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St James Lutheran Kindergarten ORIENTATION
Kindergarten Service Leader
"We must exercise the greatest care of the young"
~Martin Luther~
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Jacqueline Heath, I have been with
St James Kindergarten since 2017.
I have been in the Early Childhood sector since 2006 and enjoyed many roles,
from trainee to director.
I am passionate about children learning in a play based, inclusive educational
environment that supports children’s individual needs, where the rights and
opinions of each child are respected. I believe that children are competent,
capable learners who are natural thinkers with the ability to continually learn and
investigate throughout their individual learning journeys.
I am looking forward to meeting you and learning along side you and your
children.
Blessings – Jacqueline Heath
Acknowledgement to Country
We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land
and pay our respect to the elders past, present and future for they
hold the memories, traditions, culture and hope of the indigenous
people.
Here is the land, here is the sky, here are my friends and here am I, I
promise to look after this land.
Our Vision and Philosophy
Vision Statement:
To provide high quality, child centered care within a Christian environment; embedding the values of the
Lutheran church; Love, Justice, Compassion, Forgiveness, Service, Courage, Humility, Hope, Appreciation and
Quality.
Philosophy:
Our Kindergarten is a play based, inclusive educational environment that supports children’s individual needs,
Where the rights and opinions of each child are respected. We believe that children are competent, capable
learners who are natural thinkers with the ability to continually learn and investigate throughout their individual
learning journeys.
Educators provide warm, secure and trusting relationships with each child, this allows children to build a sense of
security and provides an environment to develop meaningful relationships. Within this environment, children are
able to learn and grow. (QA.5 - Urie Bronfenbrenner)
Bonds and traditions of each families culture are valued and their commitment to working in partnership with our
educational team for the dreams of their children. Teachers share a collaborative approach to learning with the
children as they intentional teach and learn along-side the children, extending children’s learning. We believe
learning should be playful, fun, exciting, spontaneous, hands-on, stimulating, relaxing, comforting and
challenging.
The environment is ever changing and used as the third teacher to adapt to the children’s interests and to allow
the children to have agency within their environment and learning. We encourage children to be good citizens
with strong Christian values. We endeavour to provide calm and natural learning spaces to scaffold children’s
love and learning of nature and God’s creations.
At St James Lutheran Kindergarten, we have a holistic approach to learning by which children become co-
learners amongst their peers. Educator’s will guide the children’s learning and provoke inquiry, questioning,
creativity and imagination through intentional teaching.
We aim to achieve a sense of wonder for feeling, belonging, and love of the land, nature and animals, so that
young children will develop positive lifelong respectful and proactive attitudes to our environment and a
sustainable future.
Skills for Kindy children
A good social skill set, which is more important than knowledge of
letters and numbers
The ability to understand and follow instructions, ask questions and
access help, work in groups, play cooperatively with others and
make simple decisions
The skills to regulate their behaviour and emotional responses.
Basic independence skills, such as packing their school bag, putting
on a jumper, going to the toilet and looking after their belongings.
Resilience to bounce back from challenges and disappointments
Enthusiasm to learn
Our Educational Team
Our Service Leader , Educational Leader and Early Childhood Teacher
Miss Jackie Miss Stacey Miss Jenny
Our Educators
Mrs Riddell Miss Maddie Miss Natalie Miss Rhiannon Mrs Holmes Miss Cheryl Mrs Taylor
Our Educational Program
Our program is delivered by Early Childhood Qualified Educators.
At our Service our program is planned using the Early Years Learning
Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Guidelines. These
documents highlight the five key learning outcomes and are in line
with the National Quality Framework, regulations and law.
We are a play Service, that extends children’s learning by
scaffolding the child’s interest, needs and knowledge.
We have a flexible routine that allows children to grow a sense of
agency, this includes a rolling morning tea and indoor/outdoor play.
Our Flexible routine
7:30-9:00 Outdoor play
9:00-9:30 Morning meeting
9:30-10:30 Rolling Morning tea
9:30-11:00 Indoor/Outdoor play
11:00-11:15 Pack away and transition outside
11:15-11:30 Midday meeting
11:30-12:30 Lunch/Make beds
12:30-1:30 Rest time/Quiet Activities
1:30-2:30 Indoor activities
2:30-3:00 Afternoon Meeting
3:00-3:30 Afternoon tea
3:30-5:00 Outdoor play
“Our day is always busy filled with playing and exploring, and sometimes time goes out the
window when you’re having fun and learning”.
Important Kindy Jobs
The following jobs are for your child to complete
Encourage your child to walk into the Kindy, carrying their own bag.
Encourage your child to put their own belongings away, lunch box,
water bottle, sheets, bag in the locker, hat on their heads and apply
their sunscreen.
This helps to develop self help skills and independence.
Farewells in the mornings
If your child is upset in the morning and doesn’t want to say
goodbye please know we are here to help through this very fleeting
bout of sadness. Transition times from home to Kindy can be hard on
everyone but no child is left alone to be sad and if you need our
support when you want to go please, just ask.
We have some print outs available to help support you and your
child at separation times.
Becoming familiar with the environment can help children separate
so please fill in the sheet for a play date before term one starts.Meals
We are a nut free service.
Please provide your child with at least two options for morning tea,
lunch and afternoon tea.
We encourage children to make healthy choices.
We cannot heat food.
Name your child’s lunch box and drink bottle.
If your child will be at Kindy for a longer day please pack some
additional food.
Practise opening and closing containers, drink bottle and lunch
boxes.Handy items to have at Kindy
2 bucket or wide brim hats, one spare hat in your child’s bag.
Gumboots – these can stay at kindy or pack them each day.
Sheets for rest time, two flat sheets inside a labelled pillow case.
Spare clothes – We will be adventuring, discovering and learning
and will get dirty!
We recommend you have clothes that can be “Kindy work wear”,
dark colours are recommended.
Shoes – closed in shoes are preferred for outings, we may go on an
adventure to the school on any given day depending on the
children’s interests.Communication
Termly newsletters
Communication books.
Parent input – Daily books and reflections, Kindy Portal and posts on
Xplor.
Updates via email, College Facebook Page.
View children’s portfolios – These books will be located in your
child’s class.
Goal setting meetings with Educators.
Parent information sessions.
Transition reports.Kindergarten Information
St James Lutheran Kindergarten are a CCS approved care provider.
We run a Kindergarten program in both of our rooms.
To estimate your fees please visit:
https://www.childcaresubsidycalculator.com.au/
Our Kindergarten has a Hat and Shirt available for purchase, this
can be done during your play date’s in January.
Play dates will be restricted to invitation only to ensure we maintain
minimal number of adults onsite.Thanks for watching, but before
you go….
During Play dates please collect any parent hand outs.
Order a Kindy shirt and hat if you would like.
Please complete our “What does your family like to do together”
and our “Parent skills, interests, hobbies and cultures” sheets.
Lastly introduce yourself to two families that you don’t already know,
this helps build our Kindy community.
Thank you for your time and we can’t wait to get the learning
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