Friends of Adams Road Children's Centre in Adelaide, South Australia | School

Friends of Adams Road Children's Centre

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8254 6616

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25.01.2022 Orange and lemon juice, building with magnetic shapes, bubbles, stories, puzzles, climbing, water play and exploring our new mud kitchen and teepee made by Willo’s Men’s Shed. Thanks for a wonderful Wednesday afternoon playgroup families.

23.01.2022 Boats allow us to explore...size, shape, motion, fine motor grip, confidence, curiosity, puddles, dramatic play, oral language, communication, rhymes, songs, books, characters, persistance, resilience, cooperation, problem solving, risk taking, ramps, docks, rope, driving, jettys, the environment, flowers, water, displacement, bubbles and warm water to heat up our hands On cold days,!

22.01.2022 We are looking for recommendations for cabinet makers for possible quotes to update our kitchen...looking to support local businesses :)

22.01.2022 Corks allow us to explore...curiosity, communication, oral language, sorting, noticing, collections, marks, symbols, digits, letters, measurement, volume, weight, size, fine motor skills, tongs, shovels, scoops, pots, pans, cylinders, tipping, pouring, our senses, self regulation, coordination, repurposing and reusing.

22.01.2022 Did you know we will be trialling a playgroup in 2020?! Who would be interested in coming ? It will be on Wednesday afternoons for ages 0-5!

22.01.2022 Pancakes allow us to explore...recipes, measurement, quantity, quantifying, ingredients, turn taking, sharing, problem solving, reading for meaning, numerals, digits, sorting, noticing, mixing, fine motor skills, coodrination, curiosity, confidence, persistance, our senses, hygiene, social distancing, waiting our turn, communication, oral language, toppings, choices, voting, tallies, cooking, safety, healthy eating, some times foods and our taste buds. What do you like on your pancakes? Jo likes honey and glitter

21.01.2022 Pipes allow us to explore...curiosity, persistence, resilience, communication, turn taking, engineering, planning, construction, problem solving, hard thinking, team work, mark making, recording, maps, diagrams, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, manipulation, creativity, joins, safety, risk, dressing up, different roles, water, flow, gravity, holes, pretend water leaks, water waste, timers and sustainability.

21.01.2022 Caterpillars allow us to explore...noticing, colour, shape, characteristics, environment, food sources, habitat, our senses, ways our bodies move, oral language, curiosity, texts, story tables, drawing, retelling, life cycles, changes, metamorphosis, chrysalis, preparation for hatching, flowers, watermelon scraps from our lunch boxes, hatching, butterflies and gender identification...we think this is a boy!!!

21.01.2022 Rose petals allow us to explore...our senses, colour, curiosity, noticing, perfume, shape, symmetry, counting, quantifying, sorting, patterning, recipes, cooking, potions, tipping, pouring, ripping, scrunching, communication, oral language, dramatic play, floating, sinking, currents, water flow, measurement, fine motor skills, creativity, design, construction, decorating sand castles, cooperation, coordination, problem solving, using natural resources and the wonder of flowers.

20.01.2022 Seed pods allow us to explore...nature, the environment, seeds, shaking, noise, shape, size, colour, noticing, sorting, collections, blossoms, trees, bushes, characteristics, measurement, quantifying, curiosity, problem solving, oral language, communication, design, dramatic play and decorating cup cakes.

19.01.2022 Please share with families and friends

18.01.2022 Flowers in the sand allowed us to explore...curiosity, confidence, communication, coordination, cooperation, fine motor skills, noticing, sorting, gathering, arrangement, quantifiying, space, colours, patterns, different varieties, stems, flowers, petals, potting, planting, size, measurement, weight, watering, gift giving, being a florist, delivery trucks, professional drivers, maps, recording, making marks and direction.Hope everyone on the list received their flowers

18.01.2022 The mud kitchen allows us to explore...our senses, the environment, herbs, flowers, gum nuts, colours, dippers, turn taking, sorting, noticing, sharing, oral language, dramatic play, loose parts, resourcefulness, consistency, dirt, mud, water, puddles, potions, containers, curiosity, persistence, recipes, moving house, planning, construction, design, team work and relocating to the big puddle.

