Taigum Child Care Centre

Happy Birthday Tusher,
Thank you for sharing your Birthday with all your friends and family at Taigum Child Care Centre.

Reminder Families that Tuesday the 25th of August is Dress Up Day at Taigum Child Care Centre.

Pre Prep 1 & 2 with Miss Suridner and Miss Gurpreet

Welcome back to another week of learning and fun, we hope you had a fantastic weekend. It was a went start to the day as the rain returned, we didn’t let that rain our morning through. We joined in the toddler room for free choice play and waited for our friends to arrive. Soon it was pack up time and then on the mat to perform our Acknowledgment of Country and songs in a Turrbal language. Next we grabbed our belongings and headed to our room for the morning.

In the room we sat down and went through the play for the day and some room rules and expectations. It was now time to choose an area to play do off we went. Some children were brick building , others were constructing car using the stretchy tubes and wheels, one table had caterpillar number and the last had magnetic letter. Later we all helped pack away, went to the bathroom then joined on the mat for group time. We started by greeting our friends and educators, we checked the roll. First we did phonemic awareness, we have gotten very good at identifying rhyming word pairs, we did some segmenting of words and blending sounds then finished with deleting and adding sounds. After phonemic awareness we practised our letter sounds and then we used the alphabet flash card to identify the sound of each letter shown, we then moved o to some counting and days of the weeks asking well before finishing with choosing the leader for days. After group time we washed hands and went to morning tea.

After morning tea we returned to our room where we played for the rest of the morning. Out on the tables were new activities, we did paper plate painting, another mat have letter ,numbers and shapes bean bag,Second had whiteboards to practise writing and fine motor skills. There were some blocks on the mat for building and a colour sorting activity too. We finished the morning play and children did group exercise on the mat. After our exercise video we read a book about itchy bear. Then beds were brought out and made and we watched forest animal’s until lunch. That’s all from us, see you all next time!

Senior Kindy Daily Blog with Miss Deepa

Hello families ! Happy Monday !

We hope you all had good weekend, we all started our Monday morning from family room we greet to our all educators and our friends. We start to play with baby dolls, doctor set, wooden blogs. it is time to pack away the toys and we started to sit down on the mat to do the acknowledgement of country and Head shoulder, knees and toes in turrabel language. We Sing the song“ This is My Head ,This is my face”. Miss Katie explained about the respect for everyone through this song.It was time to say by to our friends.
•We lined up for senior kindy room . Where we start to play with wooden blogs ,connecting cubes ,numbers on white board , and we did drawing.Now,It is time to pack away for our morning group time.
•We start our group time with marked the roll, we continued the days of the week, numbers ,flowers name ,colour’s name and Alphabets.. we sing the wash your Hands song ..
•After that we washed our hand then line up for morning tea. We had fresh and seasonal fruits ..
•With the full tummies we came inside and and start to continue our play because it’s wet outside.
•Kids start to play with baby dolls, legos ,animals toys ,train track ,puzzles,Home corner and we watch the educational story after finished that we make our bed .
•Its time to wash our and went to dining room to eat yummy yummy sandwiches . We are full now .we are doing rest now..By for now.see you in the afternoon.

Miss Deepa, Miss Teena ,Miss Dora ..

Junior Kindy Daily Blog with Miss Nikki

Hello everyone, welcome another week happy Monday ! Today we began our morning in the family grouping room, spending some time with our friends and educators exploring free choice play. We then transitioned into our room for spontaneous free play, this included puzzles, home corner play and share play with peers. We then packed away all the toys and sat on the mat to greet our friends and educators along sang bumble bee name song to practice their own names and friends name. After, small interaction grouping names being called to lined up for washing hands and got ready to transitioned in dining area for morning tea. In morning tea, all friends enjoyed yummy juicy fruits. After filling tummies, transit in our room to do group time. We sat on the mat, started group time with Acknowledgement of country, read a book don’t wake bear hare, everyone enjoyed listening to bear story . After story practiced recognition and sound of letters. Next we introduced colourful art play, friends chose their own colour and brushed it on paper with their imagination, some drew circle , some painted on their hands and smeared it on the paper. We then engaged in some spontaneous play, with the train tracks, magnetic shapes, puzzles, home corner and dress ups. After free play, we packed away all the toys and gathered on the mat, where we had a dance party , we then sat down to cool of watching some educational content to wind down. It was then time for lunch, so we went to wash our hands and transitioned to the dining room, where we enjoyed sandwiches. After we filled our bellies, we transitioned to our room for a rest. That’s all from us today!

