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2017 - Issue 1 of 27

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Inside This Issue President’s Report

Vice Presidents Report

Reminders

Events Information

Fundraising Information

Uniform Orders

Dates for the Calendar

Find Us On Facebook

Current Families

Section of the Website

Healthy Eating & Allergy

Awareness

Illness Exclusion

Periods

Committee Position

Available

Protect Our Preschools

Campaign

Koala, Possum &

Wombat Report

Platypus Report

Penguin Report

Contact Details

If you wish to receive future newsletters via

email please contact the Assistant Secretary

with your name, your child’s name & group

via email [email protected]

President’s Report Hi everyone and welcome to

an exciting 2017 at Diamond Hills Preschool. On

behalf of the committee I send a warm welcome to

our returning families and a very warm welcome to

all new families joining us.

We at Diamond Hills are extremely lucky to have a

wonderful bunch of teachers who through this

beautiful kinder will share a wonderful journey with

you and your child. We hope your child enjoys this

year as much as we do.

As this is my first report for the year, I would like to

acknowledge the work of the outgoing Committee

of Management and thank them for their efforts

over the last 12 months. It is also great to see that

some of the 2016 Committee members have

stayed on this year to support the work of the

Committee and the Preschool.

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President’s Report Continued Parent involvement at kinder is important to your child’s development and education. Helping children make the transition to kindergarten and later to primary school

through parent involvement can assist in a child’s future success. Whether you work,

or are at home, there are plenty of opportunities for all parents to get involved during

the day, evenings or on the weekends. Whatever suits your lifestyle! For example get

behind the working bees, assist with fundraising activities, and don’t forget the kinder

duty roster. It is a great way to be involved and our children love it when a loved one is

on duty.

Diamond Hills welcomes parents who are interested in sending their children in 2018,

to do so any day, so if you have any family, friends or neighbors who may be

interested in attending, please encourage them to come on down and see Diamond

Hills when it suits them.

The Committee of Management is here to ensure the effective running of the kinder. If

you have any concerns about your child or the kinder, it is best to raise these with your

child’s teacher in the first instance. Members of the committee are always available if

you have any concerns that are unable to be resolved. The names for the members of

the Committee can be found on the kinder website and notice board. Wishing you all

the very best for a fun and exciting 2017!

Committee Position Available - Fees Officer Required

The Committee has a vacancy for a volunteer Fees Officer. Primarily this role involves

issuing fee invoices and receipts using MYOB online.

This is a voting position on the Committee and committee meetings are held on a

Tuesday night once per month.

Becoming a member of the Committee is a great way to be involved in the Diamond

Hills Preschool Community,

If you would like more information or to volunteer for this position please contact Anna

Henderson at [email protected]


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Banana, Honey & Sultana Mini Wraps

From taste.com.au 2 Servings

Ingredients 2 Mini Tortillas

1 tbsp. Fresh Ricotta

1 Small Banana, thinly slices diagonally

1 tbsp. Sultanas

1 tsp Honey

Method

Place tortillas on a clean work surface. Spread

ricotta over each tortilla. Top each tortilla with

banana. Sprinkle with sultanas. Drizzle over

honey. Roll up firmly to enclose the filling. Serve

Vice Presidents Report

The following Policies have been

reviewed and updated where required.

Enrolment and Orientation Policy

Child Safe (formerly Child Protection)

Policy

Code of Conduct Policy (v3)

Acceptance and Authorisation of

Refusal Policy.

Sun Protection Policy,

Dealing with Infectious Diseases

Policy

Incident injury Trauma & Illness

Policy

Anaphylaxis Policy

Asthma Policy

Code of Conduct Policy

If you would like any further information or

would like to see a copy of these or any of

our policies, please contact either your

session leader/educator or Melissa

Kayrooz directly.

Thank You To Our Newsletter Sponsors

Leap Ahead Learning

Margarita Pizza & Pasta

Max & Me Design

Melican Grainger Accountants

Mini Maestros

Mums ‘n’ Bubs Fitclub Bundoora

If you would like to support Diamond Hills

Preschool by advertising in our newsletter

please contact Nikki Reid via email

[email protected]


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Reminders Framed Family Photo—

If you haven’t already,

please bring in a framed

photo of your family. The

children LOVE having

their family on display.

