Explore & Develop Annandale in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia | Childcare service

Explore & Develop Annandale

Locality: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8068 6439

Address: Level 1, 6-8a Booth St 2038 Annandale, NSW, Australia

Website: http://exploreanddevelop.com.au/location/annandale-nsw-2038/

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24.01.2022 Check out this awesome mural at the Glebe Youth services that Aunty Kathy lead the work on. You are an awesome human Kathryn Farrawell. Thank you for all you do for our community. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1295251874149506

24.01.2022 What does art sound like? Last week we explored the layering of water colour and felt tip pen inspired by Charlie Mackesy. Louie and Archie extended this learning by suggesting that they add sounds to their work another form of layering. We recorded the sound on Thursday however due to technical difficulties we were unable to collate the work. Both boys shared their idea at morning meeting which sparked interest with the rest of the group and many decided to create art that t...hey would later add sound to. This experience is testing patience as the children are expecting everything to come together straight away. They are learning that they need to wait for the painting to dry, time needed to recorded sound and also to collate the work in iMovie. Louie and Archer collated their sounds with their art using iMovie. They learnt to airdrop and then insert the picture/recordings and insert text to inform viewers of the sounds they represented. Marcus created quite the list of sounds he wanted for his art so we decided to collaborate with the rest of the group. Marcus listed the things he would like to record and the children thought about the sounds these things may produce. They each took turns creating the sounds for Marcus, who decided if they fit with the thoughts he had about the sounds. Some sounds were made with their mouths while Louie and Ciara used their body. Mine and Heather’s ideas for two sounds were happily accepted by Marcus and created by Toby and Sheldon. With all the sounds recorded we then needed to add them to Marcus’ piece of art using iMovie. Sebastian and Jack learnt how to transfer the picture and audio through Airdrop. Lily, Harriet and Ella then added text to the work so you all know what the sounds represent. This required their knowledge of letters and ability to identify upper case letters. They each took turns, negotiating their turn by their knowledge of letters. We hope you enjoy their collective piece of art. What next? - Support this interest in making art sounds by continuing this work. - Explore sounds that represent the images children create. - Would stop motion interest this group? Daily Curriculum Reflection by Kirsty

24.01.2022 Bronwyn Bancroft 's books always inspire. Not only art and creativity, but also rich conversation about Australia and cultural identity. #bronwynbancroft #ExploreAndDevelop #exploreanddevelopannandale #earlychildhoodeducation #ECE

23.01.2022 "Patrick, Ciara and Lily as robots in the snow." Ciara 4.5 year

23.01.2022 Yesterday afternoon we tuned in to a broadcast presented by Luke Carroll, hosted by the The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. Filmed and streamed live from Redfern, Luke read several bilingual stories that were published by the The Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Whilst we can’t venture out and engage physically in community NAIDOC events this year like we usually do, we can connect with community and culture in other ways. #NAIDOC2020 #theindigenousliteracyfoundation #nationalcentreofindigenousexcellence

22.01.2022 A huge thank you to our Echidna and Bilby educators who are doing a wonderful job settling our new babies and welcoming families. We have the most wonderful team of educators who are doing all they can to support both children and their families as they make this transition into care. "Thanks to you and your wonderful team (particularly yourself, Maia, Miranda, Heidi, Maddi, Caitlin, Melanie and Sandra) for making the first two weeks of Jack’s transition to daycare so smooth... and manageable. I think we underestimated how hard it was going to be (we miss him!) but the care, attention and updates you have provided have been fabulous. Yesterday when I picked Jack up I could see he had started to calm down and settle in. He chats to us all the way home (baby babble telling us about his day). This is new and adorable!" J and P Belonging Relationships are central to belonging. We create a culture of meaningful relationships with children, families and the community through the rituals and environments that support ... Belonging also reflects our professional relationships with each other as well as with the early childhood community. E&D Annandale Philosophy #ExploreAndDevelop #exploreanddevelopannandale #earlychildhoodeducation #ECE

22.01.2022 It's our 8th birthday, what a wonderful, inclusive community we are created for the children and families. A huge congratulations to our team for their commitment to excellence in children's early childhood education.

