Today our 3-6 Preschool rooms at Waratah 2 had the opportunity to explore and learn interesting facts about sea creatures. We grouped on the mat to talk about how we can care for the ocean and further investigate the different species of creatures that live in the ocean. We were very excited to be able…
This week at Tillys Rutherford we celebrated Children’s Week. Children’s Week marks Australia’s ratification of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Children’s Week highlights that all children and young people can participate in and make a valuable contribution to their society and highlights an article from the United Nations Convention…
Something special to share… Over the last two months, Tillys at Rutherford have been hosting a donation and craft drive to send packages to soldiers around the world for Christmas. We have had so many beautiful, generous and delicious items donated that have now been packaged up and will be on their way soon to…
National Bird Week – Monday 18th October through to Sunday 24 October. This week children at Bolwarra Tillys engaged within a sustainable way to create bird feeders to attract some more local bird life to our already wonderful yard. We gathered cardboard, honey and bird seed to create our own feeders, and then we placed…
Last week at Waratah 1 the Castle Room and Butterfly Room participated in National Nutrition Week experiences On Wednesday the Castle Room created their own pizza’s for lunch. There was a variety of healthy foods available to them to add to their pizzas, such as mushrooms, capsicum, spinach and tomatoes. On Wednesday the Butterfly room…
Staff Spotlight – Kristy! Kristy is 2IC at our Bolwarra centre and is very much appreciated for her ability to step into any role within the service. She has worked with Tillys for nearly 15 years, and has been at Bolwarra since we opened 5 years ago. Kristy is known for her ability to solve…
Yesterday the children from Abermain & East Maitland experienced a zoom meeting with each other. The purpose of this zoom meeting was to build stronger relationships within our Tillys community. The children waved at each other, said their acknowledgments and showed each other something special that they are doing within the centre. East Maitland showed…
At a time when the world, as we know it, has been turned upside down ,we reflect on how very fortunate we are. We have so many things to be grateful for. How could we show our gratitude to others? What could we do to help and support those in frontline work. Who could we…
At Tillys Rutherford the Nursery Rooms have been exploring the natural elements of the outdoor environment. Extending on their interests, today we looked for bugs within our garden finding worms and lady bugs. Upon this, we checked on our worms in the worm farm and looked at bugs during a group experience. We can’t wait…
Yesterday, leaders from each of our centre’s Cultural Squads came together for a meeting to discuss the ways in which we can continue to work on embedding respectful, meaningful and purposeful Indigenous perspectives and experiences into our every day practices. We would like to thank Shannon Mavin from Indigenous Services Group a proud Gomeroi and…