	{"id":101914,"date":"2025-05-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=101914"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:37:58","slug":"scarsdale-kinder-to-celebrate-half-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/scarsdale-kinder-to-celebrate-half-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarsdale kinder to celebrate half a century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COMMUNITY members are invited to celebrate fifty years of the Woady Yaloak Kindergarten next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Scarsdale kindergarten is managed by the Eureka Community Kindergarten Association and the celebrations will take place on Tuesday 13 May from 3.30pm to 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a coffee van, historic photographs, and cupcakes, and a time capsule buried in 2010 will be opened at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>Three and four-year-old educator Susanne Hildebrand encouraged the community to come along and reflect on the last five decades.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be wonderful to see as many people as we can to help us celebrate and see people from the past who might&#8217;ve been involved in the kindergarten,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/Kinder3_44114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florence explores the playground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hildebrand said it is important to have a facility within the community close to local families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just wonderful being out in a little country kindergarten and having lots of natural spaces within the yard to work with,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s much easier for families to have somewhere local rather than having to go half an hour into town to go to the nearest other kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful being in a small community to and really being able to build relationships and work with the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au\/\">Golden Plains Shire<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>The kinder is located at 25 Pitfield Road, Scarsdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMUNITY members are invited to celebrate fifty years of the Woady Yaloak Kindergarten next week. 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