N EW SLETTERSKYLIN E H IGH

I hope everyone had a lovely holidays. I can't believe how quickly the year is going!

Over the holidays we had a productive working bee. We had lovely weather this time and managed to do a general tidy-up of the Kinder. A big thanks to all the committee members and Eastmont families who attended the working bee for all your hard work.

Additionally, we want to thank Richard Foster (a 4 year old parent) who, over the holidays, removed a diseased and dying tree near the front of the Kinder for us.

Hopefully you will have noticed a few changes around the Kinder. We are currently upgrading and refurbishing our slides. I?m sure all the children will enjoy trying them both out once it is all complete!

We have also updated our front sign to reflect Eastmont celebrating 50 years this year. You will see this logo appearing on our newsletter, Facebook page and flyers about the event.

We have purchased a new iPad for the staff to use for things like working on the children's portfolios and creating stories with the children.

There have been a couple of staff changes. Melissa Crozier has finished teaching the Possum Group on Fridays. We thank her for her teaching work with the children, her enthusiasm and dedication to Eastmont Pre-School. Melissa will now be around on Wednesdays to help with the staffing lunch cover.

We have also hired a new 4 year old Teacher, Jessica Jones. She will be teaching the Possums on Fridays and we look forward to working with her. Please make her feel very welcome.

Looking forward to a productive Term 3!

ThanksCassie

PRESIDENT'S REPORT KEY DATES

CELEBRATI NG 50 YEARS

32 FRANK STREET, Vermont

Tuesday 24th July: Koala Group Speech Therapist Session

Friday 27th July: Possum Group Lit t le Smiles Dental Visit

Monday 30th July: Koala Group Lit t le Smiles Dental Visit

1st? 30th August : Tea Towels/Aprons (view sample mid Aug, order form due end of Aug)

Friday 3rd August : Possum Group Speech Therapist Session

Tuesday 7th August : Koala Group Woodworkers Session

Wednesday 8th August : Possum Group Woodworkers Session

2019 Group Select ions3 year old groups were emailed on 23/07/20184 year old offers were emailed on 23/07/2018

Wait listed families were also emailed.Please check your emails and let us know at

enrolment3yo@eastmont.org.au or enrolment4yo@eastmont.org.au if you have not

received an email.

OUR TEACHERS

Sonya Skok - Teacher, 4 year old

Helen Butcher - Educator, 4 year old

Moira Doolan - Educator, 4 year old

Sue Eddy - Teacher, 3 year old, Educator 4 year old

Anita Li - 3yo & 4yo Educator on Mondays

Jessica Jones - Possum Teacher on Fridays

Nithi Ranjan - 3yo Educator on Tues and Thurs

Melissa Crozier - Luncht ime

N EW SLETTERSKYLIN E H IGH

4 YEAR OLD REPORT 3 YEAR OLD REPORT

For the next three weeks we are host ing two pre-service teachers from Monash University, Lena and Li. Catherine, from Vermont Secondary College will be attending as part of her work experience program for the first 5 Tuesdays of this term. Jessica Jones will be start ing as the 4yo teacher on Fridays and will be working alongside Moira and Helen. Please say hello to them all and make them feel welcome.

It has been a good start to our Waste Free Challenge on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only a couple of wrappers! Any wrappers that do come to kinder are being recycled via the RedCycle program. We are also cont inuing to recycle the children's food scraps from lunch boxes via our worm farm and compost bins. We have also been awarded a grant through Bendigo Bank to go towards purchasing a new worm farm, construct ing new garden beds and plant ing more vegetables. Thank you to Claudine Foster, Callan's mum, for putt ing in so much work with our grant applicat ions.

This week the children have been using paper plates to paint on; paint ing faces and patterns and mixing colours. They have also been doing sponge paint ing. These learning experiences were suggested by some of the children during our ideas meetings. Many children have also been pract icing tracing the let ters of their names and the rest of the alphabet on laminated sheets that they wiped clean with a damp sponge. The children have all been drawing their families and added bright ly coloured food dye, some have chosen to display their work at kinder and some have their their work home.

Reminder; families are welcome to join us for the last half hour of the session each Wednesday and Thursday to enjoy Story Time at Eastmont with us. We look forward to seeing you.

Thank you to all the parents who came to the working bee last Sunday and t idied up the outside area for start of term.

