Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten in Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia | Childcare service

Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten

Locality: Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9540 4495

Address: 258 Burraneer Bay Road 2229 Caringbah, NSW, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Teaching our Preschool children about wastage! The Preschool children spent the morning using up our old bananas to make some banana muffins. As they baked, the educators spoke to the children about being able to find alternative uses for old food! Once they had finished with the bananas, the preschool children then placed the peels into our worm farm! ... #wastage #bananas #wormfarm #reuse

25.01.2022 As the Nursery room had left over yogurt and fruit today from morning tea, they decided to take advantage of the warmer weather and continue to decrease our food waste, by making ice blocks! They were very excited to have this cool yummy treat as part of their afternoon tea! ... #nofoodwastage #iceblocks #healthy #earlylearning

25.01.2022 Today is R U OK?Day. It’s a reminder to start a conversation that could change a life today, tomorrow and any day it's needed. Learn what to say after R U OK? so you can keep the conversation going when someone says they're not OK. Visit www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask... #RUOKDay #theresmoretosay #RUOK See more

24.01.2022 A big thank you to our families for all the milk bottles, succulent and herb cuttings! We have added to our succulent wall and herb garden by planting some vegetable from Sunrise Nursery in Helensburgh who allow the elderly and those less fortunate to come and volunteer their time to keep their nursery up and running! ... Here is the link if you’d like to help support your community! http://www.sunrisenursery.com.au/products #community #garden #herbs #vegetables

24.01.2022 EDUCATOR PROFILE: SAM How Long have you been at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten? 11 months... Nickname? Sam Sam or Sammt What made you decide to become an Early Childhood Educator? I’ve always loved working with children Tea or Coffee? Coffee Favourite Travel destination? Disneyland & Rome Your Most used saying in the classroom? Hey Bubby! Favourite part about the job? Hearing the children laugh Any fun hobbies or unique skills? Baking Favourite Food? Sushi Favourite TV show? Paramedics

22.01.2022 Listen to our beautiful Preschoolers sing a song about inclusiveness called ‘Colours of Australia’. Click the link below to join in at home! http://humanrights.gov.au//2019-05/colours_of_australia.mp3... #inclusive #ColoursofAustralia #song #preschool #earlychildhood

21.01.2022 If you go down in the woods today, you’ll never believe your eyes. If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise! For every bear that ever there was, is gathered there together because, today’s the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic! ... #TeddyBearPicnic #biscuits #earlylearning

20.01.2022 We’re going on a bear hunt, we’re going to catch a BIG one. I’m not scared! #sensory #walk #messy #preschool #BearHunt

20.01.2022 They sure are handy when you smile. So keep your teeth around a while! -Dr Seuss ... #DentalWeek #craft #dentist #earlylearning

18.01.2022 Happy Halloween All week the children have been having discussions with each other and their educators about Halloween this weekend and what they were going to dress up as. As an extension on this, we created 2 Halloween themed sensory experiences as well as adding some Halloween items to our dress ups! ... #halloween #sensory #earlychildhood #interest

18.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day!

17.01.2022 Remembrance Day 2020 Thank you to our Soliders! #remembranceday #earlylearning #signlanguage #song

17.01.2022 This week, the Preschool room have been very interested in the weather, especially the rain and storm clouds! To extend on this, we created a craft experience where the children were able to create their own thunder storm as well as a thunder storm sensory table! ... #weather #rain #sensory #earlychildhood

16.01.2022 All the children have been so excited by our new visitor, who now waits at the door to be fed everyday! #birds #feeding #environment #earlylearning

16.01.2022 NAIDOC Week 2020 Always Was, Always Will Be. #NAIDOCWeek #nestmaking #clay #dollhouse #earlylearning

16.01.2022 EDUCATOR PROFILE: CHARLOTTE How Long have you been at Caringbah Pre-K? 4 Months Nickname?... Cha Cha What made you decide to become an Early Childhood Educator? Babysitting my niece and nephew Tea or Coffee? Coffee Favourite Travel destination? Want to go to Los Angeles Your Most used saying in the classroom? That’s so cool! Favourite part about the job? Talking to the children everyday Any fun hobbies or unique skills? Photography Favourite Food? Sam’s Caramel Slice Favourite TV show? The Simpsons

16.01.2022 Another fantastic effort from our families at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten and Gymea Pre-Kindergarten. Our baby shower drive donations have now been delivered to Dandelion Support Network. We appreciate the wonderful community we have within our centres! #community #support #babyshower #earlychildhood

