Carlin & Gazzard continues to win industry & franchise accolades Time to lock in 2024 kindergarten place

It’s that time of the year when enrolments open up

Looking to enrol your child in kindergarten in the Glenelg Shire next year? It’s time to start preparing their enrolment information.

Council managed Kindergartens across the Glenelg Shire will soon be accepting enrolments for 2024, with three- and four-year-old kindergarten programs officially open for enrolment from Monday 8 May through to Friday 2 June 2023.

Glenelg Shire Acting Children’s Services Manager Shelley Bourke encouraged families to start considering which centre would best suit their child’s learning needs.

“Kindergarten is a vital step in a child’s development journey. Encouraging a love of learning and developing strong social skills will assist children with their transition to primary school,” she said.

“Council offers both three-yearold and four-year-old programs at our early childhood education and care services right across the Glenelg Shire, including Dartmoor, Casterton, Heywood and Portland.” households to know kindergarten will not leave them out of pocket.”

“I remind families to mark the important Enrolment Period in their calendars and I look forward to welcoming many new and existing children to our kindergarten programs next year.”

Casterton

• Karreeta Peeneeyt Mara Portland Child and Family Complex based on target achievement and ranked in the Top 16 National Sales Achievement Award rankings for RAM based on the number of sales in 2022.

Enrolments can be completed online through the Glenelg Shire Council website.

Transformation Champion for the Retailer of the Year and runner up in the van category for the same honour, with Ben Collins snaring the Service Manager of the Year for both cars and vans.

The dealership has also made its mark in the Jeep and RAM Trucks franchise landscape with Chris Hann (pictured), who started with Carlin & Gazzard in 2016, recently securing some top awards.

Carlin & Gazzard was adjudged the Jeep Regional Dealer of the Year – an award judged by three sections of the dealership - sales, service and parts - looking at all three target achievement and customer satisfaction results.

“I started with Carlin and Gazzard in late 2016, starting as a used car sales consultant,” Chris said. “It was at the start of 2018 that I became Sales Manager of Jeep and then once the company took on RAM Trucks I became the sales manager of both our American brands, roles I still currently hold.”

Carlin and Gazzard took on the Jeep franchise in Mount Gambier late 2014 and the RAM Trucks franchise in April of 2019.

Dementia in the spotlight

Next month there is an opportunity to the community to attend a FREE dementia awareness session that will provide an introduction to dementia and changes to the brain, effects on behaviour and the impacts of changed behaviour. It will introduce problem solving models, including strategies to minimise and respond to changed behaviour.

You will gain knowledge in:

•Changed behaviours related to dementia

• Recognising triggers and contributing factors to behaviour change approaches to problem solving changed behaviours.

• Suitable for: Family carers and family members of people living with dementia.

• This session is not suitable for professionals employed in the health or aged care sectors.

Dementia Australia’s facilitators have specialist dementia knowledge, skills and experience. This session is delivered interactively, you will be encouraged to share your experiences alongside other participants giving you an opportunity to develop new support networks.

EVENT DETAILS:

June 8

10.30am to 12.30pm Portland Library

32 Bentinck Street, Portland 3305 https://bit.ly/3S2HgQg

“Our services also participate in the State Government’s free Kindergarten program, meaning your child can get the best start without any added financial stress. In the tough economic climate we know it will be reassuring for many

Three- and four-year-old Kindergarten Programs will be offered at the following services for 2024:

• Dartmoor Children’s Centre

• Heywood Kindergarten

• Jaycee Kindergarten

• Kalbarri Kindergarten

• Kathleen Millikan Centre,

For further information regarding 2024 Kindergarten Enrolments, please contact the Children’s Services team on 1300 453 635 or email enrolment@glenelg.vic.gov. au

TIME TO ENROL: Kalbarri Kinder Carly Durbidge, Clancy Fry & Lily Patterson