Welcome!
Firstly I would like to extend some warm wishes to you all as this is our final Newsletter for 2019! From everyone at Jellybeans we would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a bright and refreshing New Year! 2019 has brought some wonderful new memories for Jellybeans and we hope 2020 will be bigger and better. For those of you that are going away over the festive season, enjoy your time away but most importantly keep yourselves safe. Don't forget the Centre is closed for the Public Holidays - Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. On Christmas Eve we will be closing the Centre at 6pm.
As the festive season sees a decrease in enrollments with children either leaving for Prep or taking extended holidays our Educators will be taking some well deserved time off. We have tried to ensure we have the continuity of care that we pride ourselves on with only one Educator from each room being away at one particular time. The top end of the Centre will more than likely combine daily due to the number of children we have booked in. If you have any concerns please feel free to come and have a chat.
To the Educators that work with me on a daily basis, I would like to extend a huge thank you to you all for the wonderful support you offer on a daily basis. Jellybeans would not be the place it is without each and everyone of you! You all bring something unique to the Centre! Keep up the great work. Congratulations to the Pre-School Educators for the magnificent job you did with the Pre-School Graduation, without you guys this event would not be what it is. The feedback from the families ha been wonderful, a credit to you all!
To Miss Margaret words can not express the gratitude I have for you! Over the years you have been the rock that has assisted with the daily running of Jellybeans. Who knows what I will do when you decide to take the leap of faith and finally retire, I don't suppose you have a clone somewhere! Anyway thanks for being the wonderful person you are and keeping me grounded especially over the past few months!
So from me to you......Merry Christmas and Have a safe and wonderful New Year!
Cheers
Cindy xxxx
Farewell Miss Lucia!
It is with great sadness that I must inform you that Miss Lucia will finish up with Jellybeans this week. Miss Lucia has been with us since 2013 and has made a wonderful contribution to Jellybeans during her time with us. Although we are sad that she is leaving we hope that she enjoys spending time with her family especially her Grandchildren. We may be lucky enough to still see Miss Lucia around as she has opted to do some relief work when she is in Brisbane.
Nursery 2
Hello to all our Nursery 2 families. It is hard to believe that the end of the year is here.
We have all been very busy, curious and excited to meet our individual milestones. We have been achieving these by being involved in a variety of activities.
It is great to see the children's language skills rapidly developing. These skills are being achieved by listening to stories, repeating words after Educators and singing songs and interacting with peers.
In our room we having been working on transitioning to the Toddler rooms. This has included hand washing on own, self feeding and sitting at the table instead of highchairs. All our Nursery 2 children will be moving to Toddlers at the end of January. It is going to be sad to see them move but at the same time it is very rewarding knowing they are ready to face their next challenges.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our parents a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Cheers
Miss Margaret and Miss Nittaya
Nursery 1
Hello everyone and welcome to our festive season issue of the Nursery One Newsletter!
This year has gone so fast, we can't believe it is already December. Time surely does fly!!
First of all, we would like to extend to a warm welcome to Angus and his family to our Nursery One room. We are thrilled to walk through this amazing and meaningful learning journey together.
A big Happy birthday to our one -year -old Kierra in December. We hope you all have fun and enjoy your special day!!
Lachlan started taking a few steps, Ava and Hunter always clap happily whenever we have a sing along, Harper and Evelyn love to dance and show their excitement at group time. Jenny and Sienna proudly showed their crawling skills and explored all around the room. Charlie was also happy to practice crawling by using his hands and knees.
Most of our older babies are displaying knowledge of routine and confidence with simple self-help skills such as holding their milk/water bottles, eating finger food by themselves and walking confidently to the bathroom without the educators help. We will also be encouraging the children to wash their own hands. Harlo and Harper were extremely good at washing their own hands and were ready to move to the Toddler room. Keep up the great work!!
Over the next few weeks we will concentrate on making choices through seasonal experiences by reading Christmas stories, singing songs and doing many kinds of the artwork. Our room will soon be decorated with lots of Christmas arts and crafts. If you have any ideas you would like to share with us, please do not hesitate to talk to Jasmine or Ruby.
Just a little reminder, lastly, please label all your child's belongings including milk bottles, formula containers, water bottles etc and pack some spare clothes for your child.
Nursery One room would like to wish all our parents and families to a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!!
Many thanks for your support and take care.
Miss Jasmine and Miss Ruby