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Thank you for a great Term 3 and for your continued support adhering to restrictions and adjusting to the many changes. This year has certainly presented us with challenges, however our ability to meet the changes with flexibility and resilience has highlighted our great, collective community strength. We hope your Term Holiday has started off fabulously and that they continue that way! We look forward to seeing you all soon.
At Preschool the students are encouraged to remain curious about God’s wonderful world and discover through play how they can impact their own environment. In prayer time the students are introduced to the Gospels through Godly Play and interactive activities. We are grateful to be working with Mary Kenyon who is supporting staff to develop a rich, authentic and play based framework for Spiritual and Religious Development.
The students love exploring ‘beyond the fence’ where they experience and foster a genuine care and respect for nature. The natural world is integrated in our indoor environment and creates a deep sense of calm and connectedness in our classrooms. This term the Koalas have been journaling during their nature walk. Each child carries a calico bag that contains their special journal and a pencil. They find a ‘sit spot’ and for a short time they sit still, listen, and draw things that inspire them in nature. It’s a wonderful experience with so many benefits!
BOOK WEEK
Book Week will be held next term in Week 2. This is always a wonderful week with many literacy related activities on offer. It’s a great way for staff, families, and students to share their love of reading and to have lots of fun! Our Book Week parades are an opportunity for your child to dress up as their favourite book character. Please also encourage your child to bring along the book (labelled clearly with their name. The Parades will be held on Tuesday 20/10 for Bilbies and Friday 23/10 for Koalas & Possums. At the beginning of next term, we will confirm the Parade times and advise of any audience restrictions that may apply.
This year we would love families to send in a photograph or short video of you sharing a book with your child. These treasured moments will be collated for our students and shared to emphasise the importance of developing these reading opportunities at home. Please email them to us before next term at elc.stanthonys@cg.catholic.edu.au
BOOK FAIR
During Book Week our Book Fair will be displayed in the foyer. You are welcome to look at the books when visiting the ELC and they will be available to purchase via QKR. We ask that families do not handle the books and we will adhere to our current 4 parents in the foyer restrictions at this time. Thank you for your cooperation.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
Please ensure you read the message section on page 1 of each of your fortnightly statements. Generally all your questions will be answered through this message section however please always feel free to to contact Olivia or Emma in the office if you have any queries or require further information regarding your statements. Term 3 fees were due on Monday 14 September. If your account is still outstanding please make payment as soon as possible. If you are having any difficultly settling your account please come and see us.
HOLIDAY CARE
Thank you to Janice and our wonderful Educators for organising our Holiday Care program. I’m sure the children will have lots of fun enjoying time spent with each other in this relaxed and play based program. If you have booked, you would have received a confirmation email that outlines the following;
- The ELC is open from 8am and will close at 5.30pm.
- A mobile contact number will be available on the front door if the ELC is locked
- Casual clothes with covered shoes can be worn.
- Please clearly label clothing items
- Fruit, morning tea and lunch needs to be supplied by the family. We will provide afternoon tea. A reminder we encourage you to pack your child a healthy lunchbox. We are a nut free environment.
- Events for each day will be outlined at the sign in. Please pay attention to these signs in case you need to include any additional resources for your child.
Please keep an eye on your emails as any important information or changes will be communicated this way.
YEARBOOK
Beth and her team are working hard to create a wonderful Yearbook for 2020. Our students feature in their own class page as well as throughout the book for different events that have been held across the ELC and Primary School. If you have a child in the Primary School, you will receive a Yearbook as part of your school fee levy however if you would like to purchase one for your ELC child you can do so.
The cost for each Yearbook is $30.00
Payments are to be made via the QKR app
Orders close on Friday 2nd October
If you have any questions please contact beth.lehmensich@cg.catholic.edu.au
FOYER
Have you seen our new foyer display? The foyer space has become a hub for almost all family interactions and we will continue to implement ways to utilise this space to suit all the needs of our communtiy. Some of the new additions are information boards where we will display the latest important updates for our centre such as staffing changes, the afternoon tea menu and any occurrences of infectious diseases (we will also notify you via szapp for any of these occurrences).
Daffodil Day Fundraiser
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our donations for the Cancer Council for Daffodil Day - we were able to raise just over $150 together.
The ELC is now officially a nationally recognised SunSmart centre!
Our team continue to complete the Generation SunSmart modules and we encourage and invite you to visit the ACT Cancer Council website to access the wealth of information they have available.
We wish all our Koalas children and families a happy holiday and we hope you all have a wonderful time enjoying the Term break. We cant wait to see you back ready for a wonderful Term 4.
We hope you enjoy the latest newsletter of our fun experiences over the last fortnight.
