Cardinia Lakes Early Learning Centre in Pakenham, Victoria | Childcare service

Cardinia Lakes Early Learning Centre

Locality: Pakenham, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9066 1144

Address: 3 Atlantic Drive 3810 Pakenham, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cardinialakeselc.com.au/

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25.01.2022 CELEBRATING BOOK WEEK...every week!! DAY 3 of 5 reasons why you should read to children every day! 3. Books are mirrors and windows!... Nearly 30 years ago, children’s literature professor, Rudine Sims Bishop, wrote about how books can be windows, through which we see other worlds. These windows can become sliding doors when we use our imaginations and become part of them. Books can also be mirrors, when we see our own lives and experiences in them. In this way, they reaffirm our place in the world. Books can help children see into other worlds and cultures. Children need both types of books to understand that people come from different cultures and have different ways of thinking and doing things. Books can show that children of all cultures are valued in society. Children who never see themselves represented in books may feel marginalised. Unfortunately, the majority of books feature white children, and for the majority feature boys over girls, boys being the hero, so many children only experience books as windows. At Cardinia Lakes ELC we audit the books we read to children and those we have on our book shelves to ensure diversity and equality. Two books we recommend that celebrate Indigenous children include Big Rain Coming and Kick with My Left Foot (which is also a great book about left and right). Head to @yarnstrongsista and @kooricurriculum for great books and resources for your children or classroom. #bookweek #curiouscreatureswildminds #readeveryday #booksbuildbrains #earlychildhood #kindergarten #books #literacy #earlyliteracy

21.01.2022 Cardinia Lakes Early Learning Centre proudly supports the Good Friday Appeal. Doesn’t matter if it’s only a few dollars you can spare, think of the difference it can make to the lives of children and their families.

21.01.2022 We are advertising for part time and casual educator/teacher positions at our early learning centre. So...here are a few questions to see if you fit the criteria we are looking for to add to our team: Are you a passionate, knowledgeable, dedicated, think-outside-the-box educator/teacher?... Head to the next question! Do you have a minimum Diploma with at least 5 years experience? Note: A Diploma is a MUST. Don’t have 5 years experience? Then you’d have to knock our socks off with your cover letter. Tick the box? Then head to the next question! Do you actively engage in professional development, read articles or publications that increase your knowledge and keep you up to date with current early childhood research, pedagogy and practice? Did you answer yes? Head to the next question! Are you able to work with all age groups, 5 days a week, with shift times between 6:30am to 7:00pm? You must answer yes to all parts of that question. If you answered yes to this and the previous questions, then we’d like to hear from you!!! Please send us the following: A resume with a passport sized photo, and a cover letter painting us a picture of why you would make a great addition to our team. Email - Attention to: Tamika Hicks with ‘your name’ in the subject line. [email protected] *Applicants who do not meet the above application criteria will not be considered for the role. Ensure you email both your resume and cover letter with passport sized photo. If this process isn’t complete, your application will not be considered.

17.01.2022 Stuck for Christmas presents, or activities for children in general? www.childrenofthewildaustralia.com.au have some amazing resources that are not only great quality, but educational. Check out their Insta or Facebook pages and head over to their website. ... We have bought some beautiful puzzles and activities for the children and they just LOVE them. Children of the Wild #qualityproducts #earlychildhood #kindergarten #learningthroughplay

16.01.2022 BOOK WEEK!! Day 4 of 5 reasons why you should read to children every day. 4. Books can counter stereotypes.... Children learn gender stereotypes from a very young age. Research shows by the age of six, girls are already less likely than boys to think girls are really, really smart and they begin to avoid activities thought to be for really, really smart children. Picture books can challenge these and other stereotypes. Reading books that portray atypical behaviours such as girls playing with trucks or with girls in traditional male roles such as being doctors, scientists or engineers, can change children’s beliefs and activities. Iggy Peck, Architect; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Ada Twist, Scientist are very popular. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez has also just been released. The City of Monash Council in Melbourne has created a list of children’s picture books that promote gender equality and challenge gender stereotypes. This includes one of my favourite books, The Paperbag Princess, who saves herself from a dragon and decides not to marry the Prince after he complains she is a mess. At Cardinia Lakes ELC we have a culturally and gender diverse team. Which gives us a diverse lens that keeps us in check when we resource not only our books, but all that we engage the children in. A great teaching resource is The Anti-Bias Curriculum which is just about to launch its latest edition. Head over to @multiverseaus to order your copy! It’s an every educator MUST have. #bookweek #books #breakingstereotypes #genderequality #earlychildhood #antibiascurriculum #kindergarten

