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In September 1968, Eastmont Pre-School opened for the first time. On the 15th of September, 2018, we will have had our 50th Anniversary Celebrations.

I would like to thank the amazing 50th Anniversary Celebrations Team. It was such a big job and wouldn?t have happened without people volunteering their time to organise the event. So thanks to Katie W, Sarah D, Bron L, Alex K, Fiona R and Ash M have done a great job in the lead up and on the day of the celebrations. Thanks also to Michelle H and Ellen Z who also helped with the preparations plus everyone who helped on the day.

The AGM packs for families returning in 2019 will be mailed to you shortly. These will have important information and forms that need to be completed and returned in a timely manner to secure places for your child/ren for 2019.

You will have noticed a change in our slides. The red (pirate ship) slide was starting to wear so that has been replaced with a new slide. The green curved slide near the walkway has been refurbished. The children will hopefully enjoy these slides for years to come.

Please put the following dates in your calendar:

- Our last working bee for the year will be held on Sunday 7th October from 9am ? 11am to prepare the kinder for Term 4. Everyone is welcome to come along and help.

- Our Bunnings BBQ will be held on Saturday 13th October. We will need volunteers to help on the day. More information coming very soon.

Thanks,

Cassie

PRESIDENT'S REPORT KEY DATES

CELEBRATI NG 50 YEARS

32 FRANK STREET, Vermont

Sunday 7th October: Working Bee start ing at 9am

Friday 12th October: 2019 Forms and Balance of Term 1 Fees Due

Saturday 13th October: Bunnings BBQ at Vermont SouthWednesday 21st November: AGM at 7:30pm

Saturday 24th November: Kinder Christmas party at Mooroolbark Miniature Railway 4pm ? 6pm.

2019 Group Select ions 3 year old groups were emailed on 23/07 4 year old offers were emailed on 23/07 Wait listed families were also emailed. Please check your emails and let us know at enrolment3yo@eastmont.org.au or enrolment4yo@eastmont.org.au if you have not received an email.

OUR TEACHERS

Sonya Skok - Teacher, 4 year old

Helen Butcher - Educator, 4 year old

Moira Doolan - Educator, 4 year old

Sue Eddy - Teacher, 3 year old, Educator 4 year old

Anita Li - 3yo & 4yo Educator on Mondays

Jessica Jones - Possum Teacher on Fridays

Nithi Ranjan - 3yo Educator on Tues and Thurs

Melissa Crozier - Luncht ime

N EW SLETTERSKYLIN E H IGH

4 YEAR OLD REPORT 3 YEAR OLD REPORT

There have been lots of different art experiences on offer over the last few weeks and many children have enjoyed using the wider variety of materials on offer including collage materials and paint scrapers and rollers etc. There has also been lots of negot iat ion and cooperat ive play amongst the children as they work on floor puzzles and other projects together. The Eastmont Supermarket is very popular as the children take turns loading up their shopping trolleys before taking them to the check out where they pay for their groceries. Afterwards the children restock the shelves ready for the next customers.

Tanya from Deakin University has been complet ing her final placement as part of her Masters in Early Childhood and has also planned lots of fun and interest ing experiences with the children. In pairs, the children have been using their fingers to trace a pattern on their partners back as we all say the X Marks the Spot rhyme together. We have been pract icing some short songs to sing at the 50th Anniversary celebrat ion as well as learning Upsy Down Town and singing along to the Baby Shark song.

With the new raised garden beds donated by the Wantirna Community Bank Branch we have done lots of plant ing including potatoes, beans and sunflowers. The children are keen to water the beds each day and we are eagerly await ing the first sign of shoots emerging in the Spring sunshine.

On the 29th and 30th of August, we held two Father?s Nights at kinder. The dads joined in some fun act ivit ies, singing and dancing with their children.

Reminder: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st September (the last sessions for term 3) will be having Footy Days at kinder.

Sonya Skok

Director

Springtime has finally arrived and we have been busy planting some green bean seeds in one of our new raised garden beds that was purchased using a grant kindly given to us from Wantirna Community Branch Bank. We have been discussing how our seeds need water and warmth from the sun to grow. We will watch with anticipation as they start to shoot.

Our home corner has been transformed into Eastmont supermarket. Trolleys and bags have been loaded to the top with groceries.

There has been a lot of conversation between the children about what they are going to buy before taking their items to the cash registers to purchase their groceries.

A big thank to Erin (Nate?s Mum) and Saminah (Anasz?s Mum) for volunteering their time to facilitate a learning experience with the children during our session. Erin spoke to the children about what her job as a nurse involves and brought in her stethoscope, some bandages, face masks and hospital gowns.

Saminah cooked some mini banana cakes with the children and they each took some home. They were delicious!

