WELCOME KINDY 2025 FAMILIES
First day of Kindy!
“Welcome to the Coogee Public School Community! We look forward to meeting you”
We want to do everything we can as a P&C to warmly welcome and support you to get ready for your child to start Kindy at CPS.
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Watch our quick videos to introduce you to our P&C, Canteen and Uniform Shop
Find out about Coogee Public School Uniform requirements and how to purchase
Join our Kindy WhatsApp group
VIDEO: Introduction to our P&C
We would love you to watch this introduction to Coogee Public School P&C Association - showcasing what we contribute to the school and our community. We hope this inspires you to think about getting involved - our request is that all families will volunteer for at least one event every year whether that’s just a couple of mornings in the canteen or library, chucking on an apron to cook snags at a BBQ, helping at a weekend working bee or co-managing an event.
VIDEO: Introduction to our healthy food Canteen
Watch and find out about our P&C run Healthy Food Canteen - we are SO proud of our canteen! Our long term Canteen Manager Alison shares the type of food we serve and talks about our canteen volunteers.
All you need to know about our uniform can be found on our UNIFORM SHOP PAGE.
You can purchase uniforms in person at our UNIFORM SHOP which is open during school term every Friday afternoon between 2:45-3:30. You can also purchase uniforms ONLINE which are delivered straight to your child’s classroom every Thursday.
KINDY WHATSAPP GROUP
FOR COMMUNICATION & COMMUNITY BUILDING PRIOR TO KINDY STARTING
Over the last five years, we’ve set up a Kindy WhatsApp group a few months before school starts for parents of children starting kindy in the new year. It’s been warmly welcomed from new families - we’ve shared photos of our families, asked lots of questions about getting ready for school (there’s always families who have older kids already at CPS) and sent out little invitations for catch ups to help establish & nurture new friendships before school starts.
This WhatsApp group is private space for parents/carers of new Kindy starters at Coogee Public School in each new year. This group is facilitated by current CPS parents active with our P&C. This is a supportive and inclusive environment designed to help answer questions about starting school at CPS and to help build a Kindy community - please keep all questions, comments and discussions positive.
A few weeks after your child starts school, your new class parent will usually set up a class specific WhatsApp group, at which point most of the communication will swap over.
Joining the Kindy WhatsApp group is not mandatory, it’s there if you want to engage with other families prior to starting school.
HOW TO JOIN
to be eligible to join, you must be a parent of a child enrolled in next year’s Kindy cohort at Coogee Public School (your name needs to be one of the parents on the enrolment form - all members details will be checked by the school office. We need to do this for privacy and safety).
Click the button below from your WhatsApp enabled device to open the group
When you join please introduce yourself, thank you!
JOINING YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Coogee Public School is well known for our warm and active community and we’d love you to know where to go for information from our P&C and how you might like to volunteer your time or skills.