Volume 29 Issue 5 28 Feb 2020 3 Adar 5780

Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl

Parent Cheese and Wine Social Evening

On Thursday night we shared a special evening with all our wonderful Kornmehl parents, who joined us for an interactive night of socialising, immersing ourselves in creative activities and learning about each group’s routines and program.

Parents and educators all enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate and it was also lovely to see parents meeting each other and having the chance to network and create connections. This building of relationships is at the forefront of our philosophy and ethos and we are extremely grateful to all those parents who came along to enjoy the evening.

Music at Kornmehl

Each week the children look forward to their music lesson. This year the children are enjoying music with Ms Liz Birrell, who visits us on a Thursday morning for a thirty minute interactive music lesson.

Ms Birrell uses the Orff method to teach music and, in Early Childhood, this is a method of teaching that engages the mind and body through a mixture of singing, dancing, acting and use of percussion instruments. The children have been learning about musical concepts through the use of instruments to demonstrate concepts such as low/high and loud and soft. The children have been listening and responding to music through dance. Throughout the year we will develop our music through the use of stories, puppets and dance. 

  • The Seashells are getting to know our hello/goodbye song and developing coordination on the body by keeping a beat.
  • The Starfish are understanding when to make sound and when to stop by using lyrical cues and responding to music we hear with our body.
  • The Dolphins are understanding when to make sound and when to stop as well as concepts such as slow/fast and quiet/loud and responding to music we hear with our body.

The lessons are fun and interactive, and we thank Liz for her enthusiasm and wonderful lessons.

Open Day

The Pre-school will be holding an Open day next week Wednesday 4 March 2020 for all prospective families who would like to visit our Pre-school to see what we offer, walk around our lovely classrooms, meet the Director and chat about our programs and philosophy. The morning will run from 9.30 am to 11.00 am. Please book in to attend the Open Day here.

Kornmehl Family Picnic

Our annual Family Picnic will take place on Sunday 1 March at 9.30 am. Each group will be meeting at Centennial Park in a different space. This is to facilitate parents being able to meet each other more easily, connect and get to know parents in their child’s group. Please bring along your bikes, food, picnic blankets, balls etc.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at this lovely social event.

Programs and documentation

It’s important for parents to know that the Educators spend time each week in a team meeting, where the program for the week is discussed and planned, taking into consideration the interests of the children and the group. The needs of individual children are also discussed, and much time is spent reflecting and reviewing goals for each child as well as group dynamics.

The program is available for all parents to view next to the lockers for each group. Please feel free to contribute ideas to our program by writing on the Parent Feedback section of the program or discussing it with the educators or by writing on the Parent Contribution form on top of the lockers. We value your input and collaboration into our program.

The Educators also have non-contact time off the floor each week. During this time, they write up observations and reflections and post these on Educa for parents to read and enjoy. Educators also use this time to plan goals for each child as well as to write up documentation and Day books to make learning visible for parents.

Educa

A reminder that Educa is our digital communication system. Educa can be accessed through your PC or your mobile device by downloading the “Educa touch” App. Notifications will be sent to parents when something has been posted about their child or there is something to read.

Please feel free to make comments on posts, send messages, stories and photos back to us using Educa about what your child has done on the weekend, or something they are interested in or have experienced currently.

We value collaboration between home and school and EDUCA is a perfect tool for helping us all stay connected and for keeping conversations flowing between home and Pre-school. A reminder that whatever you post can only be seen by your child’s Educators and no other families.

Happy Birthday

We wish a very happy birthday to Etta Pillemer (3) and Joel Lazarus (5).

We hope you both had a lovely day.