Today our Rutherford centre was lucky enough to have Joel from JD’s World of Magic to do his show “I like me!” Our children loved the interactive experience jam packed with magic, audience participation, a LIVE rabbit and doves, and funny puppetry! The children were in awe of the tricks and thoroughly enjoyed the show!…
Last Friday, Lewi from our Rutherford service visited his local library to get the Rutherford journey started in the community seed sharing project. The Seed Library benefits individuals and the community. You can obtain free seeds for your garden and help build a collection of seeds for others. Sharing seeds through the Seed Library will…
Tillys at Rutherford were donated this beautiful print by Jess Hopcroft from Dhiiyaan Art, one of our OOSH families for NAIDOC Week.
Yesterday Erin from Calm Hearts Mindfulness gifted our Rutherford centre a resource pack! The pack will be shared throughout centre, to promote mindfulness and our educators are looking forward to creating some amazing experiences with these beautiful items.
“The Henny Penny Hatching staff have delivered this eleven-day incubation program to Tillys, this was an opportunity for our children, families, and educators to watch the eggs hatching in a specially designed incubator, and then to observe the hatched chicks at play in a large, clear-sided brooding pen”. Henny Penny little chicks has arrived at…
To celebrate NAIDOC week, Tillys Cardiff had a visit on Tuesday from Uncle Rod, an Aboriginal man in the Cardiff community. Uncle Rod brought along aniseed myrtle, lemon myrtle, Davidson plums, red cellar lime and finger lime for the children to smell and taste. The children said the food tasted sour, scrunching up their noses…
The children in the Echidna room at Tillys Cardiff enjoyed their first session of ‘Cooking with Courtney’ on Monday! The children assisted chef Courtney in making bush tomato scones for NAIDOC week. They stood at the kitchen bench and assisted with measuring out ingredients, tasting ingredients, stirring the mixture together and cutting out portions with…
A big congratulations to our educator Ashleigh from Greta who has completed her Certificate lll in Early Childhood Education and Care! All your hard work has paid off, we are so proud of you and so lucky to have you at Tillys Greta
Our Rutherford centre had Hunter Podiatry Services come to assess our preschool and toddler children. Our bodies development is so important and early detection is crucial for our children’s growth.
What a wonderful and comfortable week it was last week at Chisholm Tillys as the children and staff participated in Pyjama Week! The children and staff have been talking about the importance of rest and sleep time, while learning about the children’s bedtime routines. A gold coin contribution has been donated by families and educators…