During October we had our annual Reptile Show which always excites the children! Kym from Bob Turner Wildlife Show came and brought lots of different animals for the children to touch and observe. He is very entertaining and engages the children in this interactive show.

We had two visits from the water safety program with Danny the dolphin! This program included a 30-minute presentation covering the basics of water safety while getting the children involved in fun and interactive presentation. The children also had the opportunity to meet the mascot Danny the dolphin.

We have continued our excursions to Aurum throughout October, we had the Snugglepots first trip over there for Halloween, which was a great success!

The Joeys & Gumnuts also had a visit during October, we are seeing the residents become more engaged with each visit, a cheer of “They’re here!” starts the minute we walk into the hallway.

With Christmas around the corner we are excited to commence our preparations for our end of year celebrations & graduations. We look forward to hopefully seeing all our families and sharing some end of year cheer at the EV church om the 3rd and 4th of December. Our end of year celebrations provides our educators with an opportunity celebrate and discuss all our achievements over the last 12 months which is always very rewarding and fun time for our families and educators.

The rooms have also started their Christmas photos
and craft within the rooms which has been lovely to
see! So, we look forward to showing you all our creations in due course!

We are pleased to advise that our total allocated numbers have increased to 192 children. We will be undertaking further renovations in the new year including the building of a new purpose-built building for our 3-5 age group. In addition, we will also be making some expansions to our babies’ rooms, Gumnuts rooms and Snugglepots rooms. If you would like to see our proposed plans please feel free to come into the office and have a chat!

We will be holding our annual Christmas Concerts at the EV Church again which is about 100m up the road from our Kindy. A letter with more details about the Christmas events will be emailed out in a few weeks, but the dates are as follows:

Christmas Picnic & Disco 

– Bush Babies & Snugglepots: Tuesday, 3rd December 2019 5pm – 6:30pm @ EV Church, Terrigal Drive Erina. We have decided to have a picnic on the grassed areas & a disco in the Main Hall at the EV Church.

Christmas Concert & Preschool Graduation 

– Gumnuts Christmas Concert: Wednesday 4th of December 2019 5pm – 5:30pm @ EV Church, Terrigal Drive Erina.

– Joeys, Koalas & Emus Christmas Concert & Preschool Graduation: Wednesday, 4th December 2019 6:15pm – 7:30pm @ EV Church, Terrigal Drive Erina.

Well we are heading towards that time of year again! Our last day open for the year at Erina Kindergarten will be Friday 20th December 2019 and we will reopen on 6th January 2020.

We have also started booking in events planner for the 2020 year and look forward to bringing you much more new, interesting, exciting, educational programs for each of the age groups at Erina Kindergarten. If you would like to see certain activities or events as part of our service offerings at Erina Kindergarten, please let us know at info@erinakindergarten.com.au we look forward to receiving your feedback.

Please be reminded that the speed limit in the car park is 5km/ph. We have observed a number of cars doing well over the speed limit in the car park recently and it is extremely dangerous with young children getting in and out of cars and walking into the Preschool. As the car park is very busy please ensure you are supervising your children at all times.

As an additional staff appreciation this year we would like to ask our families to vote for Educator of the year!

Please send your vote via email to info@erinakindergarten.com.au

A reminder to ensure you apply sunscreen to your child upon arrival each day if their class is already outside. We provide sunscreen, but if your child requires a sensitive sunscreen please ensure you provide it to your classroom teacher with your child’s name clearly labelled. A reminder to pack your child’s hat in their bag each day.

Staff development this month has included an in-service at our centre by KARBEN training solutions on documentation- Different types of observations & what should be included in learning stories.

A WHS training session by In Safe, talking about best practice in relation to our early childhood environment.

Miss Kelly has also attended an in-service by Speaking Insights “From Diagnosis to OAM.

If families have any questions that would like to ask in regards to any of these staff development please do not hesitate to speak to the office.

Next week we will be charging the bi-annual equipment fee of $25 per family.

This amount will be added to your account on Monday 11/11/19 and will be processed along with your fees in your next billing cycle.

If families have any questions that would like to ask in regards to any of these staff development please do not hesitate to speak to the office.