Bentley Community Preschool

13/08/2026

Earthly Pedadogy
Playing with clay !
Second round of pieces off to the kiln !
Great respect for clay 💕Fire well 🔥🔥🔥our beloved bits & pieces
Every Thursday 4-5:30pm Weeks 2-8 every Term

31/07/2026

We are in it in the Northern Rivers … children prefer grasses , soil , sand & pebbles over concrete because as one 4 year old once said “ When you fall over on concrete it hurts ! “

We are Nature! How wonderful.

31/07/2026

At Bentley we all wash our hands as part of our arrival rituals … bubbles on hands then bubbles in the air with our Ed Leader Lee-Anne 🧼💭🫧

❄️🧼Let’s make hand hygiene fun for little ones with soap experiments, stories and handwashing songs. 🎶📚🫧

🤧Teach children to use tissues and cough or sneeze into their elbow. Small habits make a big difference!

✅Use our Protecting Little Lungs resources for play-based ideas and a checklist to help educators and service leaders embed hand hygiene into daily routines.

👉🏻For play-based games, go to: bit.ly/4xA7IVD

📋For the checklist, go to: bit.ly/4ew71no

💻To watch our Protecting Little Lungs webinars, go to: bit.ly/4v6QMU1

31/07/2026

Go Bentley Community Preschool 💕

Hear, hear!

23/07/2026

Bentley Preschool is at the Kyogle Wogun Gulli NAIDOC celebrations. Come along and make a clay hand to add to our 'Sea of Hands' for reconciliation.

30/06/2026

We are exploring two materials linked closely to Country - sticks & fire !

The collection of sticks , the cultural understanding of fire and how fire sticks are significant materials found in Country are just some of our discussions with children .

Did you know…?

Cultural burning is an ancient Aboriginal practice of "cool burning" that uses controlled, low-intensity fires to heal the land, improve habitats for plants and animals, and prevent big bushfires.

This 60,000-year-old practice is also known as "fire-stick farming" and involves burning off dry undergrowth to encourage new native growth, clear the land for easier travel and hunting, and promote biodiversity.

Shirley is our vibrant four-year-old Wiradjuri kid from the serene Darkinjung Country on the NSW Central Coast. Through her engage letter or email subscription program, she takes children on a remarkable adventure as she learns about Country and culture.

The Shirley Pearl Letter Subscription spans across 12-months and is an exciting and educational way to introduce children to the rich culture of Aboriginal peoples.

Subscribe to Shirley Pearl & Her Bush Friends via the link in the comments

30/06/2026

30/06/2026

Earthly Pedagogy moved into thinking with our “ Becoming Wordy … Worldly Pedagogy “ initially practicing with a new specked clay - yellow in hue !

“ Where did this soft butter yellow clay come from ?”
“ What does it do ?”
“ What do we do with what it does ?”

Highlight number 2 was Stefis visit . Stefi showed us the value of “ journaling” as an art practice for thinking deeply and planning .
So now we all went back to the drawing books to journal what we are drawn to in ideas , technique and meaning .

Highlight number 3: Thanks to preschool who catered one night with a yummy beesting cake treat thrown in ! We have had the best time sharing our connection to Country through clay making & now “ journalling “.

06/06/2026

“Earthly Pedagogy “ this term returns to Bentley Community Preschool with our “ Fairymount Community Preschool “ companions .

This Tuesday 9th of May we have the great fortune of playing with clay with Stefi Miriklis🏺.Stefi made this curious endearing piece “ @ Anthropocalypse”.

Our “ stuff “ is “‘sticking together !” so far ….. ! 😀

Usual times Thursday 4:30-6pm until end of Term 2.

29/05/2026

🐮Cow Pat Lotto 2026
👏Congratulations to :
Narelle Gordon &
Lupo Cameron who were our winners .
$125.00 gift vouchers are generously donated by MacDonalds Pharmacy and run kindly by Gordon & Janelle Serone.

Thank you to all the community who have supported this fun - raiser. 🥳

We are very grateful
Bentley Preschool
Bentley Hall