Salisbury Snippets

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WINTER SNIPPETS ISSUE 2/4 | WINTER 2012

inside this issue | 02/4 | WINTER 2012

centre happenings

upcoming events

news from the office national quality standard update staff news budget 2012/2013 picture gallery

inc recent events busy bee wine & cheese night

news from the kitchen

meet our team

what’s cooking with monica

lisa chevon emma

general news

room news

on our bookshelf educational relationships update on asoka & collection pac corner

bumblebees dragonflies lady bugs

news from the office Hi Everyone and welcome to the winter edition of our Salisbury Snippets.

Well, the cold weather has started to settle in, and so have the colds and flu. Let’s hope we can all work together to keep everyone healthy.

National Quality Standard Update

The Education and Care Services National Regulations and Law have successfully been passed through both houses of Government and will hopefully now be implemented as of the 1st August 2012. All services in Western Australia will now work under these new regulations and law and this will mean that Western Australia will be in line with the rest of the Nation.

We have completed our Quality Improvement Plan for the Centre. The QIP is an ongoing process as there are always opportunities to improve and adapt our practices. This is available for parents to view, and if parents have any feedback that they would like to see within the service you are welcome to write down these suggestions and let the Lisa know your ideas.

Warm regards

Lisa Ewa &

on our bookshelf You may have noticed the books that are for sale in the foyer on the shelf? These books are for sale to all families.

Why not take advantage of the discounted offers that are provided to us by the bookclubs that kindly leave their books there for us to look at monthly.

If you would like to order any of these books you will need to write your name on the order form and mark which book/s you would like to purchase.

Then next to the EFTPOS machine there are book club slips, fill it out accordingly and place the money and the slip into the plastic money bag and pop it in the fees slot.

All money must be paid before the books are delivered or you will miss out.

The books are delivered to Lisa in the office and she will then distribute them to you. If you have any further queries see Lisa and she will be able to help you!

staff news I am pleased to say that we have not had any staffing changes to report. Everyone is very happy and content!

BIG congratulations to Disa who has successfully completed her Certificate III in Children’s Services. Disa will be staying on to cover two days per week at the centre on a Monday and Friday in the Bumblebees room for Silvana and Lisa’s day off. Great work Disa, we are very proud of you!

We also wish to congratulate Rachel who is undertaking further studies to upgrade her qualification to a Diploma in Children’s Services. This is a very big commitment to work full time and study as well. We are supporting and encouraging Rachel, as this will benefit our centre and your children in the long run.

educational relationships Currently at the service our Educators create learning environments that create a positive impact on enhancing children’s learning on a daily basis. Each Child’s learning is assessed and documented in a series of different recordings which is available for parents to comment, contribute and give further insight in what their children’s interests currently are.

Each learning journey that the children experience is kept in individual portfolios that are in each room, located in the red filing cabinets. You may look at these at any time and ask questions about your child’s development and contribute to their learning by adding ideas so the Educators can further extend your child’s interest and learning.

Please look out for the ‘Parent’s and Children’s Contribution to the Curriculum’ section in our curriculum journals for family input so please do not hesitate to write any suggestions and ideas down as your input is extremely valuable to us.

update on asoka We spoke to Asoka last week and she is still in good spirits. She was very overwhelmed with her birthday pressies and thanks everyone for their kind thoughts and well wishes.

extra days available chart I am sure most of you have seen the ‘Extra Days Available’ chart on my office window. I thought I would give you a quick rundown on how this works. When families are going to be away from the centre we have a system where you are able to advertise your days for sale to other families in your child’s room.

These days are advertised on my office window for other families to buy as a one off extra day/s for that week. If your day/s sells to another family I will credit your account and the other family will pay for the extra day they have bought. The extra day’s available chart is updated weekly and is displayed for the current week we are in. If you have any further queries just let me know.

budgets for 2012 /2013 We are now into the new financial year which means time for the new budget. There will be a new fee structure in place from Monday 23rd July 2012. The detail of the new fee structure is outlined below. The Child Care Benefit (CCB) has also increased from Monday 2nd July 2012, and this will hopefully ease any fee increase.

The City of Bayswater Child Care Association Inc. Management Committee meeting was held on Monday 9th July at the City of Bayswater offices. Draft budgets for the new financial year were presented and open for discussion. The budgets for all centres have been accepted.

