St Lucia Kindergarten, Brisbane

2019 Team

Kookaburra 1 Group:
Wendy Burton, Director & Teacher (B.Education, Dip Teach Early Childhood)
Yamuna Abeyratne, Assistant (Cert 111)

Magpie 1 Group:
Catherine O’Dwyer, Teacher (Dip Teach Early Childhood)
Sue Hines, Assistant (Cert 111)

Kookaburra 2 Group:
Rochelle Ellis, Teacher (BSoc,Dip Ed Early Childhood)
Julie Anderson, Assistant (Dip Ch Serv)

Magpie 2 Group:
Carmen Schwenke, Teacher (B.A,Dip Ed Early Childhood)
Sue Hines, Assistant (Cert 111)

Support:
Ann Inoka Support Assistant (Cert 111)                           
Anne Riachi Administration Assistant

Educators

C&K St Lucia Kindergarten employs a team of highly qualified and dedicated educators.

Each class of 22 children has a trained Early Childhood Teacher and an experienced Assistant. Each class also has the help of an extra Assistant to support the children and educators during the busy day.

Our Director is also available in the office on one day per week to assist with curriculum coordination and implementation. This enables the team of educators to provide the very best opportunities for children to learn in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Role of the Educators

We believe that interactions and conversation are vitally important for learning. Teachers actively promote children's learning through worthwhile and challenging experiences and interactions that foster high-level thinking skills.

Intentional teaching involves educators being deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful in their decisions and actions. Educators will use strategies such as modeling, demonstrating, open ended questioning, explaining, shared thinking and problem solving to extend the children's understanding and learning.

At St Lucia Kindergarten, educators are responsive to all children's strengths, abilities and interests. They value and build on children's strengths, skills and knowledge to ensure they are motivated and engaged in learning. Educators plan opportunities for intentional teaching and knowledge building.

Our Management Committee 

St Lucia Kindergarten is community based. Parents are afforded the pleasure of joining in the daily running of the Kindergarten. By electing to join the management committee you can become a decision maker for the Kindergarten community.
Your current management committee is listed below.
President
Your current president is Miriam Henze.
You can reach Miriam by email on presidentstluciakindy@gmail.com

The role:
  • provides leadership to the Management Committee;
  • liaises with Director;
  • acts  as chairperson at meetings;
  • delegates responsibilities;
  • ensures that decisions are made and carried through; and
  • acts  as spokesperson to the public.
Vice President
Your current vice president is Neha Gaur.
You can reach Neha by email on stluciakindy@gmail.com

The role:
  • supports the role of the President and adopts the President's role in their absence;
  • accepts the delegation for special projects as required; and
  • acts as newsletter convener - responsible providing information for monthly newsletter which outlines main items discussed at committee management meetings.  This informs the parent body of the decisions made by the Management Committee.
Secretary
Our current secretary is Sarah Sedgwick.
You can reach Sarah by email on stluciakindy@gmail.com

The role:
  • prepares a written agenda for meetings in consultation with the President;
  • records all incoming correspondence in a register;
  • presents actual correspondence to the meeting and responds to correspondence as agreed by the Management Committee;
  • maintains official files; and
  • completes all forms.
Treasurer
Our current treasurer is Tony Gurgo.
You can reach Tony by email on stluciakindy@gmail.com

The role:
  • responsible for maintaining financial accounts of the centre including banking, term deposits, fees, budget in consultation with the administrative assistant employed by the Kindergarten;
  • ensures that all accounts are paid;
  • responsible for presenting monthly bills for payment and financial summaries at each monthly meeting; and
  • together with the Committee, develops the budget for the following year.