Hello to our wonderful Underwood Early Learning Centre families! Welcome to the Underwood monthly newsletter, and our new families to the centre. Welcome to 2023, thank you to all our families for a great 2022, let’s hope this year is as good. To finish off 2022 a couple of things, we raised $257.70 for the…
Your ELC shares tips on how to help your child transition to new rooms in childcare. Small changes can feel like big deals for children, and transitions and changes to routine and environment is something to navigate together, to help them feel confident to move through it. Your child may be excited about moving up…
Your ELC explains what you should know before your child starts childcare. It’s important to take the time to consider what you and your child want from your childcare centre education journey. Deciding to enrol your child in childcare is a deeply personal choice that takes careful consideration. Nurturing and developing your child’s best self…
Your Local Early Learning Centre shares the activity of the month… paper bag hippopotamus! A fun craft that can also double as a puppet for playtime. Get creative and use different coloured paints to bring out different personalities in these playful creatures! Materials Paper lunch bag 2 small paper plates Grey and flesh-toned paint Paintbrush…
Dear Families, This year 2022 we raised a total of $257.70 just by recycling bottles and cans. All this money goes back into purchasing toys for the centre throughout the year. If you would like to help with this in 2023 just bring your cans and bottles into the centre at drop-off time, the collection…
Your ELC explores ways to unplug devices and keep you and your children connected during the school holidays. The summer holidays are officially here, which means schedules are disturbed by more time at home, children out of school, travelling and spending more time with loved ones. However, spending time with family will not be as…
Your Local Early Learning Centre shares the activity of the month… paper plate Christmas trees! A fun and easy Christmas craft that uses only paper plates and pom poms! Let your children’s imaginations run wild and get creative using any decorations you can find around the house or yard. Materials Paper plate (1 per tree)…
Hello to our wonderful Underwood Early Learning Centre families! Welcome to the Underwood monthly newsletter, and our new families to the centre. Welcome to another month at Underwood ELC. It’s been a very busy month so far… One of the biggest changes has been Xap our new childcare system. I know it can be frustrating learning…
Your ELC explores what the Early Years Learning Framework is and why it is important for your child’s development. In your journey to find your child the best yearly learning centre, you may have come across the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). Along with high-quality care, health and safety, and other factors, a curriculum to…
Your ELC explains how this skill is beneficial to your child’s development and ways of tying shoelaces that you can teach to your child. Learning and teaching how to tie shoelaces is a tricky task. This task requires you to put multiple skills into use such as fine motor skills, sequencing skills, and memory skills—children…