Newsletter No 10, 2018 OCTOBER

CENTRE INFORMATION:

We formally farewell Miss Trish during the first

week in October as she prepare for the arrival of

her baby daughter. We welcome Miss Amy who

will be replacing Miss Trish in the Busy Bees

room. Miss Justine will be on holidays for the

second week of October.

HALLOWEEN DISCO FRIDAY 26th

6:45 - 8:00 pm Tickets $5 Games, Music, Piñatas, slime eating

competitions and more. Tickets are $5.00 per

child. Adults are asked to bring a plate to share

on the night. This is a great night for the children

to dress up and for families to share a great night

together. Each year this night just gets better.

We hope to see all our families for our Special

Halloween Discos night. Parents are encouraged

to dress up for the night as part of the

celebrations.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN

2018 - 2019 SHARE YOUR IDEAS Our centre Quality Improvement Plan identifies

improvement goals that the centre will focus on

for 2018. As we begin to reflect on 2018 we ask

that families record any suggestions that they

may have for 2019 on the folders located in the

foyer. Daily conversations with staff and

suggested ideas form part of this document as

we prepare for 2019. We invite families to join

us at our Parent Forum on Friday 2nd

November between 4:15 - 5:15 to share ideas

over a light afternoon tea. Parents are welcome

to view this document and make comments and

suggestions at any time. We value feedback and

suggestions so that we can continue to create

positive learning environments for all children.

(NQA 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, & 7)

COUNTRY OF THE MONTH-

ITALY

We were lucky enough to have Natalie,

Emiliana mum donate an ice cream maker to the

centre. The children

along with the

educators were

excited to make a

wonderful batch of

very yummy lemon

sorbet which

originated from Italy.

The children loved

tasking the fresh

flavours made with

natural ingredients.

We thank Natalie foe

her donation and with

the warmer months

approaching we can't

wait to make a variety of fresh homemade ice

creams.

Celebrating

Italy must

include

Pizza. and

every room

delighted in

this culinary

experience.

The children

loved practising their chef's skills as they

created their own pizzas using a selection of

toppings including tomatoes, pineapple,

capsicum, cheese and mushrooms and chives

from our garden.

Healthy and delicious. For the Month of

October we will be celebrating and sharing

ideas about England. We invite families to share

stories, craft ideas and songs about England as

the children continue to travel the globe learning

about customs and traditions that are

representative of our Jumpstart community.

SEPTEMBER EVACUATION -

DRILLS FOR SAFETY.

Does your child know what to do at

your home?

Supporting

children's safety

requires children

to understand and

take part in

scheduled

emergency evacuation drills. Each month

educators and children take part in emergency

evacuation procedures to ensure that children

can exit the building in a safe manner where

their names are called and educators speak with

children in respect to procedures that will keep

them safe. We remind families that it is

important to speak with their children at home

so that they are

aware of exit

points in their

own homes in

case of an

emergency. (NQA1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)

DRUM SHOW 13th September

Helen presented a

dynamic drum

show to the

delights of all

children. First she

did a short private

show for the Baby

Bunyips, they all

got to play their

own drums as we

sang along with

some familiar nursery rhymes, she then moved

on to presenting a show to the Possums and

Bee’s. Helen showed the children how to sit on

the drum ‘like a pony’ as the used their hands to

play along with her and showed us a new dance

called the ‘mumbo jumbo’.

The children had lots of fun, laughing and

giggling to the tunes as they beat their drums in

unison.

TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY 19th

September

Celebrating Miss Justine's Birthday and Talk

like a Pirate Day meant that the

children had a fantastic day as

they ate ice cream, made pirate

hats and enjoyed a treasure

hunt in the sand pit courtesy of

Miss Gabi. Our Pirates enjoyed

finding their gold treasures and

pretending to be pirates as they sailed around

the world on their

own pirate ships shouting "Ahoy".

ROOM STIMULUS AREAS:

BUSY BEES:

1) Insects

2) Gardening

3) Time

4) Halloween

During the month of September, the Busy Bees

have been looking at our natural environment-

looking at how we can help caring for the

Gardens and plants. The Busy Bees will have

Gardening as a focus in October to help extend

on this interest.

During the month of October the children will

be exploring the different types of insects-

looking at their features and what makes them

an insect rather than a bug. The children will

take a close look at the stick insect seeing how

it changes in appearance.