15.01.2022 ALERT: Today has been declared a high alert for Thunderstorm Asthma due to the high pollen count and high winds. We will be be avoiding the outdoors today at our ELC to avoid any reactions. What is thunderstorm asthma? Thunderstorm asthma can happen suddenly to people in spring or summer when there is a lot of pollen in the air and the weather is hot, dry, windy and stormy. ... People with asthma and/or hay fever need extra protection to avoid thunderstorm asthma between September and January in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This means using preventer medicine every day and always having a reliever inhaler (blue puffer) ready. See your doctor to get the best asthma and/or hay fever medication plan. Spring thunderstorm weather can cause pollen grains to burst into tiny pieces and the wind then blows them around us. When people breathe in these tiny pieces of pollen they can get deep inside the lungs and trigger an asthma attack. Spring weather can also lead to breathing problems for people who get seasonal hay fever. People who wheeze and sneeze with hay fever from pollens during spring are more likely to get thunderstorm asthma even if they haven't had asthma before. Please take care and. Don’t forget to take your puffers everywhere with you over this period. Check that your puffers are in date and that you have plenty left. Stay safe.

15.01.2022 At Cardinia Lakes ELC our collective action of embedding Aboriginal perspectives into everyday pedagogy and practice will help the next generation grow up with a knowledge and understanding richer than that of past generations. #earlychildhood #reconciliation #history #culture #Acknowledgment #Country #diversity

15.01.2022 The team at Cardinia Lakes ELC wishes all the new Prep’s an exciting first day tomorrow as they continue their learning journey in Primary School! A first day poem: The night before school is exciting and fun. There are always so many things to be done.... Your clothes are ready, your backpack is too. Your classroom will be full of fun things to do. Lots of questions will go through your mind. All types of thoughts of every kind. Sometimes we get the jitters in our tummy deep, which makes it hard to fall fast asleep. So here are some magic words just for you, to remember for the whole year through. Tonight before you go to bed, remember these words as you lay down your head. You are a star that shines so bright, you’re kind and funny, a pure delight. You’ll be sure to make many new friends, and at the end of the day want the fun not to end. I hope these words help you sleep through the night, and wake up in the morning feeling fresh and bright. A special shout out to all the families with first day tummy jitters too! We’ll all be thinking of you. Good luck!!! (*adapted from the Magic Confetti Poem)

15.01.2022 This is fantastic news from the new Minister for Early Childhood, Ingrid Stitt MP We look forward to the detail around Kinder fees in Long Day Care and how this will financially benefit our families. Thank you for recognising LDC as part of the State Kindergarten financial program for this initiative.

13.01.2022 A message from the Victorian Chief Health Officer for families, guardians and carers with children in early childhood services: https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/chief-health-officer-mes At Cardinia Lakes ELC we will be continuing our foyer drop offs and pick ups, as recommended by the Department of Education, and temperature checks. As well as continuing the implementation of the 6-point-plan as recommended by our Union, United Workers Union. ... Prescreening/temperature checks PPE supplied to staff Adequate cleaning of centre Extra staffing for drop off/pick up & cleaning Increased hygiene of staff and children Staggered times for drop off and pick up Tours are still restricted to one parent only, under exceptional circumstances, or can be conducted outside operational hours. We will make times to accomodate all tours as we start getting ready for 2021 enrolments. The Department have confirmed we can resume excursions to the park and quarry. We are looking forward to taking the Kinder children in small groups on some nature walks. We can also now have incursions! Again we look forward to having some visitors such as the animal farm and reptiles in the last few weeks of term. Enrolments for 2021 are now open! We have limited vacancies across all age groups. Please call the centre 90661144 or visit our website to book a tour. www.cardinialakeselc.com.au

13.01.2022 We are going to be commencing language classes for our children in the Researchers class through to our Kindergarten! We’d love input from our centre families on what language they would like to see their children learning! ... We are able to offer the following to choose from: - Urdu - Mandarin - Hazaragi - Gujarati - Hindu - Punjabi Please comment if you would like to help us decide which language to choose!

