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…
Yesterday, our Educational Leader Caitlin from Bolwarra, brought us a digital microscope camera for our rooms to look more closely at different items. Together we investigated a leaf, a dried up centipede, a moth, a wiggling worm, a pinecone and a shell. The children in the Emu room then thought it would be a great…
🌻STAFF SPOTLIGHT – TAMARA 🌻 Since relocating to Newcastle after 15 years working overseas, Tamara joined the Tillys Waratah 2 team in 2016 as a trainee, studying her Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care through Tillys College of Childcare. Tamara has progressed with her studies and is now currently in her final stages of…
The recent rain we have had has brought some glorious puddles to Bolwarra’s outdoor yard. Today the children decided they would collect the water from one side of the yard to mix with dirt to create mud which they used as ‘cement’ to build things 💦🏗
When the rain stopped today at Tillys Cardiff some of the children helped educator Tabytha set up the new vegetable and bush tucker gardens outside. Gardening gives the children a chance to learn an important life skill, also teaching them responsibility in taking care and keeping plants alive. Gardening is also a great way to…
Recently, the OOSH children at Bolwarra Tillys have been busy exploring their new resources. These resources were purchased after educators noticed the children exploring with loose parts making their own rope obstacles, cranes or just investigating with knots. We now have two new swings and a ninja line with obstacles for the children to challenge…