Ballarat North Early Learning Centre in Ballarat North | Nursery

Ballarat North Early Learning Centre

Locality: Ballarat North

Phone: +61 3 5332 3533

Address: 1013 Ligar St 3350 Ballarat North, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.ballaratnorthelc.com.au

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25.01.2022 It’s snowing!

20.01.2022 World Kindness Day Let’s celebrate the power of kindness and the impact a simple act of kindness can make in somebody’s day.

19.01.2022 Celebrate Astronomy Day by helping your little one craft playdough planets! Mercury, Venus, Earth, MarsThis easy to follow video from Kidspot will take you through all the steps you need to make your solar system masterpiece! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9If91E1Vqc

19.01.2022 A friendly reminder to families that your 2021 Continuing Enrolment Form needs to be completed by tomorrow (Friday 2nd October). Click the link below to complete our convenient online form. https://form.jotform.com/202548923331857

19.01.2022 Our QIP area is finished! Come and have a look at our quality improvement focus for this month and share your feedback. We are constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of the service we provide our families and your input is vital!

18.01.2022 These school holidays why not go campingin your backyard! You don’t need to go far to have an adventure and children will love the excitement of pitching a tent in the backyard and going camping. Click the link below to read other families’ special backyard camping experiences. https://www.kidspot.com.au//2d20a257e12ba0d17f9de46e33760c

17.01.2022 It’s snowing!!!

16.01.2022 Happy Monday everybody. This week let’s celebrate the wonderful person that is you!

15.01.2022 Check out what's happening at our centre this October!

15.01.2022 Following on from our inquiry on fossils, the Swan children made some dinosaur fossils out of salt dough. All of the children participated in the experience including adding ingredients, stirring the mixture, rolling out the dough and making the fossils with the little dinosaurs. The children enjoyed the experiences and are excited to see what they look like when they are set. Learning outcomes: Outcome 1- Children engage in and contribute to shared play experiences. Outco...me 3- Children manipulate equipment and manage tools with increasing confidence and skill. Outcome 4- Children participate in a variety of rich and meaningful inquiry- based experiences. See more

15.01.2022 To continue embedding Aboriginal culture, practices and beliefs into our curriculum, the kindergarten children made Johnny Cakes. The recipe for our cooking was found in Flavours of the Coast, Koori Cookbook. We started by watching a short clip on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wvIzQPZiGE) which demonstrates a traditional way to make and cook Johnny Cakes. We learnt new words through this video, watching intently to how they are traditionally cooked. The childr...en then set to work; working in groups of 2 or 3 with Laura to mix, knead, cook and spread jam onto their Johnny Cake. Once complete, the children sat to eat their Johnny Cakes, discussing how delicious their ‘bush bread’ was. This cooking experience provided the Kindergarten children with the ability to recognise and respect Aboriginal cultures and their unique place in the heritage and future of Victoria. Learning about and valuing the place of Aboriginal people will enhance all Victorian children’s sense of place in our community (VEYLDF, A Framework for All Children in Victoria, pp.4). See more

10.01.2022 It's almost time for the school holidays, and our Vacation Care Program is here to keep your child entertained and having lots of fun! Visit www.ballaratnorthelc.com.au/news-and-events/ to view our full program, and phone us on 5332 3533 to secure your child's place. Casual bookings are welcome.

10.01.2022 WIN 10,000 NURCH POINTS! We are so excited to announce that our wonderful partner, Nurch, is giving away 10,000 Nurch points in their special Nurch Perks competition! Head on over to the Nurch Childcare Loyalty Rewards page, follow ALL the instructions on their competition post, and then sit back and dream about what you'll treat you and your family to if you win! HOT TIP: Get extra creative in your post, and make sure you tag us too as we would love to see how your Nurch points are rewarding your family! Good luck everybody...and let the Nurch Perks Game begin!

08.01.2022 A friendly reminder to all. Don’t forget to complete your 2021 Continuing Enrolment Form. Click on the link below and complete the online form advising us of your education and care needs for 2021. https://form.jotform.com/202548923331857

05.01.2022 We were lucky enough in the Pelican room today to get to look at and feel some freshly shorn sheep’s wool. Lachlan brought the wool in for us to explore and told us his Poppy gave it to him after sheering it off a sheep. There was some black and white wool for us to look at and touch. The children wondered if the different coloured wool would feel different. We put it to the test and discovered they both felt soft, fluffy and warm. After looking at it, touching the wool and s...ome of us even smelling it, we used the iPad to research sheep sheering and what happens to the wool after it is taken off the sheep. The children were very interested to see how it was spun and dyed to make balls of wool, clothes, hats, scarfs and blankets among many other things. And of course, we all joined in with singing Baa, Baa Black Sheep! Thanks for sharing this with us Lachlan! 2.1: Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation; broaden their understanding of the world in which they live 2.4: Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment

05.01.2022 Throughout NAIDOC week, the Swan children participated in numerous activities to enhance their knowledge and understanding of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander cultures, including making playdough, nature art and drawing indigenous symbols in the sand. On Monday we made playdough as a group using the colours of the indigenous flag. (Black for the people, yellow for the sun and red for the land). The children enjoyed working together to make the playdough including adding ...the ingredients and stirring the mixture. The children enjoyed participating in some nature art, using leaves and sticks as paintbrushes. The swans enjoyed listening to different cultural stories, their favourite being Tidalick the Frog. They were full of ideas about how the animals would get the water out of Tidalick; They will use a cup, they will use a shovel and they will get Tidalick to eat something and it will push the water out were some of the solutions they came up with. Links to the outcomes: Outcome 1- Children increasingly cooperate and work collaboratively with others. Outcome 4- Children are curious and enthusiastic participants in their learning. Outcome 5- Children begin to develop an understanding that symbols are a powerful means of communication.

02.01.2022 Just a little video of the Kindergarten children’s volcano experiment (check out the post from last week too!)