Black Rock Story House Early Learning in Black Rock, Victoria | Childcare service

Black Rock Story House Early Learning

Locality: Black Rock, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9598 4103

Address: 173 Bluff Road 3193 Black Rock, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.shel.edu.au/story-house-black-rock

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25.01.2022 Its finally here. Today is the day we hold our Careers Virtual Event. You have until 10am to register your details. https://app.smartsheet.com//de9a9bd9607c4bff9a73dfca9f7293 See you all later.

23.01.2022 What is UV? UV rate was the topic of the day and the kinder children talked about why we need to put sunscreen and hats on when it’s sunny and what is the UV rate that Jessica talks about all the times. Story House policy is that children must wear a hat and sunscreen when the UV rate is over 3 and must stay inside if it’s over 8. Today’s rate was 5 which we all agreed that it is safe for us to play outside with our hat and after putting some sunscreen on.... What does sunscreen do to our skin? We did a small experiment of what it does to our skin. On a black paper, we’ve printed our hand print of one hand with sunscreen and one without. After a few hours of leaving it on the sun, we’ve noticed that the colour of the black paper has faded because of the sun but where we put the sunscreen stayed the same as it was protected by sunscreen like it’s on our skin. Now we know that sunscreen is not just a routine, but an important process to protect our skin!

23.01.2022 With Dinosaurs remaining a strong consistent interest , children in our toddler room pursued with intrinsic notion and savoured in bringing their current favourite ones to life! Drawing on recollection and knowledge of them , they exchanged a vast and broad amount of information with their educators. Able to answer open ended questions from colour choices to size, shapes and sounds and a matter of fact...."because today he likes blue." There was a lot of detail being project...ed and a lot of energy as the children alternated between pots, brushes and adjusting grips to act on stroke style. Observing the children intently focused on their task and forming a proud conclusion after self reflection and inspection, is a perfect end to the creative experience.

23.01.2022 Windmill Today, the kinder children continued their weather project in discussions about the wind. This included some very detailed and in depth discussion on thunderstorms and tornado, how strong they are and why it is dangerous to go outside in this weather. On the weather forecast, they realised that the strength of wind is displayed in numbers. They used the wind speed indicator chart to identify how strong the wind was for that day. ... Then, they used some sustainable materials to create their own windmill to see how strong the wind is and boy did windmill take off with some fast spinning as soon as they got it outside in the wind!

22.01.2022 How is the weather today? How can we find out how the weather is going to be for the day? Last week, our kinder children were very interested in the change of the weather, the sun being out more and some children getting itchy eyes from the wind! We looked at the weather forecast to find it out. We’ve noticed the pictures on the forecast which indicates the weather. We discussed what each picture looks like, what’s on it and what it means.... Then, we chose the picture which best describes the weather of today which was sunny and cloudy. As soon as we’ve chosen the picture, a strong sunlight came into the room which we had to change the picture because it was no longer cloudy. This is a great start and way for the children to learn about nature and earths elements. Children having knowledge of weather also can help with anxiety and nerves that may also come with such things as thunderstorms and winds.

21.01.2022 Black Rock Celebrates Science Week With Great Reactions Did you know that children begin to develop cause-and-effect thinking skills as early as eight months of age? The children at Black Rock took the opportunity to experiment with the concept of cause-and-effect. http://ow.ly/TLwj50BnB3r

19.01.2022 A HUGE THANK YOU to all of those who registered and attended our very first National Virtual Open Day. Through your participation the event was a great successes. Congratulations to the VIC winner ....... Molly - we will be in contact with you soon.

19.01.2022 Jedi Master's in action!! Reflecting on the current shared interest of Star Wars, Yoda and Ooshies mania, our toddler children worked on a craft experience designed with intention reasoning with Vygotsky's theory of scaffolding of learning. Using their apt skill was as key as was their interest, enjoyment and expression to make symbolic meaning. The experience was accepted with a brilliant sense of eagerness, inquisitive conversation,attempt and happiness.

18.01.2022 This week we look to place the spotlight on National Child Protection Week, with the theme. "Putting children first". NAPCAN - Play Your Part invite all Australians to look at how they can prioritise children in their lives and communities and to engage in National Child Protection Week as individuals, and as part of families, organisations, communities and society. Putting children first means prioritising the safety and wellbeing of children. To grow up well children need to feel safe and loved, have a chance to play and explore, have a say in decisions that affect them, and access to essential things like food, shelter and healthcare. #childrights #childprotection

18.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day. R U OK? is a not for profit organisation founded in 2009 with a vision of a world where we are all connected and are protected from suicide, as well as encouraging and equipping everyone to regularly and meaningfully ask are you ok?. At Story House Early Learning, we continue to work with our services to focus on promoting and supporting kindness, mental health and wellbeing for everyone within our Story House Family and beyond so please take the opportunity to check in with and look after someone. If you have a nagging feeling that someone you know or care about isn’t behaving as they normally would, trust your instinct and act on it. #ruok #mentalhealth #beyondblue

16.01.2022 Learning new skills and furthering interests is easy to do when its fun! Our nursery children are enjoying the sunshine and showing off their jumping along with counting, balancing and working with each other. The sun is out and the fun and scene of pride is evident on these beautiful faces!

15.01.2022 Slowing down and appreciating the time to be involved in play together is so very important. Extending with repetition of an idea that gave a great sense joy and connection. Happy learning everyone and don't forget to have some fun along the way

15.01.2022 WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!! We are so excited that we can open for business for all of our families and our beautiful children who we have missed so much. The children who have been able to attend during stage 4 were so very excited to have many more smiling faces and especially on such a sunny day. We still continue to have in place safe health and hygiene practice as advised by the Government and DHHS, However we are pleased we can provide our service for all in our community! Take care and be safe everyone!

