Forest Friends Playgroup

When: 9am – 10.30am Mondays Week 2 - Week 9 during each school term. (Term 4 week 2 -week 8)

Where: Siena Hall and The Forest area at St Catherine’s School. Our Playgroup is based on the SPICE program. (Supported Playgroups Igniting Children’s Engagement). We aim to provide families with a welcoming, inclusive Playgroup that allows both children and parents to become involved in the St Cather

ine’s School environment. Our program is held both indoors and in ‘The Forest” allowing children to experience a range of activities. A theme will be incorporated into the session that will allow the children to explore something different each week. Playgroup supports development in the areas of:

Whole body motor skills- climbing, jumping, balancing, carrying
Hand skills – feeling, banging, collecting
Fine motor skills – cutting, gluing, sticking, sorting
Communication/social skills – naming, negotiating, describing, telling stories
Play skills – exploring, pretending, engaging with the environment
Sensory skills – feeling, exploring, smelling, listening, looking
Problem solving skills – trialling and experimenting

Please pack some fruit for your child. We aim to be outside when the weather is suitable. Please wear appropriate clothes and bring gumboots and raincoats as it can sometimes be muddy and damp. Please bring a piece of fruit/vegetable per child to share and a change of clothes for the kids. This is not just a playgroup only for St Catherine's families and is open to the wider community so please bring along your friends. We love welcoming new families.