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August, 2015
Kia Ora Iwi Katea Kōhunga-hunga Whanau/Hello Balclutha
Kindergarten Family. A very warm welcome to our new children and
their families: Taylor Beattie-Cross, Pyper Zwies, Abigail Vatvisa,
Esmae Kelly, Sophie Irwin. We look forward to getting to know you
all and supporting your learning journeys.
TERM DATES
Friday 4 September - Dave Upfold Hypnotist show town hall Friday
25 September End of term 3 Monday 12 October Start of term 4
If the kindergarten is closed, or a delayed opening time is
necessary due to extreme weather conditions, a cancellation notice
will be broadcast on Big River radio, Radio Dunedin, and Hokonui
Radio. You can also keep up to date by visiting the South Otago
Kindergarten Facebook page.
OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR THIS YEAR
IS OUR UPCOMING HYPNOTIST EVENING
Please get the word out that we have an amazing fundraising
night coming up - Dave Upfold, a comedy stage Hypnotist at the
Balclutha
Town Hall. Please come along and support your kindergarten, and
also sell tickets to family, friends, work colleagues etc. Jolene
and the kindergarten fundraising team have been working extremely
hard in
ensuring this night is a financial success. Remember, YOUR
CHILDREN will benefit from the profits made, so there is an
expectation that all families contribute in some way to the
evening, whether it be selling
tickets, attending yourself, helping out on the day to make
supper, and of course we will need lots of helpers on the night.
Please see Jolene if
you can help out in any way
CHANGES TO HOURS AND STRUCTURE OF THE DAY
You will have received a letter from the Kindergarten
Association outlining structural changes to our kindergarten day
starting next term, and the reasons for this. Please return the
form stating your desired times and hours by THIS FRIDAY 21st
AUGUST so we can finalize changes to our sessions and times.
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Kindergarten session times
Morning session: 8:30 am to 12:45pm Afternoon session: 12:45pm
to 3:15pm
Full day session: 8:30am to 3:15
Please make every effort to be on time. The Association will now
be charging a late
fee for repeated lateness as regularly arriving early or late
affects our child ratios
and funding.
If you would like extra sessions please see Jolene as we have
some time slots available.
Kindy Contact details:
Phone: 4180330 Cellphone: 0212420411
Email: [email protected]
Address: 1 Lanark Street, Balclutha
Important
Please make sure when you leave
Kindergarten that you only let
your child/children out the gate,
and that you close the gate after
you, as we are having trouble with
them freezing up in the cold
weather.
My Lunch Box
Just a wee reminder to please put enough healthy items in your
child’s lunch box to last your child for the whole day. Maybe 5-6
separate items, as they eat 2 for morning tea, then lunch and then
2 more for afternoon. Thank you.
Special visitor to kindergarten.
We had a special visitor from St John come to kindy, Amby the
ambulance and Jan, St John
officer. Jan told us all about what is in an ambulance and how
they can help
us if we need them.
Winter IS HERE
Please make sure your child comes to Kindergarten with a jacket
for the
colder weather. Also make sure that they have plenty of changes
of clothes in their bag for when
accidents happen. It can be slippery outside when it is wet.
If you have any Kindergarten underwear or other clothes at home
please return these as
soon as possible. Thank you.
Bank Account Number for Expected Payments:
Westpac: 03 0905 0322661-00
(Please use your child’s name as a reference)
A reminder that our kindergarten is NUT FREE.
This includes nut based spreads such as Nutella and
peanut butter, as well as muesli bars containing nuts.
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Your Teaching Team
- Jolene, Kres, Kath, and
Carmen
ILLNESSES IN OUR KINDERGARTEN
We as a teaching team want to do our utmost to try and keep
EVERYONE as healthy as we can, BUT to do this we need parents to
follow guidelines
set out from the District Health Board.
Keep your child at home if they: Have signs of being unwell ie.
Grizzly, Unsettled, listless or tired. Have a high temperature or
appears very hot. Are complaining of, or appears to have a sore
tummy, throat or ears. Have a continuous cough. Have had diarrhea
and vomiting within the last 48 hours. Have weeping, red eyes and/
or a yellow discharge around the eyes. Have broken skin sores. Have
become ill with a communicable disease eg. Measles, mumps or
chickenpox. Have green or yellow mucus coming from their nose.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOUR CHILD EXPERIENCES VOMITING OR
DIARRHOEA OUR POLICY IS THEY MUST REMAIN AT HOME FOR 48 HOURS AFTER
THEIR LAST BOUT. THIS IS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF ILLNESS AS WELL AS
TO ENSURE YOUR CHILD IS 100% BEFORE RETURNING TO KINDERGARTEN -
unwell children don’t learn !!
Old CD’s and nuts ‘n’ bolts
We are on the hunt for any old CD’s you may have at home for an
upcoming project in our technology room. We also need any old
nuts
‘n’ bolts, screws, washers, small pieces of wire, paper clips,
and other small “junk” items you
may have. Thank you.
SplashQuatics
If you would like to enrol your child for Term 4 please see
Kres. Starting date to come...
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