Miss Nikki, Miss Shruti ,and Miss Cheyenne

Toddlers Daily Blog with Miss Maddy

Hello everyone, welcome back! This morning friends arrived slowly s we explored some free choice play and later transitioned for group time. We started ‘BOOK WEEK’ by reading ‘Where is the green sheep?’. Toddlers were very engaged as they listened and showed curiosity. We then had our morning tea before transitioning inside where friends did a craft related to our book of the day. Using green paper, cellophane and tissue paper our friends glued it onto their sheep’s! Then friends explored the do tors set as they checked friends' heart and temperature, others created windy train tracks for the cars, some read quietly while others explored animal puppets! We then had another group time after cleaning up. Here we acknowledged the land, sung bumblebee, counted 1-10 and practiced our ABC, we also used shape and emotion flashcards to strengthen cognitive and language skills. And to finish up, friends requested to read our book of the day again before making our way to the dining room for lunch. Everyone filled their tummies up and are now resting their bodies. That’s all from us for today, bye for now.

Miss Maddy, Miss Kesh & Miss Varinderpal

Nursery Daily Blog with Miss Prabh

Happy Monday, everyone! We hope you all enjoyed your weekend. We started our morning by exploring our room environment and welcoming our friends. The children chose their favourite toys and found places to play and explore. Soon, it was time for morning tea. Everyone sat calmly in their highchairs while waiting, and our little friends enjoyed fresh fruit and delicious fruit purée.

After morning tea, we decided to stay indoors due to the rainy weather. The children engaged in a variety of activities, including playing musical instruments, pushing shopping trolleys around the room, sitting inside the little fort, reading books, cuddling soft toys, and exploring the activity table. Marcus was especially happy to see our new nursery friend. He was very excited and kept calling out, “Baby!” It was lovely to see his curiosity and excitement as he welcomed his new friend. As our busy morning came to an end, we settled down to relax and enjoyed watching some musical videos. The children then took turns having their nappies changed before sleep. With our tummies full and our little bodies tired after a busy morning of learning, exploration and play, everyone is now resting peacefully. Bye for now , see you tomorrow.

Attention Families
Please be aware that the church car park will fill up quickly from 9:30 am today due to a funeral service commencing at 10:00 am.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Warm regards,
Katie

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Happy Birthday Anahat,
Thank you for sharing your 3rd birthday with all your friends at Taigum Child Care Centre.

Pre Prep 1 & 2 Daily Blog with Miss Surinder and Miss Kavita

Woohoo it’s Friday and what a day we have had. It was a sunny and chilly started to the day but we enjoyed warming up in the toddler room for free choice play and waited for our friends to arrive. We enjoyed drawing, building and home are a play too. Soon it was pack up time and then on the mat to perform our Acknowledgment of Country and songs in a Turrbal language. Next we grabbed our belongings and headed to our room for the morning.

When we got to our room and put are belongings away ,set down on the mat .First we discussed our room rule and expectations .They were all ready to go and play. Children explored the letter construction ,a peg board, Number tracing boards.Our reading are also popular today . Later we all helped pack away, went to the bathroom then joined on the mat for group time. We started by greeting our friends and educators, we checked the roll. First we did phonemic awareness, we have gotten very good at identifying rhyming word pairs, we did some segmenting of words and blending sounds then finished with deleting and adding sounds. After phonemic awareness we practised our letter sounds and letter recognitions . Skip counting, number flash card and shapes flash cards ,days of the week as well.That was it for group time, next we we head our hands washing and we went to morning tea.

After morning tea we came in side the room and continued our science experiment it’s called the rainbow Ooblock, children were excited to mix the food colour and seeing the rainbow colours .Afterwords , First we applied the sunscreen, grabbed our water bottles ,we were all ready to go and play.we went outside and spent our morning out side while playing with different games. Children enjoyed climbing the fort, running and playing tag on the grass spinning hula hoops and testing their balance on the obstacle equipment.Couple of children played with connectors, run the races across the yard, and writing on the black boards with chalk. On the veranda there was construction and building happening others played in home are a cooking food.We sat down on the turf and participated in the musically circle and song the indigenous songs ,played the musical instruments . We cleaned our shoes and came inside to make beds, once they were made we watched Leo the wildlife ranger till lunch was ready. That’s all from us to day, see you all next week!