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We wish to advise that Miss Melissa our Director at Erina kindergarten is now on maternity leave for the next 6 months. We wish Miss Mel all the best and we cannot wait to meet her little bundle of joy very very soon! Miss Kelly Tomkins our Assistant Director will be stepping up as acting Director during Miss Melissa’s maternity leave period. Miss Kelly has an open door policy and looks forward to the lovely opportunities and challenges the next couple of months will bring. Please feel free to come and see Kelly and the rest of our management team with any comments or suggestions or concerns you may have. We look forward to continuing to assist where we can.

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Families, can you please send through your child’s current immunisation statement from Medicare if we don’t have this on file as we need this in your child’s enrolment folder.

Please ensure your child’s immunisations are not up to date at all times, centrelink will cancel your CCS subsidy if they are not up to date.

New educators

• Miss Michelle will be joining us on the preschool side, please introduce yourself and say hi if you see her she comes to us with several years of experience in early childhood and having her own child.

• Miss Kerry will be joining us in the Gumnuts room working tues, wed, thurs, with Miss Kaitlyn the room leader, she comes to us with several years of experiences in early childhood from Sydney.

• Miss Sallianne has joined us in the kitchen in the bush babies room she comes to us with kitchen experience and having 2 children of her own she works Monday to Friday .

News from around kindy

We hope our Mums and nans and special people had a happy mother’s day, we thank them  for attending  our afternoon teas the other week, it was nice to see everyone back  into our environments and have some tasty treats and a chat with our educators and other mums / families.

Our Meet and Greet afternoon conversations with our educators went well, we will be providing these during the year again for anyone that missed out, if you would like to have a conversation with your child’s room leader about anything please always email to info@erinakindergarten.com.au and we will set up a time for them to call you at a convenient time.

Educator training

• Staff Meeting 3rd May 2022

• Child Protection course update- various educators

• Educational Leader Intentional Curriculum training- in house

• Communication with families- in house training

• Last month we did our practice fire drills and lockdowns in case of an emergency, you may have noticed on your Xplor app a notification about your child being safe this is because we do a lockdown drill report to go with our procedures.

Policies reviewed this month

• Bike policy

• Relationships with children

• Physical activity promotion

• Transportation

• Family law and access policy

• Administration of medication policy- sent out to families – as children need to be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to care .

• Incident , injury, trauma and illness

If you have any feedback on these policies always provide feedback to info@erinakindergarten.com.au, you can also access these via our website. Any major changes that affect our families, we always send policy out or notify you of the changes. We used to send each policy out each time we reviewed but had feedback in parent survey this was to much, hence why we do it this way now for our families.

Gumnuts room udpate

The Gumnuts have been discussing at group times about using their kind hands with their friends and educators and learning about respecting our toys at kindy. They have been learning colours, and numbers and practicing counting. They have been exploring and investigating sea animals through reading stories, fact books and the creative arts. In regards to road safety they have been learning how to cross the road safely using a crossing and looking at different places to cross roads that are safe and using the lights if required. The gumnuts have been practicing this first hand when going to the vegetable gardens in our carpark and making their own crossing in their outdoor environment and engaging in singing songs about the steps to take to cross the road.

Emus room update

We have been focusing on the ocean project. We have learnt about sharks, seals, coral, whales, sea turtles and sea shells. We have been incorporating many small worlds, and experiences to learn about the ocean. We have also been focusing on incorporating and exploring the children’s cultural identities and we had Veroncia’s nan came in and did a small group about her nationality (India) discussion and dancing. We have been really working on the children learning self regulation techniques and strategies and safe play as we have identified some of our children need support with this during play an interactions with their peers.

Upcoming Events

• School Readiness night at kindy 630pm- 8th June please rsvp to info@erinakindergarten.com.au

• World Environment Day 6th

• EcoBug Incursion – Lady Bug Academy -wriggly worms Tues 7th June – $5 will be added to fees – for preschool side, bilbies and gumnuts – if you wish for your child not to attend pls let admin know via email at info@erinakindergarten.com.au

• Crazy hair week- 20th -24th

• Beanie week 27th -1st July supporting Mark Hughes Foundation -wear your beanie to kindy each day

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We have found that facebook has been a fantastic and easy way to communicate with families about what is happening at Erina Kindergarten and what events are coming up. We would love and so much appreciate you to head over to our page and provide us with some feedback and a rating of our centre.

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Our Event Planner for 2022 is now live online. We will email you a copy or visit the planner by using the link. We look forward to seeing you at our many exciting events.

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    Important reminder for all families!

