Staff Spotlight – Maureen! Maureen “Mauz” has been a part of our Rutherford Tillys Family since 2019. Maureen is the service Educational Leader for our LDC, working on and off the floor supporting our management team and educators. Maureen shows dedication and commitment to bring our service philosophy to life while mentoring and facilitating growth…
Today at Tillys Waratah 2, we were so incredibly honoured to host a smoking ceremony to bless our mural designed and created by talented local artist April Newman. Rhu from Winanga –y Dreaming, who is currently running a program here at Tillys W2, lead the ceremony in our 0-2 yard. After the mural was blessed…
Today our Rutherford centre had a special visit from the local Fire and Rescue service. The firemen and firewoman gave a presentation for our preschool children. Fire safety education for children is the first line of defence against misuse of fire and fire fatalities and injuries. Prevention through education is the single most modifiable strategy…
Tillys Chisholm would like to give a BIG thank you to NSW RFS – Thornton Brigade for visiting our centre this week. The morning was filled with some very excited children as they saw the truck pull up in the car park. The Bottlebrush children were lucky enough to meet with Kat and hear about…
On Thursday the 26th of May the Little Hippo room at Rutherford reminded themselves and taught the children the importance of sorry day. They banded together to create a beautiful artwork recognising the mistreatment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and how we are working together towards reconciliation.
Check out the fun from playgroup at Greta Tillys today!
Last year, Tillys at Rutherford formed a partnership with Kids and Traffic who run the NSW Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program. It forms part of the statewide road safety education program of Transport for NSW. Our directors, educators and management team were involved in creating a video which explains the outstanding safety procedures we…
Our Rutherford centre is a local community drop off zone for The Nappy Collective. All nappies are donated to families across Australia in crisis. If you would like to donate any unused nappies please contact our centre directors Lisa an Nikki.
Over the past two weeks the preschool rooms and toddler rooms at Rutherford Tillys have been enjoying bike week. Bike week promotes road safety as well as gross motor and fundamental movement skills. Our children have loved being involved in for bike week 2022.
Yesterday at Cardiff, the Echidna room went on an excursion where they walked down to the local reserve area for a picnic as they have been learning about their environment as well as positive food choices over the last few weeks. They enjoyed a picnic for morning tea trying some new fruits being star fruit,…