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,…
Yesterday at our Rutherford centre we had Maitland City Council come in to do a twenty-minute hand’s on environmental workshop with our toddler and preschool rooms. We learnt where our water comes from and participated in a hands-on activity to see what will happen to our local waterways if pollutants get into them. Thankyou for…
This week at Tillys Chisholm, we have supported the Starlight Foundation by having a Superhero Dress Up Week. All children have come dressed as some of their favourite superheroes including Iron Man, Spiderman, Superman, Hulk and one of our favourites – a doctor! A gold coin contribution has been donated by families and educators to…
Sweet Valley Baby Animal Farm was a huge hit today with the children from our nursery and toddler rooms at Waratah 2! Through this beautiful incursion the children showed how they are reaching learning outcomes 2 of the EYLF that children are connected with and contribute to their world by showing a growing appreciation for…
Next month, Hunter Podiatry Services will be joining us at our Rutherford centre for our children to have a podiatry assessment. If your family attends our Rutherford centre, please see our centre director for more information. For all other podiatry enquires – please see the team at Hunter Podiatry Services or visit their website on…