18.01.2022 We need community and caregiver feedback on our proposed changes to hours in 2021...to two long day sessions and removing our half day. This means families can access more kindy hours during their two days, you can drop off later or pick up earlier depending on your needs. Bush kindy can still run like an excursion during the terms with a bus. Please share your opinion via this link in the comments below ...

17.01.2022 Simultaneouse story time allows us to explore...new texts, oral language, communication, book orientation, curiosity, characters, encoding, decoding, creating and making meaning, sounds, rhymes, the value of reading, literacy, fun, humour, australian publisher, writers, resources, libraries, opportunities to share the same text with friends, educators, parents, grand parents, other educational sites, the media, time, dates, days, discussions around the word simultaneous and the community.

16.01.2022 We wish all our 2019 families a wonderful start to school this week! Please keep in touch with your little ones progress:) We also look forward to a new 2020 adventure as we welcome 100 New children to our kindy to explore, create and learn with us. We understand this is a time of mixed emotions and we are here to support you however we can, we are all on this learning journey together! Happy term 1 everybody!

16.01.2022 Please take a minute to share your opinion on our session times survey... Link in comments...

15.01.2022 A visit from Glenn allows us to explore...curiosity, creativity, engineering, construction, planning, design, measurement, persistance, resilence, problem solving, hard thinking, team work, our bodies, movement, space, the environment, 7ft long sticks, rope, drums, water courses, sustainability, water use, long rubber strips, rubber tyres, swings, tarps, strength, muscles, balance, cognition, risk, risk benefits, hazards, safety, keeping our friends safe, risk taking, challenge, confidence, communication, conversations, roles, turn taking, mud, mud targets, point scoring, addition, number recognition, creating and exploring 3 dimensional shapes, rocks, nails as hammers, adventures, stories and play! Thanks Glenn for making the time to come and play at Adams Road :)

15.01.2022 Hope everyone has enjoyed a safe and healthy break. We look forward to seeing everyone back this week and hearing what youve been up to. *Reminders* *Drop offs in the morning-we are continuing with drop offs at the gate to keep transitions smooth for children and families *Pick up in the afternoon-in line with easing of covid restrictions to access, parents and caregivers will be able to come in to the yard at pick up but asked not to come into the building and to maintain social distancing.

15.01.2022 Colour explosion allows us to explore...planning, organisation, fundraising, colours, glasses, mixing, patterns, curiosity, water, obstacle courses, bikes, tunnels, dancing, music, confidence, coordination, team work, risk taking, small groups, oral language, laughter, lots of fun and we've raised over $1978 for the childrens centre! Thank you to all our families for their support!!!

15.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all our beautiful mums, aunties, grandparents, great grandparents, carers and educators. Have a lovey day and thank you for all that you do

14.01.2022 Starting this week, Adams Road Playgroup :)

14.01.2022 Dinosaurs allow us to explore...species, size, colour, shape, characteristics, animals, noticing, sorting, collections, dramatic play, grip, gross and fine motor skills, noises, oral language, turn taking, our senses, mud, water, water levels, digging, flowers, food, habitats, nests, bathing, splashing, volume, capacity, filling tubs, filling the fire pit with water, splashing, waves, markers, water depth, floating, sequencing, sinking, counting, quantifying, communication, curiosity, confidence, persistence, problem solving, cooperation, construction, design, traps, egg stones, drawings and flowers in our garden.

12.01.2022 Para Wirra allows us to explore... the environment, noticing, wonderings, curiosity, collections, construction, design, engineering, habitats, homes, camouflage, oral language, team work, problem solving, space, sounds, tracks, boundaries, flowers, plants, trees, bark, patterns, droppings, maps, identification charts, flying foxes, sand pits, climbing, balancing, humpies, mysterious holes, beautiful weather and our backyards!!!

11.01.2022 Thanks Dan for our wonderful new signs, they look amazing :)

11.01.2022 Lunch allows us to explore...confidence, communication, persistence, routines, time, planning, table settings, flower arrangements, table cloths, problem solving, social situations, sharing, turn taking, sitting with our friends, oral language, sorting, noticing, comparing, healthy eating, plates, cutlery, coordination, fine motor skills, cups, self help skills, dishes, washing, water, drying and most of all packing up for next time.

