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The Wattle and Grevillea friends have had a great morning celebrating Book Week.

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The Banksia and Lilly Pilly groups have loved dressing up for Book Week! The Kindy staff dressed up as the crayons from ‘The Crayons Love Our Planet’ by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers .

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Today we had a visit from ‘Geckoes Wildlife” show. We were so lucky to pat these amazing animals and learn lots more about them! 🦎

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4 Spots left for our family photos this Sunday! www.trybooking.com/1243877

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The Wattle and Grevillea friends have had a great morning celebrating Book Week.
The Banksia and Lilly Pilly groups have loved dressing up for Book Week! The Kindy staff dressed up as the crayons from ‘The Crayons Love Our Planet’ by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers .
Today we had a visit from ‘Geckoes Wildlife” show. We were so lucky to pat these amazing animals and learn lots more about them! 🦎
A highlight of our recent Open Day was welcoming past, present and future students. 

It was wonderful to welcome back so many past families and also meet future families. 

Thank you to everyone for coming along and helping to make it such a great day.
Thank you to everyone for making our Open Day which celebrated our 75th year such a huge success…..

Our fantastic committee for organising our raffle and bake sale.
All of the very generous donors to our raffle. 
Our wonderful families who bought and sold raffle tickets and for baking all of the amazing treats. 
Our hard working staff and of the course the children who prepared our beautiful Kindy so well. 

Thank you also to Councillor Jared Cassidy for calling in to show his continued support for our Kindy. 

We loved welcoming back past families and staff as well as showing future families how wonderful our Kindy is. 

It was wonderful to see past students reconnect with their teachers and also with each other. 

We are very grateful and fortunate to have such a wonderful Kindy and be part of such an amazing community.
This week is  National Reconciliation Week 🖤💛❤️ 💚🖤🤍💙 #nowmorethanever We walk together #nationalreconciliationweek
Our beautiful basil is in full bloom! 🍃 We have noticed lots of insects in our garden- blue banded bees, honeybees, native bees, butterflies and golden orb spiders! 🌿🍁🕸️🐝🦋🐛
The Leaning Tower of Geebung! Box play is FUN!! #learningthroughplay #stem
“We’re making breakfast for the bees!” 🐝🌿 Welcome back to Kindy #natureplay #welovegeebungkindy
Just a reminder it's a student-free day today! You're on holidays!!!
And that's a wrap! 2023 at Geebung Kindy is DONE! 

Thank you to all the families, staff, committee members, community and friends that helped make this year one of the best yet!

It's a student free day tomorrow meaning the next time we're here will be Monday 22nd January 2024.

Have a safe, happy and healthy Christmas and break!

Love Geebung Kindy x
With the Queensland Government recently announcing free Kindy for all eligible aged children (born between 01/07/19 and 30/06/20), Geebung Kindy has almost reached capacity for 2024. 

We have a few spaces left so get in contact with us as soon as possible if you were considering it as these spots will go fast.

We love Geebung Kindy!

#geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy #freekindy #freekindergarten #established1966 #geebungcommunity
Lately at Kindy we have heard a lovely croaking sound coming from the pipe. 🐸 Look who made an appearance after the rain! We hope the frog loves living in our frog pond 🐸 🌧️ #welovegeebungkindy #communitykindy
QR code ➡️ to vote for our ‘Starry Night’ Christmas tree!
Please consider this your 'last call' to order our fundraising tea towels with your children's beautiful self portraits. Orders close this Sunday 29th October.

These tea towels are great memorabilia for your family or the perfect (postable) gift for Christmas.

#fundraiser #fundraising #geebung #welovegeebungkindy #expressionsfundaising
Two weeks today until the Geebung Street Party!

We can't wait to see you there. We will have a Halloween wand making activity for the kids!
Back to Kindy tomorrow for our Grevillea friends!