12.01.2022 It’s tomato planting season again!! Today we planted Nonna’s tomato seedlings in two of our garden beds. We look forward to watching them grow as we take care of them and do our best to keep the birds away. ... Perhaps we need to make a scarecrow? #tomato #planting #kindergarten #earlychildhood #kitchengarden #nonna #italianstyle

12.01.2022 Happy Diwali! The team at Cardinia Lakes ELC send our best wishes out to everyone for the Festival of Lights. I hope this Diwali brings you much peace, happiness and prosperity.

10.01.2022 This week we have been raising awareness for Epilepsy, with today being the official Epilepsy Awareness Day, wearing purple! Our team member Adam, who has epilepsy, has educated us so much about this condition and has raised the awareness in our centre community about epilepsy. He’s a great addition to our team along with his assistance dog Lexi. Thank you to everyone who has made a donation.

09.01.2022 From little things, big things grow! The children have been so excited watching their tomato plant flowers transform into small green tomatoes. Sindy has been helping them tend to them and feed them our beautiful rich worm juice. Now for the final stages. Plumping up, ripening, then eating. ... #nonasseedlings #tomatoes #earlychildhood #veggiegarden

09.01.2022 Coffee table reading! What’s on your staff room coffee table in the land of ecec? @semannslattery #pedagogy+ @archieroachmusic #tookthechildrenaway @aeuvictoria #aeu @multiversecreative #antibias

06.01.2022 We surprised the children with the animal farm and jumping castle today! An end of year celebration. The look on their faces in these photos says it all. We haven’t told them they’ll be back again on Thursday! #animalfarm #suprise #jumpingcastle #celebrations #endofyear #earlychildhood #thebestsmiles #happiness

06.01.2022 To all of our families and community, We wish you all a safe holiday season, a happy Christmas and all the health and happiness for the New Year. From all the team at Cardinia Lakes ELC.

05.01.2022 An exciting delivery of musical instruments arrived from @u.meplay today!! Thank you!

05.01.2022 It was great to have a visit from Sindy from the Chinese Mu Lan Fan Centre to teach the children some cultural dancing and about celebrations. #respect

04.01.2022 Where is Green Toby....I mean Sheep? DAY 2 of 5 reasons why you should read to your child everyday... 2. Reading books can increase children’s maths and science skills:... Picture books show children maths and science concepts through a story. This helps children grasp the concepts easier. Some books, like ‘How Many Legs’ and ‘How Big is a Million’, explicitly explore concepts such as numbers. Other stories, like the Three Little Pigs, have concepts embedded in them. Children can learn about the properties of materials when adults talk about the strength of hay, sticks and bricks. A study in the Netherlands found kindergarten children who were read picture books, and were engaged in discussions of the maths concepts in the books, increased their maths performance, compared to a control group of children who weren’t read these books. #bookweek #readeveryday #earlychildhood #kindergarten #reading #readingisfundamental #curiouscreatureswildminds #letsread

03.01.2022 This week the children harvested their carrots. It was a weird and wonderful crop. They got to cut them up and eat them for afternoon tea. #gardening #growingfood #kindergarten #earlychildhood #learningthroughplay

02.01.2022 ‘Interest led-learning at home’ A FREE workshop for families (although I am sure will be very useful for EC Professionals too). By the end of the workshop, you'll:... Know that YOU have the skills you need to teach your child (right now!). Have the knowledge to guide your child’s first learning exploration. Feel inspired and excited to try this new way of working with your child! Click on the link to register and/or find out more: https://yourparentingmojo.com/interest-led-learning-at-home/

01.01.2022 BOOK WEEK!! Day 5 of 5 reasons why you should read to children every day. 5. Having access to and reading more books increases your educational outcomes. ... A study that looked at data from 27 countries, including Australia, found children growing up in homes with many books got three years more education than children from bookless homes. This was independent of their parents’ education, occupation and class. Adults need to model good reading habits and their enjoyment of reading. Instilling in children a love of reading can be the best present we ever give. At Cardinia Lakes ELC we have a book exchange where books can be swapped or borrowed to read, for all our centre families. #bookweek #books #earlychildhood #kindergarten #curiouscreatureswildminds #readtochildreneveryday #readingisfundamental #readingispriceless