Lockleys Childcare & Early Learning Centre

02/09/2026

✨ We are so proud and excited to share that the Flying Start Early Childhood Awards finalists were announced today — and we are finalists for the ‘Warm and Welcoming’ Award! 🥰

This recognition means so much to us. We are incredibly proud of our amazing team, our wonderful children and families, and the beautiful community we have created together.

Being recognised for being warm and welcoming is especially meaningful, because creating a place where every child and family feels valued, supported and at home is at the heart of what we do every day. ❤️

A huge thank you to our incredible team and our community for helping make our centre the special place it is.

We are so proud of this achievement and can’t wait to celebrate with you all! 🎉✨

01/09/2026

Happy Educators’ Day to our amazing, passionate and dedicated team of educators! 💛

Thank you for everything you do each and every day to support, nurture, inspire and make a difference in the lives of our children and families. Your care, commitment and passion are truly appreciated. 🌻✨

Today we celebrate YOU and the incredible work you do!

We're grateful to our early learning stakeholders for their support...

27/08/2026

Preschool children found a special friend in the garden. The children interacted with it and let it go back to it’s family in the garden.

18/08/2026

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A new campaign celebrating Australia's 3,000 independently owned early learning centres is shining a spotlight on the 79% of providers that operate just a single service.

17/08/2026

We are enjoying science week with an exciting activity, this morning our little scientist had hands-on exploring, experimenting and discovering how exciting colour mixing can be. Children loved watching colour mixing and swirling as we experimented mixing colour and dishwashing liquid with milk. It was wonderful to see their curiosity, excitement and concentration. Children were amazed to see the colour are swirling around. Johnny, “it’s a rainbow 🌈”. Maggie, “look the rainbow is walking in there”. This week we will be enjoying more colour transformation and mixing experiences through our potion making play outdoors and primary colour experiments. Happy science week everyone!

01/06/2026

Preschool had the opportunity to read the story, ‘ THE HEARTBEAT OF THE LAND’ by Cathy Freeman. During the story children reflected on the questions on : why is the land sick? How do we know the land is sick? What did Cathy do to make the land happy? How do we know the land is happy?
Children’s responses:
Leo: The land is sick because it is very hot and the river is frozen ( dried).
Saraya: because there are no leaves on the trees.
Alfie: because it is very hot and there is lava.
Kirra: we know the land is sick because the girl is sad.
Teddy and Leo: She is happy because she planted seeds.
Layla: My brother is sick and he is at home.
Leo: When we breathe the trees make wind.
Anika: I can see the land is happy because we have so many trees now.
Alfie: and it is not hot anymore.
We learnt that Cathy loves to run. We reflect on what we like to do? And what we can do to make the land happy. The children enthusiastically shared their ideas. We will research what plants and veggies we can grow in our garden, “ and make the land happy “ as exclaimed the children.

Preschool had the opportunity to listen and watch the story ‘ THE HEARTBEAT OF THE LAND’ by Cathy Freeman. During the story children reflected on the questions on : why is the land sick? How do we know the land is sick? What did Cathy do to make the land happy? How do we know the land is happy?
Children’s responses:
Leo: The land is sick because it is very hot and the river is frozen ( dried).
Saraya: because there are no leaves on the trees.
Alfie: because it is very hot and there is lava.
Kirra: we know the land is sick because the girl is sad.
Teddy and Leo: She is happy because she planted seeds.
Layla: My brother is sick and he is at home.
Leo: When we breathe the trees make wind.
Anika: I can see the land is happy because we have so many trees now.
Alfie: and it is not hot anymore.
We learnt that Cathy loves to run. We reflect on what we like to do? And what we can do to make the land happy. The children enthusiastically shared their ideas. We will research what plants and veggies we can grow in our garden, “ and make the land happy “ as exclaimed the children.

15/05/2026

In the past three weeks preschool has researched the work of artist ‘Andy Goldsworthy’ The children watched a video to observe and learn how the artist used natural materials in an natural environment. What techniques and processes were used to implement the artwork? Our preschool artists observed, interpreted, adapted and created their own artwork. The artwork was presented as symbols, metaphors and beautiful stories. It was a delight to watch the children develop resilience and empathy as created beautiful patterns and stories. Some of our artists made representations of their artwork. Here is the amazing work of our artists demonstrating their knowledge of the elements and principles of visual arts such as form, shape , colour, composition, balance and space.

09/05/2026

Pre kindy children made presents for their mummy’s for this Mother’s Day, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the amazing mums.

27/04/2026

This morning some preschoolers brought beautiful autumn leaves, shells and other natural resources from their garden, the beach and other natural environments. The children engaged in an art game where they manipulated the different materials. The children have surprised us with the prior knowledge of their aesthetic choices, pattern skills and knowledge of visual arts. Watch our artists working with their materials, collaborating and exploring different techniques of classification and arrangements.

16/04/2026

This morning preschool was surprised to see Stripy Sparkle hatched out of its cocoon (monarch butterfly). Two monarch caterpillars were brought in by Teddy from his garden. Preschool has been very fortunate to witness the lifecycle of a butterfly. Our other butterfly called Fire Rosey is still sleeping in the cocoon. The children were delighted to see the butterfly fly away. They excitedly said, “it has beautiful wings…” Harriett, ”I think the butterfly will fly to England and meet with the other butterflies.” Larkin, “I think the butterfly will land on my nose.”