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Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten
Newsletter week 3 term 2
www.wudinnakgn.sa.edu.au
Week 6 Term 2
Playgroup
17 May bring a friend to
playgroup day!
You don't need to be a member...
all welcome!
PLEASE BRING A PIECE OF FRUIT AND A GOLD COIN
DONATION
Our program at kindy
This term we started by learning about the zoo which was
Katherine’s chosen theme. In week 2 we moved onto Mum’s
and mothers day but we will move back to zoo’s next week.
Gross Motor/fine motor:
Obstacle course, outside games including the
animal game, colour touching game, animal
sound game.
signing in (coloured pencil with grips).
Playdough and plaster handprints, craft activities including mothers day gift making, mothers day card making, zoo collages, building with
the new duplo,
Painting — painting our woodwork, dot paints
Mat time learning— we have played the memory
games Ï went to the zoo and I saw…”we have
shared our Ï love my mum because pages. And
we have sorted and classified animals into families.
INTERVIEWS
In previous terms we have sent home a social
skills report in a child’s first term.
After re-assessing our assessments, we have
decided to complete the assessment in term
two to give children a little longer to settle in
and offer interviews to parents of children in
their first term.
If you would like to book an interview time with
Beck to discuss phonological awareness, speech
assessments and your child’s developing social
skills, please send a note in your child’s diary.
Interviews will be held on a Wednesday or can
be done over the phone at a mutually agreeable
time.
We are looking forward to sharing your child’s
development with you.
Songs— started with some familiar tunes including sharing Tofa Tuffa with mums and nannas at our mothers day morning tea.
Numeracy — tessellations (small groups), sorting and classifying zoo animals Shape activities.
Literacy— initial sound activity (groups) matching letters to make our names, the names of
our friends and the names of animals.
Your Mother’s day gifts
We hope you love your mothers day gift and if
the label on the paint is correct—these gifts
should be functional and machine washable)…..
Without giving away what the gift is!!!! Have
an awesome day on Sunday!
Eat a rainbow
Please return the eat a rainbow survey which was sent home in week one.
If your child has any specific allergies to fruit or vegetables, please let
me know asap.
Staffing
We have had a really big change with staffing this term. Sarah
Williams has now finished at the kindy and is due to have a baby
soon (June/July).
Asthma Care plans
To replace her we have employed Katie Fitzgerald who is coming
from Lock each Tuesday. She is an ECW1.
It is a department requirement that
all children with asthma have an asthma care plan signed by a doctor.
We have also employed Catherine Flint in the role of Early Childhood teacher and she will be working on Thursdays.
Currently we do not have any plans in
our file yet our records show that
many children have asthma at our
site. Please speak to your doctor
about getting a plan drawn up so that
we can provide the best care for your
child's needs.
You may also see Laura Kite here (from BankSA) she is actually a
qualified ECW2 and will be running our speech program this term.
Feel free to introduce yourself to our new staff! Looking forward
to a new term of fun and learning.
IMPORTANT POLICY REMINDERS
Attendance
Thanks for the great attendance this
term during census week (2). This will
aid us achieving our attendance targets for the year and will positively
influence our staffing in the coming
terms. Illness and bereavements are
understandable absences. Please keep
Beck informed if your child is unable
to attend Kindy.
Governing Council minutes are available via email. Please send me your
email address in your child’s diary.
As a result of the new National Standards for Kindys, we have had some changes to our
policies (mostly last year) making our rules slightly different to past years as well as school
rules.
Please keep in mind the following…..
1.
we are no longer able to heat up food at kindy however you are still able to deliver
warmed food at lunch (1pm).
2.
We have a hat at kindy all year and wear it if the UV rating is over 3. If your
child’s hat is still at home, please return it asap.
3.