If you would like your child's teeth checked and/or to take advantage of the low-cost speech assessments, please return the forms by the due dates. If you have any quest ions speak to Sonya, Moira or Sue.

Sonya SkokDirector

Term 3 has started well and the children seemed very eager and excited to be back at kinder. It has been great to hear about some of the experiences and activities that the children had during the term break.

Thank you to the families who came to the working bee to tidy up and prepare the kinder for the start of the term.

We now have two teddy bears that the children will be able to take for a home visit. The children helped to name the bears Cuddles and Rolley Polley. Every child will have a turn to take a teddy home during term 3 and term 4. Two very excited children each took one teddy home this week and when they bring the teddy back, after the weekend, they will have an opportunity to share their adventures with the group. These home visits help to build the kinder/home connection.

This week the children have been finding and picking up small plastic insects that are hiding amongst shredded paper using tweezers. The children have been building with the life sized foam bricks and because these bricks are soft they can build as high as they like! Playdough, as always, has been popular along with painting, puzzles, pasting, block building and imaginative play in the home corner.

Thank you to the families that have returned the notice regarding goals for the children. The comments and information that you provide helps with future planning.

Parent/teaching sharing sessions will be held later in term 3, but if you have any matters that you would like to discuss please let me know so we can arrange a suitable time to talk.

Sue Eddy

Excitement is building for the 50th Anniversary Celebrat ion to be held on Saturday 15th September from 11-2pm.

Our celebrat ion will include a bbq, burying a t ime capsule, raffle, act ivit ies for the kids and of course birthday cake!

If you or anyone you know went to Eastmont and have any photos or stories you would like to share for this occasion, please email 50years@eastmont.org.au.

We are also putt ing a call out to any parents of current Eastmont students who have an Educat ional Business or Service which they would like promote via a stall at the anniversary celebrat ions.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email 50years@eastmont.org.au

We look forward to celebrat ing with you soon!

SOCIAL/FUNDRAISING

All of the events we run at Eastmont are only possible through the hard work of volunteers. We would love to see some new faces helping out! Events we have coming up later in the year are:

- 50th Anniversary Celebrat ion - Sat 15 September

- Bunnings BBQ - Sat 13 October- Christmas Party - Sat 24 November

If you can help out in any way with these events, whether it is in the planning stages or helping out on the day please contact Natalie at fundraising@eastmont.org.au

EASTMONT UNIFORM

It 's great to see so many children wearing our Eastmont uniform.

We are start ing to build a collect ion of pre-loved Eastmont uniforms. All items will be $5. We would love you to donate any items that we can resell and all proceeds will go towards our 2018 fundraising.

If you wish to purchase or donate pre-loved uniforms, please contact uniforms@eastmont.org.au

EASTMONT IS TURNING 50!

Siblings

(younger and older)

are welcome to join us for STORY TIME each week

Wednesday3:30pm ? 4pm

Thursday3:45 ? 4:15pm

STORY TIME

SHOP AND SUPPORT EASTMONT

WELCOME BBQ

A HUGE thank you to

everyone that helped make

our BBQ a great success!

Aishwarya, Anne, Ash,

Ashwin, Cassie, Claudine,

Ellen, Jawad, Michelle, Penny,

RIchard, Sarah, Simon, Stuart

A big thank you to everyone

else that helped out who we

may have missed.

SOCIAL/FUNDRAISING

If you are interested in joining the

Social/Fundaraising committee this

year or would like to help out with

future events, please contact

Natalie:

fundraising@eastmont.org.au

Don't forget - shop at Bakers Delight , Brent ford Square, let them know you are from Eastmont and as part of their Dough Raiser Program they will give a percentage of your purchase back to the kinder.

Open a new account or a loan or switch your home loan or insurance policies over to Bendigo Bank Want irna Mall and mention Eastmont and they will donate money back to the kinder.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALLERGY ALERT

There are children attending Eastmont Pre-School this year that have allergies to peanuts. Please do not bring peanut butter to kinder.

To minimise the transfer of allergens from home please ensure your child washes their hands at home before they come to kinder.

BUILDER NEEDED

We are looking for a small building company (or builder) with a commercial license to assist us with the construct ion of a future project. For more details please email Cassie at president@eastmont.org.au

PARKING RESTRICTIONS

There are parking restrict ions on one side of Frank St (the far side of the street to the pre-school). For the safety of the families doing pick up and drop off, please obey the signs and do not park on the far side of the road between 8:30 - 9:30am and 3:00-4:00pm. Thanks.

