Thurs ay Fri ay -lass" Fiona is the facilitator of the Thurs ay Fri ay -lass an Mel an -hris are .ssistants.

The ol er chil ren are helpin! the youn!er chil ren to settle. 5lliot the pi! has visite < chic%s an uc%lin!s are on the way. Newsletter 24.2.14 Welcome to 2014 everyone. Welcome everyone to your 2014 experience at Tamworth Montessori Preschool. For some of you it will be a return year. For others a new opportunity for your chil an your family. For all of us it is as !oo as the effort we put it" it is truly a parent#run Preschool. $oar of Mana!ement We have a %een $oar of Mana!ement who have alrea y met this year an who have alrea y ma e important ecisions re Fees& 'overnance issues& maintenance of the buil in! an ecisions which will impact the future of the Preschool. (ur $oar for 201) * 2014" +amela ,enry& -hris Walsh& .n rew 'arratt Welcome" Wayne -ottrell& Martin /efmann& 0arlie 1cott 23F" The 2ational 3uality Framewor% is the new structure Fe eral 'overnment uses to buil better 4uality in .ustralian 5arly -hil hoo . (ur centre was reviewe a!ainst the 23F in 2ovember an a result is ue this wee%. Website" we hope you en6oy usin! the website. We expect that it will be a !reat source of information for our families an we welcome your fee bac%. 7t will reach to the wi er community as well. Please note the web#site Policy. .s a parent of the Preschool& you are !iven the passwor an can view all on the website. Families can subscribe to the blo! fee via the 811 Fee button an with the appropriate fee rea er. Please let me %now if anyone has ifficulties with this. (ther ways to %eep up to ate" always rea the notes on the si!n#in table an the entry oors. 9imme iately relevant:current information; Mon ay Tues ay We nes ay =ay -lass 8os is the facilitator of the Three =ay -lass with /eeann as .ssistant. (riane& Wen y or -hris will wor% with the chil ren as well e ! this wee% when /eeann is away. The chil ren have been playin! 9the fee er s%ills of; cric%et an love it. They %eep out of the way so each person can hit< they wait their turn< they place the bat carefully for the next player. .ll our -hil ren" . number of !ames raise the chil ren>s awareness of helpin! each other. We are learnin! about how to help new chil ren feel welcome an how to help youn!er chil ren settle. We are buil in! the value of inclusion. Two thin!s that parents may notice at present" the chil ren are establishin! a 4uiet wor%in! tone in the learnin! environment 9all about learnin! to choose an be!innin! to learn to concentrate uninterrupte # a feature of Montessori e ucation;< the chil ren are learnin! what they o on arrival * e ! puttin! fruit& lunch etc in a esi!nate place an oin! this in epen ently. This is a etaile routine. $e aware of 4uiet arrivals an pic%#ups" the chil ren may be 6ust finishin! a 4uiet& relaxe time when you arrive in the afternoon. 7 have spo%en to some parents about this recently an will alert the parents to some rea in! on this.9si!n#in table; 1taff continue to wor% over the holi ays amon! other 6obs& nailin! .ssessment Tas%s. 1taff offer our families hi!hly s%ille & in ivi ual wor% practices. We see some of these in action every ay. 8ecent -ourse#wor% successfully complete " -hris& -ertificate 111 in -hil ren>s 1ervices& (riane an /eeann& =iploma in -hil ren>s 1ervices& Wen y& Fiona an (riane the -ert 1? @nit of -ompetency in -hil Protection # all have shown e icate

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commitment alon!si e several pressures over recent months. 1ustainability 1trate!y" 0arlie 1cott is !atherin! some base line ata to assess Preschool functions at present. We are enterin! an au it sta!e of the strate!y. 1ome families have expresse an interest in the sustainability strate!y an we>ll %eep you up ate . parent. 2ewsletter an /in%s. 1creen Time" 7n .u!ust last year& we surveye our parents re use of screen time for our chil ren. 8efer to the last 2ewsletter 9chec% the website; for recently publishe 1trate!ies for screen time. Practical Points we as% you to %eep in min " Pop -ulture -lothes" we as% that chil ren wear plain shirts& not pop culture shirts. 1pea% to the Teachin! 1taff if you are unclear about this. 2ee e " some cloths for walls in cubbies * e ! ma e with the climbin! frame fence. We have a newly onate cloth * heavier wei!ht than a sheet is nee e but li!ht enou!h for 1taff to carry:fol . 9heavy be sprea s are not user frien ly; 1houl ers must be covere for sun protection * e ! t#shirts& not sin!let tops. .s with a focus on healthy eatin!& we have a focus on bein! sun safe. Parents helpin!" $e aware that the Preschool nee s your help to be effective. . rou!h count is 12 families oin! 6obs at present 9or 6ust finishe ;. This Preschool is set up so that parents are part of the wor%in! mo el" commit to the on!oin! /evy payment 9ABC per Term; or you commit to wor% in %in . .ll families pay the /evy when first enrollin!. Dobs we nee one" woo en bloc%s nee to be u! into the front !ar en 9we have the bloc%s; a wall painte 9prepare first; the mower tune up a she roof cleane of leaves
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The current exhibition at the .rt 'allery is the travellin! .rchibal 5xhibition.This is well worth a visit. http"::www.tamworthre!ional!allery.com. au:exhibitions.php

The child can develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experiences work. M.Montessori

Dobs 6ust one" many than%s 2ew air#con itionin! uctin! 9ceilin!;. =a Pablo& his family an his team have ma e a massive contribution to our -ommunity Preschool. Mowin! has 6ust been one by -hris 8ichar son. Wee in! by 1cott an Wa%efor families. Plumbin! maintenance # Dustin Woo s an 8ichar Mc7nnes

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