Tall Tree Early Learning - Subiaco

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco Families,

On the 27th of May, our centre proudly took part in National Simultaneous Storytime — a wonderful Australia-wide event that celebrates the joy of reading and storytelling.

Each year, children and educators across Australia read the same book at the same time, promoting the importance of literacy, language development, imagination, and connection through shared reading experiences. This special event encourages a love for books from an early age while helping children develop listening skills, comprehension, vocabulary, confidence, and creativity.

At Tall Tree Subiaco, our children gathered together to enjoy the story through group discussions, interactive reading experiences, creative expression, and meaningful conversations. The experience created a sense of belonging and excitement as children participated alongside thousands of other children and educators across the country.

Later, building on the story and children’s interests, we encouraged the children to play soccer and participate in a tag sports session as an extension of learning inspired by the *Luna Roo* book. These experiences supported teamwork, communication, gross motor development, confidence, and active engagement through play-based learning.

Reading together helps nurture curiosity, communication, emotional understanding, and a lifelong love of learning. We are so proud of our children for their enthusiastic participation and engagement throughout the experience.

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco Families,

National Reconciliation Week has begun — a meaningful time for reflection, learning, respect, and connection.

At Tall Tree Subiaco, reconciliation means creating an inclusive environment where every child feels safe, valued, respected, and connected. It means encouraging children’s interest and curiosity about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, and traditions through meaningful and engaging learning experiences.

Throughout the week, our children have been participating in a variety of experiences designed to support their holistic development while encouraging respectful engagement and understanding of First Nations cultures. These experiences have included mat sessions, sensory play, storytelling, singing songs, discussions, and open-ended art activities that inspire creativity, connection, empathy, and learning.

Reconciliation is about respect, compassion, understanding, and walking together toward a more inclusive future. It is about listening, learning, acknowledging the past, and celebrating the world’s oldest continuing cultures.

We invite our families to reflect with us:
What does reconciliation mean for you and your family?

Together, we can help our children build kindness, understanding, inclusion, and respect for the world around them — today and for the future.

We’re excited to share a week of meaningful learning as we acknowledge and celebrate the importance of reconciliation with our children and families.

🖤💛❤️ Welcome to National Reconciliation Week ❤️💛🖤

This week across our centres, we’re proud to acknowledge and celebrate National Reconciliation Week, a meaningful time to learn, reflect and strengthen our connection to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and perspectives.

Throughout the week, our children and educators will be engaging in thoughtful learning experiences designed to spark curiosity, deepen understanding and foster respect for the world’s oldest continuing cultures. From storytelling and creative experiences to music & dance, language and shared conversations, we’re excited to create opportunities for meaningful learning and connection together.

We can’t wait to share what’s planned across our centres this week and celebrate these important moments with our community.

✨ Watch this space as we showcase the wonderful learning experiences taking place throughout the week!

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco families,

On the 20th of May, we celebrated World Bee Day 🐝 by providing a range of sensory and open-ended experiences to support children’s learning about bees and raise awareness of these special insects in our natural environment.

The children enjoyed exploring black and yellow playdough to represent the colours of bees and engaged in meaningful conversations about why bees are so important. We learned that bees help plants grow and play a vital role in producing fruits such as strawberries, apples, and watermelon. The children also discovered that bees make honey, and that we should always be kind and gentle towards them.

For our creative experience, we used recycled materials to imitate the texture of a beehive. The children explored yellow paint, experimented with different textures, and created beautiful bee-inspired artwork. We also had lots of fun investigating pretend bees through imaginative play.

Our busy little bees enjoyed reading the story “The World of Bees” and exploring a beehive sensory tray. Through this experience, the children discovered the different layers of a hive, observed a variety of bee images, and explored different textures using their senses.

These experiences supported children’s curiosity, creativity, sensory exploration, and understanding of the important role bees play in our world. 🐝🌼🍯

Tag Sports at Tall Tree Early Learning Subiaco!

