Quorn Kindergarten in Quorn, South Australia | School

Quorn Kindergarten

Locality: Quorn, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8648 6377

Address: 3 Second Street 5433 Quorn, SA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Artwork is ready! This year we are exhibiting at host sites, families will be able to purchase work prior to exhibition. We dont usually allow pre-purchase, however this year it will make sales easier given our restrictions. For children who have not yet completed work, they will get a chance to this Thursday, after this date, no more work will be getting completed for SALA 2020. Sold stickers are available at the kindy. Please see Maggie for instructions on how to purchase. Remaining unsold items will be available for purchase to the public. You will be able to view items at our host sites. Thank you.

25.01.2022 Video of just some of the fun had at our 2020 Bush Kindy day Thank you to all the families who helped make this day a special memory.

24.01.2022 Short video on some of our table top activities. We like to use this time to develop social skills in sharing resources, literacy skill development, and fine motor skill.

24.01.2022 Some of our art will be showcased at this event

23.01.2022 Kindy is in need of card for our Christmas masks. If you have any large cereal boxes, could you drop them off to kindy? If you have the time, cut up into usable panels would be great, however it's not essential

23.01.2022 Resin applied to our log rounds. They look amazing! This year the children learned about suction. Applying the smooth round to thick paint poured onto a table, then pulling the log upwards to create a suction pattern! These will be exhibited as part of our 2020 SALA art exhibition.

23.01.2022 Comment on this post and I will include you in our purchasing list. Only orders will be taken to secure book. You will not be able to purchase book without putting in an order. Thank you.

21.01.2022 A huge thank you to this group of kindy volunteers! Arrived this morning, set up all six beds, filled them up, all before lunch! I know others wanted to help too, but they just went so quickly it was completed in no time! A special thank you again to Jenai Jackson photography for working so hard to purchase the beds, and to Elizabeth Backpackers Hostel for manual labour. The children are going to love exploring this space

20.01.2022 Quorn Kindergarten learners have loved this author over the years. Beautiful artwork and words.

19.01.2022 Check out this amazing painting by local artist Joan Hancock - Artist of the Flinders Ranges . Joan has kindly donated this painting for our SALA exhibition. It will be raffled off, tickets only $1.00! Books will be distributed tomorrow to families.

19.01.2022 Just a friendly reminder to please return 2021 preschool enrolments ASAP. If your child is turning 4 before first May 2021, they need to enrol now. If your child is Aboriginal and is 3 now, or turning 3 next year (even late in the year), they need to enrol now for 2021. ... If you have a child in Out of Home Care (court order) and is 3 or turning 3 next year, they need to enrol now for 2021. If you know of anyone who might need to enrol, please let them know to drop into the kindy to collect an enrollment pack. If unsure, please call us so we can assist you. Thank you, Quorn Kindergarten

19.01.2022 Bush kindy is this Wednesday . Make sure you have pre applied sunblock, filled water bottle, t shirt covering shoulders, lunch that doesn’t need refrigeration, fruit snack, and bring a can do attitude as we will be hiking all day . Will be a great day out!!

18.01.2022 A big thankyou to LKM hairdesigners in Quorn for their generous donation for our Christmas Raffle. How awesome is this prize!! Tickets are also available in their store

18.01.2022 A snapshot of our Thursday morning session.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to Chris Midnorthmassage for winning our gorgeous Joan Hancock - Artist of the Flinders Ranges painting. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets, and to Joan for the donation

17.01.2022 Hello occasional care families. This morning a black Nike shoe went home in a black bag. Can you have a quick look in your child's bag please and give the kindy a call if you have it thank you, kindy staff.

17.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/205615536167683/posts/3250892851639921/

16.01.2022 Quorn Kindergarten SALA exhibtion will be finishing soon. If you have not yet visited our host sites, please do so. Quondong Cafe, Transcontinental Hotel Quorn, Liv Sienne Fashion, and The Flinders Ranges Tourist Information Centre all have work on exhibition. We have local professional artists as well as emerging. From hand crocheted blankets, baskets, log rounds, canvas works, to resin art, scarves, and books! Works are for sale, so please support local and get shopping!

16.01.2022 This week we as part of our investigation into mini beasts we learned about centipedes. We learned that the front legs are shorter than the back legs, they have an exoskeleton, antenna, and have over 30 legs. They are also mostly blind as they spend most of their time underground. Children have been practicing how to draw scientific drawings as well as how to make 3D representations using loose parts.

