| Friday 7 April | Good Friday - CLOSED |
| Monday 10 April | Easter Monday - CLOSED |
| Tuesday 25 April | Anzac Day - CLOSED |
| Monday 1 May | Labour Day - CLOSED |
Welcome to our March news! We have a few public holidays upcoming, just a reminder that we are closed on all public holidays.
Easter Hat Parade
We ask that you help make an easter hat at home with your child for this year's Easter Hat parade. The event will commence at 10am - if you will be attending, we ask that you RSVP to this event by Monday 27 March. Please email
Class & Individual Photo's
Have you returned your payment envelope for our photo's next week? All payment envelopes are due next week.
Father's Group
Did you know that we have a father's group on Facebook? Find the page today - Kidz Magic Fathers Group.
Pirate Day
Save the date - Friday 19 May. Come dressed as a Pirate and help us raise money for Childhood Brain Cancer.
Welcome!
Hello families, my name is Joanna but I'm mostly known by Jo. I begin today by acknowledging the Yugerra Ugarapul people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which I am writing and working on today and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.
Some families might be familiar with me from a few years ago, although most families now are new faces which I am excited to meet and get to know you and your children too.
A little information about me, my previous roles in the service have been Room leader ranging in the ages from 15m to 4 years. I have worked alongside Tammy and have been mentored by her for almost 5 years. I have also worked in other services in Sydney and Brisbane ranging in different socio-economic areas, with 11 years working with children. I have experience from birth to 5 years. I have two children of my own Ezra 2.5 years old and James 5 years old.
With my experience and absolute passion for child advocacy, rights and social justice. I have been mentored by some really fantastic people, I am passionate about keeping current in early childhood psychology and research. Currently I am interested in trauma-informed play-based learning and this has opened my thoughts to practices that occur in the service.
Now a little more about my role in the service and why I am an important part of this team working with your children. As an educational leader I look for ways to motivate and inspire others in my professional working team. I challenge the idea that we are not babysitters rather pedagogical leaders. Providing children with rich and meaningful experiences in the program. I engage with the educators daily and children too. With permission from children and educators I am able to immerse myself into the environments and engage with children and educators in the learning environments. By doing this I am able to support the educators with the daily challenges that occur which is natural and apart of the human experience. I support them in their everyday work and on their continual quality improvement journey, inspiring them to see the possibilities, try new approaches and take professional and calculated risks.
Just like children don't all learn the same way and are not expected to, I take this same approach with my teaching team. Engaging them in ways to be able to provide quality experiences for your children as co-learners.
To maintain quality for children, I strongly believe that we need to have strong communication with families. Sharing experiences that occur outside the service with your child's educators, is a fantastic way to maintain consistency and continuation between home and education.
I am excited to meet more of you, to have a chat and hear your feedback.