Nido Early School Essendon

🌱 Caring for Our Environment 🌱

Classroom 3’s current inquiry is focused on caring for plants and learning about the importance of looking after our environment. This week, we saw small groups of children exploring the service as they helped water our indoor plants with care and responsibility.

The children showed great teamwork and problem-solving skills throughout the experience. When water was accidentally spilt on the floor, the children quickly worked together to help clean it up, demonstrating a strong sense of responsibility and care for their learning environment.

Experiences like these support children in developing confidence, independence and respect for the world around them through meaningful, hands on learning. 🌿

⛑️ First Aid Training ⛑️

This week our team participated in First Aid and CPR refresher training to ensure our knowledge and skills remain current and up to date. Ongoing professional development like this supports our commitment to providing a safe, supportive and responsive environment for all children in our care.

We would also like to extend a huge thank you to Kelly from First Aid Ready for providing engaging, informative and quality training to our team. We appreciate the time and knowledge shared throughout the session.

Safety Matters Every Day

Community walks are back! 🌿

Our children loved heading back out into the community, exploring the world around them with curious minds and busy little feet.

Along the way, we spotted local businesses, chatted about what we could see in our neighbourhood, and collected beautiful leaves and nature treasures to bring back to the service for further learning and play. 🍂

These adventures support children to build confidence, connection to their community, and an appreciation for the natural environment, all while having so much fun outdoors! We can’t wait for our next adventure. 💛

Walking into Classroom 5 today, it was impossible not to notice the incredible world the children had created together through their play.

Every child was deeply engaged in block play, collaboratively constructing and connecting their ideas from roads, parks and swimming pools, to a coffee shop, a see-saw and even a garbage truck station.

What began as individual creations evolved into a shared community, with children communicating, negotiating and extending one another’s thinking through play.

Moments like these remind us that play is powerful. Through block construction, children are developing problem-solving skills, spatial awareness, creativity, teamwork and a strong sense of belonging as they build alongside their peers.

The depth of children’s ideas and the way they connect their learning together never ceases to amaze us. 💛

Today we welcomed back Dr Rushma from Dentist 2 you for our biannual visit .

She spent time with each child counting their teeth, checking their gums and talking about the improvement of brushing and caring for their teeth.

“I’m going to show the doctor my mouth” A
“I brush my teeth at home” K

At our service, we value opportunities like these that support children’s health and wellbeing in accessible and meaningful ways.

We thank Dr Rushma for providing such a positive and engaging experience for our children while helping build confidence around dental care.

🩷 Mother’s Day Celebrations 🩷

Today we welcomed our wonderful mothers and special loved ones into the service for afternoon tea and a range of fun activities together.

We are incredibly grateful for all of our mums who work so hard to support, nurture and provide for our confident and capable children.

Thank you for spending the afternoon with us. We hope you all have a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend filled with love and appreciation. 💐

We are loving the fresh new look of our service! 🌿

Our eucalyptus green feature wall has created a calm and inviting feel in the office, beautifully complemented by our bright and welcoming hallway. Creating warm, engaging environments is so important in supporting children’s sense of belonging and wellbeing.

A big thank you to Hawthorn Painting for bringing our vision to life, your care and attention to detail have made such a positive impact on our space.

We look forward to our children, families and community enjoying our refreshed environment.

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Nido Day♥
Last night, we slowed things down and celebrated Nido Day in the coziest way possible (wearing our pj's). We shared a delicious meal, got creative with a fun painting activity and ended the evening by reading heartfelt messages from our families. Seeing the joy and smiles on everyone’s faces is exactly why we do what we do.

Engaged team
every day

Today is Nido Day.
Which is an annual day of celebration at Nido, where we recognise our people and all the great things they do for our children and each other. It’s our chance to thank everyone for their dedication and positive energy that they bring every single day.