To celebrate NAIDOC week the children at Tillys Cardiff have worked together to create a mural of the Awabakal totem. “Birabahn,” is the traditional name of the totem. The eagle-hawk has special significance for the Awabakal people. Kon, their “celestial entity”, looks like an Aboriginal man, but in flight resembles an eagle-hawk. Once the mural…
The children in the Rosella room at Waratah 2 took part in a live Zoom incursion; Dinosaurs and Fossils for early learners. This was implemented as dinosaurs have been a strong interest amongst the children within the room.
Creating clay artworks inspired by the Dreamtime story ‘The Echidna and the shade tree’ and other native animals
Today at Tillys Waratah 2, our children and Educators came together, meeting in our front yard to participate in Remembrance Day. Some of the children from each age group were given the opportunity to position the three flags we display each day at half mast. At 11am we had a minute silence while we listened…
Happy 1st Birthday Tillys Fern Bay!
The Sweet Pea children at Waratah 2 engaged in some body art experiences together today, following on from their recent interests with paint.
The children at Tillys Rutherford are celebrating NAIDOC week this week. This morning we were privileged to have one of our families come in and share their culture with us. Aimee told the children the story of Tiddalik the frog and passed around a photo of Tiddalik for the children to see. Mallom shared with…
National Bandanna Day at Bolwarra Tillys @canteen_aus #nationalbandannaday
At Fern Bay, we had a delightful morning inside on Wednesday with a special visitor which happened to be Sophie’s Grandmother ’Nana Di Di’ who had lived in Cambodia for 10 years. She showed us some amazing pictures of photos that she had taken when she lived there. The children seemed interested in how the…
What is a solid figure that is made up of a repeating pattern of geometric shapes? Yesterday in Rutherford OOSH, we investigated and explored this sentence, and established that this is known as a crystal; when atoms and molecules come together to create the crystal structure.