A message from the Director’
Hi Families,
Just a quick update from Lyndsay and myself in the office.
Enrolments for next year are coming in thick and fast which is
great. We will be looking at placing everyone in the next few
weeks and will send out confirmation of days when this is done.
Please remember if you have chosen to change days next year
this will depend on availability. We do try to cater for everyone as
best as we can so let’s hope the puzzle works out 
We are pleased to inform you all that we have a new Educator
starting in the Koalas room as of Monday 21st September. Her
name is Madeline (Maddy) Phillips. Maddy has a Certificate 3 in
Early Childhood Education and Care and will be signing up to do
her Diploma.
We would also like to congratulate Praveena for completing her
Diploma and Pierre for completing her Cert 3. Well done ladies.
The upcoming months should see many more of our educators
completing their qualifications as well.
Sadly we say goodbye to Vanessa on September 25th as she
enters back into the School system as a support worker. We will all
miss Vanessa but we wish her all the best.
Lastly I would like to remind everyone to regularly check your
calendars for important upcoming event and dates. I have had
many people emailing to ask about our shut down dates for
example, which are in your calendars 
Cheers,
Jess and Lyndsay
Possum’s August Newsletter
During the month of August we have celebrated both Jeans for
genes day and Book Week.
For the week of book week we had two families come in and
share their child’s favourite stories with the group of children.
Thank you to Alec Brown and Janine Hugo for sparing time out of
your day to do so.
Alec Brown and Marshall’s two brothers named Henry and Elliott
brought in Marshall’s favourite story named ‘Max Monster’. The
book had some googly eyes poking out of it which the children
thought were funny. The children were all very fascinated and
engaged in the experience. (Biscuits also helped to keep them
content, ha ha ha!!!)
Janine Hugo brought in one of Hanno’s favourite stories to share.
The story was named ‘Noah’s Ark’ or ‘Nag se Ark’ in Afrikaans.
Hanno and his family are South African so it was a lovely touch to
see some of their culture in action. Janine read the story in both
English and Afrikaans to the children. The children were very
fascinated in the story and intrigued by the way the story sounded
in another beautiful language.
If any families also speak another language or are from a different
cultural background we would LOVE to have you come and visit
the babies for a small experience for them to engage in!
We have also farewelled our good friend Mia who has gone for
an overseas holiday to Europe with her family. Mia will be gone
just over a month and will return during September. Mia’s family
have sent us photos of her holiday so far which we have
laminated and displayed in the room, the children seem to be
getting a kick out of seeing them and are very intrigued. The
children especially love the photo of Mia with a large Pretzel!
We look forward to what the month of September may hold.
Thankyou- Possums Team
Danielle, Anna, Hema, Yvette & Melissa.
August Newsletter 2015
Dear Wombat Families,
Firstly we would like to say a big
thank you to Joanne who has
come into our room to replace
Teena in her absence. Teena is
recovering well and looks
forward to returning in October. The children have
warmed very quickly to Joanne and she adores the
children  We also welcome new friends, Arthur,
Oliver, Morgan, Isobel and Sophie. B.
The most exciting thing for the Wombats room is
still definitely our new playground. The children
have been provided with such a beautiful,
peaceful yet challenging new outdoor area. The
warm weather is coming our way and we are
making the most of the warmer days with picnic
morning and afternoon teas on the deck. Just a
reminder that a labelled bucket sunhat for your
child is a MUST every day. If you have a specific sunscreen please
supply this also.
The Wombats have engaged in a few cooking experiences,
making cakes is popular, as well as play
dough, of course mess is so much fun for us!
We continue to enjoy spending lots of our
indoor time dancing, singing and reading
lots of books with our educators. We have
little conversations with your children now
and it’s adorable.
We appreciate all the parent feedback
regarding their children’s expanding
knowledge and development as we continue to follow the
interests of the children. Please remember that we encourage
your input too, so get writing in the sharing journal on the sign in
desk 
Alex, Joanne, Mina, Tahasin & Melissa
Sugar Gliders Newsletter
August
Hello Parents,
August has been a very exciting month for the sugar gliders and the wombat’s rooms. The
playground has been completed!! Yippee…All the staff spent lots of time deciding what areas and
activities could be included. The main things that we wanted to incorporate into the playground
were natural areas which were inspired by the children’s interests. The children love being outside
and are really enjoying investigating all the
new areas. The bike track is a huge hit,
even though we are still teaching them
that the track is for bikes and not
everywhere else. The outside art area
seem ta always have children painting or
drawing on the chalkboards. If anyone
would like to come and see our new
playground please do. We would like to
thank Mick and Jess for doing such a
job and of courses thank you to
Max’s dad, David for donating the pipes.