21.01.2022 Any day is a good day to visit the bush block.

19.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 Curriculum Reflection 11/11/2020 by Katie With this week marking NAIDOC week, it is timely to reflect on how Aboriginal perspectives and ontologies are embedded in our programme. An opportunity as educators to examine the views that we hold and that are privileged in our curriculum. A time for each of us to recognise our own knowledge gaps as Australian people, be open to unknowing, and open to learning. A chance to celebrate and honour the knowledges, histories a...nd cultures of our Indigenous peoples. We want the children in our programme to have an understanding or Australia’s deep and complex history, a knowledge of the rich cultures that form our nations long history, a relationship to Country, a developed connection and a sense of place in the world. Our approach uses children’s literature and contemporary art as catalysts for conversation and communicating showing culture We used this year's NAIDOC poster as a provocation for our thinking. "Shape of Land" by artist Tyrown Waigama forms the feature of the poster. We took time quietly sitting, watching, 'reading' and reflecting what the work was about. After we each had some time to think, I asked the children what can you see? The children shared their thoughts and knowledge about the art and what the artist could be communicating. "I see a snake. A snake and Australia and a human" Fred H "I think it looks like a lizard because it has a curl there [pointing to the tail]" Frederick WG. "But lizards have legs, it think" Olivia "Not all of them. There are lizards that have no legs" Fred H "I see a person, the person is ducking down" Luis In the people there's a snake" Marcus "Rainbow, there's a rainbow on the outside. It has all the colours" Olivia I asked the Possums to think of why they thought the artist had used the colours they had. "I think it's there to make more art in artwork" Eden "For us to like the art work" Olivia " For decoration?" Luis "Maybe to make it pretty?" Frederick WG " I like blue" Fred H stated. I responded, prompting "You can see blue, I can see it too. I wonder why you think the artist used those colours?" "The blue might be for the ocean" Fred H "Or for the sky" Luis What next? Follow up our interpretations of the art by reading the blurb of the works. I wonder how they will respond to the artist's description and ideas?

17.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week! Celebrating NAIDOC week is a little different this year. In past years we have taken the children to Glebe Public School and immersed ourselves in the culture of our local community. Here is a little something Kirsty and Melanie wrote for the The Koori Curriculum blog a couple of years ago about our adventures and what celebrating NAIDOC looks like at our little school on the roof. https://kooricurriculum.com//because-of-her-we-can-naidoc-

15.01.2022 Head over to Lucy's succulent sale this morning, she's donating some of her profits to WIRES.

12.01.2022 Wishing our E&D Annandale family a joyful holiday filled with love and play. Stay safe everyone.

07.01.2022 Daily Curriculum Reflection by Colette 12/11/2020 The projection began and it signalled the start of a truely magical tangling of ideas, arms, fingers and paintbrushes. A collision of colour, a coming together of culture.... Children began painting in earnest, all their focus on the splash mats. Thick, rich colour dripped from brushes and oozed from fingers but all of it went onto the floor mats. Did the children need encouragement to paint on the cardboard they had helped fix to the shelf unit I thought? But then I sat back, I watched on and then I saw. I saw their eyes connect with the projection; with Judy; with colour. Were they painting on the floor because that was what Judy was doing? It took one small dot of paint by Maddi under the watchful gaze of Izabella for the painting efforts to make their way to the cardboard. Not all children at first followed; many still deep in their sensory exploration of texture. These children it seemed had already decided on their own canvas; themselves. Judy’s line work projected onto their bodies as her brush dotted and dragged colour across them. Were they simply following her stokes? Connecting her paint lines on them, through them with their own? The children were excited, their energy could be felt through their movements, could be seen through their application of paint, exhibited in their enthusiasm to do and to be and make. This resonated with the Educators and they too engaged them and painted their own lines; their own ideas. Judy’s work was bringing us all together. It was beautiful to see as children invited their Educators to paint; offering Miranda paint pots and suggesting to Caitlin where to apply it. Through Judy Watson Napangardi’s painting process; the children constructed meaning. They conveyed this in their brush strokes, their finger marks, their conversation and behaviors. They did this with her; through her. The outcome; is truly something else. Not only a glorious art work on it’s own; the art work is representative of the children’s recognition and acknowledgment and appreciation of the art, culture and storytelling that has existed since the dawn of time. #ECE #earlychildhoodeducation #NAIDOC2020

06.01.2022 This morning we welcomed some of our 2021 Echidnas and their new families to our community at our first play in the park orientation for the year. We met them at our favourite place, the Faraway Tree, they joined us in our welcome song and acknowledgement of country then we played. We value the opportunity to support families to meet each other and start to feel a sense of belonging to our family.

03.01.2022 A huge congratulations to our Outdoor Teacher Katie who was yesterday recognised as Highly Commended Early Learning Educator of the Year in the Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. NSW awards. Katie is a key driver in our sustainable program and always works to find ways for us to be more sustainable and to support our team on their understanding and implementation of sustainable practices and we are very grateful to have her in our team.

02.01.2022 MultiVerse, we love this book, it's a regular go to...plus it might also contain some very familiar and wonderful pieces of work.