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A huge thank you to all the dads, grandads and father figures who joined us for breakfast. It was a wonderfully relaxed celebration. It was also heart warming to see the children proudly showing you their preschool and everyone enjoying the chance to play and spend time together.
Paul from Smashing Panda photography will work on processing our class and student photos this term and will be ready for orders early next term.
All package/portrait orders will be made online from the password protected client area of the Smashing Panda Photography site. The link and password for this gallery will be provided after the photos have been processed and are ready for review and orders.
BOOK FAIR
All students should now have received their books from our fair. If you think your order has not been processed, please contact the office. Thank you to everyone for supporting the Book Fair and happy reading.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We value each child as a special gift and aim to create an environment which enables them to experience the joy and wonder of our world. This term the children have looked at community places including exploring, learning, and wondering about sacred places. We enjoyed a visit from Kathryn our youth minister. She told us about aspects of the church and showed us the wooden crosses she had made and used in a treasure hunt over the holidays. At preschool, the children designed their own church with stain glass (cellophane) windows, altar, crosses, bible and bamboo cut up for the bread. We also enjoyed sharing prayer on friendship Friday with our friends from Holy Family preschool. The children enjoyed singing together and seeing Miss Sally (virtually).
OUR GARDEN
We are preparing our garden beds for planting next term and are looking for donations of seedlings or cuttings that you are happy to share. Any donations can be left at the office or delivered with your child. Thank you.
TOY REMINDER
Please do not send in toys with your child unless it is a special news item that has been organised with your child’s teacher. Toys at preschool can get lost or broken and often become a catalyst for disagreements. We discussed this with the students and agreed that there are plenty of toys here for them to play with. We would really appreciate your help to support this preschool rule.
R U OK?
The children were reminded this week of the importance of being friends, checking in with others and spreading kindness throughout the preschool and the world. They enjoyed making friendship bracelets, stone soup and playing in harmony together.
We are now taking casual bookings for our upcoming School Holiday Program! If your child is enrolled for 40 weeks per year, then you can fill out this form to book them in for 1 or all days over the school holiday period.
The form can also be found on our website.
If your child is enrolled for 48 weeks per year, then they are automatically booked in and you do not need to complete a form. They will be able to attend for their usual enrolled hours - Preschool (9am-3pm) or Preschool Plus (8am-5:30pm). This includes the pupil free day.
Bookings are due by Thursday 22 September. Casual places are limited so booking requests will be confirmed on a 'first in' basis.
If you have any questions regarding the program and bookings, please contact Emma at any time.
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Barbara, Happy Birthday to you.
Hip Hip Hooray!! Hip Hip Hooray!!
Do you know anyone who is looking for a wonderful preschool for the remainder of this year? We have a 5 day per fortnight position available in our Bilbies, beginning of the week class. We are able to take new enrolments or increase a Possums class enrolment if you wanted to start 5 days per week. Please see Michelle or Emma in the office if you would like to discuss this great opportunity further.
Thanks for helping us spread the word.
Did you know there has been changes to COVID-19 isolation period?
Recently, the COVID-19 isolation period changed from 7 to 5 days.
ACT Health advise that after completing the mandatory 5-day isolation period, individuals should continue to remain at home and minimise contact with other people until their symptoms are gone or they are feeling much better. Anyone aged 12 or over, must wear a face mask in an indoor space that is not their own home on days 6 and 7 after their positive COVID-19 test.
Please visit the ACT government COVID-19 website for further information and to stay up to date.
This week (11-17 September) is Foster Care week and this is something that is close to the hearts of many in our community. Please see below an invitation to a fundraising event for the Adoptive, Kinship and Fostering Families Association in the ACT.
