Our playgroups are held in a home-like environment which nurtures the senses.

Our program is play-based with rhythmical qualities incorporating songs, stories, rhymes and seasonal festivals.

Our aim is to create a peaceful haven for a child’s development to naturally unfold and where both parent and child can experience the joy of meaningful connections.

PLAYGROUP

There are five playgroups running throughout the week. Monday 9.15am – 11.00am Rosebud Playgroup, children aged 18 months - 2 years of age Tuesday 9.15am – 11.30am 3 year old Playgroup Wednesday 9.15am – 11.30am 4 year old (pre-Kindergarten) Playgroup Thursday 9.15 – 11.15am 4 year old (pre-Kindergarten) Playgroup Friday 9.15am – 11.15am 3 Year Old Playgroup

PLAYGROUP SESSIONS

When your child is offered a place in one of our playgroups, an annual fee will apply. The annual fee can be paid up front or in instalments (one payment per term, paid by the end of week 3 of each term.) PRE-KINDERGARTEN Annual Fee $480 per family 3 YEAR OLD Annual Fee $440 per family ROSEBUDS Annual Fee $360 per family Please note: 1) fees will be adjusted for public holidays and student free days where applicable. 2) A fee of $40 per term applies to younger siblings attending from 2 years of age.

PLAYGROUP FEES

Casual Fee Rate There is a option of paying a casual fee rate of $12 per session for the older playgroup especially helpful when attendance is low due to illness.

WHAT TO BRING

To each playgroup session, please bring along:

a piece of fruit to share for morning tea

a sun hat for the sunny days

warm outside clothes and inside slippers or socks for Wintry days.

A Waldorf Steiner playgroup is fundamentally a place of heightened adult consciousness. To create a nurturing, safe and joyous playgroup, both parents and playgroup leader work together. A vital aspect of this is when parents support the playgroup leader to ‘hold’ the rhythm of the playgroup. One practical way for this to take place is in the singing of the transition songs and being mindful of the aims and qualities of the playgroup program. Please see ‘Morning Rhythm’ over the page.

PARENT ROLES

Please keep in mind that our children are very sensitive to the environment that surrounds them. Therefore, more intense conversations are best held during outside play. MOBILE PHONES & CAMERAS

We ask that all parents, carers and visitors keep their mobile phones on silent during the playgroup session and that if calls need to be taken, it is carried out with discretion.

Anyone wishing to take photographs must check with the playgroup Coordinator - preferably prior to the playgroup session commencing.

Willunga Waldorf School 1 Jay Drive

PO Box 730 Willunga SA 5172 Ph (08) 8556 2655

Fax (08) 8557 1094

enquiries@wws.sa.edu.au

www.willungawaldorfschool.sa.edu.au

MORNING RHYTHMS

3 YEAR OLD & PRE-KINDERGARTEN

9-9.30am—Arrival: Parents and children have time to greet each other and settle in to Playgroup

9.30am—Morning Circle: Season circle songs and rhymes

9.45am—Inside Playtime & Breadmaking: The children make a bread roll and are encouraged to engage in imaginative, inside play.

10.20am—Morning Tea: A shared morning tea of fresh fruit and herbal tea

10.30am—Outside Play: A time to play outside with friends and enjoy the natural environment

11.00am—Story Time: Children sit on the mat for seasonal finger rhymes and a story

11.15—Goodbye Song

11.20am—Warm, Fresh Bread to Eat: The children eat their freshly baked bread with butter and honey

ROSEBUDS

9.15-9.30am—Arrival: Parents and children have time to greet each other and settle in to Playgroup

9.30am—Morning Lap Songs: Children sit on parent’s laps as we sing songs that connect us with ourselves and with each other

9.45am—Inside Playtime

10am—Polly put the Kettle On: Warm chamomile tea to share with our friends

10.15am—Morning Tea: A shared morning tea of fresh fruit

10.30am—Outside Play: A time to play in the sandpit or water the garden

10.50am—Goodbye Songs: Parents and children sit on the carpet for action songs, rhymes and a lullaby

POLICY & PROCEDURES/ADMINISTRATION (BLUE)/20C—ATTACHMENT C—PLAYGROUP REGISTRATION OF INTERST FORM (ADDENDUM 2) Brochure