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Cranebrook Community Pre School

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4729 0383

Address: 72-74 Laycock Street Cranebrook NSW 2749 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 We are in the process of booking our programs and incursions for 2021! If you run an amazing child related business and want regular ongoing work, drop us a line or comment with your business name below.

25.01.2022 Why is the Ocean blue? We have been exploring everything about the ocean. Do you know why the ocean is blue?

24.01.2022 Are you a PT? Cranebrook Community Preschool are looking for a fun, motivated and passionate Personal Trainer to run group fitness classes with our team after work. The Job... - Group classes for 10 amazing team members who care for the children of the community. - Three group classes per week at 5.30pm for 45 mins. - Experience with working with all age groups, post natal and injuries. Extra perks apart from the $ - Promotion within our FB, parent and community network. - Knowing you are making a difference and changing lives. - When we are feeling healthier and happier, the children feel it in our work. - Possible other class options with children and parents. If this sounds like your perfect PT gig, head to our FB page ( link below), give us a follow and see if our values align. If they do, send us your sales pitch and resume to our messenger.

24.01.2022 $500 Christmas Girls Night Out at Emu Hall Giveaway We know all the Mama’s in our community have worked super hard this year. We really wanted to spoil a special Mama by giving you a night off to dress up, throw on some heels and take your besties out to a beautiful place to have some girl time. ... Mamalove Connect Foundation and the Preschool have partnered with the team at Emu Hall Bar+Kitchen and are giving away a $500 night out on us. To enter: 1. Comment below with what you love about this draw and why you would love to win. 2. Tag as many friends as you like. 3. Share the post and follow the page so we can contact you when the winner is announced. The winners will be announced on the 16th of December at 8pm.

23.01.2022 Some gorgeous posts in light of child protection week

22.01.2022 We are so excited to have some delicious donuts being delivered for the team on Friday. Samantha from Donuts By Design does some amazing designs with these sweet treats. Give their page a follow and support a local business

22.01.2022 Following our Sea theme, the Cherry Blossom room experimented with shells. The children placed the shells up to their ears to hear the different sounds. The children were fascinated by what they heard and where the sound was coming from.

22.01.2022 We are so proud our super PT Team who are five sessions into their six week challenge. Yesterday with the heat we experienced our first pool session which was super fun. If you would like to join in for our next challenge, keep your eye out and get in fast. Don’t let children stop you, there are more than welcome to come and play or join in. ... Well done team!!!!

22.01.2022 HAPPY MONDAY Dont forget to bring: - Your hat. - Lunch.... - A piece of Fruit. - Drink bottle with water only. - Spare clothes. Have a wonderful week!!

21.01.2022 Happy Monday! Just a quick reminder to our families that we have the StEPS Vision Screening happening at our centre from 9.30am-11.30am, this Thursday 19th November. If your child is 4 or over and you would like to them to receive a free vision screening (no eye drops used) then please ask one of our staff members for a consent form and ensure you bring it back by Thursday. This is a free, NSW Health Initiative. See below information about the program and as always, if you ha...ve any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch. The Statewide Eyesight Preschooler Screening (StEPS) Program is an initiative of the NSW Dept. of Health and offers all 4 year old children a free vision screening assessment. It is highly recommended that all children ages 4 and upward participate in the vision screening program as many vision problems remain undetected unless a child is screened by a trained professional. The StEPS program will be coming out to the centre next Thursday 19th November for a 2 hour period (9.30am-11.30am). Each screening will take approximately 10 minutes per child and will be performed by specialist StEPS Program staff employed by Nepean Blue Mountain Local Health District. Your child's vision will be screened one eye at a time and no drops will be used. All parents/carers of children screened will be informed of the results of the vision screening assessment and these results are confidential. If you would like your child to receive a free vision screening assessment then please ask Louise for a consent form, which can be collected in person at the centre. For more information on the program please copy & paste the following link in your web browser: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au//Publicat/steps-brochure.pdf Thank you, The CCPS Team.

