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Blue, Red and Yellow groups have all made their amazing 'fossils' for our sandstone water dragon sculpture. Once they are glazed and fired, our artist Suzi will create a mosaic design on the sculpture. The children loved using the natural treasures they found down by the creek to make some incredible patterns.
Chapel Hill Community Kindergarten is celebrating an amazing 50 years in our local community. To mark this incredible milestone, we are calling all past families to get in touch with us to be a part of the celebrations, including a major community art project of a water dragon sculpture, currently underway. Contact Julie at chapelhillkindy50@gmail.com or call 3378 2008.
After a lot of planning and preparation, and an intense 2 weeks over the holidays, the new kindy playground and secret garden are ready for our children to explore and have fun in.
David Fearne has been the most brilliant project manner from beginning to end. We thank you for your valuable time and expertise, your patience and can-do attitude. You have given up many weekends and all of the school holidays, without you this project wouldn't have been possible and we cannot thank you enough. A massive thank you to Mark Johnson, Sam Jolly and Brent Litchwark for building the fabulous new bridges for the kids to run across and drive their trucks under. A huge thank you Steph Donigi for your work drawing up the original design and plans, and to everyone who gave up their holidays to help dig dirt, move rocks, lay drains and plant trees - David, Emily Lurje, Sandra Palmer, Steph Donigi, Vicki Hotston, Jo Hoban, Alan Hoban, Nick Clarke, Mike Cujes, Malcolm Crabtree, Anna's sister Emma and mum Roselyn, Michelle Wood and her son Noah, Siobhan Fletcher, Nick Bourne, Bev Proctor, Sarah MacKenzie, Jen Stanley, Bryony Barkhuizen and Anna Hutchings. Your help was invaluable. And lastly, a big thank you Bryony, Jen and Anna for all your work pulling the project together, organizing contractors and supplies and planting a never ending supply of plants. You are fab. I'm sure the kids know how lucky they are to belong to such a wonderful kindy community committed to making their kindy a better place. And they are going to have such a wonderful time in their new playground and secret garden. Thank you everyone!
The Art Show is on this Saturday 12 September from 9am - 2pm. If you have never been to one of our Art Shows, prepare to be amazed! The Kindy will be transformed into a beautiful gallery showcasing the work our children have done throughout the year. There will also be a jazz band, cupcake and cookie stall and coffee van. All 3 groups have been working on creating 3 great canvases for a silent auction - please don’t forget to put your bids in the boxes provided. Everyone is welcome. Our children are so looking forward to showing off their beautiful creations!
We are thrilled to announce that Chapel Hill Kindy achieved the best possible result following our triennial assessment visit in June - a level of “Exceeding” against each of the seven national quality standards. For this we can thank our teachers, staff, committee and parents for their diligence, dedication and passion in making our kindy wonderful, not just in the lead-up to our assessment, but every single day. To achieve this rating, our kindy was required to demonstrate that we exceed the national standards in four of the seven quality areas, and meet the standards in the other three. We achieved “exceeding” in all seven standards.
Kindy Co-directors Anna Hutchings and Kim Cujes said of the result, "Thank you to our amazing teaching team, committee and children for a wonderful result in our assessment. A special thanks to Michelle Arthy-Chan, Cheryl Nell and Sandra Palmer for their tireless efforts with all the supporting documentation. And a special thanks to our wonderful parents - Nicholas Bourne, Darren & Phillipa Guppy and Ben Garland who joined the additional working bee."
"We wish to acknowledge the dedicated teachers, parents and committees of past years who have ensured a strong tradition of quality play based learning in a unique and beautiful natural environment. Our excellent result is a reflection of our proud history."
"And last but certainly not least, big hugs and thank yous to our beautiful kindy children who inspired wonderful remarks from our assessor, and who inspire us everyday."
Congratulations everyone! It is official – our kindy really is exceptional.
We have an upcoming event on Thursday 30th July at 7pm at Kindy. Sarah Broderick, an occupational therapist with 13 years experience will be discussing how the school curriculum now moves at a faster pace and what this means for our children. She will be providing relevant advice and practical strategies to help you support your child to prepare them for school.
The evening will cost $10 and the session will run for approximately an hour followed by time for questions. For more information, please click on the link below.
Please RSVP to us at Kindy by Monday 27th July if you would like to attend.
We are holding an Open Day on Saturday 18 July from 9am until 12pm for families who are interested in enrolling their children in our Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten programs in 2016 and beyond. This is a fantastic opportunity for families to come and get a feel for our Kindy and meet our wonderful staff. We will be accepting wait list applications on the day. (Please note there is a $20 fee to be paid with wait list applications.) There will be a cupcake stall so don't forget to bring your gold coins! We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful Kindy.
Enrolments for Kindergarten in 2016 and beyond are open. Secure your spot on our waitlist now! For enquiries, please contact the kindy office on 3378 2008 or chapelhillkindy@optusnet.com.au Our office manager Cheryl is there on a Tuesday and Thursday between 9.30am and 2.30pm and will happily answer any questions or organise a suitable time for you to come and view our beautiful kindy.
