Diary Dates Term 3 fees DUE 26 Friday 28 June June. Sunday ...€¦ · Seabrook Kindergarten Association Inc. 15 Truganina Avenue, Seabrook 3028 Ph. 9395 3012 [email protected]

Seabrook Kindergarten Association Inc.

15 Truganina Avenue, Seabrook 3028

Ph. 9395 3012 [email protected] Fax. 9395 3014

ABN: 72 128 232 107

Issue 2, 2013

Welcome to our second Newsletter for 2013

The children were very busy during the term making their very special Mother’s day gifts for their beautiful Mums. We hope our mums had a great Mother’s day and we would like to thank all the mums who were able to attend our Mother’s day tea. The children loved having you there and we had a fantastic turnout.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Term 3 fees need to be paid in full by Wednesday 26th June. Please ensure that you pay your fees at the Bendigo Bank or by internet transfer, ensuring you use your invoice number and surname as reference and return the stamped remittance slip to the locked box as proof of payment. Please note: Your invoice must be paid by the due date for your child to have a place here at Seabrook Kinder next term, please see Mandy in the office if you have any questions or concerns.

FUNDRAISING

We had a great response to the Ladies Shopping Tour event. If you would like to attend on Saturday 20th July, contact the

kinder asap. The major fundraiser of the year will be on Saturday 9th November; Family Fun Day – save the date!!

Expressions of interest sought for food and beverage vendors,

stall holders, volunteers and auction donations. Contact Donna for further information or if you could help on the

Family Fun Day sub committee on 0418 192 522. All money raised will go directly back into the kinder.

Children will still be playing outside in the winter months (weather permitting), so please remember to pack a warm jacket and a beanie hat for your child and label all clothing with your child’s name. You can also bring gumboots in a bag to be worn outside.

Diary Dates

Friday 28th June Term 2 ends

Sunday 30th June Working Bee 10 – 12noon Monday 15th July Term 3 begins Friday 20th September Term 3 ends Saturday 26th October Bunnings Sausage Sizzle 9 - 4 CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS

Saturday 9th November Family Fun Day CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS

Kinder Contacts If you have concerns or queries please do not hesitate to contact either:

Sue (Management Support Officer) [email protected]

Mandy (Administration Manager)

[email protected]

Seabrook Kindergarten Assoc. Inc.

15 Truganina Ave,

Seabrook, Vic, 3028

Ph: 9395 3012

Fax: 9395 3014

Term 3 fees DUE 26th

June.

Uniforms are available for

purchase in the office at all

times. Office hours are

Tuesday to Friday,

9am to 3pm.

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




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The First People of Hobsons Bay – Yalukit-willam.

The Aboriginal people who lived in what we now know as the City of Hobsons Bay are the Yalukit-willam, a name meaning ‘river camp’ or ‘river dwellers’. Their history and story are told in the book ‘The Yalukit-willam: The First People of Hobsons Bay’. The book features a number of contemporary Aboriginal artworks and is also available at all Hobsons Bay Libraries.

To read further about the Yaluki-willam or to download an electronic copy visit: www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Community/History_and_demographics/The_First_People_of_Hobsons_Bay

Don’t forget to check out what is on at the community centre as you pass through!

Did you know the centre has pilates, yoga, boxing for fitness, jujitsu and dance for the young and old sessions??

You can even exercise with your baby and toddler in tow at our Monday morning Mums and Bubs exercise sessions. Pilates also runs day and evening sessions to give you more opportunity to attend one of the classes.

1. Macaron Magic – course coming up Monday 24thJune, 1.00pm to 3.00pm – a demonstration style session to learn a few tricks for making those yummy crisp shelled macarons at home: $10 pp – bookings essential

2. Paediatric First Aid Course – would you know what to do if you child had an accident, injury or reaction?

The next course is on Saturday 13th July from 9.30am to 11.30am and is run by an accredited first aid provider: $48pp - bookings essential

3. NEW NEW NEW - Starting late June, Clare from Oak Tree Counselling will be offering confidential and friendly counselling services at the centre. Clare has experience with pre and post natal and other depression, and offers flexible services to meet your needs. She also counsels a range of other issues or problems you may be facing. For enquiries please phone Clare on 8060 8808