20.01.2022 A big thank you to Samantha from Donuts by Design for our Friday treat! Donuts By Design

20.01.2022 Discovering child lead interests from exploration of the outdoors is one of the most exciting parts of the day. Today the children found some new life in the yard and made a home for their new friends. The fun part for us... extending on this experience

19.01.2022 What a beautiful frame as parents, we need to find the magic. Please read this beautifully read article. It is all directed towards Mindful and Attachment Parenting. This is how we care at Preschool and how we soothe young hearts in their moments of needing care and comfort.

19.01.2022 Compost Worm Farm On Tuesday some of the Blue Gum children worked hard in the yard to set up our new compost word farm kindly donated by Bunnings North Penrith. As you can see it wasnt real team effort with Miss Louise leading the experience with her trusty Bunnings sun hat. ... The children worked hard to help Miss Louise with following the instructions, gathering what was needed and using lovely listening ears when it was each persons turn to ask a question. We look forward to showing you lots of updates on our compost worm farm. Bunnings Warehouse Australia

18.01.2022 Look what is coming to Preschool Silk worms!! We cannot wait

18.01.2022 Early hours of Monday morning, our approved provider Mel woke up to the sound of a popping noise. After going outside the devastating sight of our neighbours home going up in flames was unfolding. This lovely family attend Bright Mind childcare centre who have so kindly shared this go fund me page. Lets support our friends at Bright Minds so they can help this young family who also have a precious baby on the way. Follow the link to the go fund me page.

17.01.2022 Introducing our amazing team Personal Trainer Claire Muller. Claire started training the CCPS team least week and we all had a ball! She was the absolute professional by easing us into training and supporting our individual needs. Lots of laughs, fun, support and getting healthy together. ... Keep your eye out for some fun pics of our team training on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Thank you so much Claire for a great week 1! #teamsthattraintogethetstaytogether

16.01.2022 Cherry Blossom science experiment - Dropper - Food colouring - Shaving cream.... Give it a try at home everyone.

16.01.2022 As you know, we are now half way through our six week fitness challenge run by Claire from TONE UP TRIM DOWN . This has been a free fitness initiative started by the Preschool for the team, parents and the local community to join in. We have had some amazing results so far with weight loss, dress sizes but the most noticeable and important has been the confidence, overall wellness and happiness that this lifestyle change has brought to everyone completing the challenge. ... We are at the half way point and we wanted to say a huge congratulations to Rachel Whiting and @zoelynch for their amazing work and being the winners of the half way mark prize. Both Zoe and Rachel will receive a $100 Westfield voucher to celebrate their amazing team work, dedication to the challenge and for always being such a positive influence on the team. Well done ladies and bring on the next three weeks!

16.01.2022 Cappuccino, iced latte, chai latte, mocha, hot chocolate...whatever your pick-me-up of choice, weve got you covered! Cranebrook Community Preschool is proudly working alongside Cafe Royce (located in The Royce Retirement Village, Penrith) to bring a small piece of indulgence (or much needed caffeination!) to our community. The children at Cranebrook Community Preschool are about to begin creating their very own classroom cafe for them to engage in some wonderful dramatic pla...y (photos to come), so we thought wed give away 50 drink vouchers for you to enjoy! Times are tough, especially for our elderly community. This is our way of giving back to local families, whilst supporting a small business that is bringing happiness by way of a cuppa to the residents of The Royce Retirement Village, Penrith. After all, sometimes that hot coffee in the morning (or afternoon, or night!) can turn a tough day into a better one. Together we will all get through this. To enter the draw simply follow the instructions below: 1. Like and share this post on the @cranebrookcommunitypreschool page (pinned post from 14/9/20) 2. Tag up to 5 of your friends 3. Share the post. 4. Make sure you are following the page to receive the pick up instructions. The winners will receive a coffee voucher for them and up to 5 friends they have tagged. Each of our families automatically goes into the draw to win a coffee voucher. #caferoyce #theroyce #cranebrookcommunitypreschool #weareallinthistogether #butfirstcoffee #mamaloveconnect #rossdobson #coffee #giveaway #earlychildhoodeducation

15.01.2022 We can’t wait to try this beautiful idea with the Preschool room and create gorgeous sun catchers for our glass doors.

