Congratulations Tegan from Waratah 1!

Congratulations to Tegan from Tillys Waratah 1. We are thrilled to announce that Tegan has successfully completed her Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care and is now beginning her Diploma studies! This is a fantastic achievement, and we’re so proud of her dedication to learning and her passion for working with children. We…

Update on Tillys Cooranbong

How AMAZING is this outdoor play space at Cooranbong! Update on Tillys Cooranbong – The build is now complete and we have begun setting up the rooms and beautiful spaces! Once this is complete, our next step is applying for service approval. Unfortunately, we cannot begin enrolments and offer permanent positions until this has been…

Rutherford Philosophy Review

Our Rutherford centre are continuing on their journey reviewing the centre philosophy as part of the Quality Improvement Plan. The centre director had a vision to ask children to be involved in this process by asking what certain words in our philosophy means to them. Capturing children’s voices reflects the centre philosophy, offering opportunities for…

Butterflies at Rutherford!

Helen from Ladybug Academy has arrived with our “Butterfly Garden” at Tillys Rutherford. We will be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly. When will the caterpillars turn into a chrysalis? We have some caterpillars and we expect them to cocoon (also know as a chrysalis) within 3-4 days. As we watch carefully they…

Cardiff Child Safe Standards

Our Cardiff centre has been reflecting on the Child Safe Standards since late 2023. The centre has invited the children, families, community members and educators to contribute to their centres commitment statement to the Child Safe Standards. We have enjoyed creating a space in the centre to share our journey and look forward to having…

Educational Leaders Meeting

Last Tuesday our Education Leaders from across our services met at Tillys Rutherford. Our critical reflection focus was on Quality Area 1 Child-directed learning – we engaged with a range of literature and reflected on our current strengths when promoting children’s agency and identified some goals for our services in relation to children’s choices and…