Ballyhall Kindergarten
Ballyhall
Callan
Co. Kilkenny
Tel: 056 7706507
Email: kindergartenballyhall@eircom.net

Contacts
Monika Dambrauskaite
Ballyhall Kindergarten
Callan, Co. Kilkenny

Kindergarten Practices and Guidelines
The KG provides a warm homelike atmosphere and an opportunity for the children to learn through imitation and activity. Creative play is inspired by the environment of both the home and the KG and plays a major role in the KG. Through creative play children are able to work through and develop capacities necessary for later life.

Rhythm
The child is reassured by the recurring rhythm of the day, the week and the year through the repetition of seasonal activities, festivals, and songs.

Teachers also work with a regular rhythm to morning and weekly activities, for example: music and verse accompanied by movement and gesture; stories, puppets, practical activities of gardening, cooking, sewing, washing and cleaning; artistic activities of drawing, painting and modelling.

All are experienced with joy and enthusiasm within a regular rhythm upon which the child can rely.

Daily Timetable

9.00	outdoor creative playtime
10.15	wash hands, change clothes, finger play as transition
10.30	circle time/golden ring: fairytale or seasonal theme in verse, song and movement
10.55	snack
11.25	indoor creative freeplay and artistic activity
12.20	tidy up time
12.30	storytelling, marionette puppet, or game time
12.45	good bye song (for children who going home)
12.45	rest time (for children who staying)
1.25	wash hands
1.30	lunch time
2.00	washing and drying dishes
2.15	going home time

Weekly Timetable

DAY	OUTDOOR	INDOOR	FOOD
Mon	gardening	bread baking	rice
Tue	woodwork	wet-on-wet painting	bread
Wed	wool craft	beeswax modeling	millet
Thu	nature walk	cutting veg	veg soup
Fri	kindie clean up	finger knitting	pasta

Administration of Ballyhall Kindergarten

Ballyhall Kindergarten is a Community Kindergarten administrated by parents entirely on a voluntary basis. It is non-profit making, and is registered as a Charity - No. 11977. The initiative was started in 1995 by parents in the locality with a commitment to running a high-quality playgroup and kindergarten.

The kindergarten is run by a committee, consisting of parents and other interested individuals. All parents are expected to attend monthly committee meetings, which are held on the first Monday of every month at approximately 8.30pm. Tasks related to the running of the kindergarten - for example grass-cutting, laundry of towels, collection of fees, etc. need to be taken on by parents.

The kindergarten has close connections with the nearby Camphill Community in Ballytobin and in the past some children have moved on to continue their primary education there.