Olsen Avenue Community Children's Centre

✨Community connections✨
On Friday the 12th June Miss Correna and Miss Nicki had the privlage of attending the Teddy Bears' Picnic for under 5s, held at Musgrave Hill primary school. It was a wonderful event where childcare centres could showcase their pedagogical practice and for local support agencies to share with families what they have to offer.
At Olsen Avenue Community Childrens Centre, we encourage lose parts play, open ended resources to inspire the children’s curiosity, wonder and awe.
It was lovely to meet, and speak with so many families within our community and also to see many familiar faces.

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Not every child needs a pencil grip at age 3 ✨ Grasp develops in stages — from big shoulder movements to tiny finger movements. So when we push a “perfect tripod grasp” too early, we often see: → frustration → fatigue → messy writing → avoiding coloring/writing altogether Development first. Perfection later. A mature grasp is the END of the process — and it requires so much more than just holding a pencil. It develops from: ✨ shoulder stability ✨ core strength ✨ wrist stability ✨ bilateral coordination ✨ hand strength ✨ finger isolation ✨ motor control The “perfect” grasp isn’t the starting point. It’s the result of everything underneath it

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the City of Gold Coast and Councillor Joe Wikinson for your generous Community projects program grant towards upgrading our Junior Kindy mud kitchen 🌿

This exciting upgrade will be happening very soon, and we know it will create a beautiful, engaging space for our little ones to explore, learn, and get messy in the best way possible!

Thank you again, City of Gold Coast, for your support of our centre and the children in our community — it truly makes a difference to our Community.

An Inspiring visit from Steph Bennett. Thank you for Vistiing Olsen Avenue Community Children's Centre ! We look forward to seeing you in August...