Coonara Early Learning Centre

05/10/2026

🎨 C O L O U R I N G I N B O O K S 🖍

A very special 50 years commerative Coonara Colouring book is for sale on Festival day!

Get creative and colour in Woodwork with Tas, Sewing with Effie and Dance and Movement with Miss Tegan plus all of your Coonara favourites including Mr and Mrs Crow, Easter Bunny and more!

Only 30 copies available so get in quick! We will have crayon and texta packs or just the colouring in book on it's own!

November 7th from 12-5pm!!

10/09/2026

Can you believe we are talking CHRISTMAS 😮

🎄Coonara Early Learning Centre have been busy organising their annual Christmas Raffle. We put a call out to local businesses to see if they could kindly donate ...and wow we were so overwhelmed with the support!🎄

We would like to thank the following local businesses so far for their generosity.

Le Mans Entertainment
Ferntree Gully Hotel
The Basin Backyard
Melbourne Cable Park
Clip 'n Climb Berwick
Social Fair
Skyline Melbourne
Ace Space Play & Party Centre - Chirnside Park
Kelly Mini Sports
McDonald's
Demak Outdoor Timber & Hardware
Oslo Health and Fitness Ferntree Gully
Angus & Celeste
Bayswater Hotel
Morack Public Golf

We couldn't do this without you! We are asking our community to shop local with these businesses who continually show up when we need them most!

Tickets will be on sale in October. Say tuned for a list of prizes. All proceeds will go straight to the Early Learning Centre to buy new equipment for the children.

See all tagged businesses in the comments below!

05/09/2026

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19/08/2026

Introducing Lightning-Miyagi!
The children at Coonara ELC have a an aquarium home to a very cheeky and inquisitive betta fish.
We took some time thinking of some names for him, and during this discussion, the children spoke about how some children have a middle name.
“Can the fish have two names like us?” they asked.
We compiled a list of names, drew them out of a hat, and we henceforth dub our fish “Lightning-Miyagi!”

19/08/2026

🧬⚗️🥼🌱 Science Week 🔬🔭🧪🍃
This week at Kindergarten the children are delving into the wonderful world of science!
This years’ theme for National Science Week is “Seeds of science - nurturing knowledge for all”

We had a discussion last week about which “seeds” of knowledge that the children would like to pursue, and here are some wonderings and lines of inquiry the children had.

We are using these seeds as provocations for our program and experiences this week!

11/08/2026

The festival vibes are coming to Coonara! Celebrate 50 years of community! JOIN US!

📰History Exhibition
🛍Market stalls
🎤Live music
🐇Petting Farm
🎨Children's craft
🪄Magician
🍀Lucky dips
📚Outdoor Reading Nook
🦁Face Painting
🫧 Bubble Artist
👏Program tasters
🪴Potting Activity
🌭Sausage Sizzle
🀄Mahjong
🥏 Lawn games
🍿Popcorn
🥛Frozen slushies
🍲Multicultural food
🍰Cake stall
🐨Treasure Hunt
♟️Chess
☕️Tea and coffee
🎉Winning Wheel
🧸Teddy Bear Project

Just one gold coin donation 🪙 per person entry for a whole afternoon of fun!

To register your interest and receive updates on all of the fun click here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1EBW4PipxW/

27/07/2026

06/06/2026

$4098 - that’s how much our sausage sizzle and cake stall brought in at Bunnings Scoresby today.
We cannot thank our staff, volunteers, families, committee and supporters enough for all of your donations and help today!
Coonara ELC is a wonderful little group with a mighty community behind it.
Our gratitude goes out to our mums, dads, aunts, grandparents, sisters and friends who came to work at the bbq stand and cake stall today.
A huge thank you to the families and Coonara supporters who made a wonderful array of baked goods!
We are looking forward to purchasing some amazing resources and equipment for our children’s programs at Kinder and Occasional Care 🤎

06/06/2026

🌭 Sausages are sizzling at Bunnings Scoresby! 🌭

Come on down for lunch and buy a sausage or two today and help us raise funds for our kindergarten!

They smell sooo good! 🤤

We are here until 4pm!

05/06/2026

Today is the day! We are here at Bunnings Scoresby selling sausages and baked goods to raise funds for our kindergarten - come on down and say hello! 👋

9am to 4pm