Murchison kindy on a roll

Murchison Kindergarten has celebrated its seventh birthday, and with a full roll and a strong team, the kindergarten has a bright future.

“Seven is a significant number and it is nice to celebrate our current progress,” head teacher Raelene Norris says.

“Our very first day open was slightly delayed as we were waiting for our license to come through, so the first day was actually Tuesday, 14 March 2017 and we had a roll of 16 children,” Raelene reflects.

“Now seven years on with a full roll and new teachers on the horizon, the kindergarten’s future looks bright. We all enjoy being here and being part of this great community.”

The kindergarten recently had a large cohort of children start school, which resulted in a comparative number of children coming off the waiting list.

“Murchison seems to be a growing community, so even with this appreciable reduction in the waiting list, we still have more children enrolling, which is what we want to see happening,” Raelene says.

Due to Murchison’s geographical isolation, finding teaching staff can be a challenge, however Raelene and the teaching team have found creative solutions and are now seeing the benefit of these decisions.

“The best way to overcome the teaching challenge was to grow teachers in the area; we now have two parents who are training to be ECE teachers, which is reassuring for the longevity of the kindergarten.”

The birthday was celebrated with a shared morning tea.