At our Rutherford centre, we have been celebrating our different cultures throughout the centre through Closing the Gap Day, Saint Patrick’s day and the Holi-Hindu Festival of Colours. We work towards closing the gap everyday in our centre by embedding Indigenous perspectives in our program, curriculum and environment. Saint Patrick’s Day celebrates Irish heritage and…
Following up from clean up Australia Day, the Kangaroo Paw children at Waratah 2 learnt about the red and yellow bins. Kylie (educator) asked “What do you think recycling is?” “It’s where you put the rubbish in the different bins.” Proudly answered G. The children then took turns at sorting out the different materials into…
Tillys Chisholm has recently opened its doors to the community. We have loved our first few weeks in operation building connections and relationships with our children and families. Our service provides care for children aged 0-6 years with OOSH care available for Thornton PS. Our operating hours are 6.30am-6.30pm. Please contact the centre to book…
We are so proud of our diverse community here at Tillys Waratah 2. All this month we have been inviting educators and families in to share their cultural practises with the children in the service. Today the Sweet Pea educators represented their culture by sharing traditional attire and traditional foods with the children in their…
Bolwarra had an exciting magic show today!! Joel returned to perform his very exciting routine that involves a real bird, cheeky magic wands, a puppet, lots of jokes, a real bunny, and non-stop laughs and squeals from the children!! It was so much fun!! JD’s World of Magic
Today our Rutherford service was lucky enough to have Shannon from Indigenous Services Group come in and sit with our cultural squad. The team discussed developing educators cultural confidence and knowledge to ensure the meaningful and respectful inclusion of Aboriginal culture in our programs. We thank Shannon for educating and guiding our practices on our…
Here at Waratah 2 Tillys, the preschooler are enjoying our mindfulness program. This week we are exploring feeling sad and what helps us to feel happy. While also becoming more aware of our breathing and being centred.
What a morning at Rutherford Tillys! Thank you to all of our families that joined us this morning via zoom to watch two of our staff members shave their heads for an amazing cause. With one of our children of the service being diagnosed with leukaemia, it has had an impact on all of us…
Staff Spotlight – Natalie! Natalie first began her journey with Tillys 8 years ago after she completed her Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care and accepted a permanent position with the Waratah 2 centre. Due to her exceptional leadership skills and commitment, she quickly moved into a room leader position in one of…
Maitland Show is on this weekend. One of the competitions that our Greta service loves being a part of is the Scarecrow Competition. This year the theme is, “Celebrating a Resilient Community”, although it was short notice our service has been able to come up with a wonderful idea in creating a living Scarecrow. When…