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How did we find our space?
Who comes to Bush Kinder?
We have three Educators that attend the Bush Kinder sessions. Myself as the Early Childhood Teacher and Two Educators to support the program. We only take 22 children but we have three staff so that we are well above ratio to ensure adequate supervision.
We also request that our families join our parent help roster. We prefer 2 parent helpers on each session to assist with supervision and in the case of an evacuation enough adults to assist in moving children throughout the park space.
How long are your sessions?
What types of things do you take with you?
Red Duffle Bag:
- 2 Large Tarps
- Shower Tent (Used to house our camping toilet)
Green Duffle Bag:
- First Aid Kit
- Children's hats
- Towels
- Spare clothes
- Spare wet weather gear
- Magnifying glasses
- Tissues
- Toilet Paper
- Wet wipes
- Evacuation ropes x2
- Small clipboards and pens
We also take a camping toilet as the public toilets are too far from our space to be taking children to use them throughout the session. The toilet is kept in the shower tent during the session to allow the children to have privacy in a public space.
I also take a backpack with essential important information such as:
- Photocopies of children's enrolment forms
- Policies that directly relate to Bush Kinder
- Risk Assessment and Management Paperwork
- Parks Victoria Permit
- Children's medication (epi-pens & ventolin etc.)
- Bush Kinder sign in book
- Signed regular outing permission forms
- 3 Cameras
- Bush Kinder mobile phone
Isn't Bush Kinder no tools or toys?
- Non-fiction books about Birds and Insects
- Magnifying glasses
- Clip boards & pens
- Ropes*
*With our ropes, the children can and will do amazing things with them, sometimes we as adults can only see a very narrow way of doing things. We had an experience this year where a parent on duty made swings for the children using the ropes and then that was all they wanted to do with them. As a result we removed the ropes from the accessible provocations to encourage children to form their own ideas and thinking throughout the program.
Museum Victoria Field Guide App
What Wet Weather gear do we use and recommend?
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