West Ryde Long Day Care Centre

Happy Mothers Day to all our wonderful Mothers, grandmothers and Motherly figures. We hope you have had a great day and enjoyed your special day.

Happy Mothers Day to all our Mothers. We hope you enjoyed your day. We hosted a morning tea Thursday and today an afternoon tea to thank them for all the endless things they do and to show our appreciation. We hope they enjoyed their weekends too.

In March the centre celebrated Harmony Week. The children learnt in many ways Everybody Belongs! The children created artworks which were a reflection of themselves holding hands with their peers and hand prints of all different shapes and colours united to create the leaves of the tree for their room.

Recently we celebrated Easter in a range of ways at the centre. We used recyclable objects and sustainable items to create learning experiences of numerals, patterns and creative and sensory exploration through the theme of Easter. The children explored the areas within there rooms to strengthen their understanding of Easter through these hands on experiences.

Lunar New Year!
The children have really got into the spirit and celebrations this year of Lunar New Year. The year of the dragon, our preschool room created their own dancing dragon which moved through the centre and many of our children contributed to the experiences and programs sharing ways they celebrate this time of year with their families, offering red envelopes and eating various foods, while some explained they decorate the house with lanterns and symbols of fish. Our rooms were decorated with lanterns and the children made various artworks, sensory experiences and listened to stories allowing the them to understand and explore various cultures.

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July 15th our educator team refreshed there First Aid and CPR skills. This was a great day and was very practical for day to day situations in care. We also watched a video on choking from CPR kids.

Our Rainbow room welcoming spring with some spring crafts. The children used scratch arts and created their own colourful art, scratching away to the rainbow colours underneath. They also traced their hands to interpret as a growing tree and used their fingers to create leaves and painting around it. Creative way to use their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination

We had a visit from Monty Pryor and the children absolutely loved it! The children and educators were engaged from start to finish through song, dance and story and the children were asked to draw and share their favourite parts.