Playgroup

We have been busy with Playgroup in the last few weeks.  Alice belongs to Naike Playgroup which is held at the old school. 

On 24th September we had our annual 'Lamb Day'.  On this day, all the children bring their pet lambs.  They lead them around a ring and over a small obstacle course, then receive a ribbon and lollipop.  The local community is encouraged to attend with all generations mixing and mingling. 

The playgroup parents put on sausage sizzle and drinks, plus have a large raffle table, fathers cakes for auction, guess the number of jelly beans and the weight of the lamb. 

We had an excellent day, weather and crowd wise.

Then on Thursday 29th, playgroup went to the Huntly Firestation and were looked after by fireman Jason.  They treated the kids to seeing what gear the fireman get to wear (and a mum even got to try it out).  The kids then got help with the fire hose.  This lead to the yard being filled with white foam, which took the kids interest and soon shoes were off and foam everywhere. 

Then we got to have a ride in the fire engine.  Alice and I got to sit in the front seat and Alice was able to turn the siren on and beep the horn.

Alice and a few of the other children do kindy by correspondence and two of the teachers came and joined us at the firestation briefly for a catchup.  Alice's teacher, Heather was there for a catchup.

Afterwards the kids all enjoyed nuggets and chips at the Huntly Lake.