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Shannon Harrison

Vicki Reichelt

11/2/2020

The kindergarten is situated in an inner city, semi-industrial area with a broad mix of old and new, small and largedwellings that remain affordable to rent or buy. This attracts a broad range of families to the area including growingnumbers of families recently arrived from overseas …mainly from the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Asia, wherefamilies are trying to forge new connections within a social environment and may be working, looking for work or studying.There are also strong connections to past generations and cultural influxes. The current building is fairly modern, spaciousinside and out, well presented and maintained and very well resourced. The site is owned by the West Torrens Counciland leased by DfE both of which have responsibility to develop and maintain the site and services. It is a full timekindergarten (Monday-Friday) with an Occasional Care program for 2yrs- 4.8 year olds. The 2019 year began with thewith a new Director and the same core staff team since 2013 and 66 children in term 1.holidays. During the past five years, the centre has redefined itself as a positive and inclusive early childhood site –providing high quality programs and curriculum to the local community.

Highlights included:-Children are exploring, risk taking and enjoying the changes to the outdoor which is now in the established stage.STEM, Numeracy and literacy continues to grow and be visible in the outdoor environment, documented by staff witha whole team approach - both indoors and outdoors - to strengthen the staff team and partnerships with feeder schoolswithin the West Torrens Partnership. The site teaching staff were introduced to 21st century technology - The KeptmeApplication allowing for educators to produce pedagogical documentation with the EYLF outcomes and IPNL at theirfingertips, provide digital storage for individual children and providing a consistent format for families ease of reading.A beautiful mural on the side building wall, (painted by a local parent) depicts the philosophy and partnership of ourdiverse families and wider community members. Diwali was again celebrated as a community. Our community alsoenjoyed the disco, movie night and Family Picnic. An additional highlight was the inclusion of the Soccajoeys program intothe curriculum.

In 2019 the Kurralta Park Community Kindergarten Governing Council was made up of nine members, including eightparents plus the Kindergarten Director, Vicki Reichelt.Governing Council members all undertook “Responding to Abuse & Neglect Training”, as required when working orvolunteering with children. The Governing Council reviewed the kindy’s Quality Improvement Plan, as well as changes inkindy policies and procedures.One of the main areas we focused on was fundraising, with $1,836.80 raised during the year. Fundraising efforts includedtwo wine fundraisers, a kindy kids disco, a family movie night, and an end of year Christmas raffle. We thank our kindyfamily community for generous prize donations and support in attending these events.The Governing Council continues to monitor and attempt to improve the safety of the Barwell Avenue children’s crossing,as there have been several near-misses on this busy road with cars failing to slow down or stop at the crossing whenchildren are present. In 2020 we hope this momentum continues, with funds raised in 2019 available to go towardsincreasing the presence of the crossing through signage and artwork.We wish the 2020 Governing Council all the best for the year ahead.

Shannon Harrison

Goal: Children’s agency will be strengthened by supporting effective communication with children and community.

Why: 2018 Parent Opinion Survey indicated that families wanted more input into their children's learning and educatorsneed to support children in describing experiences and expressing their ideas.

Actions: Invite and involve families in curriculum planning, Incorporate the Learning Design and Assessment andReflection (LDAR) project into curriculum planning "children's ability to describe experiences and express ideas"

Achievements: Families participated in our Diwali celebration and a diverse representation of families on GoverningCouncil. Families completed data in relation to the LDAR project. SMS group communication system implemented. ParentOpinion Survey indicated 94% of families strongly agreed and agreed that “The preschool seeks parents opinions abouteducational programs and “I am given the opportunity to be involved in the preschool educational activities”. TeacherRecord of Oral Language and Literacy (TROLL) data indicated improvement in all aspects of TROLL. Children’s use ofcreative arts such as drawing and painting and storytelling to express ideas and make meaning improved as evidenced bypedagogical documentation. RRR (relationships – quality verbal exchanges) teacher self-reflection improvement datashowed growth in comparison to baseline data.

What next: Develop our understanding of the Literacy Indicator “I use language to connect with my world” including theability to actively listen to children to improve children’s ability to describe experiences and express ideas.

