Pinjarra Kindergarten

In 2010 we are introducing 5 COLOUR GROUPS to give  parents many options to choose the days and times that suit their children best.

They are as follows;

RED GROUP
MON        12-4
TUES       9.15-1.15
THURS     9.15-1.15

BLUE GROUP
MON        12-4
WED        8.45-12.45
THURS     9.15-1.15

ORANGE GROUP
MON       12-4
WED       8.45-12.45
FRI         9.15-1.15

YELLOW GROUP
TUES       9.15-1.15
WED       8.45-12.45
FRI         9.15-1.15

PURPLE GROUP
TUES      9.15-1.15
THURS    9.15-1.15
FRI         9.15-1.15

Grouping our children in the above groups allows us to offer our four year old children three, FOUR hour sessions per week, which totals twelve hours of high quality kindergarten for each of our children.

BENEFITS OF COLOUR GROUPINGS.

Sue Mitchell, the teacher of the four year old program has worked with colour groupings (group rotation models) for 7 years and loves teaching with this system in place.

Colour groupings allow parents more choices to select the group that fits in with work, and other commitments.

With colour groupings, over the course of the week, the children get to meet all the four year old children at Pinjarra Kindergarten, which is of great benefit and assists them to feel more comfortable, at school transition time, later in the year. The more familiar faces at a new school the better!

The social benefits of colour groupings ( 5 group rotation model) cannot be emphasized enough. The children meet and play with new friends and old friends each day. And very early in the year, children are able to remember, for example, that a particular friend they enjoy the company of  may come on a Tuesday and a Thursday, and others they enjoy playing with, may come on a Friday.

Colour groupings tend to allow children to extend and enjoy friendships, with different social dynamics each session, and this can often help minimize ‘clickiness’ (children staying with the same small group of friends all year, without branching out)

With colour groupings, choosing Purple group, and utilizing our Extended Day program, your child has the opportunity to stay at kindergarten 2 full days (9.15-3.15 Thursdays and Fridays)

If you wish to find out more about our colour groupings at Pinjarra Kindergarten, please call Sue Mitchell on 9723 2816.

Pinjarra Kindergarten offers children the opportunity to enjoy an afternoon program on a Thursday and a Friday (1.15-3.15)

This program incorporates a lunch program, a play indoors using games and play equipment not used in that days program, then a Music, Drama and Dance program in the last 45 minutes of the program.

The latter component of the afternoon program is the highlight.
During the course of the year we endeavour to introduce different types of music to dance creatively to, from soft floaty music from Enya to the regular beat of African tribal music. We sometimes move with scarves, streamers, and dance with partners. We also introduce and adapt children’s dances, and make up our own.

Throughout the year, we role play many stories told to the children, and many that are read. In these role plays, we adapt the stories, so that each child has an important part to play and their enthusiasm for this activity is infectious!

We play many musical games throughout the year in this program, requiring singing, listening, dancing and of course having fun!

We love using musical instruments too. We often move around the room like a moving, dancing band as we play our instruments, loudly, softly, fast and slowly. We watch the conductor, and that child tells us how to play our instrument, just by the way their arms are moving.

There is also an option for children to remain at Pinjarra Kindergarten for a full day program one or two days a week.

We are pleased to announce that Pinjarra Kindergarten are now offering a 12 hour 4YO kindergarten program, commencing in 2010.

*Option of having one OR two full days (9.15 - 3.15)

* Fabulous music and drama program available 2 afternoons per week.

* Wide range of session times available for parent flexibility, see session times page for full details.

TERM 1    28th January – 3rd April
TERM 2    20th April – 26th June
TERM 3    13th July – 19th September
TERM 4    5th October – 18th December

•    Each year the teaching staff are entitled to three days to either participate in professional development and or utilise the time for preparation.  You will be advised well in advance of these dates and either a relief teacher will run the program or no children will attend on this day.
•    The Kindergarten Teacher will advise parents of any changes to these dates.

This is the new website of Pinjarra Kindergarten. Here we will have all the schedules for the different 3 and 4 year old kinder groups, and we’ll be keeping you up to date with special dates, special events, and any other news.

Thanks to Delta Infotech for setting up the website for us.