Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

On Thursday 19th February the children spent time learning about Chinese New Year celebrations. During their creative arts time the children had the opportunity to copy some Chinese symbols. This proved to be a great challenge as they developed their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. After all their hard work they enjoyed some […]

Science Spectacular

The Tree House had a lot of fun participating in National Science Week. Science education in early childhood is of great importance to many aspects of a child’s development. Young children are motivated to explore the world around them and early science experiences can capitalise on this inclination. The children at The Tree House participated […]

Pre-Kindy Children Learn About First Aid

On Friday 15 August, Mary from ‘First Aid For You’ gave a presentation to the Pre-Kindy children. Mary covered several topics with the children such as choking, burns and bites. She talked to the children about what may happen if they stop breathing and then demonstrated mouth to mouth resuscitation. The children were very interested […]

Sushi Fun

The preschool children have had a sushi train set up in their room as part of their dramatic play experiences. After lots of discussion about who has tasted sushi we decided to further the children’s experience by ordering them sushi for lunch. As you can see from the photos they really enjoyed it and want […]

Hatch and Grow 2013

Hatch ‘n’ Grow

Hatch and Grow 2013

Hatch ‘n’ Grow is a hatching program which allows the children to witness firsthand the process of ducklings hatching from their eggs over a two week period. We were all so excited to play host to the ducks and loved every minute of it. The ducks came in an incubator, we had 10 eggs and […]