A huge WELCOME to all our families joining us for Kindergarten 2024!
Kindy Kapers has been designed to keep us connected, as well as to keep you up-to-date with communications relating to anything and everything Kindergarten 2024 at Balmain Public School.
If you're not already following us on Instagram, please do so! We usually post on a daily basis, as well as include stories, where we share moments of the day (and these vanish after 24 hours). Some of our stories are saved as highlights...go and check it out!
If you have yet to see our exciting virtual Kindergarten visit, 'A Day in the Life of Kindergarten' on Instagram and/or website, it has also been included in this issue.
We are looking forward to meeting you and your children soon!
Maria Lambos - Principal
Hello Families!
My name is Emma Archibald, I am the K-2 Assistant Principal and one of the current Stage 1 teachers at Balmain PS. Starting school is an exciting time and I look forward to supporting you and your child as they begin their journey at school!
Below you will find information, videos and links regarding Kindergarten at Balmain PS, the Transition to School program and how to best connect with the school.
Should you have any questions, after reading ‘Kindy Kapers Issue 1’, please email balmainps@gmail.com by Monday 18th Sep with the subject line ‘Att: Mrs Archibald - Kindy 2024 Question’. Kindergarten teachers will use these questions to guide ‘Kindy Kapers Issue 2’, that looks at tips for starting school and school readiness.
Looking forward to meeting you all soon!
Emma Archibald - K-2 Assistant Principal
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Your child will attend daily, Monday to Friday, for one week only, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am.
Your child is not required to wear a school uniform.
Please make sure your child has a hat, a labelled bottle of water and a piece of fruit.
Please meet the Kindergarten teachers outside the main building at 9:30 am.
Please sign your child in when you arrive and ensure you are back in the playground to collect your child promptly at 10:30 am.
Any queries, please call 9818 1177.
Your child will attend daily, Monday to Friday, for one week only, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am.
Your child is not required to wear a school uniform.
Please make sure your child has a hat, a labelled bottle of water and a piece of fruit.
Please meet the Kindergarten teachers outside the main building at 9:30 am.
Please sign your child in when you arrive and ensure you are back in the playground to collect your child promptly at 10:30 am.
Any queries, please call 9818 1177.
Best Start Assessments will take place within the first few days of the school year. Please see the link below for more information.
Start time: 9:30am (only for this day)
End time: 2:30 (only for this day)
Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator who has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems and advised education leaders around the world. He has written and spoken widely about teaching and learning in school, teachers' work and school improvement, educational change, international education issues, and the future of schools. His book “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland” won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for an idea that has potential to change the world. He is also a recipient of the 2012 Education Award in Finland, the 2014 Robert Owen Award in Scotland, the 2016 Lego Prize, and Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Resident Fellowship in 2017. He is a former senior education specialist at the World Bank (in Washington, DC), a lead education expert at the European Training Foundation (in Torino, Italy), a director general at the Finland’s Ministry of Education (CIMO), and a visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard University. He is a member of several international organisations, editorial boards, and advisory boards. His most recent book (co-authored with William Doyle) is "Let the Children Play: How more play will save our schools and help children thrive" (Oxford University Press, 2019) and forthcoming books "Finnish Lessons 3.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland” (Teachers College Press, 2021) and "In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish way to world-class schools" (Norton, 2021 with Tim Walker). He is Professor of Education Policy and Deputy Director of the Gonski Institute at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
Twitter: @pasi_sahlberg.
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