We hope you've had the best holidays and we are so looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for the last term of 2023!
Hello families,
A friendly reminder we are now taking orders for this year's artwork tea towel as a beautiful reminder of your child's time at Kindy. You can either scan the QR code in the photo of copy the following link - https://www.expressions.com.au/fundraising-schools/yU4A2V89ZVZ4T8UQQ3uL
Back to Kindy tomorrow for our Wattle friends!

We hope you've had the best holidays and we are so looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for the last term of 2023!
Back to Kindy tomorrow for our Banksia and Lilly Pilly friends!

We hope you've had the best holidays and we are so looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for the last term of 2023!
Term three done! 

We hope all families and friends have a safe, healthy and happy holidays.

We will see you in term four, starting for our Banksia and Lilly Pilly friends Tuesday 3rd October.
Order your tea towels now by scanning the QR Code on our picture or head to this link https://www.expressions.com.au/fundraising-schools/yU4A2V89ZVZ4T8UQQ3uL !

These tea towels not only keep for years as a special memory of your child’s kindy year, but also make great presents for family and friends. They’re easy to post making them ideal Christmas presents to send to family overseas and interstate. 

Orders close 29/10/23 and will be at Kindy by the end of November (in plenty of time to post!). 

All this for the cost of $17 each with a small amount from each tea towel going towards our new playground for future familes.
The Banksia and Lilly Pilly friends enjoyed a great disco today. We are looking to dancing the day away again on Friday with our Wattle and Grevillea friends.
A reminder there is no kindy tomorrow due to a QLD Government Professional Development day for all teachers.

See you next week!
Happening today if you're in the area!

Pop in and say hello 👋🏼

#candk #candkopenweek #candkopenweek2023 #geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy #geebung
Thank you to the wonderful firefighters for visiting the Banksia and Lilly Pilly friends yesterday. The firefighters talked to us about fire safety and what to do in an emergency. It is safe to say the highlight was spraying the fire hose.
Who sank the boat?
We loved celebrating Book Week with our Lilly Pilly and Banksia friends today.
And last but not least, we welcome back our Grevillea friends!
Here's a reminder there's still time to get your orders in for the Picture Plates fundraising at Kindy.

Orders are open until Friday 21st July with all artwork due back at Kindy by Wednesday 26th July.

#fundraising #geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy #newplayground
Good morning Wattle friends!

We can't wait to see your smiling faces back today ready for term three!
A reminder we have a few spots left for the Family Photo Day fundraiser this Sunday!

Copy this link if you would like to book in - www.trybooking.com/1066763
Today's the day for our Banksia and Lilly Pilly friends!
Reminder: We're having a student-free today so we can plan for term three! 

Our friends in Banksia and Lilly Pilly start back tomorrow (Tuesday 11th July).

Can't wait to see you all and hear of all of your adventures over the holidays!
Very special $20 family photo offer. 

Bede from Laura Jean photography is setting up his professional studio at Kindy on Sunday 16th July. 

His work is lovely, please see samples and more info. on their website
<http://www.laurajean.com.au/for-families/>
www.laurajean.com.au/for-families/

Bookings are limited and will fill quickly: www.trybooking.com/1066763
<http://www.trybooking.com/1066763> 

Funds will go towards our new our new playground.
A big 'Congratulations' to Debra Gaylard who has been awarded the Aspley Local Legend award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Geebung Kindergarten community over the past 24 years.
This award is so well deserved and we are all beyond proud of Deb.
And that's term two done and dusted!

Who else can't believe we're half way through the year already?!

A reminder that Monday 10th July is a student-free day so our teachers can further plan for term three. 

Our term commencement dates for each group are -

Banksia - Tuesday 11th July
Lilly Pilly - Tuesday 11th July
Wattle - Wednesday 12th July
Grevillea - Thursday 13th July
Yay us!  We've done it again!

Geebung Kindergarten & Preschool has been registered in the ecoBiz program since mid-2018 and is proud to announce we've been recognised again as a Star Partner in 2023. 

