Auslan with Rutherford OOSH
The OOSH Room at Rutherford Tillys have been learning Auslan together as a new communication strategy
R U OK Day with Abermain
Yesterday Tillys Abermain celebrated R U OK DAY with a few activities to teach the children how to recognise when there friend may not be ok. First we started with a group time where Gill explained what R U OK DAY is. We then had a discussion with senarios where we encouraged the children to…
Fern Bay Building a Scarecrow
Yesterday at Fern Bay, the Pelican and Turtle friends worked together with thier eductors to build some scarecrows for our garden. We used recycled clothing, straw and some old stockings. We worked as a team to build a Mummy and a baby scarecrow. We talked with the children how this is an effective way to…
Waratah 2 – ‘Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson’
The preschool children at Tillys Waratah 2 participated in the Daniel Morcombe Foundation ‘Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson’. The lesson addresses personal safety and reinforces that all children have the right to be safe and should be allowed to feel as though they can talk about anything. See it here below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i7HoGwSejs&feature=youtu.be
Cardiff Tillys Rated EXCEEDING
Tillys Cardiff has been assessed and rated ‘EXCEEDING National Quality Standard’! Education and care services are assessed and rated by ACECQA (The Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority) against the National Quality Standard (NQS) that sets a benchmark for the quality of all education and care services across Australia. Being rated Exceeding, Tillys Cardiff…
Fern Bay – National Child Protection Week 2020
National Child Protection Week is held annually from the 6th to the 12th of September and is an important week in terms of promoting the wellbeing and safety of Australia’s children. This years theme is ‘Putting Children First’. Putting children first means prioritising the safety and wellbeing of children. To grow up well, children need…
Waratah 2 Indigenous Literacy Day
Last week the children in the preschool room at Waratah 2 were involved in Indigenous Literacy Day on the 2nd of September. They participated in a group presentation celebrating Indigenous language & literacy. Following on from this the children explored the variety of Indigenous books in the the centre. Indigenous Literacy Day aims to raise…
“Thank you” Rutherford OOSH Educators
Today the children in our Out Of School Hours (OOSH) program at Rutherford gave our awesome educators thankyou certificates with a message explaining why we are so special to them
Embracing Outdoor Rest Times at Fern Bay
Our Sea Shell & Rock Pool friends at Fern Bay have been embracing the outdoors & taking their naps outdoors! Research has shown the benefits of being outdoors, that children have better brain development, bone and muscular development, social and cognitive development, better emotional wellbeing and less illness. Here at Tillys Fern Bay…we believe that…
Indigenous Literacy Week at Fern Bay
Indigenous Literacy Week at Fern Bay The children in the Pelican Room at Fern Bay explored a new interest table called ‘The Colours of Worimi Land’. Miss Mel collected soil and sand samples from our local environment and matched these samples with photos from the locations they were collected from. There were white and yellow…