The new fee structure is as follows: Daily Weekly 0-2’s $81 $405 2-3’s $81 $405 3-5’s $81 $405 With the acceptance of the new budget, we have planned a number of exciting improvements for the centre including a new shed in the Babies area, new furniture for the centre and new lawn in the Todds/ Kindy play area .

pac corner Busy Bee – The centre’s annual Busy Bee was held on Sunday 20th May. We had lots of jobs for the parents to do that included distributing new sand to the sandpits, painting the bike track and wooden poles in the Todds/Kindy play area, a general garden tidy up and a clear out of two garden beds. As we had such a great turn out of parents the morning was over and done with quite quickly! We would like to send out a BIG thank you to all the parents who turned up on the day. And also thanks to the parents who donated materials and provided morning tea for all the troops to get through the morning!

Wine and Cheese Meet and Greet Night – On Friday the 6th July we held our first ever Wine and Cheese, Meet and Greet Night for the parents. Thanks to all the parents who attended the evening and were able to enjoy all the lovely wine, champagne and beer supplied by De Vine cellars along with the yummy cheeses and warm food. It was great to see all the parents getting along so well and chatting to each other. Thanks again to everyone who attended.

fundraising levy Due to the professionalism and dedication that staff put into programming and supporting the needs of our children that $500 has been allocated to each room for new resources.

A BIG thank you goes out to all parents who have paid their voluntary contribution to the centre. Being a part of the PAC we feel it is our role to provide representation so that staff have the resources and tools they require to ensure these quality practices can continue long into the future.

what’s cooking ... with monica Monica has been busy preparing lots of yummy winter foods for everyone. It’s that time of year where nothing beats a nice, warm cooked meal for lunch!

Thank you to all the families bringing in fruit, it’s great to see different varieties brought in.

If parents would like to contribute any ideas or bring along favourite recipes for us to try, please see Monica. Any contributions are greatly appreciated.

upcoming events •

Friday 19th October – Centre’s Annual Family Night and AGM

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Tuesday 23rd October – Children’s Week excursion to the Keith Maine Centre, Whiteman’s Park (For the Kindy Children only)

recent events may

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea – Friday 11th May

june

Pyjama Day – Tuesday 26th June

july

Wine & Cheese, Meet & Greet Night – Friday 6th July Farm Yard on Wheel Incursion – Tuesday 10th July

august

photo day - Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th August

september

kindy room excursion to Scitech on Wednesday 5th September dress up day for Charlie was held on friday 14th September where we riased $385 for ‘Team Charlie’ in Muscular Dystrophy’s ‘Ride for a Reason’!

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PYJAMA DAY

Wine & Cheese Night

Wine & Cheese Night

FARM YARD WHEELS

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dragon flies I can’t believe that we are half way through another year.

We have been very busy in the dragonfly’s room we had a really nice display about ANZAC day and we endeavoured to explain a little about the Digger’s in the war and why they fought and why we celebrate ANZAC day. We had photos and made poppy wreaths and we stood near the display and listened to The Last Post on an I phone.

Then we had mother’s day and we had the children making cards and decorating calico bags.

We hope every “Mum” enjoyed their Day and will continue to use their “Gift” for many years to come.

The weather has been very kind to us until June and we were able to go outside to play most days.

Now the winter is upon us we will be spending more time inside and so we will be doing lots of inside activities.

We do have a T.V in our room but we try very hard not to use it very often.

In the room we have created a display with a map of the world and we would like you to bring postcards and or holiday photo’s to display with our map.

This display will be on the large pin board on the other side of the room Please take time to have a look at it.

If there is anything you would like to see included in the programme please let us know.

The programme is on the large pin board as you come into the room please take a look at what we do in a day.

There is a book about what we are up to also on the signing in and out table please feel to have a look.

While we are on the subject of signing in and out PLEASE PLEASE take the time to sign in and out each day as This document is important for your childcare fees.

Now that winter is here please make sure your child has warm clothing in case we go outside to play.We would like to say a big thank you to all the parents that helped in our Working bee and made our playground look great.

The children loved The new sand pit and are treating it like a “Swimming pool” so if you find heaps of sand in pockets and shoes that’s the reason why.

Thanks again everyone.

Diana and Chevon

bumblebees A big HELLO to all our families of the Bumblebee Room.

Over the last couple of months we have welcomed some new friends and families to the room and have farewelled our friends who have recently graduated to the Toddlers Room. We miss you all very much but we really enjoy your visits when you come in to say Hello.

As winter has come, we have been limited on our outdoor play, so we have been making most of our undercover veranda spaces and bringing equipment indoors. The children have been very busy actively exploring the environment using their senses, a big favourite this month has been the tactile basket, the children spend a lot of time investigating and experimenting with all the different textures.

