Shadforth Cottage and Preschool

Shadforth Cottage and Preschool Shadforth Cottage is a long day care and Preschool in the heart of Mosman. Preschool

📚✨ Book Week magic has arrived! ✨📚We’ve brought the Gruffalo to life with our very own life-size Gruffalo! 🐻🌲Our little ...
24/08/2026

📚✨ Book Week magic has arrived! ✨📚

We’ve brought the Gruffalo to life with our very own life-size Gruffalo! 🐻🌲

Our little book lovers have been having so much fun stepping into the pages of one of their favourite stories, meeting the Gruffalo and letting their imaginations run wild. 💚✨

Smiles in the Jacaranda room 🌿🦷🪥Our Jacaranda children have been exploring Dental Health Week with brushing, role-play a...
06/08/2026

Smiles in the Jacaranda room 🌿🦷🪥
Our Jacaranda children have been exploring Dental Health Week with brushing, role-play and big conversations about caring for our teeth and gums.

🦸 Sensory Superhero Exploration 🦸Our little heroes in the Blossoms Room are discovering the world through touch, sight a...
31/07/2026

🦸 Sensory Superhero Exploration 🦸
Our little heroes in the Blossoms Room are discovering the world through touch, sight and play this week! Watch as they explore icy bottles, sandy textures, foamy delights and messy paint—giggling, reaching, and learning with every interaction.
Through sensory exploration, our children develop curiosity and confidence. 💙

Stories come to life at Shadforth Cottage 🎭✨ Our puppet show brought big ideas, giggles and lots of imagination💛
08/07/2026

Stories come to life at Shadforth Cottage 🎭✨
Our puppet show brought big ideas, giggles and lots of imagination💛

Big World Cup dreams 🌍⚽️ Recently our mini soccer stars explored colours, teamwork and turn‑taking while celebrating th...
29/06/2026

Big World Cup dreams 🌍⚽️
Recently our mini soccer stars explored colours, teamwork and turn‑taking while celebrating the World Cup together. From pom‑pom “goals” to painted faces, there was so much joy, movement and conversation about the World Cup! 🏆

Rainbow bottles and torchlight magic 🌈✨ Exploring colour, reflection and shadow through play.
24/06/2026

Rainbow bottles and torchlight magic 🌈✨
Exploring colour, reflection and shadow through play.

Exploring colour, light and texture ✨The children have been busy pouring, scooping, stacking and drawing at the light ta...
19/06/2026

Exploring colour, light and texture ✨
The children have been busy pouring, scooping, stacking and drawing at the light table and in our sensory trays. These open‑ended experiences support fine motor skills, problem solving and language, while giving children space to wonder, experiment and create at their own pace. 🍃

Celebrating Lynette, our wonderful cook’s 20-year anniversary at Shadforth Cottage! 🥳👩‍🍳 Thank you for filling so many ...
18/06/2026

Celebrating Lynette, our wonderful cook’s 20-year anniversary at Shadforth Cottage! 🥳👩‍🍳
Thank you for filling so many little tummies with love and delicious food over the years 💛

As we continue to explore light and shadows, our 2–3s have been mesmerised by our light and reflections discovery box. 🌟...
18/06/2026

As we continue to explore light and shadows, our 2–3s have been mesmerised by our light and reflections discovery box. 🌟✨ Using CDs, metallic stars and soft clouds, children are investigating how light bounces, changes colour and creates reflections, building early science thinking, curiosity and vocabulary. 🌈💡

The Blossoms room have been diving into an under-the-sea adventure using a themed sensory tray 🌊🐢 Using sea animals and...
16/06/2026

The Blossoms room have been diving into an under-the-sea adventure using a themed sensory tray 🌊🐢
Using sea animals and scoops in our chia-seed “ocean,” our 0–2 year olds are exploring texture, cause and effect and early pretend play, while building fine motor skills and early science thinking 🐳🪼✨

Address

87-89 Shadforth Street
Mosman, NSW
2088

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6pm
Friday 7:30am - 6pm

Telephone

02 9969 5335

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