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Play is more than just fun for babies and children,it's how they learn best,and how they work out who they are.

08/09/2026

🌿 A Beautiful Day of Outdoor Exploration

What a beautiful day to enjoy the outdoors! ☀️ Today, our environment was filled with opportunities for open-ended exploration, connection and creativity.

Children explored our loose-parts area, construction table and water-mixing stations, experimenting with water, foam and different materials. Native flowers were also available, encouraging the children to observe, touch, investigate and engage with nature.

Our construction table encouraged children to build, create, problem-solve and work together, while the water play supported sensory exploration, coordination and social interaction.

It was wonderful to watch the children confidently find their own ways to play, follow their interests and learn through hands-on experiences. 🌱💧🧱

EYLF Learning Connections:
🌟 Outcome 1: Children develop confidence and a strong sense of identity.
🌟 Outcome 2: Children connect with and contribute to their world.
🌟 Outcome 3: Children develop wellbeing through active outdoor and sensory play.
🌟 Outcome 4: Children become confident and involved learners through exploration, creativity and problem-solving.
🌟 Outcome 5: Children communicate and share ideas through play and interactions.

07/09/2026

☀️ A Sunny Morning of Colour & Creativity! 🎨

What a beautiful sunny morning for some creative spray painting! The children explored the primary colours as they sprayed and experimented with colour on paper, discovering how different colours blend and transform into new ones.

As they carefully pressed the spray bottles, the children strengthened their fine motor skills, hand strength and coordination, while also developing their creativity, curiosity and confidence.

It was wonderful to watch their excitement as they discovered that with a little spray, a splash of colour and lots of imagination, something beautiful can be created! 🌈✨

26/08/2026

📚🌈 BRINGING BOOKS TO LIFE! 🌈📚
✨ Bringing Stories to Life Through Interactive Play ✨

This Book Week, we have been bringing our favourite books to life through interactive play, creativity, imagination and hands-on learning. 📖💛

Children have explored stories beyond the pages by creating, pretending, experimenting and learning together. From our seed-growing exploration 🌱 to our exciting Superhero Nest 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️, every experience has encouraged the children to use their imagination and become part of the story.

Through interactive play, the children have been able to connect stories with real-life experiences, build confidence, develop language and enjoy learning in a fun and meaningful way. 🌟

🎨 To finish our Book Week celebration, the children will create a special art and craft project to take home, using some of the wonderful materials we have explored throughout the week.

📚✨ Books are not just for reading — they are for imagining, exploring, creating and bringing to life! ✨📚

20/08/2026

A Colourful Week of Wonder & Discovery! 🌈🔬

A beautiful week of science, curiosity and exploration—from colourful reactions and our epic balloon experiment to discovering the life cycle of a sunflower. 🌻✨ Children explored nature, collected rocks, dirt and wildflowers for our sensory table, and filled the week with questions, imagination and wonder. What an amazing Science Week.

As an educator, I truly enjoy being outdoors and exploring the wonders of nature with children. It brings me so much joy to see their curiosity, imagination and excitement grow through hands-on learning. I am incredibly proud of how beautifully our children have engaged, explored and participated throughout our Science Week. 💛🌿✨

18/08/2026

🎈 Science Week – Exploring Reactions and Wonder

Our second day of Science Week was filled with colour, curiosity and plenty of excitement! 🌈🧪🎈

Today, children explored a fun balloon experiment using bicarbonate soda and vinegar. Each child chose their own colour, making the experience personal and creative. As the ingredients came together and the balloons began to inflate, we could see everyones faces light up with wonder, excitement and amazement!

This hands-on experience encouraged children to make predictions, observe changes, ask questions and explore cause and effect. It also supported their confidence as they shared ideas, made choices and celebrated their experiments together.

🌱 EYLF Connections:
Outcome 4 – Children are confident and involved learners: Children developed curiosity, problem-solving skills and a sense of inquiry as they explored how the ingredients reacted.

Outcome 5 – Children are effective communicators: Children expressed their ideas, made predictions and shared their excitement and observations with their friends and educators.

Most importantly, children experienced the joy of discovering that science can be colourful, surprising and lots of fun! ✨🔬🌈

17/08/2026

🔬✨ Science Week is here! Over the past eight months, children have enjoyed exploring exciting experiments—from colourful bicarbonate soda and vinegar reactions to dinosaur fizzing experiments and stretchy cornflour goop.

