ELC, Term 4 Week 5 2026

As part of our preparations for the ELC Christmas Concert on Thursday 19 November, the children have been learning Christmas songs, enjoying the story Pip the Mouse and his Christmas Alphabet, and creating festive headwear in their Music and Art lessons. To help strengthen the connection between home and the ELC, we would love your family to be involved in a special Christmas project. Your child will bring home a letter from the alphabet that will become part of a large Christmas banner displayed at our concert. Together, please decorate the letter in any way you choose using materials you already have at home, such as paint, collage materials, stickers, glitter, fabric or drawing materials. Please include your child’s name and return the letter to the ELC by Friday 13 November. We would also love to hear about the experience, whether through a photo, a quick email to your child’s teacher, or a conversation with room staff. Sharing these special learning experiences helps us celebrate the important partnership between families and educators. We look forward to seeing your creative letter and sharing the Christmas Concert with you all.

Kind regards,
The Pulteney ELC Team

Enrolments

If you are looking to enrol a sibling of a current ELC child, please complete an application form via the school’s website. We are currently placing 2028 enrolments.

Extended Care Bookings

A friendly reminder that the ELC educational day runs from 8:15am to 3:15pm. We provide a grace period for collection until 3:30pm. Please note that children collected after 3:30pm will be signed into Extended Care, and the applicable charges will be applied. Thank you for your understanding, this process helps us ensure we can provide a safe, well-supervised, and appropriately staffed program for all children throughout the day.

If you require the same extended care bookings each week could you please confirm with Chloe, in the ELC office that the bookings are recurring. This allows us to appropriately staff our extended care program. Thank you for your support.

Outstanding Incident Reports

There are a number of incident reports outstanding in Xplor. Please check your Xplor account and sign any outstanding forms, please see one of our team if you need assistance with this.

Holiday Care Bookings 

In consultation with the children, the ELC Educator Team has designed an exciting program for the break.

Bookings will close on Friday 27 November, please email elc@pulteney.sa.edu.au with your required days.  As our staffing is based on confirmed bookings, we are unable to guarantee care for children who have not been booked in advance. If you arrive without a booking, we may need to ask that you make alternative arrangements and take your child home. We appreciate your understanding and support in helping us plan appropriately for all children in our care.

Key Details:
Dates:
Monday 7 December to Friday 18 December and Monday 4 January to Friday 22 January 2027

Closure Dates:
Friday 11 December for a Whole School Staff function and Monday 21 December to Friday 1 January (Inclusive)
Monday 25 January 2026 for training and centre deep cleaning.
Families will not be charged for public holidays during school holiday periods or for ELC closure days.

Opening Hours: 7.30am – 6.00pm
Location: ELC Tainmunta and Yulti classrooms
Rate: $137.00 per day (includes early drop off from 7.30am and late pick up before 6.00pm)

This rate is applicable to January 1 2027. 2027 rates will be communicated in December.

No minimum attendance: Book for as many or as few days as you need!
Booking Requests: Please email your booking requests to elc@pulteney.sa.edu.au by Friday 27 November 2026
Term Bookings: Children’s regular term-time bookings will be paused with no charge during the holiday program
Return Date: Term 1 begins on Wednesday 27 January 2027. 

We look forward to providing your children with an enjoyable holiday care experience.

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