Fees—Term 1 fees are now overdue. If you

have not already paid them please do so as

soon as possible. If you are having trouble

paying your child's fees or require any further

information please contact the Fees Officer

via email [email protected]

Please ensure your child has a Sun Smart

Hat at every session! Please apply

sunscreen before the session if required.

Please ensure your child places there hat in

the smaller top section of their bag locker.

There is a Sun Smart UV widget on the preschool website

homepage or you can download the mobile app.

Parent Participation Roster—If you haven’t already please write

your name down for a session to help out during Term 1 please do.

Parents, Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles are all welcome to help out.

Tissues & Toilet Paper—To help keep costs down at the kinder,

each family is asked to please supply either some tissues (3 year

old groups) or toilets paper (4 year old groups) at the beginning or

mid year.

Please check your child’s Photo Pocket & Art Box after every

session.

Masterplan Update Stage 1 of the Masterplan will be

put to tender by Nillumbik

Council shortly.

This stage includes renovating

and extending the kinder bag,

office & store room areas and

will include a new library area.

We hope to have builders on site

during the kinder holidays.

Masterplan details will be

available for viewing at the

Welcome Night.


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Our Kinder is a Healthy Eating & Allergy Awareness Zone

We encourage healthy eating habits and ask that you please

include a drink of water in a clearly labelled drink container,

and that food be kept reasonably healthy. Please do not

include foods like lollies, chocolates and chips in your child's

lunchbox. All Groups are asked to please do not send nut

based or nut containing foods to kinder with your child,

these include but are

not limited to Peanut

Butter, Nutella, some

muesli/grain bars and

trail mixes.

Penguins Group

families are also

asked not to send

items containing

egg or seafood in

your child’s

lunchbox. If you are

unsure if a food item

is ok or have any

other questions

please don’t hesitate

to contact your

groups educator.

If your child has a

food allergy please

make sure that staff

are aware so that a

detailed note sent

home to parents

detailing which foods

will need to be

excluded from

lunchboxes.


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Fundraiser Report On behalf of the Fundraising Committee at

Diamond Hills Pre-School we wish to welcome

you to the Diamond Hills community and

explain our role to you.

Diamond Hills is a not for profit community run

kindergarten that is administrated by a

committee of volunteer parents. In order to

continue to deliver quality programs to our

students, Diamond Hills Preschool undertakes

a variety of fundraising programs each year.

We rely heavily on the generosity of our

families in supporting our fundraising efforts

both through selling various items and providing

donations that we can raffle or offer as prizes at

our fundraising events.

The funds we raise are vital to supplement government funding to keep the kinder

running in 2017 and beyond. This is a task that we couldn’t achieve without the help of

our Diamond Hills families and the local community.

We do appreciate that families are busy and we truly appreciate any support that you are

able to give. Please remember that every dollar raised goes directly back into the kinder

and thus, into your child’s positive experience.

Term1 Fundraiser

Our first fundraising program for 2017 will be a

Cadbury Chocolate Drive. This fundraiser is both

simple and delicious! Every Freddo & Friends box we

sell will raise $20 for Diamond Hills. We’re asking all

our families to sell at least one box for us but feel free

to grab another box if you’ve got lots of hungry buyers

lined up!


Important Events & Fundraising Dates

Wednesday 1st March

Welcome Night RSVP Due

online or paper slip

Friday 3rd March 5.30pm

Welcome Night

Monday 6th March

Cadbury Fundraiser Money Due


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Fundraiser Report Continued

Diamond Hills Preschool Newsletter Advertising Price List 2017

Ad Size Number of

Issues Price Save

Business Card 5.5cm x 9.5cm

1 $10

3 $24 $6

5 $32 $18

10 $50 $50

Quarter Page 7cm x 20cm or 13.5cm x 10cm

1 $12

3 $29 $7 5 $39 $21

10 $60 $60

Half Page 13.5cm x 20cm or 27cm x 10cm

1 $15 3 $36 $9

5 $49 $26

10 $75 $75

Full Page

27cm x 20cm

1 $18 3 $43 $11

5 $60 $30 10 $90 $90

Please contact Nikki Reid for all newsletter adverting enquiries via email at [email protected]

We plan to distribute one box per family during

the week starting 20th Feb. Each box contains

50 chocolates with a sale price of $1. With your

support, we’re confident that this fundraising

drive will help us reach our goal of raising

$1600.