14.01.2022 The Cherry Blossom Room have been creating art using what is in our yard. To continue with this theme we found this idea on Pinterest. If any families have a touch of nature from their gardens at home that they would like to bring in, please pop it into a a bag with your childs name and send it in. We are excited to see these beautiful creations come to life.

13.01.2022 6 Week Group PT Challenge Giveaway We know how tricky it can be to find time, budget and make taking care of your health a priority when you are a parent. For the next 6 weeks starting Monday 9th of November, we are offering 10 amazing parents to join us with our 6 weeks fitness challenge. ... Provided by Cranebrook Community Preschool and run by the lovely Claire from Tone up Trim down Personal training, we are so excited to be able to help families feel better, gain strength and feel ready for the new year. What’s included? - 3 group training sessions per week on Mon, Tue and Thur from 5.45pm-6.30pm. - You can bring your children along. - Private FB group where you can support one another, we will share food ideas and motivation throughout the week. - Fortnightly weigh in, measurements and love video chats on FB. Live chats will be online and run by Claire and Mel James who is also a qualified PT. We only have 10 spaces available and to make it fair we will draw the names out of a hat on Sunday 8th November at 7pm. To enter: 1. Follow our FB page. 2. Tag 5 friends in the comments and write FIT FOR 2021 if you yourself are entering. 3. Like and share the post. TONE UP TRIM DOWN

13.01.2022 Dont forget to enter the draw and support local Share share share

13.01.2022 Spring is here To celebrate the gorgeous flowers of spring, last week Miss Scotia brought in some beautiful flowers from her home. The children experimented with the flowers with Playdough, making their own arrangements and threading to make their own creations.

13.01.2022 We have some fabulous Christmas Community Draws in the lead up to Christmas. We have: Something for the Mum’s. Something for the Dad’s. Something for the children in our community who will be at the NICU this Christmas. ... Stay tuned on this first day of December to see what we have coming for everyone this Christmas

13.01.2022 A big thank you to the beautiful Mary and Rothana for coming into the centre last Friday to speak to the children as part of our NAIDOC week celebrations. Rothana and Mary are family to one of our Blue Gum children. They kindly presented a slide show to the Blue Gums, which was all about their Torres Strait Islander culture and family history. The children learnt about their language, the land and sea on which their family have lived, hunting and the food they eat, and tradit...ional dress and dances. Thank you so much to Rothana and Mary for sharing your incredible story with us. #NAIDOCWeek2020 #TorresStraitIslander #mamaloveconnect

12.01.2022 The Cherry Blossom’s working on a special gardening Christmas project

12.01.2022 SCHOOL HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY EVERY DAY With the last few school holidays being not so fun with covid... we have teamed up with some of our rocking local businesses and we are giving something away EVERY SINGLE DAY of the school holidays. We will have vouchers from your favourite venues to take your little kids, big kids and there will be some adult rest and relaxation thrown in the mix as well.... You better be following on @cranebrookcommunitypreschool on facebook to watch and enter each days giveaway. Giveaways will be put on no later than 10am each morning and will be drawn at 7pm each night on our Facebook page. Prizes can be picked up at the centre the following morning from 7.30am. Share share share with your friends because YOUVE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT!

