Parent helpers

Our parent helping roster is a wonderful way to see your children in their Preschool environment, watching them interact with other children, observing their talents at the paints or crafts table, watching their imagination burst to life in home corner or joining in for their first board game with Educators and peers.  Its also a great way to get to know the other children in the Preschool, to make out of school playdates and birthday parties more fun. 

Our general rule of parent helping is to roster yourself on for the number of days your child attends Preschool per week, per term i.e. if your child attends 2 days a week, we ask you to volunteer for a minimum of 2 parent helper shifts per term.  

What do I have to do as a Parent Helper? 

• Daily from 9am-11am 
• Help with craft activities, writing children's names, helping children put on paint smocks, helping them hang up their finished craft and washing hands, etc..
• The Educators may ask for assistance with cutting, labelling, sorting toys, basic admin tasks etc.. 
• Play games or read stories to the children. 
• Put hats in cubbies for children who have not arrived yet and those that forgot. 
• At pack up time, help pack away craft, wash paint / glue brushes, pack up play-dough and wash the play-dough equipment.  Wash plates, cups etc... that have been used in the home corner.  Wipe the tables down. 
• As well as helping out in the morning, the parent helper returns in the afternoon at around 2:15pm to give the children's bathroom a clean.

When you are parent helper, your child will get first choice of the many coveted 'helping hands' roles such as 'Leader', 'Gardener' or 'Worm Feeder'.