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Where has the year gone? It’s hard to believe we only have 4 weeks to go before the end of Term 2. It’s been a hectic time with 3 big events, 3 weekends in a row.

On Sunday 23rd April we had our Bunnings BBQ. These days are always long ones for those involved and there is a lot of work that goes into the organising and preparation. Thank you particularly to Emma Amos & Kim Raditsis for all of their work in putting this together. Thank you to all the families that gave up a couple of hours or more on the day to help cook and serve sausages. Thank you to Harry Amos for recruiting a couple of his work colleagues to come down and help and �ll in the gaps, and for being the sole person left to clean up at the end of the day while Emma and Deanna went to count the money. Overall a net pro�t of approximately $2000 was made on the day so a great e�ort all around. Saturday 29th April, we had our �rst working bee for the year. Thanks to our maintenance o�cer Alex Hamilton for organising and coordinating the morning, and thank you to all the families that came downand did some much needed weeding and maintenance around the kinder.

Our next big event this term already was of course Open Day on Saturday 6th May and it was another huge success. We had approximately 30 families through with lots of enquiries for 3s and 4s for next year. The weather was kind to us and we had a lovely sunny morning with fantastic activities, biscuit decorating, painting plaster moulds, colouring and sausage sizzle. Thank you to of our committee members (and their families) Jackie Paul, Amanda Nicolaou, Kirsty Dinsdale and Jacqui Maxwell who gave up their Saturday morning to help. Particularly thanks to Jackie Paul for organising everything and putting it all together, and thank you Amanda for organsing the biscuit making again this year, and for the second year in a row has very generously donated the biscuits, lollies and icing. A big Thank you to Luke Allison for printing o� our colourful and eye catching �yers as well as printing a heap of Arrabri magnets to hand out on the day. Thank you to all our familieswho pounded the pavement and dropped some �yers in letterboxes.

Thank you everyone for their help and support through this busy period. Everyone is working hard to ensure all of your children have a wonderful experience at kinder. A small kinder like ours relies heavily on parent help and participation.

We are also very pleased to announce that Denise Wotherspoon has been o�cially appointed as the permanent assistant in our Wombat Group. Denise worked at Arrabri as one of our 4 year old assistants 7 years ago, and 2 years ago worked as an aid to one of children, so she is very familiar with our kinder. We are all thrilled to have her back on sta� again permanently.

We are all hoping to have Dola back very soon. We appreciate everyone’s understanding of the need for relief sta� during her absence.

Our Committee appreciates all parent input so feel free to contact me. I hope you all continue have a wonderful year at Arrabri and please if you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact the teachers or the kinder.

The Committee

the committeefrom

DATESFOR YOUR

DIARY

ISSUE #2, JUNE 2017

ARRABRI KINDERGARTEN ~ 42-78 ALLAMBANAN DRIVE BAYSWATER NORTH VIC 3136 ~ 03 9729 7583 ~ [email protected]

DON’T FORGET

Monday June 12Queen’s Birthday

NO KINDER

TERM 2 FEESPlease make sure you have paid your fees for Term 2 as

we will need to follow you up otherwise.

2018 ENROLMENTSGet your enrolments in for

2018 as well as more families will be applying later in the year and you don’t want to miss out.

LATEST NEWS FROM ARRABRI KINDERGARTEN

Friday June 30

Monday July 17

Tuesday July 18

Thursday June 29

Last Day for Possums & Koalas

Term 3 starts for Possums & Wombats

Term 3 starts for Koalas

Last Day for Wombats

Picture plates have been sent away to be made. These wonderful keepsakes will be arriving at Kinder in mid-late July!

Finally, we are so excited for our Ace Space Pizza Fun Night on Friday, 16th June! A notice was placed in your child’s pocket in relation to purchasing tickets. Please join us as it is going to be a great opportunity for the children to play together for a couple of hours, and for parents to meet other families of the Kinder.

In term 3 we will be focussing on some Fathers Day fundraisers, a vanilla slice drive, and possibly a Girls or Kids movie night!!!

Thank you for all of your continued support with our ra�es and events.

FUNDRAISING


T h e F u n d r a i s i n g T e a m

We have had a great start to the term with our amazing outcome from the Bunnings BBQ, raising approx $2000!!! Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers and families that donated soft drink for the day, and also Bunnings Bayswater for hosting the event.