We have been busy doing butterfly prints, roller painting at the easels and spot painting with the liquid markers. We have been singing some new songs Inanay and Taba Naba along with some old favourites including Echo song and Open Shut them.

A photographer from Shutterbugs photography came and took photos of the children on Monday and they will return this Thursday to cover all of the children in our group. A proof sheet will be given to families in the coming weeks and you can then order these photos.

Sue Eddy

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Eastmont?s 50th Anniversary Celebrat ions were held on Saturday 15th September. Lots of current and past

families turned up to celebrate this amazing milestone ? we est imate that 200+ people turned up throughout

the event. Old class photos and stories were looked at, sausages and amazing cupcakes were eaten and there

were lots of children (and adults) with crazy coloured hair and painted faces walking around. The formal part

of the celebrat ions included farewelling Marie (our past 3yo teacher who ret ired earlier in the year) and

celebrat ing Helen?s 25th anniversary working at Eastmont. The children did a wonderful job singing in front

of a large audience, including Happy Birthday to Eastmont with 50 claps (plus one for good luck). Neil Angus,

MP for Forest Hill, buried the t ime capsule under our scarecrow, Frank, near our vegetable patches. The

impressive giant birthday cake was cut and handed out to finish the event.

Thank you for everyone who turned up to help us celebrate Eastmont?s 50th Anniversary.

It was a great day and we hope everyone had fun!

THANK YOU

Eastmont Pre-School would like to thank:

- Alex K for the giant birthday cake

- Alexis M for the cupcakes

- Bobby and Gaurav B for taking official

photographs.

- Claudine F and Taga L for playing their

instruments to assist the children with

their singing performance

- Kylie and Lena for the face-paint ing

- Our wonderful families who volunteered

to help on the day

- All our amazing staff

- Our 50th Anniversary Team ? the event wouldn?t have been the success it was without their amazing

work!

We would also like to thank:

- Wantirna Community Bank Branch of the Bendigo Bank for sponsoring our Jumping Cast le which, for

safety reasons, we couldn?t use due to the weather.  

- Ray White Mitcham for providing the board at the front of the kinder. 

- Albert & Power Butchery and Provedore at Brentford Square, Bakers Delight at Brentford Square and

Woolworths T Brentford Square for their support towards our sausage sizzle.

Finally, thank you to the following for their generous donations for the raffle:

Aquanation Ringwood, BASE Camp Kids, Bunnings Warehouse

Vermont South, Fudge Gifts, Genesis Fitness Ringwood, JD

Portrait Art , Just Swimming Club, Manhattan Hotel, McDonald's

Ringwood, Michael Sukkar MP, Mini Maestros Ringwood,

Mister Fox, Morack Public Golf Course, Neil Angus MP, Puffing

Billy Railway, Scienceworks, Teach me Toys.

Raffle Prize Winners

Thanks to everyone who bought a t icket in our 50th Anniversary fundraising raffle. Here is the list of

winners. 

1st: Liam Hao | 2nd: Bronwyn Lindenberg | 3rd: Sudharsan V | 4th: Lindenberg Family | 5th: S + E Wilson |

6th: Alison Milgate | 7th: Michael Munroe | 8th: A. Mitchel | 9th: Yanwei Tang | 10th: Subhash Chandra

2018 MANAGEMENT

COMMITTEE

Director - Sonya Skokeastmont.kin@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

President - Cassie president@eastmont.org.au

Vice President - Ellen vicepresident@eastmont.org.au

Treasurer - Kath t reasurer@eastmont.org.au

Secretary - Melissa secreatary@eastmont.org.au

Minutes Secretary - Michelle minutessecretary@eastmont.org.au

Enrolment Officer (3yo) - Penny enrolment3yo@eastmont.org.au

Enrolment Officer (4yo) - Caroleenrolment4yo@eastmont.org.au

Grants/Policy/OHS - Claudine grantspolicyohs@eastmont.org.au

Projects/Maintenance - Ash & Jawad

projects@eastmont.org.au

Communicat ions Officer - Candice communicat ions@eastmont.org.au

Administ rat ive Officer - Lynet te Ellisadmin@eastmont.org.au

Social/Fundraising Coordinator - Natalie

fundraising@eastmont.org.au

EASTMONT PRE-SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY

At Eastmont Pre-School we offer a play-based, child centred-curriculum that is

guided by the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the

Early Years Learning Framework. We aim to create a warm, caring, inclusive

environment where children of all abilit ies feel relaxed, supported and happy and

are able to explore, discover, imagine and create.

- We promote respect and care for other children, adults and all living

creatures as well as an appreciat ion of nature and respect for the

environment.

- We respect individual differences and foster an environment in which

each child and educator is supported and valued for the unique strengths

and interests that they bring to the group.