4. Mini Picasso’s School Holiday Program - will operate again over the school holidays as well as continuing after school on Monday. See the centre flyer or notice boards for more information Think about the community centre for your next family function or small party. Speak to Marg at the front office or see the information on display. Many thanks, Marg, Centre Coordinator 9932 3010

http://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/Community/History_and_demographics/The_First_People_of_Hobsons_Bay




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The children had lots of fun

having their photographs

taken. Thank you to Tania

Tanti for doing a fantastic

job taking individual and

group photographs. Don’t

forget to place your order

by the due date to ensure

photographs are processed

and delivered back to you on 15th July.

What does the Committee do??

We meet once a month (and correspond in

between) to discuss issues at Seabrook

Kindergarten including – staff, improving the kindergarten’s

website, purchasing new facilities for the kindergarten,

reviewing and updating the policies, and assisting with any

other issues that might arise to ensure that Seabrook

Kindergarten runs as efficiently as possible.

We are also responsible for making decisions about how the

Kinder operates. These are not always easy decisions, but

they are crucial for the effective running of Seabrook

Kindergarten.

The Seabrook Kinder Committee are looking for 3 or 4

extra members, please consider joining us. For further

information contact Mandy at the office.

Recycling

At kinder we love to recycle and the children are great at turning trash into treasure. We ask our families to please collect boxes and containers, paper towel rolls, cereal boxes, ribbons, fabrics and other interesting items you may have around the house. So before throwing something out, check with your child’s teacher to see if they can use it. Children create amazing things.

Working Bees

Working Bees are a great way to meet other families and are essential to keep our kinder looking great and being safe. Morning tea is provided on the day and the $50 maintenance levy paid upon enrolment is refunded upon participation.

Acknowledgement and thanks to the office of Jill Hennessy, MP, for the printing of

our newsletter.

Executive Committee

President: Fay Duncan

Vice President: Lilia Sougleris

Treasurer: Amanda Vidic

Secretary: Grace Rizzi General Members

Heath & Wellbeing: Fay Duncan

Fundraising Coordinator: Donna Solano

Policy Coordinator: Namita Pandey

Maintenance/OHS: Coordinator: Michael Reese

Newsletter Coordinator: Lilia Sougleris

General Members: Catherine Klaver Soumila Kanagaraj Staff Administration Manager: Mandy Reston

Management Support Officer: Sue Zahra

Seabrook Kindergarten is funded by the Victorian Government




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Busy, active kids need a healthy lunchbox to sustain their energy and help them concentrate and learn all day long. With our lunch box tips we hope you’ll find packing a healthy lunch to nourish your kids a little easier!

Top Tips for a healthy lunch box Always include fresh fruit and vegetable and vary the selection Offer a variety of whole-grains breads, rolls, pita bread and flat breads Add dairy products – a great source of protein for growing and calcium for strong bones Always send a bottle of water Get your child to help choose and prepare their food Fruit salad is the ideal lunch box solution, its colourful, easy to eat and bursting with vitamins,

drizzle with passionfruit pulp for a natural sweetness Sandwiches A fantastic basic staple that kids around the world love! Include the unexpected by cutting their vegemite sandwich with a cookie cutter. Use different type of breads and cheese. Suggested fillings

Ham and cheese Fish finger sandwich Vegemite & cheese

Mashed banana Corned beef & mustard Meatball & cheese wrap

Ham & coleslaw Chicken & grated carrot mixed with mayonnaise

Grated carrot & cream cheese

Other lunch box meal ideas

Pasta salad Mini hamburgers Sushi

Left over frittata Left over chicken drumsticks Pasties

Snacks

Pikelets Carrot, cucumber, capsicum Fruit pieces

Sultanas Cheese & Crackers Poppadums

Yoghurt Cherry Tomatoes Salami, cheese, olives

Sweet Corn & Chicken Soup

Ingredients Method

4 cups chicken stock 1. Place the stock, chicken, corn and carrot in a large pan. Cover and bring

to boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 – 30 minutes.

1 cup chicken cut in small

pieces or shredded

2. Stir in the pasta and the creamed corn and cook till pasta is soft. Add salt

and pepper to taste.