SCHOOL READINESS FOCUS

LITERACY FOCUS. THE SOUNDS THAT

OUR LETTERS MAKE PHONICS:

Over the course of September, the children have

continued to develop their numeracy and

literacy skills throughout a series of group

activities. It is clear to see that the children have

a solid understanding of colour, number and

sounds. We are continuing to develop the

children’s

understanding of

addition and

subtraction and

have looked at

writing these out in

the correct format

with the correct

notation.

Coming to the end of the year we are focusing

highly on the school leavers self help skills.

Kindergarten holds high expectations for

children.

This is a good time to practise basic skills that

will help your child next year.

Your child should be able to • Recognise when they are hot and cold

being able to take their jacket on and off

by themselves.

• say their first name when asked

• answer simple commends

• Independently begin to form the letters

of their first name.

We encourage parents to take time with their

child in the home environment to develop these

skills.

Throughout the month of October we will be

focusing on the following concepts during the

school readiness program.

R, O , G

R as in Rabbit

O as In Octopus

G as in Goat

The Busy Bee’s will be looking at numbers 29

(twenty nine) to 31 (thirty one) during the month

of October to develop their number recognition

and counting skills.

Pre-Lit

Throughout September, children’s phonological

skills were supported through identifying

syllables and sounds in words. We focused on

letter recognition and formation in addition to

simple sentence writing.

During the Month of October we will be looking

at Duck in the Truck, The very itchy Bear, Annie

to the Rescue, Green eggs and Ham. We will be

looking at syllables and the different sounds that

make up a word.

Reading to your children builds foundations in

various areas. Make sure you read to your child

each day asking them questions about the story

having them be a part of the story.

BUSY BEES

NEWS

We have updated

the news list.

Please remember

that the news

basket and list is

located at the front of the Busy Bee room. Please

remember that news is a time for your children

to practise talking in front of their peers showing

an object close to them. Do NOT let your child

bring a toy on a day that is not their news day.

All items are to be placed in the news basket and

kept there. (NQA1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)

ELLA PROGRAM

Children in

the Busy

Bees room

have been

participating

in the ELLA program to support the

development of language. Children have been

involved in learning Chinese through an on line

computer based program.

Children are allocated set times after lunch and

are supported by teachers as they explore

Chinese language. The Busy Bees are certainly

enjoying tis experience and building their

cultural awareness and appreciation of diversity

within their community.

COMPANION BEARS BUSY BEES

& PLAYFUL POSSUMS

WAYNE WINCH TOMMY TENNIS

Wayne Winch will be visiting Pihu and

Karmel in October Wayne is looking forward

to visit your houses and seeing what

adventures you take him on.

Tommy Tennis will be visiting Ayaaz and

Aribah, he can’t wait for the adventures that

a wait. A REMINDER TO ALL FAMILIES

THAT THE COMPANION BEAR MUST

BE RETURNED AT THE END OF EACH

WEEK. (NQA 1,3, 5, 6, & 7)

PLAYFUL POSSUMS 1. Space

2. Shapes

3. Zoo

4. Halloween

5. Celebrations

Throughout the month of September the Playful

Possums enjoyed creating different types of

shakers and they then used these to learn all

about tempo and volume during lots of fun

music experiences. The children used paper

plates, plastic egg shells and bottles and filled

them with all different types of materials to

create different sounds. This was a lot of fun!

During the

month of

October the

children will

enjoy learning

all about

space, they

will take part

in dramatic play experiences using the projector

to pretend they are in outer space. They will also

use books, short videos and take part in many

arts, craft, drawing and writing experiences to

learn all about space.

Halloween will

see the Possums

busy

celebrating

throughout the

week of the

disco as they

prepare to

dance and dress up. The Possums really enjoy

these experiences so don’t forget to dress up and

get involved.

Literacy:

Pp as in Pig

Jj as in Jug

Numeracy:

17 and 18

Concept:

First and last names

BABY BUNYIPS:

1-2: Space

3-4: Halloween

5: Shapes

Throughout The month of September we had a

strong focus on positive social interactions

between the children. We provided many

different dramatic play experiences that

promoted social interactions with educator

involvement to encourage positive interactions.

The picnic

set and the

babies

were the

most

popular

dramatic

play

experiences. All of the children got involved

and showed a very caring side towards their

babies as they wrapped them in blankets, rocked

them to sleep and fed them their bottles. The

picnic set provided the opportunity for the

children to interact with one another, sharing

different foods and developing their language

skills as we named some healthy foods.

