Oarsome Drive Child Care Centre

Who doesn't love yoga?

The children at Oarsome Drive Childcare enjoy participating in a yoga program every second Monday. Yoga helps children develop balance, coordination, flexibility, and body awareness, while also supporting concentration, relaxation, and emotional wellbeing. Through fun and engaging poses, children build confidence, mindfulness, and healthy habits that contribute to their overall development.

Reconciliation Week

Today, to begin our Reconciliation Week experiences, we introduced Aboriginal inspired learning areas into our environment to encourage the children to explore and appreciate Aboriginal culture through play and discovery.

Today, the children extended their interest in creepy crawlies during a special visit from Cheryl at Little Sprouts.

They explored earthworms, learned about worm biology, what worms can eat, and how worm farms turn food scraps into nutrient rich compost for gardens.

Using magnifying glasses, the children closely observed the worms and bravely touched and held them while discovering fun facts, such as worms having no eyes or teeth and breathing through their skin. The experience encouraged curiosity, sustainability and respect for living things.

Today the children enjoyed a fun sensory experience creating pretend sweet treats using shaving cream, foam, colourful beads, and loose parts.
They scooped, mixed, and decorated imaginative desserts while exploring textures, colours, and designs. The activity supported sensory exploration, fine motor development, creativity, STEM learning, and teamwork as the children shared ideas, experimented, and worked together to create delicious looking masterpieces.

Mothers Day at Oarsome Drive

The toddler room participated in activities to acknowledge ANZAC Day.

Observed on 25 April, ANZAC Day commemorates the soldiers from Australia and New Zealand who served and sacrificed in wars.

Water Play in the toddler room!

Today, the toddlers explored water play with sponges and bowls, discovering how sponges absorb and release water while building curiosity, fine motor skills, and understanding of cause and effect.

Incursion with Wayapa Wurruk

Today the kindy children learned about volcanoes through a fun sandpit STEM activity, exploring how eruptions shape the land. They also completed their final Wayapa Wurruk session with Cadia by making Grass Hair Planters, learning how plants grow and how to care for them. Both activities helped children understand that the land is constantly changing, provides for us, and needs to be cared for.

This week at Oarsome Drive, we’ve been celebrating Nature Week! 🌿

Our toddlers have been busy exploring all kinds of natural materials, getting creative by using them for painting and sensory play. From leaves to sticks, nature has become our art tool!

We’ve also been using binoculars to observe the world around us can you spot a bug? 🐞 The children have loved discovering the little creatures that share our environment.

It’s been a wonderful week of curiosity, creativity, and outdoor exploration!

Today our little one's participated in an orthodox tradition of colouring eggs.

During Orthodox Easter, eggs are dyed because they symbolize new life and rebirth, reflecting the resurrection of Jesus.

Traditionally, they’re colored **red** to represent Christ’s blood, but today kids use many colors for fun while keeping the tradition alive 🥚✨