15.01.2022 Occasional Care families. Today Densey and Maggie worked through rostering child session times. All of you would have recieved a call, or a message letting you know your scheduled times. Just a reminder that morning session starts at 8:30 and finishes at 11:15. Afternoon session starts at 11:30 and finishes at 2:15. Please bring a piece of fruit, in a named container, precut, and placed on trolley for shared fruit time. ... Sunblock should be pre-applied, however we do have hats. Collection will be from main group room, unless you are late, which could be outside on front foyer. Educators will assist you with this process. Please remember to bring a named water bottle and place it on the yellow bench. Place occasional care bags on inside bag rack. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing all your happy faces again soon :)

15.01.2022 Check out our new tank! This was funded through a heritage building grant. It helps to relocate water away from stonework. Builders have also replaced and fixed old underground drain pipes and are in the process of treating the building for rising damp. Later, stonework will be rendered and old fascia painted. With the help of a past kindy parent, irrigation has been installed in veggie beds as well. Once all front yard work is complete, we are hoping to have our edible community garden up and running for use .

15.01.2022 Quorn Playgroup Playgroup is back for Term 3 Mondays 10-12 at the Quorn kindy Gold coin donation... Please note that we cant do shared food but you can bring fruit for a joint snack time at 11 See more

15.01.2022 Hello Preschool families. Just a friendly reminder that kindy starts again tomorrow :) Please bring fruit in named container (we have markers under our bench if you need, as well as tape to write on) as we are still not sharing fruit, only our time together. If you have special sunscreen, please bring it this term as we might need it as the weather changes - we do have sunscreen however we understand that some children need sensitive skin products. ... Please bring a named water bottle, filled up ready to go. We do have filtered water on tap, so if you need to, you can fill it up first thing in the morning. We look forward to seeing you all again!!

15.01.2022 Fab job kindy learners! And once again a huge thank you to our contributing artists and host sites

14.01.2022 Short video discussing part of our learning processes involved in our Arts in Learning Program. The last few weeks children have been illustrators in creating a mixed media collage art piece. This week we will look closely at editing our words, making changes, adding details... Through this process children will be able to think through past learning to adapt and modify. They will have a deeper understanding of how stories and books are created and will get a taste of editing. Over the coming weeks, educators will increase word knowledge of animals - this will no doubt be a learning together moment as we explore Aboriginal words. Please contact us if you can offer assistance, we would love to hear from you!

14.01.2022 Flinders Ranges tourist information Centre SALA display all set up. Looks fantastic.

14.01.2022 Plev art, Joan Hancock - Artist of the Flinders Ranges, Maggie Kamin art, and a very special sea landscape painting completed by a kindy artist is on display at Transcontinental Hotel, Quorn. Artwork on display is for sale with 25% commission going to Quorn Kindergarten. So drop in and be part of Quorn Kindergarten SALA event 2020.

13.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/164196563756213/posts/1706372592871928/

13.01.2022 A huge thank you to these local businesses for there generous donations to our kindy Christmas raffle. Mid North Massage, Quorn IGA, Quorn Meat Store, and Transcontinental Hotel. Support local, because they support local

12.01.2022 Hello families. A governing council meeting will be held next Monday the 17th August at 9:00 (will be finishing just before playgroup). Welcome to attend.

11.01.2022 Just a reminder to families. Children need to be picked up at 2:30 sharp today as both educators will be hanging up work in preparation for our SALA event. Thank you.Just a reminder to families. Children need to be picked up at 2:30 sharp today as both educators will be hanging up work in preparation for our SALA event. Thank you.

11.01.2022 Hello, just a friendly reminder to return your noticing book tomorrow ready for the new challenge. Also, please check your parent wall pocket as important information is added weekly. Lastly please return consent forms for our Bush Kindy day in week 10 and let me know if you are free to help volunteer. Its a great day out :)

10.01.2022 Brochures are ready! All artwork will be going out this week SALA 2020 is moving forward!!

09.01.2022 We are making music tapping sticks for use during our Music With Marg program. Today we cut up our old broom sticks, but we ran out. Do you have any old wooden broom sticks you no longer need? If you do, please drop them off to the kindy, thank you

08.01.2022 Due to the small size of our resin art logs, we have made the decision to not exhibit sold works. We are only exhibiting unsold works. If you have purchased a resin art log, you will be able to collect it once paid in full. Please bring correct amount as we do not have change available. All preschool individual pieces will be exhibited. Thank you.

08.01.2022 With permission from Francis mum here is a read aloud of We Went Bush. We hope you enjoy . Please excuse my gloves! It was freezing in the Kindy this morning!

07.01.2022 We are currently taking enrolments for preschool for 2021. If your child turns 4 before the first of May 2021 then they need to enrol now. If your child is Aboriginal or in Out of Home Care (guardianship care) and is three now or turning three next year, they need to enrol now. Call Quorn Kindergarten on 86486377 to find out more information, or contact your local preschool for enrolment details (if Quorn is not your local area). Knowing our child numbers early assists us with staffing and allocation of funds, so please dont hesitate, contact us now :)

06.01.2022 1 down, 59 more to go . SALA 2020 prep work

06.01.2022 Hello kindy families. We have booked a date in for kindy photos, Thursday the 27th August. Registration forms will be placed in your wall pockets with details on how to order and pay. Jenai Stiggants Jackson photography will be taking our photos this year. Many of you might have already seen her work, however if not, check out her page above :)

06.01.2022 Liv Sienne fashion has contributed to our SALA exhibitions since the beginning, and this year has kindly offered to be a host site. Two gorgeous scarves are on display at her fashion outlet in Port Augusta. Please consider supporting our local artists and artisans as they support our communities

05.01.2022 This is the last week to place your order for We Went Bush by Francis Irlam. The kindy will place orders on Friday 4th September. Hopefully they will be ready for collection before the holidays. Payment of books at collection.

