Happy Birthday to all of our April birthdays: Mitchell H, Vaimoana L, Jake J, Nicholas C and Remi R and to Ava S and Chloe B for this week.

Welcome back to Term 2.  A big thankyou to our wonderful ELC educators who ran such an engaging holiday program. The children enjoyed fun-filled days including incursions from Make a Bear, Giggly Wiggly balloons and Bunnings as well as making cupcakes, Wombat Stew, rainbow art and Autumn craft.

This week we are very excited to begin our gymnastics program conducted by qualified instructors at Woden Valley Gymnastics Club.  Throughout the program the children develop gross motor skills, balance, spatial awareness, and confidence, and have a lot of fun.  We are very lucky to have such a great facility so close to our ELC.

Staffing

A big congratulations to Ms Aquilina (Kasia) on the safe arrival of baby Hudson during the holidays. Welcome to Ms Neda who will be working as an additional educator in our Stingray room.  Neda has worked with us previously and it is great to have her back on board.  Mrs Putt (Jacinta) is in the final year of her Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and is currently doing her 4 week practicum in the Turtles room. Ms Fatima and Ms Stapleton will be covering Jacinta’s normal shifts.

ELC Days - Term 2

A reminder that the Lobsters Wednesdays are in odd weeks and the Stingrays Wednesdays are in Even Weeks for the remainder of the year. 

Week 2 (beginning 6 May)

- Stingrays attend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

- Lobsters attend Thursday and Friday

Enrolment period

Enrolments are now open for 2025 preschool and primary school. Go to the school websites for more details and the application link. Current ELC families need to submit an application for kindergarten at their in-area school. Applications must be submitted by the end of May in order to be considered in the first round.

St John Vianney Open Days

SJV Open Days are Wednesday throughout the month of May from 9:30am to 5pm and Saturday 4 May from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

SJV welcomes all families to have a tour of the school every Wednesday in the month of May between 10:30am and 5:00pm.  If you are keen to tour our school and you can't make these times, please contact the Front Office office.sjv@cg.catholic.edu.au to make an appointment.

Facebook

The ELC now has a Facebook page which we encourage you to follow. We will post updates, reminders and images of all the fabulous things we get up to.

The Resilience Project

This year the ELC have signed up to join The Resilience Project. TRP mission is to teach positive mental health strategies to inspire happiness and change lives. We will explore the concepts of  Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness and easy ways to practise these in everyday life. We also incorporate Emotional Literacy, Connection and Physical Health education and activities as they are foundational contributors to positive mental health.

Mothers Day

St Jude's invite all mothers, step-mothers, grandmothers, aunties and special friends to attend our Mother's Day celebration on Friday 10 May. We are holding a Mother’s Day Breakfast beginning at 8.30am. Please click this link to RSVP for the breakfast. Guests are then welcome to visit your children’s classrooms from 9.00am – 10.20am.  For Stingray families, we will be holding an open classroom on Monday 13 May from 9am – 9:40am.