We have begun using Who Gives A Crap 100% recycled toilet paper. The company donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets for those in need of developing countries http://au.whogivesacrap.org/

And they deliver to your home for free!

CORPORATE GRANTS

At Eastmont we regularly seek out community, local council and government grants in order to enhance the facilit ies and experience of our kinder children and their families.

If any of our families have somebody employed in an organisation that offers community grants or sponsorship programs through staff members, you could help us secure valuable funding for the kinder! We know of the following companies that offer grants for staff with an interest in community organisations:

- Telstra - RACV - NAB - ANZ

- Commbank - Suncorp - Bendigo Bank

If you work for one of these companies, or are in a position to introduce us to your business funding teams/partnership managers please let us know at: grantspolicyohs@eastmont.org.au

Thank you to Momentum Energy and Landcare Australia for

awarding us a community grant to complete our very excit ing Water

Wise Project for 2018

Thanks to the Want irna Community Bank® branch of Bendigo Bank for sponsoring our new veggie garden and worm farm, so watch this space for

excit ing photos of our gardening project this term.

Congratulat ions to Bendigo Bank who have just been voted the 3rd most trusted brand in Australia!

2018 MANAGEMENT

COMMITTEE

Director - Sonya Skokeastmont.kin@kindergarten.vic.gov.au

President - Cassie president@eastmont.org.au

Vice President - Ellen vicepresident@eastmont.org.au

Treasurer - Kath t reasurer@eastmont.org.au

Secretary - Melissa secreatary@eastmont.org.au

Minutes Secretary - Michelle minutessecretary@eastmont.org.au

Enrolment Officer (3yo) - Penny enrolment3yo@eastmont.org.au

Enrolment Officer (4yo) - Caroleenrolment4yo@eastmont.org.au

Grants/Policy/OHS - Claudine grantspolicyohs@eastmont.org.au

Projects/Maintenance - Ash & Jawad

projects@eastmont.org.au

Communicat ions Officer - Candice communicat ions@eastmont.org.au

Administ rat ive Officer - Lynet te Ellisadmin@eastmont.org.au

Social/Fundraising Coordinator - Natalie

fundraising@eastmont.org.au

EASTMONT PRE-SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY

At Eastmont Pre-School we offer a play-based, child centred-curriculum that is

guided by the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the

Early Years Learning Framework. We aim to create a warm, caring, inclusive

environment where children of all abilit ies feel relaxed, supported and happy and

are able to explore, discover, imagine and create.

- We promote respect and care for other children, adults and all living

creatures as well as an appreciat ion of nature and respect for the

environment.

- We respect individual differences and foster an environment in which

each child and educator is supported and valued for the unique strengths

and interests that they bring to the group.

- We provide opportunit ies that encourage and develop, self-esteem, a

posit ive self-image and communicat ion and independence skills.

- We recognise that families are a child?s first and most important educators

and seek to work in collaborat ive partnerships with them to ensure the

best outcome for all children. We welcome and encourage family

involvement in all aspects of our service.

- We value cultural diversity and acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander people are the tradit ional owners of the land and the

original inhabitants of Australia.

- We recognise that Eastmont Pre-School is part of our local community

and value opportunit ies to contribute to that community.

- We cont inually strive to improve the quality of our service.

Make sure you are following us on our new Facebook page (search for

@eastmontpreschoolvermont). Some people have liked our old page (with 2017 and older posts) so make sure you Like/Follow our new page with our

excit ing 2018 posts!

EASTMONT FACEBOOK PAGE

@EASTMONTPRESCHOOLVERMONT

Eastmont Pre-School Skool bag App

Get Specific Updates for our different Kinder Groups

We will now be putt ing updates for our different groups on our app so subscribe to a group so you

don't miss out on anything!

S a t u r d a y  

50th Anniversary Celebration

Sausage sizzle

(gold coin donation)

Alcohol freeevent

Free Entry

Face painting

Temporary tattoos

Jumping Castle

Raffle ticketsfor sale withgreat prizes

Time capsule burial

Performanceby currentstudents at

1pmCoffee Van

Giant Birthday Cake

32 Frank St, Vermont

Eastmont Pre-School invites past, present

and future families to its....

15th September

11am-2pm