Thanks to our wonderful families for another
great fortnight 😉
Community Events.
Here at Maragon Balcatta we will be starting a new playgroup for 12month- 2 years old.
This will be held every Monday from 9.30am- 11.30 am, this will commence on Monday 15th
of May. This will run on a term to term basis depending on numbers interested.
If this is something you would be interested or if you need any more additional information,
please do not hesitate to contact me 😉
And remember to share with families and friends.!!
Upcoming centre events
Book Fair- Our book fair was now been set up in the centre. This will give the families time to
have a look through the amazing books that there is to offer. This also links in with National
Simulations Book week. From Monday 22nd of May we are asking parents or grandparents to
join us in the centre to read a story to the children to encourage early literacy and to show
the importance of book 😉 Please let me know of you or a family member would like to join us
this week.
Mother’s Day- We will be holding an afternoon High tea for our beautiful Mothers to
celebrate Mother’s Day, please see invitation attached to email.
Maragon Yokine
43 Blythe Avenue
Yokine
0892019131
[email protected]
Keep up to date with what is happening at
Maragon Balcatta by checking out our
Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/maragonltm/
We will update it weekly with photos of activities,
relevant information for parents or sometimes some
inspirational quotes to help you through your day!!!
Maragon Balcatta
219 Cedric Street
Balcatta
08 92042976
[email protected]
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Maragon Mirrabooka
1 Chesterfield Road
Mirrabooka
0893450322
[email protected]
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Maragon Wellard
545 Charing Cross
Wellard
0447544545
[email protected]
Princeton Pre-School
58 Hamilton Road
Osborne Park
0892073567
[email protected]
The Children house
There has been a fantastic buzz in the air in the Children’s House the past fortnight. Mother’s Day
has been the main topic in the room and the children have begun to prepare their special gifts for
their very special mum’s.
The children have all shown a strong interest and understanding of the zones of regulation, we are
so proud of their achievements and development with this topic. The children are able to recognise
each colour for the zones and the behaviour which they stand for. The children have participated
in a Laughter Yoga session, which was a lot of fun. The children had to act out a few things we all
do at home before arriving at school and whilst doing the action the children laughed out loud. This
was enjoyed by all.
Finn was our star of the week, Finn brought in a few wonderful photos of his family and brought in
his favourite toy, Thomas the Tank engine. The children enjoyed listening to the stories Finn told
us and loved seeing Finns pet snail.
The children have been showing a huge improvement with their name recognition, The children are
now able to say their first and last name, recognise their name when it is written down and are able
to trace their names, following the dotted lines. The next step we would like to take is for the
children to learn their Mum and Dad names.
We are very excited to see what the next fortnight is going to bring
Natalie and Danielle
The Garden Room
Autumn is redolent of crisp evenings, crunchy apples, selfie moments (yes!) against vivid Autumn trees and
pumpkin pie…to name just a few! This fortnight the Garden Room children learnt all about Autumn produce.
The art activity encompassed apple Stamping with the hues of Autumn. The children delighted in exploring
the prints. To further encourage and support their creativity, stark tree templates were printed, and the
children were given bundles of earbuds as a medium to paint. In art, it is it is the process that is the hallmark
of development rather than the end product. Learning takes place as long as the child is engaged. In
numeracy, keeping with the Montessori method of learning from concrete to abstract, the children learnt
about Whole and Halves. The children observed the demonstration of slicing entire apples into halves. The
vocabulary associated with the processes are the fundamentals for fractions. This exercise was extended
with the children engaging a pictorial exercise of matching a variety of Whole and Half fruits. Early Literacy
exercises included the Tochboards and Sand Paper Letters. These are valuable exercises to support and
establish Early Literacy. The Touch board allows the child to refine and heighten his/her sense of touch. This
is further developed in the Sand Paper Letters as the muscular imprint allows the children to associate
sounds to a symbol, they also develop a visual impression and memory of the letter shapes while learning the
writing direction of the letter. Through active participation and engaging in the children’s interests, the next
week should be equally exciting!
“I’ve always said that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn’t I?” Roald Dahl, Matilda
Best wishes,
Maria and Sunitha
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As per usual we encourage the families to bring in objects for
our sound box. For the following fortnight, the children will be
focusing on the letter ‘T’. See link below for the jolly phonic song
we so you can practice at home 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg_KvU5oc9Q
The fundamental skills that the children will be focusing on in the
Children’s House is Hopping, hop scotch. In the Garden Room, they will
Be focusing on rolling the ball.
Italian Classes
This week was the first week of the
Italian classes with Signora Ciullo.
The children absolutely loved it. ;)
This week the children learnt the
colours red, yellow, blue and green.
They also learnt a hello and goodbye
song and got to know their new
teacher.
Our Italian board will be displayed
in the back room, Children House.
We are currently
focusing on QA 3
and QA 4 within the
centre.
Thank you to all the
parents on their feedback
from the survey’s, thank
you for taking the time to
complete it, greatly
appreciated.
Sustainable practices
For more information
on the National
Quality Standards:
http://www.acecqa.g
ov.au/nationalqualityframework/thenational-qualitystandard
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Can parents donate unwanted
newspaper to the centre for the care
of our rabbits.
We would also appreciate if you could
donate recycled packaging for our
shop area outside.
Thank you 😉
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News from
Management
April Policy
Review
Policies to be
reviewed this month
-Immunization and
disease prevention
-Lock down policy
-Medical condition
-Parental interaction
F
and involvement
policy
-Cleaning policy and
procedure
These are available in
the foyer for parents
to access and we
welcome any
feedback regarding
any of our policies.
Facebook reviews
We would love if
some of our
wonderful families
could leave us a
review on our
Facebook page. We
would be greatly
appreciative.
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