- We provide opportunit ies that encourage and develop, self-esteem, a

posit ive self-image and communicat ion and independence skills.

- We recognise that families are a child?s first and most important educators

and seek to work in collaborat ive partnerships with them to ensure the

best outcome for all children. We welcome and encourage family

involvement in all aspects of our service.

- We value cultural diversity and acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander people are the tradit ional owners of the land and the

original inhabitants of Australia.

- We recognise that Eastmont Pre-School is part of our local community

and value opportunit ies to contribute to that community.

- We cont inually strive to improve the quality of our service.

Make sure you are following us on our new Facebook page (search for

@eastmontpreschoolvermont). Some people have liked our old page (with 2017 and older posts) so make sure you Like/Follow our new page with our

excit ing 2018 posts!

EASTMONT FACEBOOK PAGE

@EASTMONTPRESCHOOLVERMONT

Eastmont Pre-School Skool bag App

Get Specific Updates for our different Kinder Groups

We will now be putt ing updates for our different groups on our app so subscribe to a group so you

don't miss out on anything!

SOCIAL/FUNDRAISING

All of the events we run at Eastmont are only possible through the hard work of volunteers. We would love to see some new faces helping out! Events we have coming up later in the year are:

- 50th Anniversary Celebrat ion - Sat 15 September

- Bunnings BBQ - Sat 13 October- Christmas Party - Sat 24 November

If you can help out in any way with these events, whether it is in the planning stages or helping out on the day please contact Natalie at fundraising@eastmont.org.au

It 's great to see so many children wearing our Eastmont uniform.

We are start ing to build a collect ion of pre-loved Eastmont uniforms. All items will be $5. We would love you to donate any items that we can resell and all proceeds will go towards our 2018 fundraising.

If you wish to purchase or donate pre-loved uniforms, please contact uniforms@eastmont.org.au

Siblings

(younger and older)

are welcome to join us for STORY TIME each week

Wednesday3:30pm ? 4pm

Thursday3:45 ? 4:15pm

STORY TIME

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALLERGY ALERTThere are children attending Eastmont Pre-School this year that have allergies to peanuts. Please do not bring peanut butter to kinder.

To minimise the transfer of allergens from home please ensure your child washes their hands at home before they come to kinder.

SUNHATOn days when it is est imated that the sun?s UV radiat ion will be three or higher children will need to bring and wear hats to kinder. Families will also be required to sapply sunscreen to their children before the session commences. Information about the daily sun protect ion t imes is available on the SunSmart website www.sunsmart.com.au and www.eastmont.org.au.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS

There are parking restrict ions on one side of Frank St (the far side of the street to the pre-school). For the safety of the families doing pick up and drop off, please obey the signs and do not park on the far side of the road between 8:30 - 9:30am and 3:00-4:00pm.

We have begun using Who Gives A Crap 100% recycled toilet paper. The company donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets for those in need of developing countries http://au.whogivesacrap.org/

And they deliver to your home for free!

EASTMONT UNIFORM

SHOP AND SUPPORT EASTMONT

Don't forget - shop at Bakers Delight , Brent ford Square, let them know you are from Eastmont and as part of their Dough Raiser Program they will give a percentage of your purchase back to the kinder.

Open a new account or a loan or switch your home loan or insurance policies over to Bendigo Bank Want irna Mall and mention Eastmont and they will donate money back to the kinder.

CORPORATE GRANTS

A quick update on projects completed with grant funds received.

The children at Eastmont Preschool always enjoy gardening, especially plant ing and harvest ing vegetables and herbs. Thanks to the Wantirna Community Bank®  Branch of the Bendigo Bank for their generous donation which has enabled us to purchase two large raised garden beds and a fantast ic new worm farm. The children all helped plant potatoes, green beans and sunflowers and we are looking forward to watching them sprout and grow over the next few weeks and months. We can now recycle all our organic waste via our compost bin and our new worm farm. This is such an invaluable way for the children to learn about recycling and sustainability first hand.

If anyone did not receive the bank postcards and would like to open a savings account for their children or have any other financial enquires please feel free to contact Wantirna Community Bank®  Branch of Bendigo Bank.

Our Irrigat ion Water Wise Project is now complete just in t ime for summer and again would like to thank

Momentum Energy and Landcare Australia for the grant we received earlier this year. The kids were super keen to dig, invest igate and be a part of the project especially since we had new veggie beds to water. Daily act ivit ies have included educat ion around the topics of water conservat ion, environmental impact and efficient and sustainable water use.

Thank you to Mick McMahon for taking the t ime to help install the irrigat ion and engage with the kids who helped.

Thank you to The City of Whitehorse for the grant to purchase new Outdoor Equipment for balance and gross motor skills development. We hope to have this installed early next term.

Claudine Foster

Grants, Policy and OH&S

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