The Sustainability Squad at Tillys Gillieston Heights works closely with our educators, children and families to embed sustainable practices throughout the service. The squad has established a relationship with the Maitland City Council to hold incursions over the coming months to support the children in becoming environmentally responsible as they learn about recycling, gardening, water…
Our children and educators at Tillys Waratah 2 are very dedicated to building better relationships with our Awabakal community, and though Indigenous opportunities and learning is embedded into everything that we do, we all enjoy participating in special events like NAIDOC. This year is no exception, all week we have had a range of experiences…
This week at Tillys Chisholm we have had Beanie week to support the Mark Hughes Foundation. The children and educators have worn their beanies all week and offered a gold coin donation in support of this great cause raising funds for research into brain cancer. With the chilly winds, it was the perfect week to…
The best week of the year is Pyjama week! The educators and children at Gillieston Heights got into the snuggly spirit with their Oodies, dressing gowns, pjs and Ugg boots all week.
We were lucky enough to have Nicole from the Newcastle art gallery visit Waratah 2 today. Nicole conducted a water colour workshop with some of our preschool children. Nicole taught the children techniques used by Newcastle artist John Olsen to create his art works. Nicole brought with her tools for the children to explore while…
Today our Rutherford centre was lucky enough to have Joel from JD’s World of Magic to do his show “I like me!” Our children loved the interactive experience jam packed with magic, audience participation, a LIVE rabbit and doves, and funny puppetry! The children were in awe of the tricks and thoroughly enjoyed the show!…
Last Friday, Lewi from our Rutherford service visited his local library to get the Rutherford journey started in the community seed sharing project. The Seed Library benefits individuals and the community. You can obtain free seeds for your garden and help build a collection of seeds for others. Sharing seeds through the Seed Library will…
Tillys at Rutherford were donated this beautiful print by Jess Hopcroft from Dhiiyaan Art, one of our OOSH families for NAIDOC Week.
Yesterday Erin from Calm Hearts Mindfulness gifted our Rutherford centre a resource pack! The pack will be shared throughout centre, to promote mindfulness and our educators are looking forward to creating some amazing experiences with these beautiful items.
“The Henny Penny Hatching staff have delivered this eleven-day incubation program to Tillys, this was an opportunity for our children, families, and educators to watch the eggs hatching in a specially designed incubator, and then to observe the hatched chicks at play in a large, clear-sided brooding pen”. Henny Penny little chicks has arrived at…