Wilston Kids Care

🍎🍕 FOODIE FRIDAY IS BACK FOR TERM 3! 🧁🥤

Get ready for another delicious term of cooking, creating and tasting at Wilston Kids Care!

Every Friday, children will have the opportunity to develop their cooking skills, explore healthy food choices and enjoy making a range of tasty treats with their friends.

👩‍🍳 Term 3 Menu

🍕 Week 1 – Mini Pizza
🍎 Week 2 – Apple Oat Slice Squares
🍓 Week 3 – Fruit Skewers
🧀 Week 4 – Pumpkin Cheese Scones
🫐 Week 5 – Blueberry Yoghurt Muffins
🥜🚫 Week 6 – Trail Mix Cups (Nut Free)
🍕 Week 7 – Baked Tortilla Pizza Triangles
🍌 Week 8 – Banana Oat Cookies
🧀 Week 9 – Cheese & Vegemite Scrolls
🥤 Week 10 – Fruit Smoothies

Foodie Friday is a fantastic way for children to:
✅ Learn basic cooking skills
✅ Build confidence in the kitchen
✅ Try new foods and flavours
✅ Practice teamwork and communication
✅ Have fun creating delicious snacks

We can't wait to see our young chefs rolling, mixing, baking and blending their way through another exciting term!

📅 Every Friday at After School Care
👨‍🍳 Open to all grades
🍎 Fresh food, fun experiences and lots of smiles!

🍓🍕 Foodie Friday Update 🍪🥤

Just a quick reminder that there will be no Foodie Friday this week.

Our Club Liaison will be taking a short break, however Foodie Friday will be back next week with more delicious recipes, hands-on cooking experiences, and plenty of fun in the kitchen!

We look forward to welcoming everyone back next Friday for another tasty afternoon at Wilston Kids Care.

👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Thank you for your understanding, and we can’t wait to get cooking again next week!

🧱⚙️ WKC Senior LEGO Club – Inventors League is coming next term! ⚙️🧱

Get ready for 10 weeks of epic engineering challenges where our Senior LEGO Club builders will become inventors, engineers, problem-solvers and master creators!

Each week children will tackle a brand-new LEGO engineering mission including:

🚤 Boat Builders
🎈 Balloon Powered Racers
🌍 Earthquake Towers 2.0
🏰 LEGO Catapult Challenge
Plus many More exciting challenges

Throughout the term children will:
✅ Build and test creations
✅ Redesign and improve ideas
✅ Work in teams
✅ Solve real-world problems
✅ Develop creativity and engineering skills
✅ Compete for awards and points

📍 When: Every Monday at After School Care

📍 Where: E Block
👦 Who: Senior LEGO Club (Grades 3–6)

This is going to be one of our biggest and most exciting LEGO programs yet and we can’t wait to see what amazing inventions our builders create!

🌟🧱 WKC Junior LEGO Club – Adventure Quest Begins Next Term! 🧱🌟

Get ready for 10 weeks of imagination, creativity and LEGO fun at Wilston Kids Care After School Care! 🚀🦖🏰

Each Thursday, our Junior LEGO Club children will go on a brand-new building adventure filled with:
✨ Dinosaurs
🏴‍☠️ Pirate Treasure Islands
🚀 Space Explorers
🦸 Superhero Headquarters
👾 Monster Mash Creations
🏙️ Mini Builders City
🎁 Mystery Box Challenges
…and so much more!

This exciting program is designed especially for our younger builders and focuses on:
🧠 Creativity
🤝 Teamwork
💬 Communication
⭐ Confidence
🎉 Having Fun!

Every week children will:
🔹 Build amazing LEGO creations
🔹 Work together with friends
🔹 Share their ideas and stories
🔹 Take part in fun mini challenges
🔹 Earn special awards and recognition

📍 Junior LEGO Club
📅 Every Thursday
⏰ After School Care
📌 E Block

We can’t wait to see the incredible worlds, creatures and adventures our Junior Builders create this term! 💛💙❤️

A group of our Wilston Kids Care Educators officially kicked off The Push Up Challenge 2026!

For some of our team members, this is their fourth year taking part in Australia's largest mental health and fitness event. Over the next 24 days, each Educator will complete 3,307 push ups, representing the 3,307 lives lost to su***de in Australia in 2024. Along the way, participants learn daily mental health facts, helping to raise awareness, start important conversations, and reduce stigma around mental health.

The Push Up Challenge has become a powerful way for communities, workplaces and schools to come together in support of better mental health. Since it began, more than 1 million participants have been involved and over $60 million has been raised for mental health services and programs across Australia.

Our team is excited to take on the challenge together, support one another, and push for better mental health.

If you would like to support our educators and this fantastic cause, donations are greatly appreciated. You can donate to our team here:

https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/wilstonkidscareeducators2026

We can't wait to share our challenge journey with the wider community and appreciate all the encouragement along the way.

Hi Families,
Our June-July 2026 Vacation Care Program has been released and bookings are now open. Bookings can be made through your Xplor Home app.
To view all the incredible activities and experiences we have planned, just click on the link below.
https://www.wilstonpandc.org.au/vacation-care

🔥🚨 Fire Evacuation Drill Successfully Completed! 🚨🔥

At Wilston Kids Care, the safety and wellbeing of children is always our highest priority.