Mystique Print is proud to be able to give back to local communities. Purchase any printed products from Mystique and mention Arrabri Kindergarten and a percentage of your purchase

will be donated back to Arrabri Kindergarten.Contact Luke on 0430509252 or email: [email protected]

WOMBATS3 Year Olds

In Term 2 we continue to teach the children many skills in relation to the Framework.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR

CHICKEN HATCHING PROGRAM COMMENCING

IN JUNE.


#1 IDENTITY

#2 COMMUNITY

#3 WELLBEING

The children are continuing to develop their interests and broadening their personalities, as well as their independence. We ask that families encourage this independence for example asking your child to put their own bag on their hook at kinder, having a go at �rst with dressing, putting on shoes, etc. The children are also working on ways they can communicate their needs both verbally and non-verbally. The children are doing really well as a group at following the routine.

The children have been looking at families, with the recent focus on mothers and babies. The children enjoyed reading stories about mums, singing songs and making their mother’s day cards and gifts. We hope all our mum’s had a lovely day and enjoyed their brightly coloured sun catchers. We would like to congratulate our Wombat families; the Cole family, the Miller family and the Amos family, who have recently had babies. The children have been excited to tell us all about their new baby brothers and sisters. The children have been caring for dolls in home corner as well as washing them, drying them and dressing them at water play. The children are beginning to show awareness for others and are forming friendships with their peers. We recently conducted another �re evacuation drill. The children responded very well, holding hands, following instructions and answering role call appropriately.

The children are continuing to develop social skills. We are constantly providing the children with strategies to help them work collaboratively with their peers. The children are learning to manage change and cope with frustrations and the unexpected. This can be a real challenge for three year olds. We read books, sing songs and have discussions about our feelings. The bean bags in the reading corner are a great spot for the children to go to when they are feeling angry or frustrated or just want to be alone. It is important for the children to have an area at kinder where they can enjoy moments of solitude and or self-regulate and manage their emotions.

#4 LEARNINGThe children are often observed interacting with others, exploring ideas and concepts during play. The program we provide o�ers the children the opportunity to learn to negotiate and share new understandings whilst challenging their thought process. Small and large group experiences promote these skills such as home corner, train set and other construction play. The children have been interested in colours. We have been looking at primary colours as well as making secondary colours. For example we used roller painting to mix red and yellow to make orange. We recently used colours red, brown, yellow and orange; the children created amazing autumn art work using di�erent mediums such as brushes and their �ngers. The children have had lots of fun playing with the piles of leaves in the kinder yard, collecting leaves and using them in their art work for pasting and leaf rubbing. The children are enjoying playing card games such as memory, dominoes and matching games like the shopping list game. Imaginative play is very popular amongst the Wombat group, the children enjoy playing on the telephones, cooking with sand, water and herbs from the garden as well as playing with the animals.

#5 COMMUNICATIONThe children are continuing to learn to listen to their teachers and peers. Group times are getting longer, we are incorporating group discussions and encouraging all children to be involved. Some children have even participated in show and tell. The children especially enjoy music at group time. Their favourite song at the moment is the shaker song. We use the coloured egg shakers to shake along to the music, the children have to follow instructions such as fast, slow, up and down. Recently the children have enjoyed autumn songs, they love singing as they pretend to be trees losing their leaves.

Hello everyone, I can’t believe we are already half way through term 2. I would like to o�cially welcome Denise to our Wombat group. Denise has kindly agreed to take on the permanent position as our Wombat assistant. We wish Dola all the best with her recovery and we look forward to seeing her when she returns as assistant for the Koalas and Possums. The children have grown a lot since term 1. We now have 22 children in our Wombat group. The children’s art portfolios and learning journals are looking fantastic. Please feel free to view the Wombat re�ection book and your child’s learning journal any time. These journals are a great re�ection of what we do every day and how much the children are learning.

WOMBATS3 Year Olds

remindersT hanks, Amanda & Denise


As the weather is getting colder we ask that you pack an extra jacket or coat. Unless it is pouring we will endeavour to go outside. Raincoats and wet weather shoes are recommended. Gumboots are a great idea for kinder.

All children need a change of clothes in their bag in case of accidents, please label your child’s belongings.

Please check your child’s pocket regularly. Notices, receipts, fundraising events, etc will go in your child’s pocket.

The Wombat program/reflection book is located in thefoyer for parents to view.

We have an Art Box in the foyer, this is where we will place your child’s art work for collection.