Less than 1 week to go until our Family Fun Day!
Our annual Kindy Family Fun Day is on this Saturday 23rd May 2015 between 10am and 1pm. Highlights include a magician at 10:30am, jumping castle, balloons, games, face painting, cupcake stall and sausage sizzle.
We would also really appreciate any Lucky Dip prize donations to be left this week in the box at the sign-in desk.
For more information please see the noticeboard or contact one of the class reps.
We hope to see you there!
Enrolments for Kindergarten in 2016 and beyond are open. Secure your spot on our waitlist now! For enquiries, please contact the kindy office on 3378 2008 or chapelhillkindy@optusnet.com.au Our office manager Cheryl is there on a Tuesday and Thursday between 9.30am and 2.30pm and will happily answer any questions or organise a suitable time for you to come and view our beautiful kindy.
The annual Kindy Family Fun Day will be on Saturday 23rd May 2015 between 10am and 1pm. This is a fantastic, fun day for both adults and children alike. Highlights for this year include a magician at 10:30am, jumping castle, balloons, games, face painting, cupcake stall and sausage sizzle. This year we would appreciate a gold coin donation on entry to help cover the costs of the entertainment. We will also be asking for volunteers to help with the event on the day, as well as to bake cupcakes for the cupcake stall and donate lucky dip prizes. More information and sign-up sheets will be on the noticeboard at the start of term 2. For more information please see the noticeboard or contact one of the class reps.
Chapel Hill Community Kindergarten runs a 3 year old pre-kindy program on a Monday and Tuesday afternoon from 3.15pm until 4.45pm. This is a fantastic opportunity to introduce your child gently to the wonderful world of kindy. By the time they start 4 year old kindy they are off and running. This program is run by a fully qualified early childhood teacher and assistant and if you complete 4 terms of pre-kindy your child will be guaranteed a place in the 4 year old kindy program the following year. Any queries please contact the kindy office, our office manager Cheryl is there on a Tuesday and Thursday between 9.30am and 2.30pm and will happily answer any questions or organise a suitable time for you to come and view our beautiful kindy.
The annual Kindy Family Fun Day will be held on saturday 17th May 2014 between 9:30am and 1pm. This is a fantastic fun day for both adults and children alike. Highlights for this year include a magician at 10am, jumping castle, balloons, games, face painting, sweet stall, coffee kart and sausage sizzle. We will be asking for volunteers to help with the event on the day, as well as to bake items for the sweet stall and donate lucky dip prizes. Volunteering on the day could count as your third working bee. More information and sign up sheets will be on the notice board very soon. For more information please see the noticeboard or contact your class rep.
Please contact our kindy office on 07 3378 2008 or at chapelhillkindy@optusnet.com.au if you are interested in putting your child on our waiting list and don't forget siblings need to go on the waiting list too. You are very welcome to visit our beautiful kindy please call or email to find out the best times. 
It was another fantastic day at our beautiful kindy, made even more beautiful by the display of many amazing artworks by all of the children from each kindy group. Not only did we get to enjoy the fruit of the children's artistic abilities, the day was complemented by delicious coffee by The Rich Pour, treats from the cake stall, as well as the interactive entertainment by Mal Wood and his Jazz Men. The children loved dancing and joining in with the music and it added to the atmosphere of the wonderful day. Thank you to our excellent teachers and all involved in making the 2013 Art Show a success! [ngg_images gallery_ids="4" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow" gallery_width="600" gallery_height="400"]
Chapel Hill Community Kindergarten is holding our annual Art Show, Open Day & 50th Birthday Celebrations on Saturday 13 September 2013 from 9am - 2pm. Our Annual Art Show is a celebration of children's expression and creativity. Come and see our kindy transformed into a beautiful and joyful display of our children's art and creations. The Art Show is a great opportunity for families to meet our teachers and explore our wonderful centre which is nestled in leafy, natural, spacious surroundings providing an engaging, peaceful environment for learning. Everyone is welcome family, friends and the local community and neighbours, we will have a coffee cart and cup cake stall and Jazz band. Waiting list application forms will also be available.
Our Renovations Grand Opening & Family Fun Day was a resounding success! Many families, teaching staff and committee members came along as Dr Bruce Flegg opened the renovations with 3 of our kindy children, Jane Prentice MP & Councillor Julian Simmonds also came along and showed their support. Thank you to all those parents and grandparents who volunteered on the day or made sweets for the sweet stall. Our group reps and fundraisers did a fabulous job and we have raised in excess of $1000. It was a fantastic show of support and what being part of a community kindy is all about!
Thank you to Michelle Mcleod for sponsoring the Magician and yellow group Grandad Neville Matthews Etax Local Accountant for sponsoring the sausage sizzle and drink. Check out all our recent sponsors from the community on our sponsors page.
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Everyone is welcome to come and join in on the excitement of our major renovations grand opening and enjoy the fun of the carnival! Dr Bruce Flegg will be representing the minister and opening our renovations with some of our kindy children. There will be some short speeches starting promptly at 10.10am and then the family fun day will get under way.
