Nido Early School Hocking

Mother's Day tables still available at our favourite cafe!

🌸 Mother’s Day at MY JUNCTION CAFE 🌸

Book your table now and treat Mum to great coffee, delicious food, and a warm atmosphere. We’re open from 7am to 3pm.

📞 Secure your spot today!

To celebrate the special mums/important people that make up our Hocking families we offered a breakfast bar, with supplies from our amazing local cafe My Junction Cafe
We hope you all have an amazing Mothers Day!

DIVING INTO DISCOVERY!
Our nursery room have been exploring the wonders of the ocean through sensory play, storytelling and creative arts.
From splashing in our "under the sea" provocations to discovering different sea creatures through texture, sound and movement, our littlest learners are building early language, confidence and curiosity about the world around them.

We currently have availability for enrolment!
We would love to welcome you into our learning community.
Feel free to call the service to book your tour, walk-ins also accepted.

As another year draws to an end at NIdo Hocking, we would like to thank our amazing Hocking families for choosing us to be your child's first teacher's.
It's been an amazing year full of learning,
On Friday we celebrated the learning of our children through meaningful displays, this really showcased the hard work our team has put in this year.
Not just colleagues but a family.
We hope you all have a lovely Christmas with your children.
(The service is still open over the holidays, closing for the public holidays only).

Today our children at NIdo Hocking were lucky enough to have Declan from Rhythm 'n' Run come out for our fortnightly session, I cannot say how amazing Declan is, the children look forward to his visits with anticipation, this week Declan showed us his trumpet skills playing "The last post" on this Remembrance Day, what an amazing opportunity for our children to learn more of our history, further developing gratitude whilst building understanding.

Join us for a special Webinar on Child Safety and Wellbeing 🌱

On Tuesday 28 October, Nido Early School invites families to a live online webinar exploring how we can work together to keep children safe and well.

Hosted on Zoom by Catharine Hydon, respected early childhood consultant and sector leader, alongside Nadia Wilson-Ali, Nido’s Director of Education and Quality, this session will offer practical insights and meaningful conversation around creating safe, supportive environments for children, both at home and in early learning settings.

Register now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_32AhyxwqS629mZ5Er9fudQ

Our Nursery children have been following their interest in plants/flowers through exploring planting, our children enjoyed digging in the mulch and exploring different textures.
Through hands on child led exploration our littlest learners are developing environmental responsibility as we learn about plant cycles.
Where will this interest take us next?

In our nursery room our littlest learners have been exploring seasons, Currently we are in Djilba season also known as First spring.
Our Double flowering plum tree at the front of the service has been the focus of our children with its bright pink flowers, we made our own interpretation of our tree and engaged in some finger painting to make a beautiful spring mural.

🍃MEET OUR EDUCATORS🍃
Miss Sylvia is our Toddler room leader, Sylvia has been part of our Hocking team for 3 years,
Sylvia was a teacher in Colombia bringing with her a wealth of knowledge in the early childhood industry, also sharing her language throughout the service in language sessions.
Our team love having Sylvia onboard with her enthusiasm and passion evident in her role.
Children's voice "Sylvia is kind" -SA

At NIdo Hocking we encourage children to use hands on exploration to discover and explore.
Today our team took a trip back into their own childhoods as we explored open end resources and shared our creations with the team.
This was a great opportunity to step back and reflect on the value of child led play.
"The child's right to play, is the child's right to learn"
Loris Malaguzzi