Fleurieu Occasional Community Children's Centre

After 33 years, our little Centre will be forever closing its doors on Thursday 25th January. In the many years our Centre has been here, the focus has always been on providing flexible, affordable and quality care and education for the youngest in our community and to support their families. It is with much sadness that we find the Centre in a position where it is simply no longer able to do this.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our kind, caring and committed staff/educator team (past and present) who have dedicated themselves to their roles.
We would like to also thank all of the parents over the many years, who were part of our Management Committee. You have always been a strong advocate for our unique Centre's flexible/occasional care model and supported the Centre in anyway you could. It is greatly appreciated.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to give our deepest thanks to all of the families, past and present, who have supported us over the years and entrusted us with the role of caring for your precious children. We have immensely enjoyed being part of your lives and welcoming you to our Centre. We will miss being part of this little community very much but will close our doors with the fondest memories of our time at Fleurieu Occasional Community Children's Centre.

(Former children, families and staff are very welcome to pop in for a last visit at any time. We will be closed for the Christmas break from 22nd December and reopen Monday 8th January), with our final day being 25th January).

Get excited for the Christmas Raffle!!
We have been busy wrapping the raffle prizes. Thank you to Souraya for her excellent wrapping skills! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Earlier this week we celebrated Grandparents Day. Grandparents Day celebrates the diversity of grandparent relationships across age groups, cultural backgrounds, and geographical locations.
Grandparents, grand-friends, kin, and those who take on the role of a grandparent in their family or community are recognised for their contributions.
Thank you to all who attended. We had a lovely morning! 😊🌷🪻⚘️💐❤️

We have been celebrating World Space Week across the centre this week, recognising the amazing achievements in space industry with special experiences such as making rocket themed 'fruit skewers' and marble paint planets. The theme for World Space Week 2023 is “Space and Entrepreneurship” 🚀🌛🪐🌠

Thank you to our families (and friends!) for their support of our recent Schnitzel fundraiser night at the Crown Hotel Old Reynella. We raised $310 and have been purchasing some new resources from the children's 'wish list' 🙂
As a small, not-for-profit community based Centre, fundraising is a very important part of our budget and we really appreciate the support!
Thanks also to the Crown Hotel for hosting our group, it was a busy night! Crown Inn

We have had the Henny Penny Hatchlings program at our Centre. All the children have enjoyed learning about the chickens, caring for them and of course giving them a gentle pat. The children watched them being born and grow over the two weeks. They have very much enjoyed being involved in their care and giving them lots of cuddles! 🐥🐤🐣🐔😊

Happy Early Childhood Educators' Day!

Early Childhood Educators' Day recognises and celebrates the work of Australia's educators in early learning services in their important role of support children's wellbeing, learning and development in the early years. Our Educators' received a little surprise to say thank you for all their hard work! 😊

DONT FORGET TO BOOK!

🐔🍽️ Calling all chicken schnitzel lovers and supporters of Fleurieu Occasional Community Children’s Centre!

🌟 Join us for an amazing night of deliciousness and generosity at the Crown Inn Old Reynella on Tuesday, 29th August!

🎉 It's a fundraising chicken schnitzel night like no other! 😋 Not only will you savor a mouthwatering schnitzel, but $5 of every schnitzel purchase between 5:30pm and 8:30pm will directly benefit the center and its wonderful programs for our community's children.

👉 To secure your spot and order your schnitzel, simply book in advance by phoning The Crown Inn on 08 8381 1319. Let's come together, enjoy a scrumptious meal, and contribute to a cause that makes a real difference in the lives of our children!

🤝 Your support means the world to us, and we can't wait to see you there! Bring your friends, family, and appetites for a night of great food and even greater impact! 🌈



FB Event can be found here: https://fb.me/e/4u3sAzEMp

For Science Week 2023, the Koa Room has been learning about robotics and computer programming. The theme for 2023 is Innovation: Powering Future Industries. We also played a new game teaching programming and coding concepts called Robot Turtles. The Kuya room have also made a robot together, danced to robot songs, as well as programming a smart robot.