Kaya Families,

Today in Tag Sports, the children participated in a martial arts session where they explored movement, coordination, and self-discipline through active play. The children were introduced to basic martial arts techniques and practised moving their bodies with control, strength, and focus.

Throughout the session, the children learnt the importance of listening carefully, following instructions, and respecting personal space while working alongside their peers. They enjoyed practising different movements including balancing poses, controlled kicks, punches, and quick reaction games.

These experiences supported the children to develop:

-Confidence in trying new physical challenges

-Coordination, balance, and body control

-Concentration and self-regulation

-Teamwork and encouragement of others

-Awareness of safety and respectful interactions

The physical literacy elements that were focused on today were Agility, Speed, Reaction Time, Self-Regulation, Confidence, Coordination, Perceptual awareness and Reasoning.

The children showed great excitement and determination as they participated in the activities and celebrated each other’s achievements during the session.

Next week we are looking forward to using our Martial Arts pad to practice the fundamental Martial arts moves we have learnt so far!

Kaya Subi Families,

We were delighted to welcome Brenton Tacker back to our service for his second visit, where he continued sharing Noongar language and First Nations culture with the children.

Brenton engaged the children through singing and a fun “Find the Colour” game using Noongar language words in our classroom. During mat session, the children also continued learning about Australian native animals in Noongar language through reading the book *It’s Not My Yongka* (“Yongka” means kangaroo in Noongar language).

The children responded so positively to Brenton’s warm, open, and kind nature, and were excited to participate throughout the session.

Through our ongoing sessions with Brenton, we hope to provide meaningful opportunities for children to build curiosity, knowledge, and respect for First Nations culture and language through authentic connections, interactions, and learning experiences with community member.

Tag Sports at Tall Tree Early Learning Subiaco!

Kaya Families,

Over the next three weeks, we are excited to introduce children to the empowering world of Martial Arts, a fun and engaging program designed to build confidence, coordination, and self-control through age‑appropriate movement and play.

We will begin by exploring fundamental martial arts skills such as balance, posture, safe movement, and controlled actions. Through imaginative games, simple stances, and gentle kicking and punching activities (always practised in the air or on soft targets), children will develop body awareness, coordination, and focus in a safe and supportive environment.

As the program progresses, children will take part in challenges that promote listening skills, respect, and self‑regulation. Activities will encourage balance, agility, and reaction speed, helping children learn how to move with control while building confidence in their abilities. Team games will also support cooperation, turn‑taking, and encouragement of peers.

To wrap up our martial arts journey, children will combine all the skills they’ve learned through fun movement circuits and role‑play challenges that celebrate effort, discipline, and personal growth. Every child will have the opportunity to showcase their progress, feel proud of their achievements, and enjoy the joy of active participation.

These three weeks at Subiaco, Led by Coach Ella and Coach Cameron promise a wonderful mix of movement, learning, and confidence‑building through Martial Arts. Get ready to balance, focus, kick, and move with purpose — we can’t wait to see everyone in action!

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco families,

Children are naturally curious about the world around them and are always open to new experiences, discoveries, and knowledge. As educators, we have noticed a growing curiosity around light and shadows across the service. To support this interest, children were invited to participate in shadow play experiences where they could experiment with shadows of different sizes, colours, and objects.

These experiences consistently capture children’s attention and encourage an experimental and exploratory attitude towards the world around them. Through open-ended play, children are supported to investigate, problem-solve, express creativity, and build confidence in their own ideas and learning processes.

It has been wonderful to observe the children’s enthusiasm, imagination, and desire to learn as they explored and discovered through play.

Kaya Tall Tree Subiaco community,

During the last few weeks, based on the children’s interest in painting and open-ended art play, the children were invited to participate in a science experience exploring colour mixing.

Children experimented with mixing two colours together, for example yellow and blue to create green. This experience supported not only creativity and curiosity, but also fine motor development, as the children used water droppers to encourage small muscle movements and hand coordination.

Younger children were also offered opportunities to manipulate age-appropriate and sustainable resources to further promote creativity, exploration, and small muscle development.

It has been wonderful to see the children engaged in exploring, predicting, and discovering through play.