11.01.2022 Today our educators celebrated the end of our Early childhood organisation of South Australia project. Our Expo presentation was "What happens when you trust children to direct their own learning". It has been a wonderful 2 years of collaboration and learning, thankyou to our critical friend Jess and congratulations and thankyou to our team for all the effort, our journey has only just begun.

10.01.2022 Kindy returns Tuesday 28th of Jan. Staff will be on site over the next few days to prepare our learning spaces. We will be open for uniform purchases, fee payments and answering phone calls tomorrow (Friday) From 9-3. Keep an eye out for Kindy hub emails in your inbox soon! We look forward to a wonderful 2020

10.01.2022 A visit to Resthaven allows us to explore...organisation, packing, partners, confidence, curiosity, communication, our community, meaningul connections, road safety, pushing the trolley, signs, direction, digits, numerals, shadows, stunning weather, exploring the garden, artificial grass angles, games, performing, signing, music, bells, making others smile, giving small gifts (our hand made decorated jars) to others and revisiting our performace from last nights end of year concert!

09.01.2022 Blocks allow us to explore...curiosity, problem solving, confidence, communication, persistence, resilience, creativity, spatial reasoning, hand and eye coordination, turn taking, sharing, fine motor skills, cognitive flexibility, divergent thinking, engineering, construction, designs, planning, balance, procedures, sequencing, sorting, noticing, size, shape, rotation, light, colours, roads, cars, car parks, oral language, dramatic play and the beautiful sunshine that peaked through the rain clouds this week.

06.01.2022 At kindy we explore, make marks, experiment, make potions, make music, create, climb, read, share and contribute together, we are capable and competent learners.

06.01.2022 Construction allows us to explore...creativity, communication, oral language, dramatic play, curiosity, resilience, persistance, problem solving, team work, fine and gross motor skills, engineering, planning, reflecting, refining, shape, positioning, rotation, flipping, mapping, recording, characters, games, minecraft, rules and making channles for the rain coming tomorrow!

06.01.2022 Vegetables allow us to explore...noticing, observation, oral language, shape, colour, number, differences, similarities, brain storming, planning, notes to families, donations from home, fine motor skills, chopping, safety, hygiene, taste testing, conversations, scraps, compost, growing from scraps, hypothesising, predictions, books, puzzles, growth cycles, water, dirt, the sun, seeds, the vegetable garden, watering, weeds and the kindy snails.

06.01.2022 We have started offering breakfast at kindy to help fill tummies and keep our brains going , who knows of local places to ask for loaves of bread for regular donations?

05.01.2022 Thank you to all our wonderful educators and everything they do for our children!!!

05.01.2022 Happy World Teachers day to our wonderful educators! Your dedication and enthusiasm for our centre is greatly appreciated by our students and community. Parents and caregivers please feel free to leave messages of thanks below ;)

04.01.2022 New bark chips allow us to explore our...senses, space, the environment, curiosity, communication, noticing, visualising, planning, organising, persistance, measuring, risk assessing, mats, digits, persistance, weight, placement, movement, balance, our bodies in space, obstacle courses, turn taking, timing, lapping, keeping score, recording, problem solving, dramatic play and games. Watch out the floor is lava...

03.01.2022 We hope all our families and friends enjoy a restful safe break. If your looking for some things to do check out the Nature Play SA winter list. We look forward to hearing about your holiday adventures when we return

03.01.2022 Please stay safe everyone. Avoid the area and the roads.

02.01.2022 Happy World Teacher's day to our wonderful educators! Your dedication and enthusiasm for our centre is greatly appreciated by our students and community. Parents and caregivers please feel free to leave messages of thanks below ;)

02.01.2022 We are collecting Christmas Raffle donations for our last fundraiser for 2020. Thank you everyone for your generous donations...keep them coming in :)

02.01.2022 Thanks for a wonderful first session! Share your playgroup pictures here! We will start a group fb to keep in touch.

02.01.2022 Show us your kindy packs in action!:) We hope you are enjoying the resources. Next week we will be planning out next phase of at home learning!