Term 4 Newsletter #1

Kia ora tatou

Welcome back everyone. Hope you enjoyed your holidays. We certainly needed to re-charge our batteries after a term plagued with illness! We are looking forward to some exciting learning this term and of course this will be made all the merrier with the warmer weather.

TERM DATES
- Morning- Monday 8 Oct- Friday 21 Dec (8:30am-12.30pm)

Afternoon- Tuesday 9 Oct- Thursday 20 Dec (1:15pm-3:15pm)

SUNHATS, SUN SCREEN & CHANGES of CLOTHES
- Please ensure your child has: a sun hat, sun block on, and a change of clothing EVERY DAY. We are back into water play now the weather is warmer. Please name these items plus the child’s bag so we can get clothes out for children if necessary.

ENROLMENTS
-We are currently taking enrolments. If you know of anyone with children aged 3-4 years please encourage them to pay us a visit. We offer the government 20 free hours for 3-4 year olds.

MOBILE NUMBER & E-MAIL ADDRESS
- Our mobile phone number is: 027 7155512
Please load this number into your mobile phones in case of an emergency or if you wish to leave us a message or send a text. We have several parents already using the mobile to let us know about their child’s absence.

If you wish to e-mail us our address is: grasslands@kindergarten.org.nz

FRUIT
- Please remember to bring three pieces of fruit to put in the fruit basket/bowl for shared kai times. And remember we promote healthy kai in lunch boxes.

STUDENT
-We have Nadine Davis joining us from 23 October-14 November. Nadine is a first year student from Waikato University.

BLOG SITE
-We have now set up a blog site for Grasslands Kindergarten. This can be viewed by invite only so please let us know your e-mail address so you can be invited on to the site. Many of you have already done this so you should be receiving your invite soon. We envisage that this may be a way to showcase your child’s learning to family overseas too. We are very excited about the opportunity to show you what the children are learning at kindergarten. Parents who do not have access to internet may view the site at kindergarten.

BRENDA'S HOURS
- Brenda is extending her hours on Wednesday so she will be here until 2:30pm. We are thrilled with this as not only will Brenda be supporting us in our role but the afternoon children will get to spent time with her.



Here’s to a great 4th term!