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Recent Reviews

The educators are all lovely and seem to genuinely delight in and care for the children. My child has a lot of fun through play and exposure to different activities.

Detail to Centre- upgrades and improvements as well as experiences for the children are amazing!

Mel and Kelly and Kelly M – you guys are always lovely to deal with. Facilities and rooms are big and nice. Educational programs seem effective.

I love the fact that all the educators really care about the children & enjoy their job. They seem to understand what a massive impact they have on our children. (It must be such a wonderful place to work!)

I like the communication, the incursions for the kids are great for them, I also really like the health services that you offer such as the hearing tests and the eye sight testing, these are invaluable. I also really like we get a yearly planner of what to expect and the monthly newsletter.

Our experience has been nothing but positive and would highly recommend Erina Kindergarten. They always communicate and make sure my children are happy and healthy.

Balancing Child Care Subsidy

Balancing Child Care Subsidy first deadline approaching for families.

Families must confirm their income after the end of each financial year to ensure they are paid the right amount of CCS.

This “balancing” process is underway for two financial years – the 2018–19 financial year and the 2019–20 financial year.

Last year, the first deadline for the 2018-2019 financial year was extended because of COVID-19.

So, this is the first time we’ll reach a deadline. As well, two deadlines fall at the same time.

To note, the first deadline to report income for the 2018-19 financial year is approaching – 31 March this year.

Given some families may be unfamiliar with the process, service Australia have produced this short video to explain on services Australia website at;

https://www.dese.gov.au/child-care-package/child-care-subsidy/balancing-child-care-subsidy

What is balancing?

The deadlines for families to report income

what balancing means for providers (e.g. how you may need to adjust the gap fee if a family’s CCS changes after balancing).

Other resources on balancing

This page on our early childhood website details each deadline and the consequences if families miss them.

If you have further questions direct them to Services Australia or contact Kelly Mullins at front office on 0243677285

Holi Celebrations 2021

We are inviting & Nepalese families to come help us celebrate Holi 2021 & discuss with us the meaning & assist in the celebration! We will be looking to immerse the children in Indian & Nepalese culture. We will be creating our own holi art as part of our fun messy art & craft activities and play. We will also be dancing to Indian music & try our hand at Bollywood dancing! Dress in your most colourful outfit & help us celebrate!!

St Patricks Day

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at Erina kindergarten for our in celebration of our Irish families. St Patrick day observes of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The holiday has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green. We ask our staff and students to dress in something green on Wednesday 17th March to help us celebrate!!

We invite our Irish families to participate & discuss the meaning of & assist in the celebration. We will be doing green arts & craft including green play dough, green dress, treasure hunts, some Irish music &

Irish ☘️ dancing!

Reconnect

Did you become a mamma in 2020? Wow mamma, you had a baby in the middle of a pandemic! You saw border closures, mothers groups cancelled, visits reduced, isolation. Are you feeling disconnected as a result of all this? Let’s change that. Let’s reconnect.

Join me and other mamma of 2020 for a tailor-made gathering encompassing all of the things you might feel you missed out on whilst on maternity leave last year. Held over 6 weeks Reconnect is a weekly one-hour gathering of like-minded mammas of 2020. I will also be inviting a series of industry experts to share their knowledge, practical tips and tools to guide us through different areas of the mammahood journey.

The details:

Dates: 6 weekly gatherings on Saturday’s starting 27 March – 10 May 2021 (no gathering on 3 April)

Timing: 8:30am – 9:30am (or coffee at 8am at the café next door)

Location: Luna Physiotherapy, Daley Point, Empire Drive, Central Coast NSW

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Rainbow Initiative at Erina Kindergarten!

Active Gumnuts

Our active Gumnuts at Erina Kindergarten are loving the newest addition to our extensive yard, our wonderful rainbow snake! Our gumnuts spend so much time in the sandpit building and creating things each day. Thanks, Mr Matt for making our yard look so fabulous!

Terrigal House Excursion

Hot of the press photos from the gumnuts excursion to Terrigal house aged care facility! A trip on the bus, games & decorating the Christmas tree! Thanks soo much to the staff at Terrigal house!

Staff member of the year

Howdy Erina kindergarten families, please place your vote for staff member of the year either by placing a note in the folder at the front reception or by emailing info@erinakindergarten.com.au or by Private message facebook whatever is easiest! Please vote & let us know who you think should be staff member of the year! Votes will be drawn at the annual Christmas party so please vote before 1st Dec! The winning staff member will receive a bonus gift for their valued contribution to Erina kindergarten! We look forward to receiving your vote!

Woolworths Excursion

Our #gumnut & #preschoolers excursion to #woolworths! Soo much fun, we are looking forward to tomorrow’s excursion to #woolworths!