Address
Amaroo Preschool
Burdekin Avenue
Amaroo ACT 2914
Ph/Fax: 62051071
Email: amaroo@preschool.act.edu.au

Who is Elegible?
Children who turn 4 on or before the 30th April 2009, have access to 12hours of Preschool per Week.   Please refer to enrolment policy at www.det.act.gov.au

Priority Enrolment Area (PEA)
Amaroo
Forde

If you are not a resident of one of the above suburbs but your child is minded full-time in these areas in 2008, you may also enrol.

This does not mean you will automatically get a place at Amaroo School.  Amaroo School takes IN AREA CHILDREN ONLY.

When/Where and How Do I enrol for 2009? 
Enrolments will be accepted from May 1st 2008, at Amaroo School Administration Office.   You will need to bring with you: Proof of child’s age, (birth certificate or passport), their immunisation record and proof of residence.
Please call the school on 62052808 if you have further queries.

Amaroo Preschool is the largest Preschool in the ACT.   There are 4 separate classrooms with a maximum enrolment of 200.   The 200 children are placed in 1 of 8 groups with a maximum in each group of 25.

We are very proud of the way we have maintained an environment that is warm, welcoming, friendly and fun while always striving for excellence in an area of rapid growth.  Families look forward to returning to Amaroo Preschool.

Groups and Session Times 
The group names were chosen by the founding Amaroo Preschool Parent Committee of 2003.   The names have been taken from the Ngunnawal language and depict beginning and end of a day as half of the groups attend at the beginning of the week and the other half at the end of the week.

Staff for 2008
Janine Skaines: Executive Early Childhood P-2
janine.skaines@ed.act.edu.au

Sue Molyneux: Teacher
Wendy Morschel:  Assistant
Janine Skaines: Release Teacher
Group: Bunduluk

Bronwyn Murphy: Teacher
Wendy Morschel: Assistant
Janine Skaines: Release Teacher
Groups: Wilay

Natasha Parker: Teacher
Vicki Reeve:  Assistant
Groups: Bural and Kagu
Pam Anderson: Release Teacher Bural

Rachel Holt: Teacher
Marilyn Ryan: Assistant
Janine Skaines: Release Teacher
Groups: Guginya and Mundawari

Fiona Hemmings: Teacher
Lesley Purdy: Assistant
Groups: Winyu and Dyurra
Pam Anderson: Release Teacher Dyurra

Amaroo Preschool is a allergy friendly school. This is to provide protection for children who have severe allergic reactions to nuts and nut products. Parents are asked to provide nut free food for their child’s morning snack and lunch (9am -3pm sessions). This includes nutella and peanut butter sandwiches.

Voluntary Contributions
Preschools in the Act are provided by the ACT Government.   As of 2007 Amaroo Preschool is administratively linked to Amaroo School.   The Preschool is financially managed by the Preschool Parent Association (PPA) under the guidance of the Teacher in Charge.   Parents with enrolled children automatically become members of the PPA.

The PPA sets the voluntary contributions at the first PPA general meeting.   Meetings for 2008 will be held on the 3 Wednesday of the month, 7pm at the Preschool.  ALL FAMILIES WELCOME.

Parent Involvement
We greatly value your involvement. There are many ways that you can support your child’s Preschool education.

• Offering to help in the class on a roster basis with small group activities, craft, reading to the children, cooking.
• Excursions – for all excursions we are required to have 1 adult per 4 children. This means for each excursion we need at least 5 parents to accompany us.
• Sharing special skills and interests, playing an instrument, pottery, carpentry.
• Parent Committee. Keep up to date with what is happening at preschool and be a part of the decision making on how your contributions and fundraising are spent.