Hello families,
We’ve had a beautifully busy and heartwarming week here at Choklits Surrey hills, filled with celebration, learning, and community connection. Here’s a look at the highlights:
Mother’s Day Celebrations…
In the lead-up to Mother’s Day, each room was buzzing with excitement as the children prepared heartfelt gifts, crafts, and cards for the special women in their lives. The children poured so much love into creating hand-made prints, drawings, and so much more. The children proudly shared their thoughts and feelings in the most adorable ways.
On Friday afternoon, we were thrilled to host our Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea. It was a beautiful turnout, with mums, grandmothers, and special friends joining us to celebrate. Each room set up lovely spaces for guests to sit, chat, and enjoy some delicious treats made with love. The children shared songs, stories, and proudly handed out their special creations. Thank you to all who attended and made the event so memorable. It was a truly special day filled with warmth and appreciation.
Road Safety with Thingle Toodle…
Our Kinder children had a fantastic time participating in the Thingle Toodle Road Safety Incursion this week. Through songs, stories, and interactive play, the children learned about pedestrian safety, traffic signs, and the importance of wearing helmets and staying alert near roads.
This learning tied in perfectly with our regular Bike Riding Fridays, where our Kinder children bring their bikes or scooters from home and practice riding in our designated bike-safe area. After the incursion, the children eagerly applied their new road safety knowledge, stopping at “traffic lights,” looking both ways, and helping each other stay safe. It was so rewarding to see their confidence and understanding grow!
Sustainable Development Research Initiative…
As April comes to an end, we wanted to highlight some of the awesome work that we have been doing through the month. These experiences go towards our April Research Goal (Life on Land). The key areas we have been focusing on are our care for nature, environmental work in our bush kinders and much more. Next time you are walking through our hallway, please stop to have a look at our display wall to see the wonderful work your little learners have done. We also have all our experiences posted on our socials. Make sure you check out our daily updates, as we don’t want you to miss a thing!
We will now be selecting our new Sustainable development goal for the month of May.
The selections are shown below, along with a link to our voting page for all families to submit so that we can move forward with our selected Goal.
The choices for May’s goal are listed below:
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Life Below Water
- Affordable and Clean Energy
We will open up voting from today so please make sure you visit our google form here to learn more about each area of focus to get a better understanding of what we will be working towards and how we plan to improve these areas.
Educator Spotlight…
This week, we want to give a big shout-out to Josie, our amazing Assistant Educator in the Nursery Room. Josie brings warmth, patience, and a calming presence to our youngest learners each day. She has a natural ability to tune into each child’s needs and is always ready with a gentle smile.. Josie’s attention to detail, support for families, and her nurturing approach create a beautiful environment for our little ones to thrive. Thank you, Josie, for everything you do—you are so appreciated!
National Simultaneous Storytime…
Next week, we will begin preparing for National Simultaneous Storytime coming up soon! We can’t wait to share more with you as we head into another fun-filled week.
Reminders…
Don’t miss out on all our events. Click here to see what is happening.
Kinder Bike Riding Fridays…
Our friends in Kinder 3 and Kinder 4 started bringing their bikes in to their rooms
Dr Chan is visiting soon…
We’re looking forward to welcoming Dr Chan back to Choklits in 2 weeks for his regular visit. These visits are a wonderful opportunity to support each child’s health and wellbeing in a familiar, comfortable environment.
If you have any questions or would like to speak with Dr Chan during his visit, please let us know and we’ll be happy to assist.
Kinder Lunch Boxes…
Every first week of the month is Lunch Box Week to help prepare children for school. Please pack an empty lunch box for your child throughout this week. Make sure you view our Autumn menu on our website here.
We’d love your help to help us improve at Choklits…
So, don’t forget you can send us feedback or share your ideas at any time regarding our service, practice, policies or curriculum in a couple of different ways-
- In person at Choklits, either verbally or in writing using the clipboards provided
- Via phone or email
- Using our National Quality Areas Feedback Form
- Using our Policy Feedback Form
- Visiting choklits.com.au/contact
Thank you for being part of our Choklits family, and here’s to a fantastic weekend ahead!
The Choklits Surrey Hills Team
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