This week, our little scientists will continue exploring cause and effect, colours, reactions and growing. 🧪🎈 We’ll use balloons, bicarbonate soda and vinegar to create fun reactions, and cotton wool and chickpeas to discover how plants can grow with just water and no soil. 🌱

Through hands-on exploration, the children will predict, observe, experiment and discover, making science fun, meaningful and full of wonder! 🌈🔬

13/08/2026

Another beautiful morning of nature play at🌿🌾 ☘️Karawatha Forest Discovery! 🌾☘️🌿Koa, Beauden and Edward enjoyed exploring the bush, collecting rocks, making pretend campfires and creating their own little mud kitchen using pots, pans and natural materials.
Indoors, children continued this imaginative exploration through sound play in the dark room, listening carefully and exploring the sounds around them. We connected our indoor experiences with what we had discovered outside, talking about weather, day and night, native animals, plants and the sounds of nature.

This experience extended our previous learning about bugs and wildlife, allowing the children to build on their knowledge through hands-on exploration, imagination and meaningful play. 🌿🐛🪨

11/08/2026

🌿🍀🌱Connecting with Nature at Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre 🦎🪺🍂🍁🦜🦎

What a spectacular morning we had connecting with nature at Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre!

The children immersed themselves in the natural environment, exploring with curiosity and excitement. They enjoyed stacking rocks.Great teamwork putting out mat for morning tea.

While enjoying our morning tea, we were lucky enough to spot a water dragon nearby!🦎 children were fascinated by this unexpected encounter and were excited to observe the wildlife in its natural habitat.

As we transitioned back inside, we listened carefully to the sounds of the forest and heard many different native animals and birds. This experience became a beautiful extension of our wildlife learning and play from last week at daycare, allowing children to connect what they had previously explored through play with real experiences in nature.

Back indoors, children continued their learning through puzzles and imaginative play. Angus and Leo created a wonderful pretend-play scenario as wildlife rescuers, rescuing and caring for snakes. Their play demonstrated creativity, cooperation and a growing understanding of how we can care for animals.Beauden and Lydia were also excited to identify and name different bugs, recalling many of the insects and creatures we have been learning about at daycare. It was wonderful to see their knowledge being remembered and extended through our real-world experience.

Overall, it was a beautiful morning filled with exploration, imagination, teamwork, connection with nature and meaningful learning. The children's curiosity about wildlife continues to grow, and today’s excursion provided a wonderful opportunity to extend our learning beyond the daycare environment and into the natural world. 🌿🦎🐛

05/08/2026

Sensory Play – Magic Colour Mixing

What a beautiful, fine morning for some sensory play! Today the children explored a sensory invitation using silverware, spoons, bicarbonate soda, coloured water, and natural materials.

Children helped create their own "magic powder" by mixing bicarbonate soda with different colours. They experimented with colour mixing, discovering how the colours changed as they stirred and combined them. Together, they created a lovely milky purple mixture and added delicate pink flowers, making their sensory play even more beautiful and meaningful.
Extension:
We will continue exploring colour mixing by introducing natural materials such as leaves, petals, herbs, and citrus fruits, encouraging the children to create their own sensory potions while investigating colours, textures, and scents.

28/07/2026

Storytime to Sensory Play

Today our learning began indoors with a beautiful book about little whales. As we read together, the children became curious about why whales migrate .We discussed how humpback whales travel to the warmer waters of Hervey Bay because it is a safe place for mothers to give birth and care for their calves. The children shared their ideas and asked thoughtful questions about whales and their amazing journey.

Inspired by the story, we transitioned our learning outdoors. Together, we used crepe paper to create flowing seaweed and transformed our outdoor space into an imaginative underwater world. The children eagerly helped set up a sensory table using blue fabric to represent the ocean, along with grass, rocks, sticks, and other natural materials to create an ocean habitat.

The children explored the sensory environment through imaginative play, pretending to be whales swimming through the ocean, protecting their babies, and travelling together on their migration. They used their creativity to build stories, problem-solve, and collaborate with their peers while exploring the different textures and materials.

This experience encouraged language development, imaginative thinking, sensory exploration, and an understanding of the natural world. It also supported conversations about animal life cycles, migration, and caring for living creatures while strengthening social connections through cooperative play.

Learning Outcomes (EYLF):

Outcome 2: Children connect with and contribute to their world by learning about whales and their migration.
Outcome 4: Children develop confidence as involved learners through investigation, imagination, and problem-solving.
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators as they share ideas, ask questions, and engage in storytelling and collaborative play.

Address

Seymore Court
Boronia Heights, QLD
4124

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	6am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	6am - 5:30pm
Thursday	6am - 5:30pm

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+61449158189

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