From the office
Welcome new families and Hello to all families reading this news. Thank you for another great month we are having. The sun is back sharing his warmth with us which is nice and yes while it is just warm it is our reminder to start preparing for hot days to come. Sun protection is recommended between 8.40am to 3.00pm at this moment so please get back to applying sunscreen as a part of your daily morning routine and clothing is covering shoulders before leaving home. Piptree open morning staff will be outdoors earlier than they have been over the winter because the hours of outdoor time will get shorter because of the heat. Children can still enjoy their breakfast here on tables outside if they have missed it at home. Consider getting the SunSmart app http://www.sunsmart.com.au/tools/interactive-tools/free-sunsmart-app that will pop up everyday on your mobile phone to show you between which hours sun protection is recommended. and you will see we a making a good choice to enjoy outdoor time safely.
Piptree families contributions and community
Woolworths Earn & Learn finishes on Tuesday 19th September. Thank you so much to all families collecting earn and learn points for Piptree Early Learning Mt Gravatt East stickerfest. We will keep you up to date on how we did with this. We raised $50.85 to donate to the Indigenous literacy and numeracy appeal 'wall of hands' that coincided with children's book week. Families were invited to dress up in favourite book characters and give a gold coin donation to 'wall of hands.' Sadly the amount we raised this year was much lower than last year. If anyone can send me an email with feedback about how this fund raiser did not do as well this year please do so as this charity is very close to our hearts and we wish it to continue successfully.
Increasing enrolments
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For the last term of this year I ask families to think about their early education and care needs for next year. I say this because of one of the other local early years services closing down has affected demand on our service here. I need families to let us know if you are thinking of increasing enrolment days next year. Families wanting nursery placements please make sure I know what you will be waiting for or if you are nearly ready to increase days.
Support for best practices
There are some things that you can help support us with.
1) Please take drink bottles home and wash/rinse daily. This is setting good hygiene practices for travelling and school years.
2) Please bring a set of sheets with child's name on them. It is environmentally friendly for us to not have to wash spare sheets as they are for single use only.