To help children understand what to do in the event of a real emergency, we regularly conduct fire evacuation and lockdown drills throughout the year. These drills are scheduled every 13 weeks and provide valuable opportunities for children and educators to practise emergency procedures in a calm and supportive environment.

We had planned to conduct our latest fire evacuation drill last week, however the wet weather had other ideas! After several attempts and plenty of rain delays, we were finally able to complete our service-wide evacuation drill on Monday, 1 June, the first day of Winter.

Our children are always incredibly curious about these experiences and actively engage in the learning process. We take time to explain why we conduct drills, what the different alarms mean, and how everyone can help keep each other safe.

👏 We are proud to report that everyone did a fantastic job! Children and educators calmly evacuated to their designated marshalling areas, where rolls were marked and attendance was quickly confirmed. It was wonderful to see how confidently and responsibly the children participated.

These regular drills help build children's confidence, resilience, and understanding of emergency procedures, ensuring that if a real emergency were ever to occur, everyone knows exactly what to do.

Well done to all of our children and educators for their excellent teamwork and commitment to safety! 💙

🌿 Reconciliation in Action at Wilston Kids Care 🌿

National Reconciliation Week provides an important opportunity for us to reflect, learn, and strengthen our commitment to reconciliation every day.

At Wilston Kids Care, our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) guides us in creating meaningful opportunities for children, educators, families, and our community to learn about and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and contributions.

A special thank you goes to Claire, our RAP Officer, and our dedicated RAP Committee, who continue to lead and document our reconciliation journey. Their passion and commitment help ensure that reconciliation remains visible, purposeful, and embedded throughout our service.

We are especially proud to be amplifying the voices of our Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Our students have shared valuable ideas and perspectives that are helping shape what reconciliation looks like at Wilston Kids Care. By listening to and acting on their suggestions, we are empowering young people to become active leaders in building a more inclusive and respectful future.

Throughout National Reconciliation Week and beyond, children have been engaging in a range of meaningful experiences, including:

✨ Exploring stories and learning experiences that celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
✨ Creating artwork inspired by connection to Country and culture.
✨ Participating in discussions about respect, fairness, and inclusion.
✨ Engaging with learning provocations that encourage curiosity and understanding.
✨ Sharing daily conversations about reconciliation and the importance of walking together.

At Wilston Kids Care, we believe reconciliation is everyone's responsibility. Through shared learning, open conversations, and genuine partnerships, we are building a culture of respect, understanding, and connection.

Together, we continue our reconciliation journey with purpose, integrity, and a commitment to ensuring every voice is heard.

🖤💛❤️

📣 Your Feedback Helps Shape Our Programs! 🌟

At Wilston Kids Care, we believe the best educational programs are created in partnership with our children and families.

Whether it's our Term Time Program or our exciting Vacation Care Program, we are always looking for ideas, suggestions, and feedback to help us create engaging experiences that reflect the interests, strengths, and needs of our children.

💡 Have an idea?

📝 Want to suggest an activity, club, excursion, incursion, or special event?

😊 Have feedback about something your child has enjoyed?

Simply complete a feedback form and place it in our Educational Program Feedback Box, conveniently located in the sign-in and sign-out area near our Educational Program Wall.

So, what do we do with your feedback?

Your suggestions help us:
✨ Plan activities that reflect children's interests and family input.
✨ Develop meaningful learning experiences.
✨ Improve our programs and service delivery.
✨ Create opportunities that support children's wellbeing, development, and engagement.
✨ Ensure our programs remain responsive to our community.

Most importantly, we actively encourage children to use their voices too! 🎤

Our educators regularly seek children's ideas, opinions, and feedback about what they would like to see included in our programs. Whether it's a new club, a creative experience, a sports activity, a STEM project, or a special Vacation Care adventure, children's voices play an important role in our planning process.

Together, children, families, and educators create a program that is engaging, meaningful, and uniquely Wilston Kids Care.

Thank you for partnering with us and helping shape the experiences we offer each day. 💙

🧡 Child Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility at Wilston Kids Care

At Wilston Kids Care, child safety is more than a policy, it is embedded in our daily practice, our culture, and every interaction we have with children.

We believe every child has the right to feel safe, respected, valued, and included. Our educators work intentionally each day to build trusting relationships with children, creating an environment where they feel comfortable expressing themselves, sharing their ideas, and seeking support when needed.

Our commitment to child safety is reflected through:
✨ Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where every child feels a sense of belonging.
✨ Building strong, respectful relationships that support children's emotional wellbeing and development.
✨ Listening to children's voices and encouraging them to participate in decisions that affect their experiences.
✨ Supporting children to develop confidence, resilience, independence, and self-advocacy skills.
✨ Maintaining high standards of supervision, risk management, and safeguarding practices.
✨ Ensuring all educators understand their responsibilities as mandatory reporters and advocates for children's wellbeing.
✨ Working in partnership with families to support positive outcomes for every child.

We know that positive interactions play a critical role in shaping children's confidence, self-esteem, and sense of security. Through our play-based programs, caring relationships, and child-centred approach, we intentionally create opportunities for children to develop the social and emotional skills they need to thrive both now and into the future.

Child safety is everyone's responsibility, and at Wilston Kids Care, we are proud to be part of Queensland's commitment to ensuring all children experience safe, nurturing, and positive environments where they can learn, grow, and flourish.

Together, we create a community where every child is safe, supported, and empowered.