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    ‼️IMPORTANT INFORMATION‼️

CCS rates will adjust and apply as of 11th July 2022 which is the start of the new CCS financial year.

    ‼️IMPORTANT INFORMATION‼️

    CCS rates will adjust and apply as of 11th July 2022 which is the start of the new CCS financial year.
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    We spent this weekend polishing & restoring our beautiful wooden tables in our preschool area at Erina kindy! We look forward to lots of fun on Monday ready to play & learn!

    We spent this weekend polishing & restoring our beautiful wooden tables in our preschool area at Erina kindy! We look forward to lots of fun on Monday ready to play & learn! ...

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    New & improved outdoor surface for our lovely snuggles! Ready for Monday madness!!

    New & improved outdoor surface for our lovely snuggles! Ready for Monday madness!! ...

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    Dear Families,

Absences for the new financial year
In the 2021/2022 financial year, families were given an extra 10 allowable absences bringing the total number to 52. For the 2022/2023 financial year, this will revert back to 42 allowable absences.
 
Waiving Gap Fees
As of 1st July, 2022 we are no longer able to waive the Gap fee for absences due to COVID. Previously, we were able to waive the gap fee for four reasons:
1.  The child or a member of their immediate household must isolate due to COVID 19.
2.  The child is at a higher risk of severe disease from COVID 19 (this began from 27/1/22)
3.  The service, or a room at the service is closed due to COVID 19.
4.  The state or territory has restricted access to childcare in a region due to COVID 19.
As of 1st July, this no longer applies, and we cannot waive the gap fee for any reason.
 
Absences at the start or end of an enrolment
In the 2021/2022 financial year, CCS would be paid for up to seven absence days before the child attended their first day of care and after the child’s last physical day of attendance due to COVID related reasons without the need for a doctors certificate/evidence.
As of 1st July, CCS will only be paid for up to seven days before the child attended their first day of care and after the child’s last physical day of attendance for the below approved reasons only:
any of the additional absence reasons(click the link to see these reasons)
The child’s child care service has changed ownership
The child’s usual child care service is closed and the child attends a different service under the same child care provider
The child’s enrolment ceased incorrectly
The family have experienced a family tragedy.  We ask families to please provide evidence for any of the above reasons.

    Dear Families,

    Absences for the new financial year
    In the 2021/2022 financial year, families were given an extra 10 allowable absences bringing the total number to 52. For the 2022/2023 financial year, this will revert back to 42 allowable absences.

    Waiving Gap Fees
    As of 1st July, 2022 we are no longer able to waive the Gap fee for absences due to COVID. Previously, we were able to waive the gap fee for four reasons:
    1. The child or a member of their immediate household must isolate due to COVID 19.
    2. The child is at a higher risk of severe disease from COVID 19 (this began from 27/1/22)
    3. The service, or a room at the service is closed due to COVID 19.
    4. The state or territory has restricted access to childcare in a region due to COVID 19.
    As of 1st July, this no longer applies, and we cannot waive the gap fee for any reason.

    Absences at the start or end of an enrolment
    In the 2021/2022 financial year, CCS would be paid for up to seven absence days before the child attended their first day of care and after the child’s last physical day of attendance due to COVID related reasons without the need for a doctors certificate/evidence.
    As of 1st July, CCS will only be paid for up to seven days before the child attended their first day of care and after the child’s last physical day of attendance for the below approved reasons only:
    any of the additional absence reasons(click the link to see these reasons)
    The child’s child care service has changed ownership
    The child’s usual child care service is closed and the child attends a different service under the same child care provider
    The child’s enrolment ceased incorrectly
    The family have experienced a family tragedy. We ask families to please provide evidence for any of the above reasons.
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    We're very excited about our brand new 2022 campaign and beanie designs!

On May 1st our new campaign and beanie designs will be revealed!!!

You can purchase a beanie from the 1st June 2022 on the Mark Hughes Foundation website or at any Lowes store across Australia and all IGA stores in NSW, Act & QLD.

Our dedicated Beanie for Brain Cancer Week is June 27st-1st July 2022. Wear your favourite beanie & donate to the mark Hughes foundation.

    We're very excited about our brand new 2022 campaign and beanie designs!

    On May 1st our new campaign and beanie designs will be revealed!!!

    You can purchase a beanie from the 1st June 2022 on the Mark Hughes Foundation website or at any Lowes store across Australia and all IGA stores in NSW, Act & QLD.

    Our dedicated Beanie for Brain Cancer Week is June 27st-1st July 2022. Wear your favourite beanie & donate to the mark Hughes foundation.
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