Moving Up Day

Dear Parents,
Next Tuesday the 30th of November is Moving Up Day for ELC and Junior Primary students at PAC. All students who move to new classes in January 2011 have the opportunity to spend a morning in their new class. If your child is currently in Chapple room moving to Reception please do not forget to provide your child with a mid morning snack. If your Chapple child does not normally attend ELC on a Tuesday please feel free to meet us up and the Prep School office.
If your child is moving into Mead or Langley and does not normally attend on a Tuesday we would love to see both you and your child to join us for the morning. Please note that these mornings are not designed for staff to stand and speak with parents, instead, to get to know their new students in a safe and welcoming environment where children do not have to worry that their parent will leave them. If you have any questions or queries please save them for our Parent Information sessions on Wednesday the 1st.

*Parents of new children moving into Langley in 2011 will meet with Miss Jess Catt at 4.00pm in our Art Room
*Parents of Langley children moving into Mead in 2011 will meet with Mrs Emma McKenzie and Mrs Susan Lock at 3.15pm in the Mead Room
*Parents of Mead children moving into Chapple in 2011 will meet with Mrs Mel Bishop at 3.15pm in the Chapple Room
*Parents of Chapple Room children moving to Reception in 2011 will meet with Mrs Margot Leeson, Mrs Meg Burford and Mr Robert Adcock in the Reception Hub in the preparatory School at 3.15pm

Outstanding Library Books

Dear Parents,
The Preparatory Library has begun it’s annual stock take and, as such, borrowing from the Library has ceased (although you may still visit at any time). We are asking for all Library books to be returned as soon as possible. You can either pass them to Mrs Porter and she will place them in the return basket or you may post them through the return chute in the library. Some outstanding book slips have been placed in children’s pigeonholes, others will be placed by the end of this week.
Thankyou
Mel Bishop

Centre Christmas Celebration

Dear Parents,
We will hold a brief and informal Christmas celebration in our centre on Tuesday the 7th of December at 11.00am with a visit from Santa who will share gifts with the children from the staff. Due to the numbers of children, we will not be hosting a full Christmas Party. Children who do not normally attend on a Tuesday are welcome to join us from 11.00 to 12.00 with a supervising adult.
Thankyou
Mel

Chapple Graduation

Dear Parents of Chapple children,
You are invited to join us for a fun informal graduation ceremony to mark the end of your child’s time with us and their graduation from four year old kindergarten. What a special milestone to mark before they move through into the “big school”!
Please join us in the town square on December Thursday the 2nd at 11.00am.
Please note, this event is for families of Chapple room students only
Thankyou
ELC staff

Portfolios

Dear Parents,
Please feel free to borrow your child’s portfolio to share with them and reflect over during the Christmas break. They will be available to be borrowed from classrooms from December the 7th on.
Thankyou
Classroom Teachers

Preparation for Hot Weather

Dear Parents,
The hot weather has arrived, allowing us to get into the garden more regularly and strip off the layers to play with water. You can help us manage the change in weather by remembering to:

*Clearly name all the clothes your child wears to the ELC
*Ensure that you apply sun cream on your child’s face, legs and arms before they come to the *ELC in the morning (we reapply sun cream to all children before their afternoon outdoor play)
*Ensure that your child brings a hat to kindy everyday
*Bring a full water bottle to school with your child every day (we will refill them when your child empties it)
*Take your child’s water bottle home every night and wash it out

Thankyou
ELC staff

On the Scrounge

Dear Parents who are planning to have a spring clean or empty out the shed over the holidays!
We are on the look out for old wooden drawers from old chests of drawers or old bed side tables for a creative storage idea for our outdoor garden.
We are also looking for an old wooden outdoor setting that is more or less child sized (it’s doesn’t need to be in good condition, we would be happy to adopt a fixer-upper, but it does need to be wood or metal)
We are still taking any old terracotta pots or silver kitchen tools and pots.
Thanking you in anticipation
ELC Staff

At the Pageant

Last weekend Adelaide came out in force for the annual Christmas Pageant. Sophie and her family enjoyed the morning and managed to spot a familiar face!

Congratulations Miss Jess, what a wonderful Christmas Pixie you made!

Out of the Classrooms and Onto the Stage!

Thankyou to all who attended our annual Christmas Nativity in the Anzac Hall on Thursday morning. We would like to thank the Preparatory School boys who assisted us with seating and distribution of programs, and the PAC ancillary staff who assisted with the bookings and set up for our function. I would particularly like to express a huge thanks to all the ELC staff who put in an enormous amount of effort to assist the children to pull it together. Duane, our professional photographer photographed children in their costumes before the event and during the Nativity. He also took a few family photos in the Piper Pavilion. These photos will be available to be purchased on line in a week or two. Please watch the blog for further information regarding this. Thankyou again for coming to watch us sparkle and shine, we hope that it left you with fond memories.
ELC Staff

For Chapple Parents

Dear Chapple Parents,
Kate Baird will be absent from school for Week 7 (22nd - 26th November). Kate is conducting a PYP workshop in Hong Kong. Susan Lock and Emma McKenzie will share the week teaching in Chapple Room. This is wonderful for the children as many of them were in the Mead Room with them the previous year. The Chapple Room program will contine as per usual.

Best regards,
Mel and Jeanine

Little Bo Peep

Dear Parents of students who were sheep in our Nativity,
After the performance some sheep accidently left with their sheep ears still on. Can you please return any outstanding ears to your child’s classroom teacher.
Thanks
Mel Bishop

Working Bee Thankyou

Thankyou to Annette, Nicole, Karen, Akiko, Jaye, Karly and Eleni for helping us out in our art room working bee! What busy bee’s you must have been! We were sooooo grateful for your assistance.
A huge thanks!
ELC Staff

Building With Boxes

Dear Parents,
We are currently collecting junk materials for our making trolleys for the holiday program. If you have any cardboard boxes, egg cartons, cardboard tubes ready for the recycle bin we would love it if you could pass them our way for us to make beautiful creations with!
Thankyou
ELC Staff

Holiday Dates

Our school term ends on Dec 7th and this will be the last day that the teaching staff will be with their classes for the year. The ELC will remain open until Dec 23rd and then closed for 2 weeks. We will reopen on January 10th 2011.
If your child is leaving the ELC could you please give us the date that they will finish. Children moving on to school are welcome to stay with us until the start of school next year or can use the school's OSHC program if you prefer. (you must book with them separately)
Please let us know of any other dates that your child will be absent over this period asap so that we can make both staffing and catering arrangements in advance.
Children who are moving up to a new class will not do so until the beginning of Term 1 2011 (Feb 1st) when the Teaching staff return.

Jeanine

The Year Six Fair

Dear Parents of Edgerley and Chapple Room Children,
We will be attending the annual Year Six Fair on Friday the 26th of November. The fair is a community service project designed and run by Year Six students as part of their community service. Children participate in a round robin of fun carnival games (we particularly like the one where we get to throw wet sponges at the teachers!!!) using tokens that they receive after a gold coin donation. Please send a gold coin donation to ELC with your child on this day. All money raised will be presented to Wesley Mission by Year Six student representatives at their final assembly before the Christmas break.
Thankyou for helping Year Six support the Wesley Mission
Thankyou
Mel and Kate