The Parent Roster is displayed in the foyer, please feel free to addyour name. Mums, Dads, Grandparents etc. are very welcome.

just a few

TERM 2 ACTIVITIESWE’VE ENJOYED

VISUAL DIARY

LATEST NEWS FROM ARRABRI KINDERGARTEN

Johanna, Marita & Dola

ARRABRI KINDERGARTEN ~ 42-78 ALLAMBANAN DRIVE BAYSWATER NORTH VIC 3136 ~ 03 9729 7583 ~ [email protected]. AU

POSSUMS4 Year Olds

Hello everyone!We would like to welcome to our class Bella, Max and Jasmine. Last term we said good bye to Ryani and Leo who both moved house and will go to kindergartens closer to their homes. We wish them all the best.

As part of our Teachers Registration the teachers have to attend 20 hrs of Professional Development each year. The purpose of these are to keep us up to date with current teaching methods and to further our knowledge of Early Childhood development. Due to the times of these Training days unfortunately it means some time o� work to attend them. When this happens we will do our best to have a familiar face in the classroom. Thank you for your understanding.

We have had a busy start to the term with incursions, a special day and having a student with us. Our �rst incursion was from Bayswater North Primary School (BNPS). The Art teacher came and held an Art class with the children. This involved them making a tree hand painting, which also linked to our program exploring autumn. This week we will have the Sports teacher again from BNPS visits us.

A couple of weeks ago we had our Mothers day Morning Tea. It was wonderful to see all our mums there. Leading up to this the children worked very hard preparing and making their gifts for their mum’s. On the day they were very excited and it’s always so lovely to see the expression of happiness and pride on their faces when their mum’s come

Our current program is designed to support the children’s social skills and further develop their concentration. This will be supported by a lot of social interaction activities and tasks that have a beginning and an end. We are also continuing on with our cultural diversity in our community.To support this we thought it would be nice to have a multicultural morning tea on the last day of term 2. Moreinformation will go out closer to the time.

Last week we had a reptile incursion and the children got to see, touch and learn about a variety of reptiles which included a green tree frog, snakes, a crocodile, a long neck turtle and stick insects. This was a wonderful experience and the children really enjoyed it. We currently have a student Anya and she is at kinder doing her placement on a Tuesdays with us.

AND WITH THE COLDER WEATHER,WE ARE STILL HOPING TO GET OUTSIDE

EVERY DAY WEATHER PERMITTINGAND WE ASK IF YOU COULD

PROVIDE A WARM COAT ANDBEANIE FOR YOUR CHILD. IF YOUR CHILD HAS

GUMBOOTS THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TOBRING THEM FOR OUTDOOR PLAY.

VISUAL DIARYTERM 2 ACTIVITIES

WE’VE ENJOYED

LATER IN THE TERM WE WILL HAVE CHICKEN-HATCHING

FOR 2 WEEKS

KOALAS

PARENT

4 Year Olds

We had the Art Teacher visit from Bayswater North Primary School where we got to do a very creative autumn art piece using textures and colours that represent autumn. We will have a visit from the PE and Music Teachers this term from Bayswater North Primary School as well. We are also having a visit from the Dorset Primary school Prep Teachers to do some special activities with us at kinder, which we are looking forward to.

We have been receiving donations of boxes, art materials and paper so thank you to all the families who have donated these items, they are much needed for our kinder.

We had our reptiles’ incursion which was a highlight for the children and we got to learn a lot of great facts about reptiles and we got tomeet, touch and hold them. Toward the end of the term we will be having our very exciting chicken hatching program at kinder as well.

The children are enjoying Kimmy the koala going home with them this term. We have been very excited to see what Kimmy has got up to and she has been busy! The children are enjoying getting up in front of their peers and showing pictures and drawings of their time with Kimmy.

This term so far the Koalas have enjoyed learning about autumn, starting to learn how to recognise their names and letters, Australia and culture, reptiles, shapes and colours. The Koalas have been engaged in group play and activities that are promoting social interaction, con�dence and self-esteem.

Winter is basically here and it’s already very cold! If you could ensure your child brings a warm jacket or jumper as we will still get outside as long as it is not raining.

Spare clothes should be included in your child’s bag as well because we can get dirty or wet outdoors. Please ensure appropriate shoes such as runners or boots are being worn to kinder, as ugg boots or slip-on shoes can become a safety issue when children are riding bikes, climbing and running outdoors.

Please label the clothes your child brings to kinder so they can be returned.

The roster sheet is located in the foyer on the Koalas board. By coming to do duty, you are able to spend time with your child experiencing activities and the routines at kinder, helping the other children with activities and the teachers undertaking general duties.

Even if it is only an hour of your time, we would appreciate this very much. We hope to see you at some stage in our kinder session!

