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Staverton Kindergarten Chelmer

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3379 1511

Address: 43 Twickenham Street Chelmer 4068 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.staverton.com.au

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25.01.2022 Public Health Alert Anyone who has been to the locations provided in the link below during the times given, should monitor their health and, if they devel...op even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms, stay home and get tested. For an extensive list of locations, times and dates, please visit: https://www.qld.gov.au//cor/current-status/contact-tracing To find your nearest fever clinic, visit: https://www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing. The most up-to-date reliable information is available on the Queensland Health website at www.health.qld.gov.au/coronavirus

24.01.2022 Mud glorious mud! #sensoryplay #mudplay #staverton

24.01.2022 https://facebook.com/events/s/autism-and-anxiety-what-do-we-/383785639278824/?ti=icl

23.01.2022 Building obstacle courses and working on our gross motor skills

21.01.2022 Are you keen to connect with other parents with little ones? https://fb.me/e/3Lfly2TlS

20.01.2022 A simple exercise such as finger breathing can support children to focus, manage feelings and bring a sense of calm. Download the latest issue of Embrace from ...the Victorian Inclusion Agency. This edition features articles promoting childrens sense of belonging, powerful strategies to help children manage their feelings, and a free poster with 19 positive affirmations to support children during tough times. Download here: bit.ly/GetEmbraceWinter2020 See more

20.01.2022 There are some kindy friends who would love this!!!

20.01.2022 Ask anyone who works in an elementary school, and you'll hear a similar refrain. Kids dropping out of their chairs is the new normal. Christina Heyding, a Canad...ian elementary school teacher, has counted 44 students falling off their chairs in one week. But why? What's going on that's making simply sitting in a chair a physical challenge for our youth? Let's start with the #vestibular system. The vestibular system, located inside our inner ear, is responsible for our sense of balance and spatial awareness. It also plays an important role in focus and attention, visual skills, and emotional regulation. That sense is key to all the other senses. If that's not working right, it can affect everything," says Angela Hanscom, pediatric occupational therapist and author of the book Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes For Strong, Confident and Capable Children. Thirty or 40 years ago, kids were getting all the stimulation they needed by participating in several hours of daily unstructured #outdoor #play. Not anymore. According to the Child Mind Institute, the average American kid now spends an average of just 4-7 minutes per day on unstructured outdoor play. Kids are naturally driven to move in all sorts of ways during unstructured outdoor play. They climb things, they chase one another, they jump from high places, they spin until they get dizzy. That wide array of movement helps develop a well-functioning vestibular system, along with countless other important physical and mental skills. In the early-to-mid 20th century, playgrounds featured towering slides, challenging climbs and fast-spinning steel merry-go-rounds. That all changed in the mid-1980s, as schools and local governments became increasingly fearful that litigious parents could have them fired or sued should a child suffer injury on their playground. Playgrounds today are more and more watered down, and children do not have access to #risky play. The reduction in movement isn't just leaving kids with underdeveloped vestibular and #proprioceptive systems, but it's also making them physically weaker. In 2012, Hanscom conducted a pilot study on American fifth-grade students to see how their balance and core strength compared to an average American fifth-grader from 1984. She found that only one in every 12 children could meet the 1984 standard in both measures. A study published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport found that in 2014, 10-year-olds from a town in England had 20% less muscle strength and 30% less muscle endurance than 10-year-olds from that same town 16 years earlier. When considering childrens weaker core and postural muscles, their underdeveloped vestibular sense, and too many consecutive hours spent at a desk without a break for physical activityit starts to become understandable why a kid might fall out of their seat at school. https://www.stack.com/a/the-shocking-phenomenon-that-shows- #neurochild #childdevelopment #letthemplay

19.01.2022 It has been a busy pupil free day #professionaldevelopment #teamwork #earlyyears

19.01.2022 Science being explored by the Gwala group. @ Staverton Kindergarten Chelmer

19.01.2022 Lots of kindy kids will love this!!!!

18.01.2022 One of our classrooms has not had a reading couch since covid came to town! We needed to remove it as the upholstery could not be cleaned easily. We really miss our reading chair so are on the hunt for a leather or leather-look lounge in good condition that we can add to our classroom. Please let us know if you see a Marketplace bargain this weekend or have a couch that would fit the bill!

18.01.2022 We spend lots of time at kindy counting and identifying the birds in the kindy yard. Perhaps you would like to take part in this at home too.