12.01.2022 Continuing with our Sea theme. Miss A enjoying experimenting with the different sounds of the ocean coming from the different size shells

11.01.2022 We would like to sincerely thank all the team at Artep cleaning services for their quick response to our big outbreak last week. We know many services and schools in the area have had this terrible big and we feel so awful for all the Children, Educator’s and Families who have been sick. We are working with other centres in our local area and NSW Health to ensure we are on top of infection control and we highly recommend Artep cleaning. ... Thank you for helping us help keep our community safe

10.01.2022 Nothing like a Tuesday Disco with our fabulous Ed Leader Miss Kerri-Anne. The children have been enjoying learning songs from all different genres. Miss KA is such a groover!

09.01.2022 LITTLE KICKERS IS BACK! Covid - 19 really put the breaks on our extra curricular programs but we are thrilled to announce that Little Kickers is back on Wednesdays from week 1 term 4. Get ready to see our extra curricular program for 2021! Its pretty exciting ... Everyone give a shout out and say a big welcome back to coach Ahmad. Head over to Elisa and Ahmads little kicker FB page and give them a follow to see the fabulous program they will be delivering at the Preschool. https://www.facebook.com/littlekickerspenrith/

09.01.2022 Jumping into Monday

08.01.2022 We love when families come along to Preschool and get to spend time with each other. Miss M and Mr T enjoying some cousin fun

08.01.2022 We love coach Ahmad from little kickers. We are super excited that little kickers will be another one of our weekly free programs in 2021! If you run a program that could be ran in a Preschool... we would love to hear from you so send us a message!... Little Kickers Penrith & Districts

07.01.2022 Miss Louise and Miss KA having a sing of one of the Blue Gum favourites.

07.01.2022 Nothing like a beautiful spring day to have lunch outside

06.01.2022 Today we had a couple of special surprises arrive for our beautiful team. This group of women are some of the amazing team who run the ins and outs of the daily operations of the Preschool. They wipe tears, clean, sort clothes, change nappies, , know everything childs individual needs, console emotions, educate, strategise for additional needs all whilst following the national law and regulations and following the EYLF. The community put their children in the care of the service and it is this core group of spectacular ladies who ensure everything for each of the 39 children on site are looked after consistently and cared for unconditionally every single day. A big thank you for all you do and a special mention to The Bloom Room Richmond for always delivering such gorgeous arrangements.

06.01.2022 We say no to drugs As part of our Child Protection Week Campaign, we wanted to make our mark on our stance on drugs. As childcare Educators, we work with the most vulnerable group within society. As a service, we are currently working with members of parliament to change legislation to mandate all Early Childhood Educators to be randomly drug tested and for the legislation to reflect a zero tolerance to drugs. ... Its not a matter of if but when people take drugs, it has catastrophic and often irreversible affects on a persons life including: - Damaging the structure of the brain. - Increased stress on the cardiovascular system. - Impair the brain for longer than the high lasts and can impair for days during the come down. - Induce psychosis, schizophrenia and other mental illness. - Is highly addictive and can permanently damage the brain after one single use. We are in a trusted position with the care of your babies and we stand firm on our position and we say no to drugs. There is a great need in our community for: - Education - Prevention - Intervention - Rehabilitation - An opening for conversation around drugs and how to get help. As we do for the children, we want to be able to help members of the community and if you or someone you know is struggling with a drug addiction or abuse of drugs and alcohol, please reach out and we can help you with referral. When little lives depend on us to keep them safe, we need to be trustworthy, honest and have great integrity in our work. We are committed to providing care and intervention to children and families of the community and with that, comes a responsibility to make a stand on such an important topic like the one we have raised today.

