Family Handbook

 

How to prepare your child

 

• Talk about kindergarten in a positive way.

• Drive past and/or visit the centre for our orientation play day

• Familiarise your child with lunch containers (and practice how to open them), their hat, their bag etc.

• Discuss things they might do, such as painting, blocks etc.

• Use your child’s teachers’ names when discussing kindergarten. Please note the teachers like to be called by their first names; no “Miss”. Thank you.

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On the first day

 

• Help them unpack and organise their things.

• Settle your child into an activity.

• Farewell your child on departure and tell them when you’ll return, eg:“I’ll be back after rest time.” Let staff know you’re going.