310 g can creamed corn 3. Serve with some parsley for decoration

1 carrot, shredded Tip: You can boil a whole chicken or chicken pieces and then shred the

chicken in the broth.

½ cup pasta




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The sandpit and the diggers are a great attraction and the children enjoy making deep rivers in the sand and filling them with water. Some children spend the whole time there, they love

it so much.

The children have been busy playing with play dough; rolling, poking and hiding treasures inside the dough. Playdough provides a great sensory experience and the

children love a familiar activity.

The children have been helping care for the garden to make lots of flowers to look at. The children really enjoy caring for the garden and love to see the flowers when they play outside.

Mudcakes are being made in the sandpit. The children bring them to use and invite us to eat them. Yum!




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Hello Parents and Friends

The starfish group have been learning about the Aboriginal culture during Reconciliation week. We reflected on the fact that the Aboriginal people are the first known Australian people and own this land. I displayed a large map of Australia to show the children where the Aboriginals lived as well as some of

their special places they like to visit. We have talked about Arnhem land and that we have a family going to live there who came to kinder.

See you next term

Suzie & Papiya

Here are some photos of the activities we have enjoyed.




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Frogs and Turtle Groups The Children have shown a keen interest in a number of experiences this term. At the beginning of term we had the ‘Living Eggs’ at the centre and the children were lucky enough to hold an egg, hear the chicks cheeping within the egg and then witness some of chicks hatch during our session. They were able to participate in caring for the chicks over the next week before they went back to the farm.

Another interest that we have extended throughout the term with a variety of activities has been bugs and insects. It started with children’s drawings and paintings and through discussions, stories, songs and exploring our environment we have learnt a lot about the many mini beasts in our world.

The children took a closer look at our Spiny Leaf Insect.

We grew a hairy caterpillar using rye grass seeds in a stocking and learnt to care

for him as he grew and grew.

We look forward to seeing what great interests and ideas will spring forth from the children next term. Pamela and Joy




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Dear Families, Term 2 is now drawing to a close and what a busy term it has been. During this term we have had many opportunities to engage in intentional teaching with the children. Through interactions and conversations with all the children we have discovered what the children are interested in and further motivated and encouraged their learning. The interest and learning areas have included chicken hatching, space, camping, collage and dinosaurs. The arrival of the chickens brought about much excitement. The children asked many questions and were most curious about the chicken hatching. Through our music and movement we also learnt the “CHICKEN DANCE” it was so much fun!

Setting up the incubator Life Cycle Book The chidren have enjoying the Chicken Dance”

What are the children learning? Language, learning and Communication –Discussing aspects of chicken life cycle

Mathematics – Observations, numbers, pictorial representations,

Dance /Drama – chicken dance

The children have shown interest in Imaginative Play. As an extension from our chicken hatching we set up a horse with a saddle and reigns for the children to use their imaginations. My intention was for the children to engage in imaginative play where they were able to explore their own possibilities with no set outcomes.

Jack riding his horse Thomas and Vivan Hayley, Georgia and Tess

riding together

Tara toasting marshmallows

As the cooler weather approaches please send a warm jacket and a beanie/warm hat for outdoor play. The children are enjoying kinder and are happy, excited and always willing to try new things. Until next time, Belinda, Pamela and Sue (support staff)

What are the children learning? We are learning how to work independently and

access the resources we need Work as part of a group e.g. taking on different roles Respect for others’ ideas and accommodate these in

role play




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Dolphins group, Term 2 This term we planted some seeds in our garden that included climbing beans, lettuce, garlic, silverbeet and parsley.

We even made a scarecrow.

The children have continued to water the seeds and maintained them by placing coffee grounds on the seedlings to warn off the bugs that are eating the leaves, and measuring the

growth rate every week. We have also been searching for treasures and making treasure maps.

The children have really enjoyed mixing colours and think they are working in a lab.

This term we also had our mother’s night. The children pampered their mums with nail polish and making bracelets for them as well as serving them cup cakes.

Sue

It has been another jam packed term and we

look forward to a busy term 3. Be safe during the break.