You are able to send nuts to kindy including peanut butter, nutella etc. However please
keep in mind that this can not occur if your child is doing school visits as school is a
Dates to remember
Week 3,4,5 ‘eat a rainbow’ program with
Mid West health
Fri 17 May—All invited to PLAYGROUP
Thurs week 4 (23 May) - Cafhs Checks
Fruit time
As we get into the cold weather we are noticing that the children are
hungrier at fruit time.
We are happy for families to send two pieces of fruit.
Friday Week 4 (24 May ) - kindy day
Although we call it ‘fruit’ time, we are more than happy for you to send
some vegies! Here are some different fruit and vegetables ideas:
Tues week 5 (28 May) - Gov Council Meeting
•
Sml tin of corn
•
Corn on the cob
•
Tossed Salad
•
Cherry tomatoes
•
Carrot/celery/cucumber sticks
Some of these include:
•
carrot rounds
•
Tally tots
•
Fruit kebabs
•
Counting bears
•
Vegie kebabs
•
Countalicious,
•
3 x Prunes
•
1-10 balloons and 20-1 balloons
Cupboard bare???? We have some sultanas and diced peaches now at the
Kindy. A 50c donation for these items is appreciated.
Number Apps and Androids
Last year we looked at some apps which
work towards developing number recongition for preschool aged children.
If you have an appropriate number app
or android which your child loves, feel
free to let us know!
Mothers day Morning tea
We had such a lovely morning tea on Tuesday and were really pleased with the
number of parents/grandparents who could come along to celebrate with us.
The children were thrilled to show off their kindy, to introduce their friends and
to make some lovely crafts with you. Outcome of our Mother’s day morning tea:
Children have a strong sense of identity
Eddy and Jed with the rockets
they made with Eddy’s mum.
Above: Marney and her mum painting
a still life picture. Below: Charlie &
his mum playing with the magnets.
Above: Mia & her Granna painting a still
life. Below: Tessa & Indy make bath
tea bags with Tessa’s mum & their
Grandma. Right: Mayson & his mum
make a bath tea bag.
Above: Bodhi threading a lovely necklace for
his Granny to wear on her bus run.
Below: Jesse & Blaize doing some threading
with their Grandma.
Above: Zara doing a still life flower
painting with her Mum and her Granny.
Below and left: Aidan & Lucas make
bath tea bags with their Mum.
Katherine drawing on her page for our book
“why I love my mummy…”
Below: Max playing with the magnets with his
Granna.
Mieka admiring the lovely tea towel she painted for her Mum for mothers day. Above: Bodhi and his Mum making a bath tea bag.
National Families Week
This week is National Families Week and we were lucky
enough to have Merrill and Nina from Centacare visit.
Merrill read a story called “busy, busy, busy” about a
very busy household—the moral of the story??
“remember to have a balance of work and fun!”
The children then made a “balancing” mobile which had
3 pictures. One of Mum working, one of Dad working
one of family time.
Centacare brings you:
2 BIGGEST PARENTING
MISTAKES
The two biggest mistakes parents and teachers make
in dealing with children are: Too Much Talking and Too
Much Emotion. Talking is bad because it either doesn’t work or takes you through the TalkPersuade-Hit-Yell- Hit syndrome.
Why is too much emotion destructive?
When they are little, kids feel inferior because they ARE lacking power. Sure, they can be
cute, lovable, but they are also smaller, have less privileges, their brains are not fully developed, they are less skilful and less responsible than their parents and older kids. This
“lessness” bugs them a lot! They don’t like it. They do like to feel they are powerful and capable and making some mark on the world.
Have you ever seen a small child go down to the water and throw
rocks in the water? Children can do that for hours, partly because
the big splashes are a sign of their impact. They are making things
happen.
Your upset is their “Big Splash”
What does rock tossing have to do with what happens at home? If
your small child can get big old you all upset, your upset is the big
splash for him. It’s not that he has no conscience and is going to
grow up and be a criminal. It’s just that having all that power temporarily rewards- or feels
good to-the powerless part of the child. Parents who say “It drives me absolutely crazy
when she eats her dinner with her fingers. Why does she do that?” may have already answered their own question. She may do that at least partly BECAUSE IT DRIVES YOU
CRAZY.