Why: Our self review processes indicated that more work was required in understanding and applying the above literacyindicator and triangulating this with processes/outcomes in the EYLF. The TROLL data indicated that greater tractioncould be made earlier in the year to support children with oral language particularity if we actively listen to children's voicethrough words, movement and the arts. The LDAR project highlighted the need to vary pedagogy for different children andre-launching of topics and children's stories was beneficial to their ability to describe experiences and express ideas.

Goal: Children’s health and wellbeing will be extended through active play and inquiry.

Why: A proportion of families particularly those arriving from overseas are residing in flats and apartments. This isimpacting on the space available to children to run and play and as a consequence it has been noted over the past fewyears that children's gross motor skills are in decline. Digital media could also be a factor.

Actions: Analyse group time and uninterrupted play. Teacher children health, safety and routines.

Achievements: Group time reduced allowing for longer uninterrupted play time. Lift the Lip program visit. Yoga andSoccajoeys incorporated into curriculum planning. Children’s voice data indicated that 98% of children enjoyedSoccajoeys with most indicating the “kicking of goals: as what they liked most. Improvement data collected from trainers inSoccajoeys and Yoga indicated a vast improvement in physical capabilities and mindfulness practice. OccupationalTherapist student’s placement involving supporting small groups of children with reflective reports supporting teachers inapplying quality differentiated curriculum.

What next: Continue incursion of yoga and soccajoeys and formulate routines to teach children. Continue to support theplacement of occupational Therapist students.

Why: Our data collected from children, staff and trainers and analysed against the goal indicated that the benefits tochildren were outstanding. As consequence both incursions will be embedded into our health and wellbeing program.

Our highest attendance in previous years tends to be in first term, in the Summer, when there are less infectious diseasescirculating due to the hot weather and ability to use the outdoor spaces and spread out. Our term 1 percent for 2019 is thelowest it has been in the past 3 years with no explanation and the last 2 years not reaching the state average. Attendancehas increased in terms two and three which has not been the general pattern of attendance in the past years. Throughoutthe year we have many children returning to their home and heritage countries for family occasions, hence our numbersfluctuate. We will aim in 2020 to exceed the state average in term 1 and maintain this average throughout the year.

Our enrollment numbers appear to be fairly consistent over the last three years for each term. Our enrollment numberstend to be lower in term one and four and thus tend to increase in terms two and three. Often parents arrive from overseascloser from March to mid year to commence university studies. By term four, many of our children who are new to Englishtransition to the Intensive English Language Classrooms at Richmond Primary.

The majority of children transition to Richmond and Plympton Primary School which are both geographically the closestwithin or to our zoned area. A portion of these children attend the Intensive English Language Classrooms at RichmondPS offered by the school for children who are new to English and newly arrived in Australia. The remaining childrenattend various other schools in small cohorts including Catholic Education.

Parent Comments - Quality of Teaching and LearningFantastic and committed teachers. Additional programs such as yoga and soccer are an excellent way to extend kids. Kidsare encouraged to think creatively and be curious about their environment.

Parent Comments - Support of LearningI have spoken twice to teacher about my concern of my child speech but so far the answer is 'no to worry'. He will grow outof it (4-5 years old). I would like him to be tested but teacher advised against it.Lots of books are read and activity stations always set up to encourage kids to find what they like to do.

Parent Comments - Relationships and CommunicationCommunication about the learning program is not presented anywhere. In previous years it was on the back of thenewsletter; but now I don't really know what the kids are doing term to term. I think the Kindy should move to an app-typeplatform for mass communication.

Very multicultural and open about learning about cultural events eg Chinese New Year.

Parent Comments - Leadership and Decision MakingI don't feel that parents are asked their opinions about the educational programs; but I don't feel I need to be either. I thinkthat is the teachers jobs to plan for and that they do a good job.

Parent Comments - Other commentsWe are strongly agree the programs of preschool is totally very helpful for my child. It is a complete all round developmentpackage for my child; thanks.

Thank you. This is a wonderful Kindy. It has always has a beautiful feeling to it. Teachers always have big smiles and arerelaxed and helpful.

All staff employed have up-to-date screening required to be employed. Any volunteers, work experience students,university students, and workers on site, e.g. maintenance repairs - also have the appropriate screening checks. Recordsof history screening are kept on file in the centre. Staff are notified in due course if history screening needs to be updatedand this is completed in ample time - so employment is continuous.

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