During the month of

October we will be focusing on space and

Halloween. We will do this through plenty of art

and craft experiences which are always a hit in

the Bunyips room. (NQA1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)

We will also include the use of technology as we

watch short videos of space before re-creating it

through crafts. We will also focus on shapes

through simple activities such as construction

activities and puzzles to get the children familiar

with different shapes. The Yarning bag will be

going home with Grace and Aarish.

FUNDAMEMTAL MOVEMENTS

Throughout the month of September, we

focused on the fundamental movement skill of

Stationary dribbling. The children learnt the

different components of stationary dribbling

such as bounce and catch the object or ball

before developing the complete skill. The

children developed this skill through different

activities such as bounce soft ball and catch the

ball in pair.

During the month of October, we will focus on

the fundamental movement skill of dribbling.

The children will first learn the basic

components of the skill before developing the

complete skill. Children will be demonstrated

by the educator to use their foot eye

coordination to dribble ball between their legs

and will be encourage participating in different

activities such as soccer, and hitting the ball to

the target. (NQA 1,2,3,4, 5, 6, &7)

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL

STATEMENT BUSY BEES

Parents of children commencing school in

209 will be provided with a parent form in

preparation for their child as they transition

to their formal schooling years. We ask that

families complete these and return these by

Monday 15th October

VISION EYE SCREENING 18th

October

To support

children

attending

kindergarten in

2019, the centre

will host free

vision testing for

all children who are 4 Years of age. All parents

have been provided with a permission slip to

complete and return by 12th October. No child

can have their vision tested with parental

consent

HEALTHY EATING A REMINDER

TO PARENTS

1 Piece of Fruit or a vegetable each

day

We remind all

families that each

child is to bring a

piece of fruit or

vegetable that is to

be placed in the

kitchen or the

Possum fridge so

that we can support the children with healthy

morning and afternoon tea platters. We ask

parents to be mindful of this contribution to

support each child health and nutrition

requirements

ST VINCENT DE Paul Hampers

DONATIONS by 23rd November

Each year JumpStart 4 Kids supports St

Vincent's DePaul in

donating food items for

Christmas. We would be

appreciative if each family

could donate a food item

that they would like to

consume at Christmas with their family. We

ask that expired items are not placed in

Baskets.

CHRISTMAS

RAFFLE

Each year we ask families

to donate toys for our

Christmas Raffle. We

would be appreciative if

all families could place

their toy donation in the foyer by Friday 9th

November so that we can organise our

Raffle prizes.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT:

Monday 3rdh

December - Blacktown

Workers Sports Club

at170 Reservoir Road,

Blacktown NSW 2148

6.30pm – 8.00pm

Phone (02) 8822 2444

Tickets must be

purchased by Friday 23rd November.

Family Tickets: (2 adults, 2 Children) include

a BBQ dinner and a present from Santa for

children attending the centre. All children

receive a lolly bag from Santa.

Family Ticket $ 45

Additional Adult Ticket $14

Additional Children Tickets $14

BUSY BEE GRADUATION

BUSY BEE

GRADUATION

Wednesday 12th December

6:45pm 7:00pm START.

Families will be receiving their

formal invitations to the Busy

Bees Graduation in October.

Families are welcome to invite extended

families members to this very special

evening. We ask that parents return the

attendance slip with the number of guests

attending for catering and seating

arrangements.

BOOKINGS CONFIRMATION 2019

Confirmation of continuing bookings will

need to be finalised by the end of October.

Please speak with John to confirm your

bookings and / or changes for 2019. This will

be displayed in the front foyer.

Events for October Transition to school statements commence in

consultation with families

15th Parents return Transition to school

statements Parent feedback forms

18th Vision Eye screening for all children 4

years and over Free

26th Halloween Disco 6:45pm - 8:00 pm

Tickets $5 per child

Events for November

2nd November Parent Forum

6th Nov Diwali

6th Melbourne Cup day

Reports across the centre compiled educator /

family meetings scheduled

Events for December

3rd December Centre Christmas Party 6:30 pm

Blacktown Sportsman Club

12th Graduation Busy Bees

21st Centre Closes for Christmas Break

Bunyips

Eden 2/10 & Ezekiel 20/10

Bees Rudransh 19/10

FINAL THOUGHT

Children have to be educated, but they also have to be left to

educate themselves. Supporting children to ask

questions and to use discovery to find their own solutions makes

them the very best learners.

JUMPSTART 4 KIDS

STAFF

ON SALE MONDAY 22nd October