Scallywags Kindergarten and Child Care Centre

24/08/2026

We invite all fathers and special people to join us for a Father’s Day Afternoon Tea on Friday 4 September 2026, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Please bring a plate to share and RSVP to your child’s educators. We look forward to celebrating together!

21/08/2026

With great sadness😢, we have said goodbye to our weekly Impact Playgroup sessions.

We have loved🥰 welcoming Impact to our service each week and watching the children and families enjoy so many wonderful moments together.

From play, connection and laughter to creating new friendships, the playgroup has been such a special part of our community. A huge thank you to the wonderful Impact team for the time, energy and care they have shared with us.

We will certainly miss having you here! For families👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 who would love to continue enjoying Impact's playgroups, please head over to Impact's page to see a list of their current playgroup locations and sessions.

21/08/2026

Our little explorers have been busy scooping, pouring and discovering with our colourful chickpea pouring tray! Sensory play provides wonderful opportunities for children to explore different colours, textures, sounds and movements while engaging their senses and curiosity.

Pouring and transferring also helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, concentration, control and early mathematical concepts such as quantity, more/less and full/empty. Most importantly, sensory play encourages open-ended exploration, creativity and learning through play — with plenty of opportunities for children to make their own discoveries along the way. 💛

21/08/2026

🧪🌈 SCIENCE WEEK is in full swing in the Triceratops Room! 🌈🧪 Our little scientists have been busy exploring the science of colour mixing through hands-on experiments and creative experiences.

We began by mixing different colours of food dye in test tubes, watching with excitement as new colours appeared before our eyes. The children were then able to transfer their new knowledge into an eye dropper painting experience, experimenting with different colour combinations and discovering what happened when colours mixed together.

It has been wonderful to see the children making connections between science and creativity, while developing their fine motor skills, concentration and curiosity along the way. 🔬🎨 Who knew science could be so much fun! 💙💛❤️

17/08/2026

Scallywags Child Care & Kindergarten is looking for enthusiastic, caring and reliable educators to join our roar-some team in permanent casual positions.

Whether you hold a Certificate III or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, or you are currently studying, we would love to hear from you!

At Scallywags, you will become part of a supportive team that values collaboration, flexibility, professional growth and creating safe, nurturing and engaging environments for children.

Applicants must hold or be willing to obtain the required:

✨ Blue Card
✨ First Aid and CPR
✨ Asthma and Anaphylaxis training
✨ Child Safe Geccko Training
✨ Commitment to child-safe practice

Ready to begin your next early childhood adventure?

📧 Send your résumé and cover letter to [email protected]

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

Kindergarten children strengthened their fine motor skills through hands-on exploration with real nuts, bolts and washers.

The children experimented with threading nuts onto bolts, turning and twisting pieces, adding washers and discovering which pieces fitted together.

While the experience looked like busy tinkering, their hands and minds were doing some very important work!

Manipulating the small metal pieces encouraged children to use precise finger movements and coordinate both hands together — holding a bolt steady with one hand while carefully turning a nut with the other.

These actions strengthen finger and hand muscles, bilateral coordination, hand-eye coordination and dexterity, all of which contribute to later skills such as pencil control, drawing, cutting, dressing and managing everyday tools.

There was plenty of thinking happening too! Children compared the length, width and size of different bolts, tested which nuts would fit, persisted when pieces would not connect and adjusted their approach when their first idea did not work. This supported problem-solving, spatial awareness, mathematical thinking and persistence.

Using authentic materials gives children opportunities to investigate how everyday objects work while developing confidence in using their hands with increasing control and purpose.

The nuts, bolts and washers were intentionally provided for supervised exploration, with educators supporting children to use the heavy metal pieces safely and respectfully while still allowing them the agency to investigate, experiment and solve problems independently. 💚

13/08/2026

🔢 Exploring Patterning & Measurement Through Loose Parts 📏✨

Our Kindergarten children have been busy exploring patterns and informal measurement using a variety of loose parts.

Through hands-on investigation, the children experimented with arranging, repeating and extending patterns, noticing similarities and differences in colour, shape, size and position.

They also used the loose parts as informal units of measurement, placing objects side-by-side to investigate questions such as “How long is it?”, “Which one is longer?” and “How many do we need?”

These seemingly simple experiences support some very important mathematical thinking. As the children manipulated the materials, tested their ideas and changed their arrangements, they were developing an understanding of sequence, prediction, comparison, quantity, spatial awareness and one-to-one correspondence.

Loose parts also provide children with the freedom to approach mathematical concepts in their own way. There is no single “right” outcome—the children can create, problem-solve, revisit their thinking and explain the reasoning behind their choices.

Through playful experiences like these, children are building the foundations for later mathematical learning while seeing themselves as capable thinkers, investigators and problem-solvers. 💚

10/08/2026

The Raptor room carefully washed, rinsed and cared for their babies, showing kindness, empathy and gentle hands as they chatted about keeping them clean.

Role-playing familiar everyday routines, such as bathing a baby, helps children make sense of the world around them.

It provides opportunities to practise real-life skills, build confidence, develop language and communication, and strengthen their understanding of caring relationships.🥰