Goldilocks

A Second Round of Class Photos - Please Read

Dear Parents,
as in previous years, Kindergarten students will have a second round of class photos this term. Our class photos will take place on Wednesday the 6th of August. Children who have not previously had individual photos taken this year will have their portraits taken on this day. Please note, as in previous years, this second round of photos does not include family and sibling photographs.
If your Kindergarten child does not normally attend on a Wednesday and you would like to bring him or her to school to be a part of this photo we would be very pleased to include them. Our photos occur at the start of the morning and we would ask that these extra children are at school no later than 8.55am. Parents of these children are asked to stay for the photo so that they can be collected once the photo has been taken. Please e-mail Mel at mbishop@pac.edu.au immediately if you are planning to bring your non Wednesday child in for our photo so that we can pass accurate numbers to the photographer as soon as possible.
We ask that children come to school wearing their normal school jumper and navy, bone or maroon pants.
Thank you
The Kindergarten Team

Top Tales

Dear Parents,
New titles have arrived from Top Tales. Please be sure to have a look in the basket at the sign on desk and record any purchases you wish to make on the green form. This time there are two wonderful books to help celebrate Fathers Day and a firm favourite with the staff called On the Moon which is sure to be a hit with any boy with an interest in space travel.
Orders from the last round of Top Tales have also arrived and will be placed in children's lockers today.
Thank you
Mel Bishop

Locomotion in Motion

Dear Flinders Room Parents,
As part of our unit Locomotion in Motion we will be exploring the way in which the children in our class normally come to school. Can you please bring in a photo of your son coming to school (eg: in the car, on the bus, walking etc...) This photo will be used in week three.
Many thanks
Bec, Bel and Amanda

Shaken or Stirred?

Do you fancy yourself driving an Aston Martin? Have you always thought you would make a great bond girl? Have you even day dreamed about what Bond girl or Bond baddie name you would go by? Would you like an opportunity to chat and mix with people older than four years of age?
If the answer is yes to any of the questions above then make sure you contact Marg Giddings at mgiddings@pac.edu.au to purchase your ticket for the Martini Ball. It promises to be a fantastic event with a three course meal, drinks and entertainment. It's also a great way to meet others in our PAC community. For those of you who spend your day chasing after three and four year olds the Martini Ball is a great excuse for getting out a fabulous frock or Bond like tux and adding a little bling.
Tickets are $130 and the ball will be held on August the 30th at 7.00pm at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre .
The theme of course is anything Bond!
Don't miss out

Bishop.... Mel Bishop

Photographs

Over the next 8 weeks a photographer will be visiting the school regularly to update our photographs used for Marketing, the Princes Record, the Website and supporting images of the school provided to educational organisations associated with the School.
If you do not want your son to be included in these photographs, please email Mon Saunders, Manager Communications and Strategy msaunders@pac.edu.au before Monday August 4th. Please include your son(s) full name and year/ tutor name.

Thank you
Mon Saunders
Manager, Communications and Strategy

Who's Been Eating my Porridge?

We cooked porridge in the Pirie Room on Friday. It was lots of fun.

Some of us loved it! Yum Yum...

...and some of didn't! But we were all brave and had a try!

Tuck Lunches

As a part of our move to a healthy tuck menu last term some changes were made both to the food on offer and how the orders are processed. As of this term the tuck no longer takes late payments for lunches that have been ordered, but not paid for, with the promise of payment the following day. The procedure now means that if parents do not have enough money to pay for a tuck order on the day they must go to the Prep School front office for a tuck voucher. The tuck voucher offers students three lunch options and then the cost of the lunch is added to student school fees at the end of the term. Kindergarten staff are not able to process unpaid lunches for parents, it must be done in person.
Thank you
Mel Bishop

Start of Term Houskeeping

Dear Parents,
Below are some friendly reminders about the start of term routine

• Pirie Room library bags need to be placed in the basket under the pigeon holes on Monday mornings
• Please return your child's portfolio to his or her classroom teacher as soon as possible
• Please remember to return any outstanding books that were borrowed from the Library last term

