At Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten, we believe that ‘Early Childhood is the foundation on which children build their lives. It is not just preparation for adolescence and adulthood, it has an importance in itself’.
We place great emphasis on play-based learning as the way young children learn best, and strong reciprocal relationships with educators support this. Our aim is to provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment that accommodates and embraces differences. We have a strong connection to the local community which also ensures a successful program.
Our program is stimulating in order to expand children’s emotional, intellectual, physical, social and creative capacities and deepen their capacity to think and learn. We aim to meet the needs of each child and provide opportunity to include children’s voice at every opportunity to enhance dispositions for learning.
We believe that young children learn best when they have a sense of belonging, they are actively engaged and interested. Children need time and opportunity to make choices, think critically and creatively, to problem solve, act independently and to work collaboratively with their peers.
At Wudinna Kindy we want children to be learning life skills and to be making sense of the world around them through play.
“At Wudinna Kindy we are learning for life”
Session Times
Our sessional kindergarten is run every Tuesday and Thursday of term from 8:30am – 3:30pm. In term 3, children attend additional full day session a week to make up their 600 hour entitlement under the Federal Government’s Universal Access agreement.
Children may attend kindergarten via the school bus depending on available spaces. All children attending our kindergarten program are offered supervised lunch time care.
For more information on our Kindy Program, please download the Parent Guideline Booklet or call the kindy on 08 86802252 or our kindy mobile on 0428239946.
Occasional Care Sessions
Wudinna Kindy’s Occasional Care program is short periods of care for children aged between 2 and 5 years of age. Families can access Occasional Care on either a regular or irregular basis though bookings are made a term in advance.
Parents use Occasional Care for a variety of reasons, including casual, shift- work or part-time work; respite care; crisis and emergency care, shopping or attending appointments.
The benefit of Occasional Care is it provides families with the flexibility to leave their children in a caring and interactive early childhood learning environment to play, learn, socialise and interact with other children. Children have the opportunity to learn through play, interact with other children, develop social skills including speech and language skills, numeracy skills and fine/gross motor skills.
Our Occasional Care program is offered each week on a Wednesday morning and is run by Diploma trained Early Childhood Worker. Session times are from 9.00am to 11.45am. There are currently two sessions running concurrently at this time.
Please call the Kindy with any queries or to register your interest in bookings next term 08 86802252 or on our kindy mobile 0428239946.
Great Start
Great Start is a Department for Education website which has plenty of ideas and activities that can help you make the most of everyday learning and events. Families are busy so included are ideas for activities that you are already doing, ideas that may be new and will only take a few minutes and others that will take longer. There is also extra information for you if want to learn more about the literacy and numeracy that your child will be developing and how this will link to learning in later life.
CFS fire bans
Wudinna Area School
Wudinna Area School Wudinna Kindy feeds into Wudinna Area School. please click here for more information.
Health Direct
Health Direct If you have a health concern and you’re not sure what to do, simply call 1800 022 222* and speak with a registered nurse. You’ll get fast, expert advice about any health issue, helping you make an informed decision about how to manage it. GP’s are also available when required.
Headlice Information
Headlice are social pests and rarely pose a threat to health. Outbreaks can be controlled if parents regularly check their children’s hair for head lice and follow the recommended treatment methods if they find active lice.Kindergartens play a role in preventing the problem spreading. This includes staff contacting families to notify them if their child has head lice so that they can arrange treatment for their child.
Parents are responsible for:
- detecting and treating their children for headlice
- notifying the Kindy
“Be You” – beyou.edu.au
SA HEALTH: Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by the spread of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites). They spread from human to human, animals or the environment, including food and water. We ask that should your child be unwell that you seek information from a reputable source including the SA Health website OR your local Doctor. In an emergency please phone 000.
UV rating
UV rating the daily uv rating at kindy determines how we utilise the outdoor space and our expectations around wearing hats. We monitor the rating daily and if over three implement our sun smart policy.
Wudinna District Council
Wudinna District Council Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten is within the Wudinna District Council area. For more details on the Wudinna area, please click below.
Parenting SA
Parenting SA The ParentingSA website has access to Parent Easy Guides (PEGs) which bring simple, easy-to-read information on many of the issues faced by parents from birth through adolescence. The PEGs represent a valuable information source not only for parents and those caring for children, but also professionals. They have been developed from research in conjunction with appropriate experts and are widely used throughout Australia.
Families SA
Families SA Families SA is part of the Department for Education and Child Development. Our primary area of concern is the protection of children – “keeping them safe”. Within this context we work in the following areas:
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Protecting children from abuse and harm
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Supporting families to reduce risk to children
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Providing alternative care for children and young people when home is no longer an option
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Working with young people who break the law
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Managing adoption processes
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Caring for refugee children at risk
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Delivering services to address poverty
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Helping communities affected by disaster to rebuild
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Families SA is committed to reconciliation and providing culturally appropriate services.
Lifeline
Lifeline provides access to crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services.
People call Lifeline’s 24 hour crisis support service 13 11 14 about many things including: Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, Abuse and trauma, Physical or mental wellbeing, Suicidal thoughts or attempts, Stresses from work, family or society and Information for friends and family.
Department for Education
Annual Report
Adobe PDF, 1MB
Context Statement
Adobe PDF, 952KB
Quality Improvement Plan
Adobe PDF, 496KB
Parent Guideline Handbook
Adobe PDF, 2MB
Site specific policies/procedures
Grievance Procedure
Adobe PDF, 179KB
Healthy food Supply and Nutrition Policy
Adobe PDF, 2MB
Hot weather procedure
Adobe PDF, 602KB
Relationship code
Adobe PDF, 2MB
Rest and sleep procedure
Adobe PDF, 602KB
Sun Protection Policy
Adobe PDF, 138KB
Toileting Procedure
Site Policies are reviewed by Governing Council on a scheduled basis. Additional Department for Education policies can be sources at: https://www.decd.sa.gov.au/department/policies/departmental-policies
Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten
Director:
Wudinna RSL Memorial Kindergarten
Portfolio:
Port Lincoln Portfolio
Partnership:
Central Eyre Partnership
Feedback & Complaints
Let us know if you have feedback or a complaint, or if you want to give us a compliment. Feedback is valuable as it helps us shape our services to meet your needs.
Our parent guide to raising a concern or complaint
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