05.01.2022 Christmas Santa Photos & Light Display Covid safe!... We are really excited to announce that we will be having Santa photos are the Centre this year. This will be something we will run for our families as a priority and if there are additional spots left, for the community as well. We will have Christmas light displays and parents and local businesses will have stalls set up with beautiful unique gifts for families people to browse and purchase while their children have their photos. Our talented Centre Photographer's Miss Sarah and Miss Louise have kindly offered to take photos and families will be sent unlimited photos via email for them to print out for a small donation of $5. Time slots will be for 15 minutes per family and will be available between 3pm and 6pm on Saturday 5th, 12th and 19th of December. The Santa's all have a working with children's check and they will be the husbands of Miss Emily, Miss Laura and Mel James. We will have a beautiful Christmas set in the Annex area to keep everyone Covid safe and entry will be via the side gate. Temperature checking and scanning of the QR code to Covid tracking will be essential upon entry as we are a Covid safe business. If you are interested in a Family Santa Photo, please comment below with: 1. Child / Families name. 2. Preferred date and time. Time slots will be on on the hour and every fifteen minutes. eg 3pm, 3.15pm. 3.30pm etc. Please pop your name down as it will be first in best dressed.

04.01.2022 Sharing something for all the Mamas today. You are not alone

03.01.2022 This is a little bit what Friday night Occupational Therapy and Educator brain storming sessions look like. Watch this space... we have something super exciting coming to the Educator space!

03.01.2022 Story shared with parent permission Miss Z featured in these photos is 2 years and 11 months old. Apart from being inquisitive, caring, kind and a force to be reckoned with when her older sibling is around, Miss Z has a diagnosis of Verbal Dyspraxia and mild whole body Dyspraxia. Typically by now, Miss Z should be using words, small sentences and be able to express herself using her words. Until this little one tries to speak, you would never know she has a diagnosed dis...ability because this little champion understands every word said, follows instructions and is incredibly independent. So what is Dyspraxia? Dyspraxia is a disorder of movement and coordination in which messages sent from the brain to the muscles are interrupted. It is often identified in early childhood, but can also come on later in life after an illness or an injury. Typically in other settings Miss Z may fall under the radar however we work really hard at finding ways for children like Miss Z to express herself other than using her words when she feels she needs to have some time out. For children who have a disability, communicating, managing their regulation and keeping it together can be really tricky. We have had an OT and Psychologist coming to the centre for quite some time now but as part of the Mamalove Program and the extensive experience of our Educational leader, we are quite skilled at splitting up our day to give children just like Miss Z the perfect opportunity to thrive but catering to their individual needs. So what does Miss Zs day look like? - Joining in to the inclusive program. - Daily one on one therapy practice with staff. These are strategies and goals put in place collaborately by our mini multi disciplinary team with our OT, Psych, Ed leader, Parents and Mamalove Coordinator. - OT. One per week. - Psychology ( when needed). - Break out time to create and communicate in other ways than using words. We are so grateful to be able to cater for children like Miss Z. All of these additional services are free of charge to parents and are paid for by the Mamalove Connect program. Inclusion, intervention and Intergration are the three Is we pride ourselves on at Cranebrook Community Preschool. Thank you to children like Miss Z who help us grow as Educators and as a service every single day. #dyspraxia #dyspraxiaawareness #inclusion #cranebrookcommunitypreschool #additionalneedsmatter #changinglives

02.01.2022 Prevention, intervention & supporting families We live in a space where services are often implemented as a reactive approach to long term challenges. As part of our own services values, we like to look at prevention, intervention and supporting families for the safety and well being of children. ... So what does this look like for us as educators? Prevention We prevent by anticipating and assessing risk. We know that many families have stressors in their life from time to time such as finances, mental health, disabilities, caring roles for not only their children but older parents or grandparents, blended and separated families. Prevention for us as a service looks like: - Conversation. - Keeping communication open with families. - Recognising the signs of parents who are under stress. - Identifying the risk factors early. Intervention Intervention are ways we can help families through challenging times as part of our centres service. Intervention at our Preschool isnt just for the children, it is for the whole family and we encourage a holistic approach so that everyone feels supported. How do we provide intervention? - Referrals. - In house allied health services at the Preschool such as Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Counselling. - Assistance with food, shelter and housing. - Help with parenting strategies from our therapists who also train the team on a case by case basis. Supporting families in aid of child protection is part of our role. We all undertake compulsory child protection training on a yearly basis and we are here to not only support families with prevention and intervention but to guide and empower families. Many parents lack confidence and are often hard of themselves. We love to see happy and confident parents because this aides children to also feel happy and confident. If you are having a hard time and need assistance, please dont hesitate to call, email or send us a message through FB.

