Savannah Kemp has been remembered as a little girl who was full of laughter and always had a cheeky smile.
The five-year-old died in a crash at Shepparton East on Friday afternoon.
In a post on a GoFundMe page set up to raise money after Savannah’s death, the youngster’s mum Bryana Kemp spoke of her “most precious, sassy little girl”.
“She had the biggest heart, which was always full of laughter,” Ms Kemp said.
“She never walked anywhere, she danced or skipped.
“She was so brave and fearless, learnt it from her brothers (Layton, Cayden and Ryley).
“Nothing bothered her.”
Savannah had been due to start Prep next year at Guthrie St Primary School and was looking forward to it.
“She has been wearing her school uniform around the house for weeks because she was so excited to go to school,” Ms Kemp said.
“She went to her first orientation a week or so back and even had to wear it.”
Ms Kemp remembered her little girl as someone who was going to be a fearless ballerina or soccer player.
“She just wanted to keep up with her brothers. They have been ‘training’ her in the backyard for weeks,” she said.
“I would always make jokes that she would dance the ball into the goals and that’s exactly what she did with them.”
The youngster has been doing acro at Shepparton dance studio U Can Dance for a term and was learning cartwheels and the splits.
“She got very good at it in a few short weeks,” Ms Kemp said.
Savannah, or ‘Sav’ as she was affectionately known at the daycare centre and kindergarten she had been attending since she was eight months old, is being grieved by the community.
Kialla Children’s Centre co-ordinator Nicole Short remembers her as a “beautiful, funny, confident and delightful” child who would always have a special place in the hearts of those at the centre.
“As a community-based centre, we are all about family, connections and being extended members of our KCC families,” Mrs Short said.
“The children weave their way into our hearts, and we love and care for them like our own.
“For anyone who knew Savannah, they would describe her as a little girl who had the sweetest face, a cheeky smile and had such a bubbly personality.
“She would come into the centre literally skipping up the path ready to see all her kinder friends.
“She was confident, capable of anything and a social butterfly who loved everything sparkly and pretty.”
Mrs Short said Savannah had many friends at the centre who would miss her dearly.
“My team are all struggling to come to terms with the loss of our precious Sav and the heartbreak for Bryana and her brothers,” she said.
“From a baby we rocked in our arms, to the kinder girl she has become ready to start her primary school journey, we cannot express our shock and grief that she will no longer be with us any more.
“We will miss you, Sav. Dance and twirl among the stars, little one.”
The Shepparton community has wrapped its arms around the Kemp family, with a GoFundMe page raising more than $39,000 by 4pm on Monday.
If you would like to donate, you can do so at www.gofundme.com/f/in-the-name-of-savannah
A fellow Kialla Children’s Centre parent has also started a Meal Train for Savannah’s family, with about 100 people already on board to help provide meals for the family in the coming weeks.
To cook a meal for the Kemp family visit www.mealtrain.com/trains/nvwkmd
Tributes have also poured in on social media from friends of the family, as well as those who knew Savannah through daycare, kindergarten, dance class and school.