15.01.2022 The koala likes to munch on all the leaves, all the leaves, all the leaves. The koala likes to munch on all the leaves, in Australia! ... (Sung to Wheels on the Bus) #preschool #koala #craft #natural #earlylearning

15.01.2022 R U OK? Today is RUOK? Day, an annual day to remind Australians to ask those around them, ‘are you OK?’. This year has been particularly challenging as we all live through the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why, at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten we are focusing on social/emotional health everyday throughout our program. Below is a link to support you on R U OK Day and every other days when creating discussions about health and well-being with children.... https://www.ruok.org.au/education #RUOK #children #support #earlychildhood

14.01.2022 Part 2 of our Science Week! Throughout this week all the children have been hands on learners. They have learnt how to communicate, organise, observe, hypothesise, critically think, experiment and estimate.... Both the Nursery and Preschool room have been so excited about all the different experiments which has made Science Week a huge success! #ScienceWeek #experiments #earlylearning

14.01.2022 This week is National Child Protection Week. ‘Putting children first’ The need to put children has been recognised time and time again as an important pillar for boosting the wellbeing of all children in Australia. ... At Caringbah Pre Kindergarten this week we will be adding our ‘Safe Series’ books to our program as well as a police visit. Constable Kath met with all the children and discussed what police do and how they keep us safe! #ChildProtectionWeek #policevisit #keepingchildrensafe #earlychildhood

13.01.2022 Thank you to one of our grandparents Joseph for making us our beautiful new mud kitchen! The children have loved getting messy and exploring! #mudkitchen #messy #sandpit #earlylearning

13.01.2022 EDUCATOR PROFILE: TAYLA How Long have you been at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten? 1 year, 6 months... Nickname? T What made you decide to become an Early Childhood Educator? I have always loved children Tea or Coffee? Coffee Favourite Travel destination? Europe Your Most used saying in the classroom? Hey Friends! Favourite part about the job? Crafts, Cooking Experiences & Interacting with the kids Any fun hobbies or unique skills? Walking/ Cooking Favourite Food? Fruit Favourite TV show? Friends

13.01.2022 Our little Scientists starting Science Week off with a bang! Part One! ... #ScienceWeek #experiments #hypothesising #earlylearning

13.01.2022 Sensory experiences are a big hit with our Preschool children! There are so many benefits of sensory exploring: It gives children a chance to practice processing information.... Involves all the senses. Develops social skills through the experience. Fosters children’s natural curiosities. #slime #messy #blue #earlylearning

12.01.2022 Colours are brighter when the mind is open! Outcome 4.1: Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity. ... #messy #colours #sensory #pasta #earlylearning

12.01.2022 Since the weather has been getting warmer, our Preschool room has been taking advantage of having rest time outside! Sleeping out in the fresh air has so many benefits for children such as decreasing the spread of germs, relaxing our minds and being at one with our natural surroundings! ... #sleeping #outdoors #nature #earlylearning

12.01.2022 To help us celebrate NAIDOC Week, Kiah, from the Gugu-Badhun Mob in North Queensland, came and shared with us some Indigenous dances, words and artefacts! A big thank you from everyone at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten for spending the morning with us! #NAIDOCWeek #family #inclusive #earlylearning

12.01.2022 We would like to give a big thank you to Bunnings Warehouse Kirrawee for providing resources to our centre. The Preschool children have been discussing in their Yarning Circle each morning, about their trips to Bunnings with their parents on the weekends! ... #community #construction #Bunnings #dramaticplay #earlylearning

12.01.2022 A Dreamtime Story of The Rainbow Snake. One of our parents Kiah, took the time to come in and share a Dreamtime Story called The Rainbow Snake with the Nursery room. Kiah explained to the children that this is a story of how the land was created. The children loved watching Kiah act out all the different parts of the story using her props, as well as being able to take part in the story by pretending to be the animals that were talked about. ... #Dreamtimestory #TheRainbowSnake #family #earlylearning

12.01.2022 Over the last couple of months Gymea Pre-Kindergarten, Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten and their families have been collecting expired first aid supplies. Thank you to Susan Hunter, a community member, who came today to pick up our supplies to send them to Possumwood Sanctuary and Aussie Mobile Vets who volunteer their time and will use these supplies to help rehabilitate injured wildlife. We appreciate all the hard work they do! If anyone in the community who works in a medical ...field and has expired medical supplies would like to donate these, please feel free to drop it into our centre and we will be happy to pass it along. #community #wildlife #PossumwoodSanctuary #AussieMobileVets #earlychildhood