If you have any questions or would like to

donate products please contact

[email protected]

Warm regards, 1600

mailto:[email protected]


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Newsletter Advertising Available

Contact Nikki Reid

nikki.reid@

optusnet.com.au

Uniform Orders If you would like to order a DHPS uniform

T-Shirt, Windcheater or Hat, please email

[email protected] with “uniform

order” in the subject line.

Assorted colours & sizes

are available.

As minimum numbers

are required to place an

order, we will confirm

your order with you

before we request

payment.

mailto:[email protected]


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The 2017 Diamond Hills Preschool Committee will

be utilising the Preschool Facebook group to keep

you informed about special days at the preschool,

reminders, events, fundraising and links to the monthly newsletter. This is a closed

group page thus posts can only be seen by group members. We also encourage you to

share any special preschool moments if you feel inclined. We do however ask that you

do not post photos of other families at the preschool.

If you are on Facebook and haven’t already joined the Diamond Hills Preschool

Facebook group please follow this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/

diamondhillspreschool/ and click on ‘join’. As it is a closed group, requests to join will

need to be approved by an administrator before you will be able to view content on the

page. Please take a minute to read the group description section before posting on the

page.

The Diamond Hills Website has been updated. The Current Families section of the

website includes News, Class Blogs, Events Information, Fundraising Information,

Calendar, Newsletters and other useful information. Please take a moment to have a

look http://www.diamondhillspreschool.com.au/current-families.html

Website Updated

https://www.facebook.com/groups/diamondhillspreschool/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/diamondhillspreschool/

http://www.diamondhillspreschool.com.au/current-families.html


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Illness and Exclusion Periods If your child has been ill, cranky, has a severe runny nose, has or has had diarrhoea in

the last 48 hours, a fever, temperature, or vomiting - please do not send them to

kinder. One of our priorities is to "provide a safe and healthy environment for all

children, staff, volunteers, students on placement and any other persons participating in

or visiting the service."

If your child has a particularly contagious or more serious condition, please notify

staff. Please be aware that some illnesses also require other family members be

excluded from Preschool. For information about illness exclusion periods please visit the

Victorian Government Health Website.

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/Api/downloadmedia/%7B1D7B9E9E-9AD2-456E-998B-076B8FF74409%7D


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Hello and welcome to all our new and returning families to

Diamond Hills Preschool. We hope that your journey with your

child at our preschool is a positive and rewarding one, where

new friendships and wonderful memories are made.

We began the year with a

staggered orientation process,

where the children spent increasing

increments of time getting to know

each other, the educators and the

kinder environment. This is an

important process as it allows

Kathryn and I time to develop and

establish warm and trusting

relationships with the children,

which will help to develop the

children’s sense of belonging and

self-identity. It also allows the

children time to explore and engage

with their environment and peers.

The Early Years Learning Framework guides our

understanding that children need to feel safe, secure and

supported by their educators, peers and environment, in

order to develop a sense of belonging to the kinder group.

The family photos displayed in our kinder

room help to foster that sense of belonging

as children like to look at and point out their

family to the educators and their peers. The

photos also provide a level of comfort for

children that need some reassurance. If you

haven’t already done so, please send a

framed photo to kinder for display.

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We hope that your journey with your

child at our preschool is a positive and

rewarding one, where new

friendships and wonderful memories

are made.


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Although I do not conduct parent/ teacher

interviews throughout the year, if you have

any queries or concerns about your child,

please contact us and I am happy to make

a time to meet with you. The end of

sessions is usually a good time to catch

me, alternatively during kinder duty is a

great opportunity to have a chat about your

child’s progress.

It's been a great start to the year with the

children settling in beautifully. One or two

children needed an extra cuddle from

Kathryn or I to help them settle, but within a

short time they became engaged in learning

areas. Please rest assured that we will not

allow your child to remain unsettled, and we

will call you if we believe it to be in the

child's best interest. We want to create a

positive start to your child's kinder year. At

this stage of the year we are also

establishing some kinder rules to keep

everyone safe. The children have helped to establish some of these rules about

appropriate behaviour indoors and outdoors. Thank you to all parents and caregivers

for being patient at the end of the session as we learn whom belongs to whom.