14.01.2022 Zoom meeting with school friends Our kinder children were able attended the zoom meeting held by Black Rock Primary Foundation class 2020 which was held during our rest time. We all listened in to story time read by the principle and a short question and answer time with the foundation teachers. Some of our Kinder children will be going to the same school next year and although our original plans to go visit schools may not be able to happen as yet, we are still getting ...ready for it together by joining in on zoom meetings and online classes that are available. We were excited to see some of our friends that we haven't been able to see over the last few weeks as well as getting a head start to our future learning endeavours

13.01.2022 What a success! The rain has come back.... but not to worry! That means its puzzle time! This is a great rainy-day activity where children have the opportunity to overcome the challenges involved in solving puzzles. This gives them important skills in assisting the children to develop emotional skills, cognitive skills, physical skills, and skills of working together. By slowly starting the puzzle and solving the puzzles piece by piece, children gain a sense of pride in thei...r work and the confidence to keep on going! What a success afternoon!

13.01.2022 Spring has sprung This week, our Kinder children are talking about the season spring! They first had a discussion and shared if they have noticed the flowers on street and they are growing more and more as the weather gets warmer. We discussed that because they dont have any clothes or jackets to keep them warm during the cold winter, they were hiding under the ground to keep themselves away from the cold wind and comes out when it’s warm again.... We used flowers, leaves, sticks and seeds Jessica found on the street to make a Spring flower frame! Children were so excited to choose, touch and stick them into their frame! We had to be very considerate of which one to go where because it was difficult to get them off once we stick them on the sticky film.

12.01.2022 Our toddler tribe demonstrating spontaneous imaginative and known ideas with play dough. An experience that is always ready to go due to popular demand and is welcomed knowing the creativity and joy it brings to our little ones

09.01.2022 Zoom meeting with Charlie Sillypants. We got to join in on another Zoom meeting with Black Rock Primary. Our kinder children were excited to see their friends on the screen and looking at their reactions too! We missed everyone so much and cant wait to see you soon . We watched the puppet show with Charlie Sillypants and we danced together. It went for about 45minutes which flew passed because we had so much fun!... Even though we are limited in what we can do and who we can see during these times, Its so nice to be able to still have the opportunity to join in on school events and for the children to be able to see some teachers and children who they may see again in the new year.

08.01.2022 Sport is back We were so excited to have Little Sport Hero's back for our whole centre's weekly sport incursion. For the remainder of the year each week will focus on a different sport and will come with learning different skill sets. This week was soccer which helped us with joining in, turn taking, hand eye coordination and gross motor abilities just to name a few. ... We can't wait to see what next week will bring.......

06.01.2022 Child Protection week. Last week was child protection week and our Kinder children spent time discussing different situations and scenario that they may come across and what they would do with their teacher Jess. Some of the topics were the private parts of our body and who we can ask for help when we need help with our body i.e. when we need to take a shower or get changed. We shared which are the private parts of our body that we should not let anyone to look at it or touc...h it. Because we are the boss of our body no matter how small we are, if there’s anybody trying to look at or touch your body part, we will say No, stop! My body, my choice! They talked about who the strangers are as according to the statistics, the most common way the stranger approaches children out of impure motive is by asking children to come and help them. We also joined in on Australia’s biggest child protection lesson that was available online held by Daniel Morcombe Foundation. To end the week, we all dressed in white for white balloon day, a day we remember the children who were in unsafe situation and unable to protect themselves or seek for help. Our children were very passionate filling up their balloons with many special items. It was a positive end to the week that we helped raise awareness for child protection.

05.01.2022 Square, diamond and rectangle.. oh my! Our kinder children have spent time discovering all kinds of things about these 3 shapes and how they can be made into different things such as, the diamond shape is actually a square, but turned around a little. Rectangle also has four sides and four corners, but it has two short sides and two long sides. They then went around the room to find things that were a square or rectangle after a short discussion because they all knew how to t...ell the difference between square and rectangle....smart little cookies! We were so amazed to find out how many things in our room are square or rectangle, even the ceiling! Why don't you try this at home and see how many shapes you can find around the place??

05.01.2022 All kinds of shapes.... After a zoom session with Black Rock Primary School, some of the children were still showing interest in discussion of one of the topics, shapes! Our kinder teacher then added this particular interest to the project of school readiness and continued the focus of letters and numbers being made of all kinds of shapes and sizes! Thanks so much Black Rock Primary School

04.01.2022 The secret is out! The child at SHEL Black Rock have been secretly planting some lettuce seeds for our dads and special friends as, you LETTUCE (let-us) grow strong and brave! For last three weeks, we have been watering and looking after the lettuce and finally we moved in into a pot today.... It is planted in a disposable pot to make for simple planting by either leaving it in the garden or plant the whole pot as it is. We hope all our Dad's and special friends had a great Father's Day

04.01.2022 Patterns What is a pattern? Our Kinder children used shapes and lines they have been talking about to make different patterns! They noticed that many of our friends were wearing patterns and that they could find patterns all over the place in different forms! They also had a quick experiment of what patterns of sound and movement is like which they will be learning a bit more about during the rest of the week

03.01.2022 Welcome back to our long missed Toddler children who have come in guns blazing with new ideas and experiences they shared with their friends and educators! It's so wonderful to have you back and having you play, laugh and re-explore ideas. A compilation of interests for the start of the week. I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring! Today's WROBOT"S might be tomorrows ROCKETS.