There are many discipline systems and ways of thinking about parenting, but you can ruin
any of them by talking too much and getting too excited. These two mistakes of course,
usually go hand in hand, and the emotion is usually anger.
Some parents can turn off the talking and the emotional upset like a tap and others have
to work like dogs to get the job done. Even then, they often have to remind themselves
over and over that talking and arguing and yelling and screaming don’t really help. These
tactics merely blow off steam for a few seconds. If parents find that they can’t shake
these habits, some sort of support is indicated.
In Wudinna, you can talk to:
Merrill Lymn at Centacare on 86802511. Centacare offer 1:1 sessions for couples to discuss parenting issues, or 123 Magic, Circle of Security and Mindful Awareness Parenting when there enough
numbers to run a group.
* COMING SOON …... CIRCLE OF SECURITY FOR COUPLES. SPEAK TO
BECK OR MERRILL FOR MORE DETAILS! *
News Roster T3 2013
TUES
Week 4
13/8
THUR
Cameron Smart
FRI
15/8
Charlie Best
22/8
Aidan Mulholland
16/8
Marney Simpson
Sienna Smart
Week 5
20/8
Indy Foster
Lucas Mulholland
Week 6
27/8
Jamisen Tomney
29/8
Jed Bigg
Archie Sampson
Week 7
3/9
Eddy Beinke
5/9
Max Mullan
Week 8
10/9
Mieka Buckley
12/9
Mason Pobke
Week 9
17/9
Zara Kammerman
19/9
Jesse Oswald
Katherine Veitch
Week 10
24/9
Bodhi Scholz
26/9
Please add these dates to your diary—for your convenience I have made them the same day as you are
rostered on for parent help.
After a successful term of “News” last term, we have decided to continue to offer special news once a
term.
Once a term, your child will have the opportunity at group time to share morning news with all the children at kindy.
You will be notified of themes for term 3 early in the term.
Benefits of morning news:
♦
Children are given the opportunity to speak in front of others
♦
Sharing items that are meaningful to them
♦
Children learn to respect other’s turn to talk
♦
Children practice the skill of asking and answering
simple questions.
Parent Roster T3 2013
TUES
Week 4
13/8
THUR
Bec Smart
15/8
testing
Week 5
20/8
Diny Foster
27/8
Traci Barnes
Cindy Best
testing
22/8
16/8
Fee Simpson
Maintenance
Nathan Mullholland
Bike Safety and/or cooking
bookwork
Week 6
FRI
29/8
Cooking
Emma Bigg
Lunchtime help
Beck Sampson
Testing
Week 7
3/9
Erin Beinke
5/9
Lunchtime helper
Facebook auction
Week 8
10/9
Jason Buckley
12/9
Maintenence
Week 9
17/9
Zara Kammermann
Donna Mullan
Nat Pobke
cooking
19/9
Karly Oswald
testing
Gina Veitch
Lunchtime helper 1pm
Week 10
24/9
Nadine/Scrooge—profile
books ??
26/9
Bec Smart
Corrina Mullholland
The children love having their parents come into the Kindy and parent help is a simple way for parents to observe their child in the Kindy environment, catch up with the staff, other parents and do a bit towards the
maintenance of our Kindy.
We understand that at times working commitments mean that you may not be able to attend. If you cannot
attend on your day, please arrange a day swap with staff. We are very happy to have help from grandparents, which may be an alternative if you are unavailable to do your duty. If you are still having difficulty
finding someone, please let us know so that we can prepare to clean up a little earlier. We are happy for you
to come at a time which is convenient to you (unless you are a lunchtime helper).
Parent help is always greatly appreciated, by the staff and the children, and we thank you for taking your
time to help keep our Kindy special.