SEABROOK




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Seahorse and

Stumped for ideas on what to do during the school holidays, here are some places to take your children, local and not so local. 1. RAAF Museum, Point Cook Rd – (www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/index.htm)

See the museum and the flying display. Admission is a gold coin donation 2. Point Cook Homestead (www.pointcookhomestead.com/home.html)

Enjoy some lunch in the café and let the kids play and run in the acres of land or on the old tractors. Admission is FREE for children under 12 in the school holidays.

3. Werribee Open Range Zoo (www.zoo.org.au/WerribeeOpenRangeZoo) Open daily 9am-5pm. A great place for the kids! Admission is FREE for children under 12 in the school holidays.

4. Scienceworks (2 Booker St, Spotswood) - Open daily 10am-4:30pm. Children are free, lots to explore and lots of activities for the kids.

5. Melbourne Zoo (Elliott Avenue, Parkville) - Open daily 9am-5pm. Always a favourite with children.

6. Federation Square - NGV Kids Corner (Ian Potter Centre) (Flinders Street, Melbourne) - FREE Admission - Children can enjoy creative installations & activities with free "share & discover" activity cards and activity sheets to provide an easy-to-follow guide through the exhibition.

For other great ideas please check the latest version of ‘Melbourne’s child’, a free guide for parents which is available at our centre. Alternatively you can find lots of fun ideas at www.webchild.com.au

THE IMPORTANCE OF READING

Reading stories is important for all children, and it is something the

Seabrook Kindergarten embraces through story time with the children, but

also with its Parents Library. In case you are not aware, in the foyer just

outside the kinder room there is a parent’s library, where the parents can

borrow educational books. A parent who recently borrowed a book provided

wonderful feedback on how informative these books were. Please ask the

teachers or Kinder Manager if you would like to borrow any of these books.

http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/index.htm

http://www.pointcookhomestead.com/home.html

http://www.zoo.org.au/WerribeeOpenRangeZoo




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Did you know you MAY be able to claim back some of your fees???

Claiming Child Care Benefit: Information for kinder families to assist with claiming child care benefit for registered care at Seabrook Kindergarten. Go to the following website: http://www.humanservices.gov.au and in the search option type ‘Registered Care’. Click on ‘Claim and notes for Child Care Benefit for registered care form (FA018)’. You will need to print off and complete this claim form and submit it with your receipts from Seabrook Kindergarten at Centrelink. You will receive a receipt at the end of term 2 for terms 1 & 2 and another receipt at the end of term 4 for terms 3 & 4. Please see the notes with the claim form for more details.

Fun activities for the kids!

What you need Autumn leaves Clear adhesive plastic Scissors A hole punch String or thin ribbon Large bare branch Bucket or large tin What to do Next time you are in a park or garden admiring the autumn foliage, help the children collect a variety of autumn leaves to take home and turn into a beautiful decoration.

Have the children press the autumn leaves between clear pieces of contact. Cut carefully around the outside of the leaves leaving a little border, punch a hole at the top of the leaf and thread some string or ribbon through. Attach the leaves to the bare branch, and stand the branch in a suitable container and enjoy autumn inside.

What you need Old pantyhose or stockings Scissors Plastic containers such as margarine or yoghurt Grass seeds Tablespoon Potting mix Stickers or felt pens

What to do Cut the leg of the pantyhose and hold it open while your children spoon in at least three tablespoons of grass seeds. Then add three to four cups of potting mix. Knot the stocking securely above the potting mix and shape it into a round ‘head’. Place it in the container.

Let the children make a face on the grass head with stickers or felt pens. Keep the grass head damp and in a few days it will begin to grow a

lovely head of bright green hair.




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Here is a recipe for finger paint, have fun … Ingredients ½ cup cornflour 2 tablespoons white sugar 2 cups cold water food colouring

Method

1. Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan. 2. Stir constantly over a low to medium heat until the mixture boils and thickens, then allow to cool.

3. Pour into little containers and add a variety of edible food colouring.




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Name: Kinder Class:

Colour in the picture and return to Mandy by July 19th for your chance to win a small prize. One prize per group only.

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Diary Dates Term 3 fees DUE 26 Friday 28 June June. Sunday ...€¦ · Seabrook Kindergarten Association Inc. 15 Truganina Avenue, Seabrook 3028 Ph. 9395 3012 [email protected]