Three-year-old kinder is a time where children can

explore and engage in their environment using all

their senses. The Preschool program provides

children with the opportunities to practice and

achieve mastery of critical skills such as cognitive,

physical and social skills. As educators, we seize

opportunities to scaffold their learning to stretch and

extend areas of strength and provide additional

opportunities and support where it is needed, all

within a play-based environment that encourages

children to enjoy learning.


It's been a great start to the year with the children settling

in beautifully.

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So far the children have used playdough,

played with water and bubbles, poured

and sifted sand, listened to the sound of

the sea in shells, danced with ribbons,

engaged in imaginative and dramatic play

with puppets and home corner, gone

fishing, constructed train tracks and built

with blocks and finally explored the

outdoor environment by climbing trees

and play equipment, watered the garden

and explored the riverbed. And it’s only

been two weeks! During the next few weeks, we will concentrate on trying to learn each

other’s names through songs and games and conversations during snack time.

Photos of your child’s experiences are displayed on the TV facing the verandah. Please

take a moment to see what your child has been up to. Children’s artwork is also on

display inside the kinder room on the left wall as you enter and any extra work is place

in an art box which you will also find on the bench on the verandah.

We are always looking at ways to improve

the transition between inside and outside and

we have decided to try placing the children’s

sunhats in the smaller slot above their locker

upon arrival (a great suggestion offered by a

mum). Could parents please help their child

place their labelled sun smart sunhat every

kinder session in the slot and remember to

apply sunscreen before coming to kinder.

Finally, Diamond Hills is having a welcome night on Friday March 3rd

at 5:30pm where

families, siblings and kinder children can spend some time having a picnic on the kinder

lawn, engage in the entertainment and get to know other families. It’s a great night, so

please try to come if you can. RSVP Friday 24th Feb.

Till next time,

Kathryn and Tania

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We would like to welcome all our families not only those who are returning to Diamond Hills but to all our new families who are beginning their child’s learning journey with us. If you haven’t already please feel free to approach any of the staff and introduce yourself. We hope that you will find this year a fun and memorable one for your child and your family.

The Platypus children have started the year positively, settling in well in their first couple of weeks. One of our main aims for the beginning of the year is to help the children gain a sense of belonging in their new environment. At this time of year we begin to work towards the children feeling confident, establishing their sense of wellbeing and to help them gain a sense of identity within the group. One of the ways that we ask you to help if you haven’t already, is to bring in a photo of your family, ASAP. The children LOVE having their family on display.

On Monday 13th February the children began attending

full time sessions. They are learning and adapting to the routine and structure of kinder. This includes learning our rules that are aimed at keeping everyone safe. This is a time of adjustment for the children as they learn what is acceptable and what isn’t. We do have lots of discussions on this topic and at any time if you have any queries please ask.

One of the ways that we get to know the children in this early stage is through their interests. They have so far showed an interest inside in imaginative play, play dough, sensory play and painting. The children have also been very interested in being introduced to our pets especially Turtle and the Stick insects.

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One of our main aims for the beginning of the year is to help the children gain a

sense of belonging.

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Outdoors has seen an interest in water play especially in their sand play, using the flying fox, the swings and watching Dodge and Elliot (the ducks) take a bath.

Hopefully the program that is displayed on the noticeboard each week reflects the interests that the children are displaying and where our learning is centered. This of course will alter as the children’s interests change.

Also it is very important that every child brings a recognized SUN SMART hat to kinder EACH SESSION to wear. Even on cloudy days it is vital that they still have a hat to wear. Please make sure that their hats are clearly named.

There is a helping roster out by the sign in book and we would love a family member to try and come to kinder and spend some time with their kinder child. This is a great way of seeing how your child ‘operates’ in a group with 25 other children all of the same age. There is NO commitment on the time that you spend at kinder with us. Even if you only have a short time to stay we do appreciate this.

As you are probably aware the Gardening Roster has been distributed via your child’s pocket. If you have any questions regarding this please just ask. The first half of the year it is the Platypus’ turn to do the Gardening Roster with the Penguin group taking over when we finish.

At kinder we have 2 special kinder friends (River and Splash the Platypus’) who will take it in turns to visit each child’s home.

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Hopefully the program that is displayed on the noticeboard

each week reflects the interests that the children are displaying

and where our learning is centered.

