Lobethal Community Kindergarten Newsletter Phone: 8389 6321

Fax: 8389 5153

Email: dl.4630.leaders@schools.sa.edu.au

Web: www.lobethalkgn.sa.edu.au

Term 4- Weeks 6-7, 2013

Issue 16, 2013 Growing & Learning...TOGETHER

Diary Dates

November

19th November—Springhead School transition 21st November—Dancify 1.30pm (bugs) 22nd November—Lobethal Primary School transition 25th November—Dancify 1.30pm (frogs) 27th November—Dancify 1.30pm (bugs) 28th November—Kindy Concert now at kindy - Spring head school transition 29th November—Lobethal Primary School transition

December 4th December—Lobethal Lutheran School transition 6th December—Lobethal Primary School transition 9th December—Lobethal Lutheran School transition 13th December—Last day of term 4 2013

Please do NOT send egg

products, sesame seeds, nuts or

foods which contain nuts to

kindy as doing so may cause

life threatening reactions to

children

attending.

Please remember

that we are an......

Sessional

Kindergarten

$130 per term

Term 4 Kindy fees are now due, please endeavour to pay asap or see staff if you need to discuss payment.

FEES

News From the Directors Chair

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We have just experienced such amazing learning at kindy over the past few

weeks. We have enjoyed another outdoor kindy week and immersed ourselves

in all that the great outdoors had to offer. It was truly a wonderful week. The

weather was perfect…the brisk mornings were cold enough for a campfire and

as the weather warmed up, the activities changed accordingly. Water activities

and bubbles were enjoyed and a diverse and fancy menu was created and

cooked on the fire. We deepened our learning and understanding of our

book-based learning of the Wombat Stew story. The children all helped to retell

and re enact the story and make various versions of wombat stew on our camp-

fire (no wombats were hurt or cooked during this learning experience!) It was so

wonderful to see how relaxed and independent the children were throughout the

week. The distance travelled since their first outdoor kindy week in relation to

their interactions with each other and the environment has been truly incredible.

We could never have predicted just how rich and deep the learning was going to

be when we initially planned the concept of outdoor kindy week. The learning

experiences that have been provided by this experience for both, the children

and staff have surpassed our expectations and provided us with a whole new

perspective on the power and value of the outdoor learning environment. It’s

sad to think that this is the last outdoor kindy experience for our kindy kids. I’m

sure the memories and the learning that they have experienced will be with them

forever.

This is my last two weeks at kindy and we have so much happening. Our up and

coming kindy concert will be a great way to celebrate what has been a brilliant

year .Our concert will be lots of fun. We will share with you some of our

favourite songs and our dance moves and say farewell to all of our school

starters at our graduation. The concert will be a child focussed, low-key affair.

We look forward to also officially opening our memorial garden after the con-

cert. You should have received your invitation. If not, see staff. Our concert

will now be held at the kindy… We are going for a ”Kindy on the Green” type

of feel. Lots of fun, laughter and joy! We invite you to bring along a picnic tea

and drinks and a blanket to enjoy us reflect and celebrate what has been a bril-

liant year! Please be mindful of the fact that we will be performing outside on

the verandah. Please BYO picnic blanket or mat to sit and watch on the lawn.

There will be no chairs allowed on our new lawn. Chairs can be placed on the

tan bark surrounding the lawn area. Children are asked to wear their kindy T-

shirt and a tinsel halo around their head.

On a personal note, it has been such a fabulous year at Lobethal kindergarten.

We have thought outside the square, been innovative, played hard, laughed

harder and loved deeply. I feel so fortunate to have taught your children and

learnt from and with them. Our staff team have been exceptional. We have all

worked together so well and enjoyed every minute of our time together. It

saddens me deeply to think we all won’t be working together next year. Thank

you to all of the amazing parents on our Governing Council for their tireless

work and support and thanks to our parents for supporting your child’s learning

with enthusiasm and joy.

It has truly been a pleasure to learn, laugh and love at Lobethal kindergarten in

2013.

Lee

Thank you

This week we have many people to thank as part of our out door kindy.

Thank you to the following people— John Pingel—(Nic’s Dad) for very kindly drill-ing holes in many items Nic found for our mu-sic stations. Also thank you so much for the 4 tyres that have already been made use of over

and over again. Thank you again to the amazing Ali Moylan (Eddie’s mum) who spent the morning with us

along with her trusty camera taking some amazing photos.

Cindy Russell (Charlie Rose’s mum) who spent the whole day with us helping with many things

and supplying and helping the children cook potatoes, sweet potatoes and baked beans. All of

which were very popular. Melinda and Josh Martin (Laura’s mum and

brother) for coming in for the morning and set-ting up a cricket clinic for the children, they all

really enjoyed learning and playing with the bats and the balls, maybe a few future

champions there Melinda! Thank you for helping to make our last outdoor

kindy for the year a huge success. We also need to thank Jason Chandler for in-stalling our Totem pole which looks fantastic

and has pride of place at the start of the Claude walk. Also a big thank you to Coopers at Mt

Torrens who donated the concrete/cement and pole for the installation.

Fundraising News

Christmas Raffle Don’t forget to sell and return your raffle tickets by 27/11/13.

$1.00 per ticket.

Prizes are as follows:

1st prize—Bumpa Mat and waterproof mat

2nd prize—Soft fall play mat

3rd prize—Soft fall play mat

4th prize—Peppa Pig soft toy family and huge bag of magic

nuudles

All prizes are on display at kindy.

We also have a supply of waterproof mats here for the next

couple of weeks available for purchase with a large cut of the

sale going to kindy.

1.8x1.8m—$66 1.8x3m—$77 2.7x2.7m—$88

See staff if interested.

Wine Sale

Thank you to everyone who supported

our recent Wine Sale we hope you will

enjoy your Christmas cheer with the

knowledge that you have supported your

kindy.

Community News

Come along to our wonderful playgroup. Same great Playgroup, different venue!

When: Fridays 9-10.30am Where: Lobethal P.S Activity Room (OSHC Room)

Cost: $2 Per family (plus Playgroup SA membership fees) Bring along a Sun-Smart hat, a drink and a piece of fruit for your

child. Come along and have some fun!

Concert 2013

Where: Lobethal Kindergarten

When: Thursday the 28th of November.

Time: Arrive at 5.45pm for a 6.00pm concert start. This year’s concert will be very low key and will include

kindy graduations. Heidi from Dancify will also be helping the children to perform their new dances during the concert.

After the concert we would like you to join us for a picnic

tea. Please bring your own picnic and drinks to enjoy on our lawn area (please note this will not be a shared tea).

During the evening we will also be having an opening

ceremony for our new Memorial Garden which incorporates our Totem Pole and Boardwalk.

We predict that the evening will come to a close at

approx 7.30pm to 8.00pm.

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