Thank you
Kindergarten Staff

Welcome to Term Three

Dear Little Princes Families,
Welcome back to Kindergarten. We trust that you all enjoyed a fun safe break and are ready and roaring to join us back in the Flinders and Pirie Rooms for a term of exploration, wonder and fun.
The end of last term was a time for many farewells but the start of this term has been a time for new beginnings. I am excited to announce the appointment of two new Kindergarten staff members.
We welcome Mrs Bec Golding as a teacher in the Flinders Room. In the short time she has been with us Bec has displayed an unbounded enthusiasm and has very quickly slotted into the routines and expectations of the Flinders Room. I feel sure that Bec's transition into the Flinders Room has been assisted by the wonderful duo of Amanda Rees and Bel Ecroyd. I look forward to hearing and seeing the wonderful things I'm sure the Flinders Room boys will achieve this semester.
In the Pirie Room we are pleased to introduce Mrs Nicola Porteous-Grace. Nicola comes to us with many and varied teaching experiences and has already shown herself to be extremely thoughtful and gentle with children of this age as well as being extremely approachable to adults. Nicola joins a fantastic team in the Pirie Room, and on a personal note, from one who has jumped from the Flinders Room to the Pirie Room during the holidays, i have also enjoyed the wonderful support of Bron Webster, Pip Cooper and Trish Silvestrino as Nicola and I have found our feet in this first week.
I have a great feeling about the term ahead and look forward to sharing it with your children. I also look forward to opportunity for the odd chat here and there and sincerely hope you will all be able to join us for a evening of wine and cheese (and a little bit of information!) on Thursday night of week 4 this term.
Sincerely
Mel Bishop

Story Makers

"Building a building is like making a story"
This is the premise of the Pirie Room unit of inquiry this term. We will be investigating types of building, types of books and looking at how processes help us build both and how both can be constructed. This unit supports the initial buds of interest in building from Pirie Students last term whilst also allowing them to fully enjoy and have a growing understanding of the importance of Book Week that we will celebrate later this term.
To kick us off this term we have a twofold request. We would like Pirie Students to bring:

• a photo of their house
• their favourite story to share with others at Kindergarten

Please help us by ensuring both are named.
Thank you
The Pirie Room Team

Grandies Day 2008

We are looking forward to welcoming Grandparents of all shapes and sizes on September the 4th as part of our annual Grandies Day.
All Kindergarten students are preparing a surprise during their art classes and require a photo or photos of their Grandies for class in week 2. Please help us by writing your child's name on the back on the photos.
We also like to send messages of love to Grandies by writing something special about them in a love heart. We will send hearts home with students so that grandies may also pen a special note in return. We send these hearts home early so that they may be sent to grandies overseas and returned before grandies day. Grandies can send hearts back to Kindergarten before the day for staff and students to add to our display or bring them with them on the day and pin them up close to their grandchild's messages. Look for an envelope of hearts in your child's pocket or pigeon hole in the coming weeks.

Attendances Changes

Dear Parents,
as you will be aware, before we start the second half of the year we sent home request forms that allow parents to request changes in their child's attendance patterns. Thank you to all the parents who sent these back at the end of last term and over the holidays.
I thought it would be wise to take this opportunity to remind parents about how registration and changes in attendance patterns work at Little Princes.

• Firstly it is important to note that, except in cases of emergency or unavoidable changes in family circumstances, we prefer all attendance changes to happen at the end or start of terms.
• When changing your child's attendance at the end of a term using a change of attendance form you have received from our registrar Carolyn Roney, your requested change is confirmed unless our registrar contacts you. If you are contacted this will mean that there were no spaces available on the requested days and you may need to consider an alternative day. If you are not contacted this means your changes are confirmed.
• If you need to request changes to your child's attendance patterns during the term due to unforeseeable circumstances this must be done in writing through our registrar at croney@pac.edu.au, it cannot be facilitated by our teaching staff. In this case Carolyn will contact you to confirm or adjust patterns.
• Please note that reductions to half days are considered an attendance change, even if students continue to come on the same days. These must be confirmed in writing to Carolyn to avoid billing for full days.

Thank you for your understanding
Mel Bishop