Tag: kindergarten
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Launch of new playground for North Ringwood Community Children’s Centre
Maroondah City Council offers a variety of grants to assist community based organisations, including funding through the third/third/third grants, which can be utilised for capital works within council owned facilities. The upgraded playground at North Ringwood Community Children’s Centre, based at Norwood Reserve on Warrandyte Road in Ringwood North is one example of this funding.…
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Ringwood Uniting Preschool – 50th anniversary
The Ringwood Uniting Preschool is located in Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood near Bedford Road and was opened as an approved centre in February 1959. The work, however, began in 1957 when a Committee of Parents and Friends discussed the possibility of starting a kindergarten to reduce the large waiting lists that existed at the time. Today’s…
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Media Release: Kids rule the roost come festival time
Some of the most exciting childrens entertainment on Maroondah’s 2009 social calendar can be found at Kids Kingdom – a much anticipated feature of the annual Maroondah Festival. Kids Kingdom features a huge range of free activities, rides and entertainment for young ones. Councillor Alex Makin said festival organisers had jammed as much fun as…
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Know Your Parks: Lockhart Road Park
Know Your Parks is an event organised by Maroondah City Council to showcase the many community parks that exist throughout the municipality. This afternoon we held the first ever Know Your Parks program at the Lockhart Road Park in Ringwood North. Combined with Melbourne’s mild Autumn weather the event which included a free sausage sizzle,…
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Pinemont Preschool 40th anniversary
This afternoon I was invited to attend the 40th anniversary and unveiling of the new garden area for Pinemont Preschool, located in Ringwood North. The new garden area, like earlier accessibility works, was funded through a community grant provided by Maroondah City Council. Like most other kindergartens in Victoria, a voluntary parents committee manages Pinemont,…
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MAV: Future of Local Government progressing the Inter-Governmental Agreement
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) as the collective voice for the 79 local councils in Victoria is calling for sector-wide reform of local government, with the aim of improving community engagement and regional collaboration, in an attempt to secure more equitable funding arrangements from the State and Federal Governments. In 2003 David Hawker, MP…