Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director Kornmehl

Kornmehl Concert

We had a beautiful evening on Thursday, as we gathered for our bumper end-of-the-year concert and dinner. Parents, children and teachers all enjoyed sharing this special time together. A time to reflect on the year gone by… a time to remember how the children have grown up, matured and developed in so many different ways…a time to have fun and share in the Kornmehl spirit!

Thank you to all our families for coming along and sharing this time together. We were very proud of the children and how they all performed on the night and we hope you were proud too.

Thank you to Anita Weinberger and Andrea Healy for helping with the preparations in the afternoon, to Ben Marshall for his help with the sound, lighting and audio-visual equipment and to the maintenance team for setting up the MPH for us. We appreciate all your help and support.

Kornmehl Family Picnic

We all gathered down at Centennial Park for our last Bush School Family Picnic last Friday morning. It was special to share in the delights and wonders of nature and to see how sacred this place is to the children. The children shared their acknowledgement to country with all our guests. Their wisdom and thoughts are deep and powerful and show how capable young children are. We all shared in a Bush School Shabbat, sang and danced together and ate challah too. What a wonderful morning. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came along to share in the fun.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to Halle Lambert (5), Jack Salamon (5), Cian Healy (4), Katya Sandy (5), Kirra Olian (4), Micaela Di Veroli (4), Sam McKenzie (5). We hope you all have a special birthday.

End of Year

It’s hard to believe we are actually at the end of the year. How time flies when you are having fun. What a busy and exciting year we have had. We’ve had so many beautiful and special moments and so much learning, and development of skills in all areas – socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually.

We have watched the children grow and mature and develop some wonderful relationships with both their peers and teachers. We know that the children are ready to take on new challenges next year, whether it’s going to Year K or moving up to be a Starfish or Dolphin. We look forward to 2020 and sharing another year together.

At this time of the year it is important to thank so many people who have contributed to the Pre-school in so many different and positive ways.

Firstly, to Morah Martine our amazing Hebrew teacher – a big thank you for your enthusiastic, interactive and fun Hebrew classes this year, the children loved seeing you and have learnt so much from you this year. Todah Rabah and have a happy holiday.

To our lovely music teacher Alex Hone – thank you for your patience and for teaching us so many wonderful songs this year. Sadly, we have to bid farewell to Alex, as he will be moving to Barker College next year. We wish him the best of luck in his new role. We have loved working with you these past two years.

To Esti Lipson for her calm and friendly manner in which she always completes any photocopy task so effortlessly and capably.

To Gail MacKenzie for her efficient and supportive enrolment process for the Pre-school.

To our Year Two buddies and their teachers – Mrs Esra and Mrs Strub, for coming down and reading to us each week.

To Ginnette Cameron-Gardner and all her staff from the Primary School library, for welcoming the Kornmehl children and families into the library. They have loved their visits each fortnight and we look forward to continuing with these visits next year.

Thank you to Tammy, Coach Al and Coach Carly from Playball for another incredible year. The children’s gross-motor and ball skills have improved so much and along the way they have had a lot of fun and learnt many other important skills such as following instructions and listening. We wish you all a happy holiday.

Many thanks to the maintenance team of Andrew Delany, Peter Cummins, Simon Hamilton, Colin Newport, Manny Diaz and Mark Schulsted for their ability to get every job done so quickly and always with a smile. We really appreciate everything you do for us at Kornmehl.

Our thanks must also go to the IT department, with a special mention to Nathanael Clarke and Ivan Salavyov for constantly running up and down the hill to make sure all out IT glitches are sorted out in good time. You all do an amazing job behind the scenes and we are very grateful for your expertise and support.

We must also thank Tom Hagl and his team from security – Max Kozmine, Aisea Kaufusi and Alexander Jovanovic who make sure we are kept safe and sound every single day. Many thanks for all your hard work during the year, it is very much appreciated.

I would also like to thank the marketing department – Michelle Favero and Belinda Levin – who have worked tirelessly the entire year with the Pre-school, supporting us through our beautiful 20^th anniversary celebrations, revamping our website and many other numerous behind the scenes jobs. Thank you to you both. It has been a pleasure to work with such an efficient and capable team.

Finally, a big thank you to all our amazing Kornmehl staff, who have worked with complete commitment and dedication throughout the year, to make 2019 such an amazing year of learning and discovery for all the children. Your expertise, knowledge and experience are valued by us all and a testament to the confident, happy and engaged children in the Pre-school.

We wish all our Dolphins and Starfish moving on to Year K next year much success and happiness as they embark on the next leg of their educational journey. We know you are all so ready and excited to go to “big school.” Please don’t forget to pop down to say hello to us next year. We will miss you all.

We wish all our Kornmehl families a peaceful, safe and restful holiday. The last day of Pre-school is Tuesday 10 December 2019.

We look forward to welcoming you all back on Thursday 30 January 2020.