This program is conducted by Karen Vianello, who works full time. Karen works closely with the Preschool to ensure a smooth transition to Reception. She also works closely with Rachel’s Reception class to ensure consistency between the two classes. Jane is a classroom assistant in Karen’s class. Her primary role is to provide extra support to allow Karen to work with children in small groups and meet their individual needs.
Parents are usually able to quickly catch up with Karen at drop off or pick up time. However, if you require a more formal appointment, please arrange a mutually convenient time. Karen can be contacted by phoning the school or alternatively you may wish to email her.
Her email address is karenv@southernmontessori.sa.edu.au. Karen will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible during classroom breaks.
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Karen’s Cycle 1 Class
Dear Parents and caregivers, I would like to welcome you and your child to their new class (the “HONEYEATERS”). This year the class will consist of 11 Reception children for the first semester, with a few mid-year entrants beginning in the second semester. Aside from me, in the classroom this year will be […]
Karen and Adele’s Cycle One Class

Term 3 saw some really exciting learning for our class. Some focus areas included our Botany unit of inquiry, where we planted seeds, learned about and tended to the needs of plants, watched and recorded growth (and sometimes lack of). We learned about the parts of plants and their function, as well as the foods […]
Cycle 1 Colour Song
Ciao, This is the catchy colour song we have been learning in Italian. Enjoy! A presto, Adele
Reception News
Reception News! This fortnight we have been … Term 2, Weeks 1 and 2 Literacy: We have begun focussing on double sounds such as ‘ng’ and ‘sh’ with the Alphabet Family, as well as learning ‘y’ becoming a vowel and silent ‘e’ on the end of a word. We have been looking at the elements of […]