Your creative children have also been very artistic and expressive, they have designed some wonderful masterpieces using paints, glue and collage materials. I think we have some Picassos in the making!

A big Thankyou to our families who have contributed a family photo for our family tree, it is looking great! And a friendly reminder goes out to those who have yet to bring one in. The children really enjoy looking at the photos and identifying their favourite family members.

We would like to extend an invitation to all our families to come in and view our learning curriculum and welcome your valuable input and feedback.

That’s all for now Love Lisa, Rachel, Silvana and Disa

lady bugs The ladybugs room have enjoyed some wonderful events this term. We discovered some exciting insects when we had a Spineless creatures incursion. We thoroughly enjoyed putting our cooking skills to practice, being hard at work to make cupcakes for our very special mums. We were all very excited when we saw the wonderful turnout for our mother’s day high tea. We were all so happy to see you and celebrate your special day. The afternoon was a great success and we loved seeing the children’s pride when presenting their creations to their loved ones.

We had a pyjama day and would like to thank all the children who participated. We all had so much fun and thought it quite funny and strange seeing all our teachers in their pyjamas too. We also celebrated red nose day, and enjoyed painting our noses red like Rudolf. We thank all those who supported this very important cause and encourage everyone to please donate.

We would like to thank all the parents and families who helped on the busy bee. We were very excited to see the new, bright and colourful playground. While we haven’t been able to enjoy it so much lately, with the bad weather, we have enjoyed and were very interested in watching our new sandpit being built. Unfortunately with the cold weather comes a lot of colds and runny noses. Whilst we keep warm and cosy inside, we also like to get some fresh air outside, when the weather allows us. So we ask that the children have some extra clothing for outdoors, a nice warm jumper/jacket and shoes and socks. Please ensure all items are labelled with their name as it sometimes gets hard to remember what item belongs to who, at this age the children don’t always remember either. We also require each child to still wear a hat outside and do request that they have one that is left at the centre.

We have had some great success with toilet training and congratulate the children who have just recently mastered it. With a lot of family’s jet setting lately, we have been looking at countries together and discussing their cultures. Monika our lovely cook has also been kind enough to introduce some wonderful traditional meals into the menus for the weeks to come. If any of our families would also like to be involved, we would love you to share your skills in cooking some multicultural dishes or playing some traditional music. We also love hearing about your wonderful experiences away.

To encourage more discussion with the children and to develop empathy and memory recognition, we have introduced a new class pet- Lottie the lamb. (Please don’t be alarmed she’s a toy) The children will take turns to take her home for a sleepover and are encouraged to look after her. When they

bring her back they can share all of the things they got up to together.

Our curriculums are all about the children’s interest and families sharing experiences, bringing the children home experiences and routines, into daycare experiences and routines. We love and need your feedback on our curriculums in order for us to make improvements and ensure we are of a high quality.

Please feel free to write comments in the curriculum journal (large book).

Love Emma, Brooke, Sheila & Marie

staff profiles

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Recently we asked our staff to partake in the giving forth of information .. possibly with items that you don’t know about the carers who take loving care of your prescious ones.

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How long have you worked at the centre for?

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What’s your favourite meal that Asoka & Monica make?

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What’s the most rewarding part of your job?

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What hobbies do you enjoy?

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What’s your favourite TV show?

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What’s your favourite movie?

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What’s the funniest thing a child has said to you?

Turn over to view their answers.

Introducing emma • 5 years • pumpkin scones & Monika’s pizza • Watching the children grow & experience new things. And all the cuddles!

• Dancing, shopping, going to movies, catching up with friends.

• Revenge, Packed to the Rafters • Harry Potter • “Do you have a horse at home” ... “In mummy’s tummy!” child responds

Introducing Lisa • 6 years • Asoka’s chicken & sweet corn soup & Monica’s home made pizza’s • Watching the children grow and develop over time and seeing their smiling faces every morning.

• Playing hockey, boxing and spending time with friends and family • Packed to the Rafters, Winners & Losers, Teh Real housweives of Beverley Hills & OC, Keeping up with the Kardashians.

• Dirty Dancing & Ghost

Introducing Chevon • 4 years • chicken and sweetcorn soup, blueberry & blueberry cupcakes • Being able to support children to reach developmental milestones & the sound of children’s laughter • Reading, travelling going to concerts • Winners & Losers, My Kitchen Rules ,Packed to the Rafters, Revenge • Recently a child told me that her newborn sister looked like a roast chicken • Saw series