Our water consumption decreased by 29% in the 2022 assessment period.
Therefore overall, we have reduced our waster intensity by 13%. 

ecoBiz is a free program funded by the Queensland Government to support businesses improve their energy, water and waste efficiency.

#sustainability #ecobiz #BusinessChamberqld #takingaction #stopwasting
Picture Plate templates are now available for collection at kindy! Just pop into the office or see one of our friendly staff.

Turn your child's artwork into a beautiful keepsake they'll treasure forever. Strong enough for everyday use and they make wonderful gifts for family members. Your child will be extremely happy and proud to eat off their artwork for many years to come! Please find attached some examples of previous picture plates from Geebung Kindy children. 

Picture Plates are always very popular and a lot of fun. You can purchase yours via the link below for $30 per plate. 

Orders are due by Friday, 21 July 2023 and the template drawings must be returned by Wednesday, 26 July 2023. Your child's plate will be ready for collection from kindy in early to mid-October. 

All funds raised through this fundraiser will be put towards our future playground upgrade!
Have you bought your raffle tickets yet? There’s still time! Tickets will be sold at Open Day tomorrow from 9:00am - 10:30am! The raffle will be drawn at 10:45am (if you’re not there, we’ll call you next week to arrange collection!). 

Prizes include: 

* 7 Nights Accomodation Overseas 
* Drone
* Bike
* Razor scooter
* Family passes to Tiddlywinks
* Logitech home office kit
* Haircut, style and treatments
* Pamper pack
* Boutique vouchers 
* Coffee tasting packs
* Gift Hampers
* Toys
* And more! 

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to win these prizes! 

A big thank you to our incredibly generous sponsors who donated prizes: 

@truepowerrealty_sales_rentals 
@rotaryelectrical 
@bartmellishmp 
@councillorcassidy 
@tiddlywinksnundah 
@haironpiccadilly 
@kindred_boutiqueandgifts 
@foxcoffeeau 
@anikawellsmp 
And last, but not least, our generous kindy community!

We look forward to seeing you at Open Day!
Oooh! We've added some amazing prizes to our prize pool this week! Check it out!

Don't forget to get your tickets in time for the draw at our Open Day this Saturday!
Our prize collection is coming together and here is a sneak peak of what we have so far! 

Can't wait to see who wins our raffle which is drawn at our Open Day (Saturday 10th June | 9am - 11am).

Tickets are $2.50 each with all proceeds going towards a new playground. 

If you have run out of tickets to sell, or would like to purchase, contact Alicia on 07 3265 6609.
The children watched with wonder the Rainforest Puppet Show. Thank you Kevin from Evergreen Puppets 🌿🌿🐸🕷️🦋🐌🦜🌿🌿
Today we acknowledge National Sorry Day. Every year on the 26th May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families.
Reminder: Tomorrow (Saturday 13th May) we have a Working Bee scheduled from 8am until approximately 11:30am at Geebung Kindy. 

The main jobs will be - 
🐝 Sanding any rough edges on our balance beams and 
🐝 Re-lacquering any beams that have become worn
🐝 Painting a door frame
🐝 Other odd jobs

If any of our families are able to help out and you haven't already RSVP'ed, it's not too late!

 #geebungkindergarten #geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy #workingbee
We loved our visit from Trae Trae this morning. What fun we had, as we sang, danced and learnt about Aboriginal culture. ❤️💛🖤
Good morning 🌞 Just a reminder for our Wattle and Grevillea friends. Today is photo day!

 #geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy #geebungkindergarten #photoday
Good morning 🌞 Just a friendly reminder today is photo day for our Lilly Pilly and Banksia friends!

#geebungkindy #geebungkindergarten #welovegeebungkindy #photoday
Just a reminder - Geebung Kindy will be closed tomorrow, Monday 1st May for the Labour Day Public Holiday. We will see our Lilly Pilly and Banksia friends on Tuesday.

#labourday #labourday2023 #publicholiday #kindyclosedfortheday #geebungkindy #welovegeebungkindy
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