11.01.2022 After showing interest in one of our family incursions, we have added tadpoles to our STEM Program. In doing this, it allows the Preschool children to further explore the life cycle of a frog! ... #tadpoles #frogs #STEMProgram #earlylearning

10.01.2022 Love is like a tree, it grows of it’s own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being. - Victor Hugo Happy Tree Day! ... #TreeDay #nature #environments #earlylearning

10.01.2022 You are never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child! - Dr Seuss #BookWeek #reading #nursery #preschool... #earlylearning See more

09.01.2022 Another fantastic collection from our families at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten for Dandelion Support Network’s book drive! Keep an eye out for our upcoming Christmas drive to continue helping such a wonderful cause! #givethegiftofreading #bookdrive #community #earlychildhood

09.01.2022 We would like to give a big thank you to Ram from The Caringbah Dentist, who is also one of our dads, for coming and visiting all the children and talking to everyone about dental health and how to keep our teeth clean! #DentalHealthWeek #Dentist #Earlylearning

09.01.2022 Eleanor from ‘Cheeky Emus’ visited Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten today to share a musical adventure on all things emus! The children enjoyed learning all about the different kinds of Indigenous culture through music, stories, instruments and dances! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, it was a wonderful way to end NAIDOC Week! ... #cheekyemus #IndigenousCulture #earlylearning #NAIDOCWeek

09.01.2022 We would like to give a big thank you to Dani and Nathan, 2 of our parents, for bringing in Khaleesi and Brittany (bearded dragon and a python) for us to meet! All the children loved learning about how to look after them, what they eat and how to handle them! ... #familyincursion #reptiles #earlylearning #animals

08.01.2022 Wow! What an amazing achievement Dandelion Support Network! We absolutely love being a part of this amazing organisation and helping any chance we can!

08.01.2022 We are so privileged to have had a special visit from Elder Aunty Deanna, who shared her perspective of Indigenous Culture to our staff. We appreciate you taking the time to come and share your stories! #culture #stories #visit #earlylearning

07.01.2022 Even when it’s raining outside, we can still get moving! As part of our ‘Let’s Get Moving’ initiative, all the children at Caringbah Pre-Kindergarten practised balancing bean bags on different parts of their bodies. Send us a picture of how you got moving today! ... #letsgetmoving #active #healthy #earlylearning

05.01.2022 Our older Nursery children enjoying their Mindfulness! #animalyoga #Mindfulness #nursery #earlylearning

05.01.2022 The preschool children LOVED getting messy on our real life version of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. #sensory #messy #preschool #earlylearning

03.01.2022 EDUCATOR PROFILE: SARAH How Long have you been at Caringbah Pre-K? 3 years Nickname?... Sez What made you decide to become an Early Childhood Educator? Always loved working with kids, they make me happy Tea or Coffee? Coffee Favourite Travel destination? Spain Your Most used saying in the classroom? Friends Favourite part about the job? The Kids Any fun hobbies or unique skills? Running Favourite Food? Chocolate & Sam’s Caramilk Cheesecake Favourite TV show? Friends

03.01.2022 *Alert for Parents Regarding Social Media* There is an extremely graphic video circulating on Social Media including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok. We strongly recommend keeping your children offline today and tomorrow if possible, and heavily supervise all social media interactions until this content is removed. Check with your children to determine if they have viewed this clip. They are likely to be extremely distressed. Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800

02.01.2022 Learning about Mirror Images! The Preschool children spent some time today using our clear easel to practice their mirror imaging! One side would paint a picture and the other side would try and copy! ... #mirror #painting #easel #earlylearning

02.01.2022 Thanks to all our wonderful families who made our Early Childhood Educator Day so special. We are overwhelmed with all the love and appreciation we have received. With such a lovely community within our centre coming to work is never a chore! ... #EducatorsDay #love #appreciation #earlychildhood

01.01.2022 Walk along side me daddy and hold my little hand. I have so many things to learn that I yet don’t understand. Teach me things to keep me safe from dangers every day. Show me how to do my best at home, at school, at play. Every child needs a gentle hand to guide them as they grow.... So walk alongside me daddy. We have a long way to go! Happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful dads! We hope you have a wonderful day #FathersDay #love #play #earlychildhood

01.01.2022 ‘ A Day in the Life of a Vet’ Thank you to our wonderful mum Erin, for giving the children a wonderful insight into your work! ... #familyincursion #vet #dog #earlylearning