April 2019

14 MEREDITH and DISTRICT NEWS
An Unordinary Trip
by a “Sheoakian”
I needed petrol to get to Geelong the next morning as the
tank was on empty and showing the orange warning petrol
pump sign and alarm. I checked the time. It was 20 to 7
pm on a Thursday evening. Did I have enough petrol and
time to crawl up to Meredith? My more adventurous side
said yes go for it, I’ll make it. I had 20 minutes to get there
before the bowser was turned off. I was thinking about the
Blues Brothers quote but in a slightly different manner.
‘There's 14 km to Meredith, I’ve got no petrol, half a Mars
Bar, it's dusk out, and I’m wearing sunglasses’. I took off
desperate to catch the bowser. Made it on fumes alone by
three minutes and the helpful girl behind the counter at the
Meredith Roadhouse kept the bowser on for me. Phew.
Feeling very grateful I sauntered across to the other helpful
girl at the Meredith General Store to buy a double scoop of
liquorice ice-cream to complement the Mars Bar then
leisurely moseyed on back home. Meredith is marvellous.
I was no longer hurrying and was enjoying the beautiful
evening sunset. I was stopped in my tracks going across
Coopers Bridge by the magnificent scene of the sun on the
hills and then again 50 metres further up the hill by the sun
on the eucalyptus trees.
Stopping to take photos I saw wallabies and roos quietly
going about their business and parrots settling in for the
night. Magnificent and beautiful light from the sunset lit
up everything on my drive home and I stopped to take
more photos.
We often forget the beauty of where we live and the
serenity and gifts that nature gives us if we just take time
to observe.
Things are happening at
Meredith Primary School…
Did you know that we now offer Before School Care in
our ‘Out of school care hours’ (OSCH) service? It began
in term 1 this year. Our coordinator is Kym Ivory, a local
and an Education Support staff member in the school. She
is passionate, energetic and always comes with a smile
ready to look after the children who use the service from
day to day. The numbers have steadily grown and there is
a great mix of families and ages.
As our morning service begins at 7:30am, the children can
look forward to breakfast with a good variety of choices
including, cereals, toast, crumpets, English muffins, hot
cross buns (a real favourite), toasties and of course,
pancakes! We also offer a range of seasonal fruits. As the
weather becomes a little colder in the mornings, Milo is
always welcome. The children are always encouraged to
help make their own breakfast including flipping the
pancakes.
After breakfast, the children choose an activity to do until
8:45am. Very popular is the craft table and reading. We
have made and painted many creations. We have done
beading, made bag tags and icy pole stick boxes.
There are plenty of games to play in our room, the most
popular are Monopoly and UNO. A close second is Chess
and Checkers.
There is a cosy reading corner where the children can
snuggle into a blanket or one of our giant soft toys and
‘lose themselves’ in a book.
Our room is cosy, warm, inviting, clean and ready for your
child to be a part of a professional friendly program.
We also love to celebrate your child’s birthday as it is an
important day in their lives and as such also an important
milestone.
As term 2 approaches, please don’t hesitate to contact us
via the school office, Steve Trotter or Kym Ivory to book
your place in our before school care program.
Feel free to come and inspect our room and meet the team
and if you apply for CCS funding, the cost of all of this
could be as little as $2.75 per session.
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