Highlights
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Happy Australia Day!
Updated allowable absences.
NSW Health has updated their health advice for ECE settings
NSW Health has advised that people who are symptomatic or are household contacts of a positive case may rely on the results of a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), instead of awaiting the results of the PCR nose and throat swab from a testing clinic.
Services must report any notifications of positive cases who attended the service
* within 24 hours of getting the result
* every time you get a positive result.
positive cases from household settings must self-isolate for 7 days from the day they were tested. Positive cases can only leave self-isolation after 7 days if they do not have a sore throat, runny nose, cough or shortness of breath. They do not require medical clearance.
Further Information regarding changes to household contacts to be provided over the coming days.
A warm welcome back to all our families we hope you had a relaxing break & a nice Christmas & new year!
We are reopen for business tomorrow at ERINA kindergarten at 6:30am. We look forward to welcoming our families back after the short Christmas & new year break. We hope you were able to enjoy some quality family time in the sun!
We please request that all families enter the service via the main reception & QR code in & out using the QR code as located at the main reception entrance. We please request that all families & educators please wear a mask at all times whilst at the service during drop off & pick up time and do not attend the service if you have been in contact with anyone who has covid or if you are suffering any covid related symptoms. Families can drop their children at the entrance gates to each yard for each age group. Educators will be available to assist the coming weeks but we do request that covid safe practices be implemented at all times including social distancing measures. We also ask all families to ensure drop off & pick up procedures be performed as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary queues to each of the rooms. We are happy to arrange a meeting or phone conference with your child’s team leader if you require extra time to discuss your child’s educational & care needs. Thank you!
Merry Christmas from the team at ERINA kindergarten
Just a friendly reminder that ERINA kindergarten will be closed from 24th Dec 2021 ad re open on Tuesday 4th January 2022.
In the event that you require emergency assistance please email info@erinakindergarten.com.au
We hope you all have a very Merry and Safe Christmas Break!
Our koalas Christmas concert today on the field at Erina kindergarten! Loved the little jumping frog 🐸 performance!!
Dear Families, carers, COVID-19 continues to present risks with transmission occurring in high-risk settings, including early childhood education and school-aged care services.
It is important that we remain vigilant by continuing to follow the covid safety guidelines to help keep children, educators and the community safe, particularly with end-of-year events and celebrations. Public Health order
Despite the change in community settings on 15 December, the Public Health Order will still be in force requiring all educators and staff in ECE settings to be fully vaccinated, given the high risk of transmission in ECE.
This includes:
All staff working on site.
All volunteers working on site.
All contractors, maintenance staff, cleaners and all other workers who are on site.
The department of education continues to encourage services to continue following their COVID-safe practices in ECE settings to minimise the risk of transmission.
COVID-19 restrictions in community are set to ease further on 15 December, meaning masks will only be required on public transport and planes, at airports, and in some hospitality scenarios.
As of 15 December, NSW Health continues to strongly encourage the wearing of masks in settings where you cannot physically distance, which includes early childhood education and care services.
Given the current increase in cases across NSW, the Erina kindergarten strongly encourages all staff and visitors in Early childhood services to continue wearing masks while indoors.
Children or staff with allergies
Any person with symptoms of COVID-19 should seek out a COVID test and only return to the service when the test is negative.
For children or staff with seasonal allergic rhinitis or other conditions that have similar symptoms to COVID-19, but where symptoms are ongoing due to diagnosed allergies, an initial negative COVID-19 test is required before returning to ECE.
Following this, only if the person’s symptoms change from their usual symptoms, repeat COVID-19 testing should be performed.
Our service continues to regularly check the NSW health website and NSW government website regarding up-to-date restrictions in NSW.
More preschool Santa pictures from our annual Christmas extravaganza at Erina kindergarten
Some more pictures of this Friday’s Santa & his helpers visits! Such an amazingly week filled with lots of fun & laughter.
Thank you to all our educators & families donating to the wishing tree to central coast kids in need! Merry Christmas to you & thank you for your kindness
More Christmas extravaganza week celebrations with our wonderful team 😂😂😂🎁🎅🏻🤶🎄
More Santa visits & presents within our preschool area!
What a fantastic way to start our Christmas extravaganza week with pony rides on a Monday! We can’t wait to see celebrate all things Christmas this week with our wonderful students & see all the wonderful Christmas outfits too! We can’t wait for more pony rides on Friday!