05.01.2022 We will ask that families return to our term three guide at drop off and departure times. In the morning, drop off your child, sign in, then leave promptly. At arrival we will wait on the bench outside, you are welcome to wait in your car to stagger pickup or if walking, give a distance between people. Hand sanitizer is available on bench, we will continue to adhere to handwashing and safety. On Thursday for occasional care, our current system of pickup will remain, however please remember to pickup on time to help minimise people contact. Morning session finishes at 11:15, afternoon session at 2:15. Preschool at 2:30. We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you all again soon. https://www.facebook.com/164196563756213/posts/1707975692711618/

05.01.2022 This year for reconciliation we are looking at ways to embed Aboriginal languages into our literacy work with children. We have started researching Aboriginal names for Australian animals. If you are a community member who can assist us in our learning, we would love to hear from you. We will update you on our progress so you can share the journey with us. https://www.facebook.com/73994203806/posts/10158093388288807/

04.01.2022 Edit: raffle will be drawn towards the end of this term (term 3). Quorn kindy families have raffle books, as well as Carlings Fuel, Quorn Butchers, Quondong Cafe, Transcontinental Hotel, QRT, and Hitches Auto repair in Wilmington.

03.01.2022 Hello kindy families. Just for your information, the department for education released these online learning resources. If you are keeping a child at home due to colds or flu like syptoms, you may find these resources useful. Kind regards, Maggie https://www.education.sa.gov.au/our-learning-sa

03.01.2022 Can all families please return preschool enrolment packs no later than this Wednesday. We only have 4 more admin days left of this term and would love to be able to set up all name tags, parent pockets, scrap books, and portfolio folders ready for your child. If you are finding it difficult to return package due to COVID, please call the site on 86 486 377 or email on [email protected] We can assist you in the enrolment process. Thank you for your support.

03.01.2022 We sing everyday at kindy, it is part of our music program as well as our literacy goals. This video was sent to us from our speech pathologist about the benefits of music to our brain. https://www.abc.net.au//how-music-works-what-happ/10115596

02.01.2022 Quondong Cafe Quorn is hosting art from Lorie Paynter, Quorn Kindergarten artists, Kungka Tjuta Arts and Crafts, and crochet work from Nancy Norris. The SALA display looks amazing!!

02.01.2022 Reminder: kindy photos tomorrow. Photo envelopes to be returned tomorrow, with correct money. This is for occasional care and preschool. If you have not collected your envelope, you are welcome to do so today.

02.01.2022 This years SALA event will be across Quorn. Host sites will be listed soon, however we can let you know the names of a few of our regional emerging and professional artists. Carina Turner Studio Gallery Joan Hancock - Artist of the Flinders Ranges Paynters Artistry Maggie Kamin art Kungka Tjuta Arts and Crafts and Liv Sienne Fashion Nancy Norris, as well as all the children from Quorn Kindergarten!

02.01.2022 Bit exciting today! Scanning these gorgeous illustrations for our collaborative book on 'animals that lay eggs'. These illustrations will also be on exhibition for our 2021 SALA event.

02.01.2022 Edit: update. Staff will be on-site tomorrow (Thursday 19th November) to provide a care program for children of essential workers. You will only receive your normal allocated session times, and must be an essential worker. If you feel you qualify for this, please send a message for more details. Thank you, Maggie Kamin Hello preschool and occasional care families. The following days we will be closed: Thursday the 19th November Monday the 23rd November and... Tuesday the 24th November. Wednesday the 25th is an odd week, so all going well, we will see all your smiling faces next Thursday the 26th November. Thank you for your support. Quorn Kindergarten Educators.

01.01.2022 This book is part of our 2020 SALA exhibition. One of our learners illustrated and authored this retell. It is a story about camping with family and is trilingual using English, Pitjantjara, and Adnyamathanha words. As with all of our childrens work, it will be on exhibition for sale with a commission of sales going directly to the artists (yes we pay our child artists). Exhibition host site yet to be listed, however if you would like to order a copy, please private message the kindy page. We are so excited that we get to have this story as our focus text for term 3 cultural term! Cant wait for all the children to hear this story tomorrow now that it is all finished. We would also like to thank our young learner for his time and dedication in telling this story. He did a truly amazing job!

01.01.2022 We have a dentist visiting us on Tuesday the 1st December at 9:00. All young children and babies welcome. If your young child is not attending this site, but live in Quorn, please come. It's a great start to early dental care as Di goes through brushing teeth, talks about healthy eating, and uses a puppet to help children feel more comfortable.