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The way that we choose which child will take one of the friends home is that we go down the list of children’s names. This ensures that everyone has an equal amount of turns, it also means that everyone has to be patient as it does take quite a long time for each child’s turn to come around. Each child will get to take both River and Splash home throughout the year.

They loved to be cuddled, have stories read to them and be snuggled in bed. There is no expectation on journal writing etc. they just go home for the experience and to help establish a link between kinder and home.

If at anytime you have anything that you would like to share with us please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Please remember if you have any query at anytime no matter how small, please ask. Remember email is a great way to communicate.

Kyla, Nicole and I are looking forward to a great year.

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Play Dough Recipe (Uncooked) 4 cups plain flour 4-6 tablespoons crème of tartar 1 cup salt 6-8 tablespoons oil 4 cups of boiling water Mix together and then knead.

Each child will get to take both River and Splash home

throughout the year.


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‘Welcome’ and ‘welcome back’ to our children, staff and parents.

Bronwen, Kyla, Kathryn and Kim, warmly welcome you to the

Penguin group of 2017. We are looking forward to getting to know

everyone and sharing in lots of incredible learning and fun with your

child.

For those of you who are new to Diamond

Hills, we hope you have a positive and

rewarding experience with us and that you

will make lots of new friendships and

experience many memories to treasure.

Thank you to all our committee for

volunteering your precious time to keep our

kindergarten functioning effectively – we

really appreciate it.

It was great to catch up with everyone at our interviews. We hope that you felt

welcome and informed. It was lovely to meet our new families and to catch up with our

familiar ones! Please remember to contact us if you have any queries. We don’t offer

scheduled parent-teacher interviews throughout the year; but I am very happy to make

a time with you if you wish to catch up about your child’s progress or any concerns you

may have. Your Kinder roster session is a great opportunity to catch up with your

child’s teachers also.

Please keep an eye out for the newsletter

Penguin reports each month, which will keep

you up to date with your child’s learning at

Diamond Hills and upcoming events. The

television facing the verandah has weekly

photographs of the children’s experiences. You

will receive a ‘transition’ report in November and

the children’s learning journals/blog will always

be available for you to look at/take home.

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Your Kinder roster session is a great opportunity to catch up with your child’s

teachers also.


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The Penguin group has had a great

start to the year and are enthusiastic,

social and busy. We currently have a

group of 23 children and we are really

enjoying getting to know each and every

one of them. The children are settling in

really positively and are forming

relationships with their teachers,

renewing past acquaintances and

making new friends. The children have

been productive and enthusiastic and

keen to experience a variety of learning

activities. We have kept these

experiences reasonably simple at this

stage of the year to promote the

children’s confidence in themselves and their environment. It is important to offer the

children certain experiences repeatedly, as research shows that this is how children’s

brain develops and skills are, mastered/improved.

The initial weeks of our kinder program are

aimed at making the children feel happy and

secure in their new environment, building

relationships with staff and encouraging

them to participate in the sessions’ routine –

this is an important time to encourage and

foster that sense of Belonging which

underpins the Early Years Learning and

Development Framework. We are

displaying family photos in the play room to

promote the children’s sense of belonging

and comfort in this environment. It is a lovely way to get to know the children and for the

children to share their loved ones with their peers. We will also be introducing a folder

for the children to sign in each day as well, just like their parents! This also builds their

sense of belonging, identity and of course early literacy skills. (We know not all children

can write their name; but they can ‘pretend’ or put the first letter of their name


The children are settling in really positively and are forming

relationships with their teachers, renewing past

acquaintances and making new friends.

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Cultural diversity is an important principle and practice in early childhood education and

is an important part of a child’s sense of belonging. As I mentioned in our Orientation

pack, we would love to incorporate text, stories, songs, greetings, cooking/anything you

feel is relevant to your child and his/her cultural background. If there are any

grandparents out there who would like to share their cultural cooking prowess with their

grandchild and friends, we would love to have you! We will be learning how to greet and

farewell our kinder friends in different languages also.

At this time of the year, we are learning lots about our kinder animals. The penguin

group will be involved in the care and feeding of our menagerie! And they will be

learning interesting facts about our stick insects, ducks and turtle. The children will be

involved in gathering fresh gum leaves for the stick insects, letting out and feeding the

chooks and of course Dodge and Elliot the ducks, love it when we make them a bath.

