Kornmehl
Terry Wizen – Director Kornmehl
Car Park Project
During the course of 2019, the Kornmehl Parent Club, headed up by Gail Stein, worked throughout the year to bring the Kornmehl car park to life.
At our first Parent Club meeting of the year, we discussed how the car park entrance is the first port of call for families and visitors and how this area does not reflect a happy, fun, child friendly place where young children spend their days learning together with their peers and Educators. We brainstormed ways to give the car park a face lift and make it more child friendly.
Gail Stein, presented some fabulous visuals for the whole staff team to look at and decide which represented our ethos, vision and values the most. Once done, we began collecting pre-loved items and objects that could be reused in this project. Many Kornmehl families helped us by donating items and materials they no longer needed.
First up, we completed the gumboot garden. It was a collaborative team effort from maintenance, parents and Educators. We all played a role from collecting and mounting the gumboots, to filling them with sand and planting the succulents inside. They looked fabulous and we were excited to continue…
Next came the sanding and painting of items to prepare them for installation. A group of dedicated parents painted in the morning after drop -off or in the afternoon before pick up. We also had a working bee on Sunday 8 September 2019. It was fun and we managed to accomplish a lot.
A big thank you must go to Colin from the maintenance team, who has helped us every step of the way to make sure we were able to install our sign posts safely, cement the post box and flagpole into the ground, erect and undercoat the wooden panels on the fence and much more.
The children were also involved in painting rocks to be used in installations around the entrance. This was first introduced as an activity for our annual Father’s Day Breakfast and then continued to be done as an activity outdoors during the day.
The children also helped to decorate our community library on Outdoor Classroom day in November. Each child made their mark of a handprint on the cupboard, bringing it to life!
The post box is proving to be popular, intriguing the children’s natural curiosity and desire to open it up and see if the postman has delivered any mail for us. To date we have received three amazing letters. One letter said -” have a great day.” another said “Dear Kornmehl Children, Shabbat Shalom and have a great weekend.” And the third one said, “Happy birthday Terry!” This is a very clever postman indeed.
We all wondered how the postman knows where to find our letterbox.
We wondered who the letters were from and we also said thank you to the postman.
We think there might be lots more letters appearing in our post box from now on….
Huge accolades must go to Gail Stein for all her hard work, time, energy, thought, planning and purchasing of cute installations. It’s like a treasure space waiting to be discovered by the children, teachers and parents. Each day when we come in something new has been added. The photos below speak for themselves and we are very grateful to Gail and her team of helpers for taking on this project and bringing the car park to life!
Go Seek Show
On Wednesday, we were entertained by Go Seek who performed an interactive musical adventure show filled with lots of singing, dancing and colourful costumes. The children enjoyed the concert very much.
WIZO Tzedakah Collection
On Friday, the Pre-school collected Tzedakah for WIZO – World International Zionist Organisation. This money is sent to Israel to help brighten the future for those in need. WIZO supports women, children, families and the elderly in communities across the country. For many years Mrs Rose Fekete has had a connection with the Pre-school through her work with WIZO. Sadly, Rose passed away just a few weeks ago, leaving a very big gap in the lives of all who were privileged to have known her. This year our WIZO collection was in honour of Rose and the incredible service she gave to the whole Jewish community for many many years. We miss her dearly.
Many thanks to all our Kornmehl families for their generous support of this worthwhile cause.
Concerts
The children from all three groups have begun preparing for our end of year concert. They are getting very excited to perform for their Mums and Dads. The Seashells, Starfish and Dolphin Concert and graduation will be held on Thursday 5 December 2019 at 5.30 pm in the Multi-Purpose Hall of Emanuel School. A light dinner and snacks will be served afterwards in the Pre-school. The concerts are for parents only. We look forward to sharing this special time with all our Kornmehl families. What a lovely way to end a beautiful year together.
Happy Birthday
We wish a very happy birthday to Julian Marshall (5) and Oliver Frank (4). We hope you had a special birthday.