And just like that one of our favourite weeks of the year has finished at Waratah 2…..PJ WEEK! What a great turn out we have had. Thanks to the support and generosity of our staff and our families we have raised $135.00 for children in foster care which will be donated to The Pyjama Foundation. 💓
🧁⭐️ Happy 6th birthday Waratah 2! ⭐️🧁 Educator Annie made an amazing birthday cake for the centre and we had educators Kylie and Lauren cut the cake as they are two of the original staff who were here when the centre first opened. All of the children and staff gathered in the hallway to sing a big…
🌿🌾Our Rosella and Galah friends at Waratah 2 having fun in the leaves. 🌿🌾
Kicking off Pyjama Week at Singleton Tillys ✨🌈
On Wednesday some of the children from the Pelican and Sea Turtles rooms at Fern Bay discovered our snow pea plants had grown their very first snow peas! The children enjoyed searching for them amongst the leaves and got to taste the ones that they found. P said “They are yummy!” And D asked “Can…
This week at Waratah 1 the children and educators embraced the cold weather and donned their beanies for Beanies For Brain Cancer Awareness Week where all proceeds go towards the Mark Hughes Foundation. 🧣🧤
The children in the Sunflower room at Waratah 1 have been busy exploring one of their new resources today! The children lined up to have a turn of the new excavation digger and move bucket loads of sand around the sandpit. The excavation digger is a great tool which stimulates the imagination and role play,…
International Mud Day began in 2009 at a World Forum event, when Gillian McAuliffe from Australia and Bishnu Bhatta from Nepal got together to talk about ways to encourage feelings of community and appreciation for the world around us. The collaboration that followed has inspired educators, children, and families across the globe, from Holland to…
During the last week of June the children and educators from Tillys Greta were invited to wear a beanie and bring in a gold coin donation to go towards the Mark Hughes Foundation. The Mark Hughes Foundation’s mission is to raise much needed funds for research, to create awareness and support brain cancer patients and…
The children in the Pelican room at Fern Bay Tillys recently sparked an interest in dinosaurs which has evolved into a group project. Together they have been involved in discussions and experiences on the theme of dinosaurs, learning about their features and then exploring the enactment of being palaeontologists! Through this experience the children were…