The children enjoyed making their mother’s day presents and decorating

biscuits for our Mother’s Day afternoon tea. They loved having you there to

share the special occasion.Thank you to the mums or special

persons who came and we hope you enjoyed yourself and your presents.

HELP ROSTER

MOTHER’S DAYAFTERNOON TEA!

Water bottles should be filled with water and water only for

your child to keep hydrated at kinder as they are very active

here during the days.

PLEASEREMEMBER


We are very pleased with how the Koala group is going in Term 2 and we look

forward to the year ahead with our wonderful Koalas and their families.

KOALAS4 Year Olds


T hanks, Kailey Marita, Ally & Dola

FRUIT

VEGETABLE STICKSCHEESE

chipslollies

sweet biscuits

chocolate

SANDWICHES

YOGHURT CRACKERS

What we like to see:What we don’t

want to see:

WE‘VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE CHILDREN’S

HEALTHY SNACKS!

KOALAS4 Year Olds

May 25th - Gunnraj

POSSUMS4 Year Olds

May 22nd - AidenMay 28th - CruzJune 2nd - BridgetJune 14h - AlexJune 29th - Leo

June 24th - HarrisonJune 29th - LaylaJune 30th - Felix

May 8th - RaphaelJune 30th - Lola

WOMBATS3 Year Olds

WOW! WHAT A TURNOUT WE HAD ON SATURDAY 29TH APRIL AT OUR FIRST WORKING BEE FOR 2017.

T hanks,Alex Hamilton

MAINTENANCE UPDATE


Our �rst working bee for the year occurred on the 29th April and was a fantastic success! We had 11 families in total roll up their sleeves and put in some sensational hard work in readiness for the following weekend’s open day. The great turnout helped the morning go very quickly and not a minute over 2 hours total time was required.

The key activities were repairing planter boxes, rigorous weeding, whipper snipping, mowing as well as the planting of new trees and �owers. We had a team of parents spend a good part of the morning ripping up the incredibly fast growing lawn that is encroaching the playground along with some muscles to assist in moving old furniture onto hard rubbish. There was also a dedicated crew cutting back overgrown bushes against the main building as well as redistributing the existing tanbark around the playground.

A special thanks to Jacqui Maxwell and Stephanie Hamilton for arranging plant donations from local nurseries which have certainly made a nice addition to the playground.

Our next working bee will occur towards the end of the year during term 4 at a date to be con�rmed. Your involvement at these events will entitle you to a small rebate of your term 4 fees. Please speak to your child’s teacher for more details. All of the work is be made all the more easier by our parent’s time and e�ort. As the saying goes, ‘many hands make light work’, and it turns out to be a very fun morning with great people! Further information will be distributed closer to the date.

ARRABRI KINDERGARTEN ~ 42-78 ALLAMBANAN DRIVE BAYSWATER NORTH VIC 3136 ~ 03 9729 7583 ~ [email protected]. AU

Dear Parents and families,

One of the things we focus on at our kinder is sustainability and what we can all do to help and promote sustainability at Arrabri. Help can come in many forms. Over the last couple of years we have asked families at various times to bring things and or donate things , to help us save time, resources and ultimately save money, which we can use then for other things.

Once again we are asking families to help us out with a small donation of either a box of tissues and/ or a couple of rolls of toilet paper. Of course this is not compulsory, and no name brands are more than �ne. Some families might say,” we already pay fees every term, why should we bring toilet paper”? Of course you don’t have to, but for the children in 4 year old you are e�ectively paying just over $2 per hour for the time your children are at kinder. For that small amount of money we do an awful lot of activities at Arrabri (way more than any other kinder) including many incursions and excursions. This small donation will help not only save a bit of money but also petrol and time for our sta� and committee to go out and buy it. This just goes a small way to help with our sustainability e�orts. Last year our generous families donated so much toilet paper and tissues that it not only saw us through 2016, but half of 2017 as well. It would be great if we could do that again this year. We will Run out by the end of this term.

We appreciate that many parents donate their time, and others have donated other things, but if every family could help us out, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks you in advance for your help and support of this.

2017 Committee and Sta�.

Every child who colours in one (or both) of the two drawings in this issue of the Bushline will be presented with a Certificate of Achievement!

Please place either page in the marked box in the foyer by June 30!

COLOURINGHAPPYHAPPY

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Every child who colours in one (or both) of the two drawings in this issue of the Bushline will be presented with a Certificate of Achievement!

Please place either page in the marked box in the foyer by June 30!

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