Glenrowan Pre-School

Contacts: Karen Menichelli, phone 5766 2475 Wednesday and Friday;
Liz Long on mobile no. 0407 676 050 and home phone: 5766 2265

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Enrolments for 2011 are taken until the 30th of July 2010:

• Sessions for 2011 will be changing due to the transition to 15 hours of Pre-School by 2013:
It is a requirement of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development that all eligible children be offered
• 10.45 hours per week in 2011,
rising to 12.5 hours per week in 2012 and
finally to 15 hours in 2013.

• As staff hours are limited to 5.5 without a break, the Committee of Management for Glenrowan Pre-School has decided that the sessions for 2011 - all combined three and four year olds - will be as follows:

Tuesday	Wednesday	Friday
1.00 pm - 4.00 pm	9.00 am - 1.00 pm	9.00 am - 1.00 pm

Three year old positions will be offered on an age basis, from oldest to youngest.

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Parents who miss out on Three Year Old Pre-School could use
Glenrowan Occasional Care as an alternative.

Glenrowan Pre-School is part of the North East Regional Pre-school Association (NERPSA),
a Victorian government funded cluster management arrangement.

For further information on the Pre-school, visit the NERPSA website.

Parent participation is always encouraged at Glenrowan Pre-school and the skills of family members are used in the program.
As a follow up to the fun game the Crazy Chef, Shari cooked fried rice with the Pre-School children.

Glenrowan Multi-Purpose Centre,
Old Hume Highway,
Glenrowan VIC 3675

phone: 5766 2475

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	A Group of Fairies
photo and story: Cecilia Elysee
	For Dress-Up day the Glenrowan Pre-School in October 2009, the children were encouraged to come dressed as their favourite Story Character. The photo shows a group of fairies - all favourites! After a morning of activities, the fairies and other strorybook characters shared morning tea with their parents. ♣

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Roaming Reptiles

The Roaming Reptiles visited the pre-school group at Glenrowan Kinder recently and the children were shown many different species of reptiles, from Bearded Dragons to this Crocodile - via a long Carpet Python.

It was a "hands on experience" as seen here: Bridie patting the crocodile!
The children enjoyed the visiting reptiles and these are the things our fundraising is paying.

Such a great experience
for the kinder kids! ♣

photo:
Cecilia Elysee

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These photos show autumn activities at Glenrowan Pre-School: The children harvested tomatoes which they had grown in their own kitchen garden. Here is Seth putting tomatoes into the puree machine to make tomato puree. The tomato puree was then used with herbs to make pasta sauce.	Autumn Activities at Pre-School

The children ravenously ate the pasta meal, prepared by themselves with their pre-school grown tomatoes and fresh herbs.
Another autumn day was spent at the Glenrowan Hotel watching Mandy Miles cook hot chips in the kitchen. The children practised road safety as they walked from the Kinder to the Glenrowan Hotel. Afterwards they had their yummy hot chips in the park across the road and played at the playground before being picked up by their parents.
	The hot chips were kindly donated by the Glenrowan Hotel. ♣
photos: Cecilia Elysee

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