Explore & Develop Narraweena

Little hands busy at work 🌿✏️

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate Mother’s Day at our special High Tea 💐☕️
The children loved welcoming their mothers, families and special friends into our learning spaces to share in such a beautiful morning together 🩷

Today we celebrated E&D Narraweena’s 17th birthday 🎉 What a truly monumental achievement! A heartfelt congratulations to Amanda and Sabrina, whose passion, dedication, and vision have shaped such a special learning community over the years 💛 We are so grateful to be part of this journey, here’s to many more years to come!

Our Bluebirds (4–5 years) were inspired by ‘The Potato People’ by Pamela Allen to create their own potato people. 🥔 Together, they extended their learning by planting potatoes in the garden. As they explored this experience, the children reflected on the story’s core values of family connection, creativity, and a sense of belonging 🌱💛

This week we have been celebrating Nature Play Week 🌿🍃

Nature play is deeply embedded in our philosophy and everyday practice, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, where the environment is valued as the “third teacher.” Through exploring, creating, and discovering in natural spaces, our children are supported to develop curiosity and a strong connection to the world around them 🌼

Last week, our Bluebirds (4–5 years) visited Narraweena Public School to take part in their Easter Hat Parade 🐣🎩

The children proudly showed off their creations after a busy week constructing them. This was a wonderful opportunity to begin building early connections with the school community for our preschoolers 💛

Wishing everyone in our community a safe and happy long weekend! Enjoy the break and we look forward to seeing you back at the service on Tuesday 🐣🍫💐

Process art is an important part of learning in early childhood because it focuses on the experience of creating rather than the final product 🎨✨

Through open-ended art, children explore materials, experiment with colours and textures, and express their ideas in their own unique ways. These experiences support creativity, confidence, problem solving and fine motor development.

This week our Bluebirds (4–5 years) have been enjoying visits to Narraweena Public School as part of our ongoing transition-to-school experiences 🎒✨

These visits provide a wonderful opportunity for the children to begin building familiarity with the school environment and develop a sense of confidence about the next stage of their learning journey 🌿📚

Our Bluebirds (4–5 years) have been exploring art and expression in the garden 🎨🌿

Surrounded by nature, the children have been using the outdoor environment as inspiration for their creative thinking, experimenting with materials, expressing ideas and engaging their senses as they create