Check out what we got up to last Term!!!

Yep ... we have a glitch. We logged back onto the BLOG to see that the newsletter wasn't there. We will keep trying ... anyway we are trying this week to put on our Term Evaluations ... here goes !!!

Thanks to everyone who came along to our AGM last night ... we plan to have a get together on Fri 12 Mar at 6.30pm venue to be confirmed. Keep this date free - Order your babysitter NOW, we want to have LOTS of our families come along.

AGM - Wed 17 Feb 7pm @ Kindy

Here is our newsletter ... hard copy is located above the sign-in desk ...

AGM - Wed 17 Feb 7pm @ Kindy

JUST A REMINDER WE NEED LOTSSSS OF NEW FACES AT OUR AGM ... COME ALONG AND HELP US TO MAKE OUR KINDY THE BEST WE CAN BE.

Here is our latest newsletter ...

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE

Wow 2010 - it seems not long ago we were welcoming in the new millennium ... my how time flies. Great to see everyone back and it's been great catching up with all the children's Xmas & holiday news.

A special welcome to all our new families. In saying that we would LOVE to see some new faces @ our AGM - keep 17 Feb 7pm pencilled into your diary. We have a number of existing committee members leaving and we need some new faces & ideas to fill those gaps. The roles within the committee have changed over the last few years ... albeit alot of the boring bits are now done by Judy, so committees can be more social (some parents are still talking about our van trip to the Cabbage Tree!!!). Some initiatives also, are to invite speakers to the Kindy (this year our thoughts were to invite along New Entrants teachers to talk about the Transition to School and I wondered if we could maybe invite Helen Campbell who works @ the College of Education who wrote a wonderful article in the Sthld Times last year on encouraging Literacy competencies). Something to think about ... Kindergarten is all about encouraging and supporting our families (who are an intrical part of what makes Kindergarten unique) ... so we do NEED your input !!! Also a BIG thanks to our committee for organising all the Xmas celebrations for the children at the end of the term. Check out the Term Slide show for some great pics of all our Term 4 happenings.

Parent Help roster ... choose a day that suits ... it is located by the Sign-In Desk. Thanks to Carmel Casey who has kindly volunteered to compile the roster ... and Margaret Scully who has kindly volunteered to check our Morning/Afternoon supplies each day. Thanks for that.

Sweeping roster ... choose a Friday that suits. Keeping our Kindy tidy & well kept creates a 'WOW" factor for not just the children & families but everyone. So PLEASE help out with the sweeping, when you can ... remember 'Many hands make light Work'. We hope to set a date for a working bee at our AGM - will keep you posted with a date.

Keep an eye out for ARTWORK around our Kindy walls (the elephant painting is pretty cool). Kylie Skeggs is an Invercargill artist and we asked if she could showcase some of her work ... of course she said YES. Some of you may have seen some of her work ... Kylie had her artwork displayed in Aqua on Winton Open Day.

We plan to e-mail our newsletter out to everyone ... let us know if you don't receive it (we may not have your current e-mail address).

We have some new visitors to Kindy ... some caterpillars & tadpoles. The children are always fascinated with metamorphosis ... and all the life-cycle changes so check them all out.

We have LOTS of Worm Juice for sale ... great for every ones Veggie & Flower garden. $2 a jar - all proceeds go towards our Morning/Afternoon Tea fund.