Rutherford Fire Safety Education

Today our Rutherford centre had a special visit from the local Fire and Rescue service. The firemen and firewoman gave a presentation for our preschool children. Fire safety education for children is the first line of defence against misuse of fire and fire fatalities and injuries. Prevention through education is the single most modifiable strategy…

Chisholm Fire Safety Education

Tillys Chisholm would like to give a BIG thank you to NSW RFS – Thornton Brigade for visiting our centre this week. The morning was filled with some very excited children as they saw the truck pull up in the car park. The Bottlebrush children were lucky enough to meet with Kat and hear about…

Rutherford Sorry Day

On Thursday the 26th of May the Little Hippo room at Rutherford reminded themselves and taught the children the importance of sorry day. They banded together to create a beautiful artwork recognising the mistreatment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and how we are working together towards reconciliation.

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Rutherford and Kids & Traffic

Last year, Tillys at Rutherford formed a partnership with Kids and Traffic who run the NSW Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program. It forms part of the statewide road safety education program of Transport for NSW. Our directors, educators and management team were involved in creating a video which explains the outstanding safety procedures we…

Bike Week at Rutherford

Over the past two weeks the preschool rooms and toddler rooms at Rutherford Tillys have been enjoying bike week. Bike week promotes road safety as well as gross motor and fundamental movement skills. Our children have loved being involved in for bike week 2022.

Cardiff’s Excursion

Yesterday at Cardiff, the Echidna room went on an excursion where they walked down to the local reserve area for a picnic as they have been learning about their environment as well as positive food choices over the last few weeks. They enjoyed a picnic for morning tea trying some new fruits being star fruit,…

Rutherford Environmental Talk

Yesterday at our Rutherford centre we had Maitland City Council come in to do a twenty-minute hand’s on environmental workshop with our toddler and preschool rooms. We learnt where our water comes from and participated in a hands-on activity to see what will happen to our local waterways if pollutants get into them. Thankyou for…

Staff Spotlight – Ashleigh!

This week at Tillys Chisholm, we have supported the Starlight Foundation by having a Superhero Dress Up Week. All children have come dressed as some of their favourite superheroes including Iron Man, Spiderman, Superman, Hulk and one of our favourites – a doctor! A gold coin contribution has been donated by families and educators to…