By Jesse Graham
HEALESVILLE kids will have plenty of time to learn literacy and numeracy skills before heading to school, with Rotary donating $1000 worth of resources to Queens Park Kindergarten.
Earlier this year, the Rotary Club of Healesville donated more than $1000 to the kindergarten for literacy and numeracy resources for students.
Teacher Kelly Weller told the Mail that the money had purchased puzzles, magnetic numbers and counters, a clock and a world globe, among other items.
She said two parents had approached Rotary earlier in the year about potential funds, with the kindergarten raising money for a new outdoor playground and unable to spare money for the resources.
Earlier in the term, the club came through and offered to help by providing funds.
Ms Weller said the kindergarten’s 61 students, who range from three to five-year-olds, were enjoying the new items and learning more about the world around them.
“They’re really interested in maths and things,” she said.
“At the moment, we’re talking about space and earth … so they’re really into the globe – some of them have got relatives overseas, so we look at that.”