As per our Early Years Learning and Development Framework, the program is working

towards the following learning outcomes:

Identity: use effective routines to help make predicted transitions smoothly

Community: begin to recognise they have a right to belong to many communities.

Wellbeing: demonstrate trust and confidence

Learning: are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning.

Communication: engage in enjoyable reciprocal interactions using verbal and non-

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Don’t forget to check out the Penguin program plan, posted on the notice board near

where you sign in, to see what your children are learning and initiating. There will also

be reflections of the children’s learning journey on the whiteboard and television screen,

please take the time to read and watch these. Please feel free to make comment

provide feedback/suggestions through the suggestion pad at the sign in book and

through your child’s learning journal/blog

We encourage you to check out the educational theory

behind your child’s preschool

experience, which is displayed on our early childhood

education ‘tree’ in the locker area

and includes principles, practices and outcomes for this

curriculum.

To further encourage the positive transition between

home and preschool, and to foster the children’s sense of

community and belonging to Diamond Hills, our Penguin

mascots and Friendship Book will be coming home for

sleepovers in a few weeks. Our Penguin mascots will be

visiting all our families this year and we encourage the

children and families to complete a page to be included

in your child’s learning journal – that may be a drawing

of the Penguin and their kinder friend/

photos/ short diary entries etc. He/she

stays overnight, and comes back to kinder

at your child’s next session.

Examples of your child’s learning journey at

kinder will be documented in their own

Learning Journal/blog. We are about to

trial an online version of this documentation

to share with families – more information at

a later stage. They (learning journals/blog)

provide valuable information which can be

used to establish strong links between home and kindergarten and provide parents with

an insight into some of the things that happen when their child is at kinder. Through



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these journals, teachers and parents can focus on achievement and plan for further

learning based on individual interests, strengths and learning dispositions.

GROUP REPRESENTATIVE

We are asking for a parent group representative for the Penguin group. This involves

organising some coffee mornings for parents during kinder sessions throughout the

year and helping to raise awareness with our parents about upcoming fundraising,

social events etc. Please see Kim if you are interested in volunteering for the role.

We would like everyone to feel welcome and included at Diamond Hills, so keep

your eye out on the sign-in book for upcoming get-togethers.

Things to remember:

Kinder roster on sign in book – please place your name in where you can – really

appreciated by staff and your child.

Gardening roster for the Penguins begins in 2nd

half of year – will send out a note

closer to our turn.

Many thanks to those who have already donated toilet paper

Don’t forget a labelled hat in your child’s bag every day and please note that

borrowed hats must be washed and returned asap (OHS policy)

We need a framed family photo from everyone.

Sunscreen to be applied before session

Check photo pocket and art box each session.

Be vigilant with our NUT FREE POLICY and the

snack alert exclusions for lunch and snack

boxes – anaphylaxis is a potentially life

threatening condition.

Remember Immunisation records of your child must be updated at the preschool

throughout the year.

And finally, we are looking forward to getting to know all of you throughout the year and

sharing this precious time in your child’s life. Please don’t hesitate to ask if you have

any queries/concerns.

Kim, Bronwen, Kathryn & Kyla



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Co-Educators & Assistants Bronwen Gear Kyla Ridgeway Nicole De Cata Kathryn Gregory

Committee President: Anna Henderson

Vice President: Melissa Kayrooz

Secretary: Karina Papadakis

Assistant Secretary / Digital Media: Nikki Reid

Treasurer: Ru Thomas

Fees Officer: Position Available

4 Year Old Enrolment Officer: Joanne Hall

3 Year Old Enrolment Officer: Faye Di Fabio

Staff Liaison Officer: Hayley Van Dinter

Grants Officer: Andrew Bishop

Events Coordinator: Rebecca Zappia

Fundraising Coordinator: Shelley Krolikowski

Sub-Committee Events: Laura Wade, Jayd Hanan, Ben Agar

Fundraising: Belinda Brentkovich, Kristy Whittington

Maintenance Officer: Damien Hanan

Environmental Officer: Shelley Krolikowski

Duty Roster & Purchasing Officer: Regan Sailah

Teachers Annmaree Watkins Kim Walker Tania Mantovani

Contact Information Diamond Hills Drive, Greensborough

PO Box 56, Greensborough 3088

03 9435 8694

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