Last month, an impressive 86 parents from the current kindy year and throughout the last 21 years, came together for a High Tea to celebrate Louise Stallard – Director of C&K Forestview Community Kindergarten.
Louise has been teaching and working with families at Forestview for 21 years and to acknowledge her outstanding contribution to the Kindy, parents from nearly every year of her teaching came along to celebrate. Alongside her was C&K’s local Community Liaison Officer, Melissa Hodgetts, Early Childhood Education Consultant (ECEC), Tara Lee Franks, previous ECEC, Sandi Lascelles, and educators, trainees and volunteers from Forestview. It was a wonderful afternoon filled with fabulous music (past Kindy Dad as guitarist), lots of laughs, happy tears, sharing of memories, displays of artwork created by Louise’s 2022 Koala Group, a sweet lolly bar and of course a very special cake!
It was certainly a time for celebrating, as Louise was also recognised for her exceptional work at the recent C&K Excellence & Innovation Awards where she was the overall winner of the Professor Mary Mahoney AO Award for excellence in early childhood education and care, and also received the HESTA Leadership and Advocacy Award.
Congratulations Louise and thank you for your outstanding contribution to your children, families, colleagues and the community.