Santa visits & presents today as part of Erina Kindergarten annual Christmas extravaganza week! We can’t wait to see what the rest of the week holds!
More Christmas fun today at Erina Kindergarten with a Santa visit!
Good afternoon families,
Just a reminder this week we are celebrating XMAS with our children at kindy during the day, we have alot of in house events planned, exciting days ahead for children and educators. Can you please ensure your child/ren are wearing enclosed shoes for horse riding on monday tomorrow and fri and you sign the permission form to ride which you can obtain from an educator please. We are encouraging the children and educators to dress up in their Christmas attire, we cant wait for a week of fun and a special visit from Santa who delivers a special gift from kindy.
Christmas week extravaganza celebrations at ERINA kindergarten.
Celebrations are held over the full week so dress in Christmas outfit!
Monday - pony rides, Santa visit, face painting, Australian incursion
Tuesday - reptile show, Santa visit, face painting
Wednesday - jumping castles, slushy machine, interactive drumming show, Santa visit & face painting
Thursday - jumping castles, face painting & Santa visit
Friday - pony rides, Santa visit & face painting
Let the Christmas 🎄 celebrations commence! We look forward to making this Christmas years celebrations our best yet! We look forward to seeing all the great Christmas outfits & celebrating Christmas with our families & educators.
Our new & improved car park & safety walking paths are complete! Looking amazing ERINA kindergarten!!
Educator of the Year as voted by our wonderful families goes to;
Miss Shelley in the Joeys is dedicated to her job, she is there for the children and she is caring and all the children love her. She has supported children’s
EMUS 3 – 5yrs transitions to school and always willing to chat about the children’s progress.
Trainee of the Year
Trainee of the year goes to Miss
Jess in the Bilbies- she is always friendly, willing to help and has lovely interactions with the children and a great attitude. She communicates well, always follows instructions and always using her initiative.
Educator of the year as voted by fellow educators & team members.
Miss Teya in the Bilbies- she has been so encouraging for the children, always smiling, she is supportive and offers exceptional learning opportunities. Miss Teya has a very positive impact on young lives!
Our annual graduation ceremonies for the children going to big school will be held on the week 13th - 17th December. Please refer to your emails for dates your child is graduating if they are going to big school!
Christmas week extravaganza celebrations at ERINA kindergarten from 6th dec - 10th December
Celebrations are held over the full week so dress in Christmas outfit! Numbers are very limited so only children booked in for care on the allocated day will be able to attend.
Monday - pony rides, Santa visit, face painting, Australian incursion
Tuesday - reptile show, Santa visit, face painting
Wednesday - jumping castles, slushy machine, interactive drumming show, Santa visit & face painting
Thursday - jumping castles, face painting & Santa visit
Friday - pony rides, Santa visit & face painting
Congratulations to Miss Jess for receiving a $100 voucher for being our staff member of the month! We wish to acknowledge Jess for her constant passion & dedication to being an exceptional trainee at ERINA kindergarten her reliability & using her initiative!
Our winners for best dressed Halloween outfits! Miss Elyse & our winning two students from gumnuts & the preschool rooms! Thank you, to all our educators & families for dressing up & making Halloween celebrations such a special day at Erina Kindergarten.
Happy Halloween from all our educators at ERINA kindergarten! Great outfits all round from our educators!
Happy Halloween 🎃 from ERINA kindy! Thank you to all our families for dressing up for Halloween 👻
Hi from Miss Crystal from the joeys room. Miss Crystal is a qualified early childhood teacher who works along side Miss Shelley in our wonderful Joeys room. Miss Crystal is passionate about teaching about cultural inclusion & setting up fun & interactive cultural experiences. We admire miss Crystal’s for here dedication & commitment to our assisting team & teaching & caring for our beautiful preschoolers.
Hi from Miss Tani in our gumnuts room! Miss Tani is a qualified diploma trained educator who has been working at ERINA kindergarten for over 4 years. Miss Tani started her career in childcare with ERINA kindergarten on a cert 3 traineeship which then lead Miss Tani to also completing her diploma at ERINA kindergarten. Miss Tani’s leadership skills & passion for childcare then lead her to become a room leader for our gumnuts team. Miss Tani enjoys setting up unique nature based experiences with the gumnuts team & enjoys interacting with our families.