At Story House Tarneit, we invited all children to join in our different activities from handprints to dot paintings as we engaged in National Reconciliation Week.
Koala Early Learning and Childcare Centre at Warrnambool receives visits from their local Koori Pre School Field Officer. Having access to programs such as this helps us to embed indigenous culture into our day to day program, not just during Reconciliation week and NAIDOC week and other special dates during the year.
Sensory activities incorporate smells, sounds and different textures to provide the children with sensory experiences, while also improving their fine motor skills and encouraging social engagement.
The aim of National Families Week is to celebrate the vital role the families play in Australian society and this year's theme was 'Stronger Families, Stronger Communities'.
Over the last few weeks, the children have really taken an interest in the alphabet. They have discovered that robot begins with R, so the educators have introduced a recyclable robot experience.
We had such an amazing afternoon to celebrate Mother’s Day and Special Persons Day where the children were able to pamper their Mothers and the special persons that came to visit.
Last week at Story House Early Learning Lara, some of the children were lucky enough to have an ambulance visit where they were able to jump into the ambulance and explore the different machines inside used to help in an emergency.
The children from Owls and all the senior playground at The Cottage at Coomera have been learning all about worm tea and working with the worm farm to produce lots of the nutrient dense liquid for families to take and put in their gardens at home.
We would like to congratulate Julianna on her recent promotion to 2IC at our Kids House Cheltenham service. Julianna has been a dedicated employee, always willing to put her hand up and offering help where needed. Julianna is passionate about the early childhood industry and the quality of services provided for each of our children and families. We look forward to seeing where Julianna’s new chapter with Story House will take her.
Simply known as ‘Bec’...Bec joins our service as the new Kindy Teacher and Educational Leader with an extraordinary reputation amongst local families and within the early childhood teaching community