Let the fun continue 
This month we have changed our room around. We have seen a huge interest in the home corner, so
we have tried to make it more spacious for the children. We have created new areas such as the
puzzle area which we have used one of the big tables. During breaks and lunch some of the children
are choosing to sit at this table. The one are that has had a lot of attention is the art area. We have
an easel, which the children can do painting or gluing at. Also, this week we have introduced the
light board where the children have been able to discover lots of different objects and colours. We
have even had a hairdressing area, which the children loved; we may have some future hairstylists
among us 
We have still been going to the park and hope to have a sausage sizzle next week with the Joeys
room. On our way back from the park we always collect sticks, leaves and stones. We have slowly
been trying to incorporate these natural materials into the room. Here you can see Benjamin
enjoying his first trip to the park 
Thank You to all the parents who came in to read a book to the sugar gliders children, and to the
children who brought in books for the staff to read. Have a look at some of the photos below.
The children did a great job sitting down to listen to
the stories even Georgia had a turn reading the story
for all the children 
We also created a poster which is on the wall outside
our room. This includes pictures that were taken
throughout the week.
On the 7th of September at 3pm we are hosting a Father’s Day afternoon tea. Please feel free
to invite grandpa’s along.
On the 17th of September we have our cooking day. So remember no lunches required.
Please ensure your child has a broad brimmed hat for outside as the weather
starts to get warmer 
We want to wish the Father’s a happy Father’s Day and we hope
you like the gifts the children have created 
Koalas Newsletter August 2015
Dear Parents!
What a fantastic month we had with all our Koalas. We
Estimated
Prepared
Shared play spaces
Role played
Directed
Took turns
Pretend Play
Painted
Collected from nature
Concentrated and Enjoyed (me time)
Created
Swapped roles (with the educators)
Fun with play dough
Explored
Took turns
These are the few of the photos to summarise our activities
and play we engage in every day. So far we have been
working on the self-help skills , and we feel really proud how
excellent we are getting day by day with “our hearing ears
on” and “proud moments” too. 
Communications and Interaction skills of the Koalas are
astounding, it is fun to observe them interacting with their
peers and educators. Empathy amongst the Koalas is such a
sight.
We also enjoyed the Book Week where Favourite books were
brought in by the Koalas and shared it with their educators
and rest of the Koalas with a sense of ownership.
Celebrating Father’s Day was very exciting, all the Koalas
prepared chocolate biscuits for their Dad (and for them)
and a little keepsake too . Hope all the Dads got their
treat.
We wish Zavierand Sophie a very Happy 3rd Birthday.
Sunsmart is back…. Please ensure there is a labelled hat
(bucket or broad brimmed) in your child’s bag. No caps
please. “No Hat , No Play.”
Incase your child needs special sunscreen, please provide a
pharmacy labelled one.
Regards
Team Koala.
Deepti, Fathima, Praveena,Chris and Pierre.
Joey’s Newsletter – August, 2015
Book Week – 24th to 28th August, 2015:
This was an exciting week as ten parents took time off their busy
schedule to come in and read a story to the Joeys. This has
enhanced the children’s love for stories, as they requested that the
story be read again or insisted on another story being read. We
wish to thank these parents for their contribution for Book Week.
The children also were excited and came dressed up in different
characters. The parents had children dress up in different
characters every day of book week. Thanks once again to the
parents for their encouragement, as this made the children very
happy and important in their dress ups.
Maraca making:
The Joeys enjoyed a session of music singing to the accompaniment
of musical instruments. They were happy to make a musical
instrument and so decided on making a maraca. We used two
polystyrene cups which the children painted and, putting some rice
in one cup, we attached both the cups together by using masking
tape. The children used these as shakers when dancing.
Cooking
The children enjoyed the cooking session when they made Anzac
bars. They got to mix the dough and followed the whole process
from beginning to end. Once it was baked the children could not
resist asking for more as it was so delicious. Tracey did a good job
at this activity.
Father’s Day:
We will be celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, the 6th September,
2015. The Joeys have decided to make photo frames for their dads.
We used paddle pop sticks for this activity. Children got to paint the
frame and decorate it using sequins. A photo of the child is also
affixed on this frame. The children are excited and cannot wait to
give it to their dads. Vanessa worked hard at this activity and
encouraged the children to make their Father’s Day gift very
attractive as well.