17.01.2022 A reminder that next Friday is a pupil free day.

17.01.2022 #pretendplay #kindy #staverton

16.01.2022 Thank you to Deputy Principal Maree Hass and Speech Pathologist Gam Sefe who accommodated our need to go online for our Preparing for Prep Staverton Series. Also, thank you to Olivia our committee member for organising the session.

15.01.2022 It is National Child Protection Week! Stats don't lie. We need to do MORE to keep our kids safe. We can all play our part.

15.01.2022 Reading 'Birdie and the Virus' with young children is a supportive and age-appropriate way to talk about COVID-19, including getting a test and staying away from others until we are better. View the free e-book or watch the animation on the link in comments

15.01.2022 Board games are great for learning about taking turns, following rules of a game and learning about how to be a gracious winner and loser. #resilience #staverton

11.01.2022 We've reached the end of another Kindy term! Wishing all families and staff a fun & safe holiday break Term 4 starts on Tuesday, October 6.

10.01.2022 Reviewing our RAP #reconciliation #staverton

10.01.2022 What self care are you doing for yourself this week?

10.01.2022 National Child Protection Week National Child Protection Week invites all Australians to play their part in putting childrens safety first. For more information jump to their website: https://childprotectionweek.org.au/ ... For further information on how you can play your part visit: www.napcan.org.au

09.01.2022 Thank you for keeping an eye out for us

08.01.2022 You know what's better than saying "this food is good for you"? Tell them what foods do in their body! Why do I keep sharing this message? Because we keep selli...ng our kids short labeling foods and good/bad, healthy/unhealthy. Here are some examples of messages I like for different ages: For 2-3yo kids I usually break it down by color. Although it's not 100% accurate, its a good framework to get started. Red: gives you a strong heart Orange: helps you see in the dark Yellow: helps your body heal cuts Green: gives you super powers to fight off sickness Blue and Purple: Give you a strong brain White: gives you energy For 4s and 5s you can start being more specific - like carrots and sweet potatoes help you be able to see in the dark. Clementines help your skin heal cuts. Broccoli helps your night vision, your skin heal, AND your bones be strong. For 4s/5s and 6s you can introduce the idea that some foods do a lot of things in their bodies and some foods do a few things. For 6s and 7s you can introduce the concept of vitamins and minerals - tell them HOW carrots protect their night vision (via vitamin A). Learn about the body. For 8s and 9s - learn even more about different things in foods. And so on. All the while, model the way you want your kids to eat in your home and serve them the balanced diet you want them to eat. That's more powerful than anything you could ever tell them. If you need help getting your child to try new foods, my free child eating guide From Stress to Success - 4 Ways to Help Your Child Eat Better without Losing Your Mind is in my bio @kids.eat.in.color #kidseatincolor See more

08.01.2022 Kindy Book Week. Celebrating the love of reading and coming to kindy in our comfy PJs #bookweek #staverton #reading @ Staverton Kindergarten Chelmer

06.01.2022 SPOT THE ISS @ 6:21PM Tonight's a great night to spot the International Space Station as it passes overhead. Look up to the south-west about 6:21pm and you... should see the space station appear. It'll disappear in the north-east at 6:27pm. Be on the look out for the bright light moving across the sky - that's it! No need for a telescope - you can see it with the naked eye. Let us know if you see it! : https://www.heavens-above.com/

06.01.2022 Gum nut maze #balance #kindy #staverton @ Staverton Kindergarten Chelmer

05.01.2022 Caring for the garden. #kindy #staverton #nature

05.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and father figures in our kindy childrens lives. We hope that you have a special day.

04.01.2022 Handover Committee Meeting tonight at 7:30pm. Look forward to seeing our 2020/2021 committee soon

04.01.2022 From my head to my toes I say what goes!#childprotectionweek #staverton

04.01.2022 Thank you @ebisolutions.financial_adviser and the Tyley family for sponsoring the installation of the water tank so that the children can water the garden.

04.01.2022 https://facebook.com/events/s/little-people-big-feelings-fre/315567756260560/?ti=icl

03.01.2022 Love lunchbox inspo!

02.01.2022 Whats hidden in the ice?

02.01.2022 The free Smiling Mind app has mindfulness tips, meditations and tools including programs in a number of Aboriginal languages https://bit.ly/35joImx #educatorwellbeingwednesday Image by Smiling Mind

01.01.2022 This week the children are reenforcing their learning about fire safety with a visit from the Taringa Fire Brigade #getdownlowandgogogo #onceoutstayout #000 #stopdropandroll #staverton

01.01.2022 Having a staycation! Here are some local ideas https://www.familiesmagazine.com.au/school-holiday-activi/