02.01.2022 Last week Miss Louise called Bunnings to chat about the purchase of some equipment for the Preschool. On behalf of the team at CCPS, we would like to say a big thank you to Bunnings North Penrith and Danielle the activities officer for their very kind donation of some really cool composting worm farm equipment and a $100 voucher. We are very excited to set this up in our yard and will post updated pictures as the children get to work with this new experience. Bunnings Warehouse Australia

01.01.2022 LOOK WHAT IS COMING THIS WEEK We are so excited for our outdoor kitchens to arrive. Friday is the day! Heres to lots of sandpit pretend play, cooking and mud kitchen fun.

01.01.2022 We have something super exciting coming for the community in the month of December. Keep your eyes peeled... We have something super exciting coming for the community in the month of December. Keep your eyes peeled...

01.01.2022 LUNCH BOX SUGGESTION COMPETITON We are currently looking for some amazing lunch box ideas and recipes to put in our 2021 parent hand book. We are calling out for 10 creative snacks and 10 simple but yummy main lunch recipes to go into our booklet. ... We have two main prizes which are free coffee vouchers for you and a friend for the two winners of the most favourite recipe. To enter, comment YES below and write your recipe in a private message to our inbox and if you can provide a photo, if not thats ok. If you have a friend who you know is super creative, tag them because we would love the whole community to be part of this fun little competition. Our recipes will be available by email for all the community from the 30th of October.

01.01.2022 At Preschool we are serious about sun safety... but not so serious that we cant have a bit of fun. This Spring and Summer, the team at CCPS will be sporting their Bunnings Warehouse Australia hats to have safe fun in the sun and to support our wonderful local store. Please remember to send a wide brimmed hat with your little ones to Preschool to make sure we keep everyone safe from the sun Bunnings Warehouse Australia

01.01.2022 A very special thank you to Kerri-Anne and Scotia for preparing this important Message Thursday 10th September 2020 | R U OK? Day is a national day of action, dedicated to inspiring all people of all backgrounds to regularly ask each other 'Are you OK?' R U OK? aims to prevent suicide by encouraging Australians to connect with someone they care about and help stop little problems turning into big ones.... You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good friend and a great listener. Use these four steps and have a conversation that could change a life: 1. Ask R U OK? 2. Listen 3. Encourage action 4. Check in This practice of normalising asking if someone is okay and listening and supporting when someone confides in you, helps reduce stresses and anxieties people face every day. Providing support to those around you within your household, workplace, and community helps form a sense of connection and understanding. Mental health is critical to our overall health and well-being. But people have differing levels of resilience and response to life struggles. Asking someone R U OK shows our support for each other and strengthens our connection to each other. Simply asking R U OK may make all the difference in someones life. We can not always know the impact we have on anothers life or the way caring can help others. Take time today to ask someone R U O K ans while you are there ask yourself, R U OK? Its so important, especially in our current times to check in with those around us, as we are facing such an unknown and stressful time. On behalf of all the team at CCPS, R U OK?

01.01.2022 Each Wednesday evening the team come together to learn, share, discuss ideas and explore new ways to support the children, families and one another. This evening some of the team members had a turn at training the other staff in our in house policies. In particular, the social media policy, accident/injury/trauma, administering of medication and emergency evacuation policy. We ran through strategies and case management plans for children requiring additional support and ide...as on how staff support each other throughout the day. We also talked about the book the Rainbow fish and how Miss Kerri-Anne once write to the author to discuss questions from the children. We would love to include families on the topics we cover in our team meetings to give you a little insight as to what the team get you to in order to provide a personalised care and education plan for each child. This week we shared pizza together and we were excited to meet our new personal trainer Claire who will be coming along three afternoons per week to train group PT with the team.