside. See more

03.01.2022 We have been learning about using the firepit. Children have been suggesting the safety rules for our risk/benefit considerations. They include * only teachers light the fire and use matches * we all sit on the logs and do not get too close * we do not touch the firepit lit or unlit. * we walk around the outside of the fire pit area - not through.... * we always have a bucket of sand (and the hose) ready to put out the fire. *we light it every second day so our children and staff with asthma are included and it does not upset their lungs and our neighbours washing is not smoky. Children have been sharing their ideas with families at home and we have heard that Sadie warned her grandfather. Ariana's family shared photos of their weekend fire. A developed a story about it at kindy. (Photos M&T fire pit lit / Matej and Eddy were recording their ideas on the chalk board / WTH fire pit lit / Chloe explaining her travels to see the tiger on the chalkboard / Ariana's home fire that sparked long discussions about differences and similarities). See more

03.01.2022 This week we thank Katherine and Nao who helped the children to make and try vegetarian sushi at kindergarten. One child revealed she had never tried capsicum before and it was delicious. Other children were too busy eating to comment. We also thank Adele for bringing in baby Jean for a bath. Children took turns in carefully pouring water over Jean’s skin to wash off the soap. We then watched as she was dressed in her nappy, t-shirt and shorts and had her hair brushed. We di...scussed why we need to be gentle with babies and how she could let us know what she was feeling when she was too young to talk. Children agreed babies are still learning to care for themselves. They need our help. We agreed that splashing in the bath, smiling and gurgling told us she was having fun. Careful observation by children revealed that our butterflies were hatching. We released 7 butterflies over the week and hope the last ones will emerge soon. We say goodbye to Pete the Bearded Dragon lizard and welcome a Barking Gecko to the wonder table.

03.01.2022 This weeks science experience was around magnets. What is a magnet? What does it do? Can we pick up a paper clip with a magnet? ... a pom-pom? ... a key? The children enjoyed sharing their knowledge with each other and experimenting with the magnets during play. Today we were busy setting up a new play space and rearranging the group time area. We cant wait to explore these new areas with the children. See you next week

03.01.2022 The Child and Family Health Service is an important part of the Womens and Childrens Health Network, providing a vital service supporting South Australian inf...ants, children and families for over 100 years! In times of crisis we know that families can experience an increased level of stress and vulnerability and we will be continuing our services throughout this time. Most appointments will now be delivered over the phone or via video link so you can #stayathome and #stopthespread

02.01.2022 ... and the band played "Nina Marni Welcome" because we all meet on Kaurna land.

02.01.2022 A fun first week back, all about bears. Today and Tuesday we explored Going on a Bear Hunt. We read the story and went on a yoga adventure! Many children made adventure maps showing what they did to find the bear.

02.01.2022 At kindy we have been learning about what different plants need to grow so on Friday we went to the Botanic Gardens to explore further. We had a great time walking through the gardens looking at the different plants and animals. During our walk we met a scientist, a student working on his PhD. He was catching dragonflies in his net. He showed us one he caught by holding its wings so it couldnt fly away. He kept the dragonfly in a plastic bag with extra air (so the dragonfly ...can breathe) and put the bag in a special cooler so it wont get too hot. A little further on our walk was a large grassy hill: Alyssa, Billie and Armaan enjoyed rolling down the hill with their friends. While crossing a bridge, Eliana, Ella and Harper noticed turtles swimming in the water. We went to Little Sprouts and participated in some hands-on activities. We smelled different leaves like Lemongrass and Mint, saw a bug hotel, looked for worms in a compost bin and planted a special seed to take home. Thanks Ryan and team for all your help! Before we went home we heard all about the Supermarket Tree in the gardens. Before there were shops, the Kaurna people could use gum trees like a supermarket. It provided them with food, medicine, shade, musical instruments, clothing and weapons. They could find everything they needed on a large gum tree. Also in the Gardens is a bush tucker trail that shows other plants that Aboriginal people used for food or medicine. Trent will be joining us in Term 4 to share more with us. See more

01.01.2022 Parcels arrived for the children this week. Considering the packaging children suggested the possible item inside. 7 thought it was a trampoline,10 felt it was a swing, 1 thought it was a boat and 1 thought it was a tv. Others could not decide. They were delighted it was a rectangular shaped swing. The second parcel held our tunnel and we tried both for size and fit. Thanks to Elouise, Lily, Charlie, Noah, Cassandra and Abigail for testing the swing and Judd and Tate for crawling through the tunnel. Please note the kindergarten is closed tomorrow - Fri 14 AUG while the team join the Partnership-wide preschool professional development. If you are passing the kindy do look out for Coco. A new cuddly creature to find.

01.01.2022 We look forward to seeing our returning children tomorrow for day one, Term 2. 2020 parents do join your private group for our online/at home learning program. We are enjoying the photos of your learning activities during the break. Thank you Aleeza for sharing your book, Silas for sharing your pebble and Noah for planting your seeds. We also know that Fionn found our 'Bear Hunt' bear. Well done everyone. Australia Post is doing an amazing job but if your child did not receive the 'beans' letter or the brown bag full of goodies please let staff know. Sadly, Playgroup has been cancelled this term. We hope we have good news for Term 3.