Green Leaves Bellerive in Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia | Childcare service

Green Leaves Bellerive

Locality: Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6245 1553

Address: 31 Gordons Hill Road 7018 Bellerive, TAS, Australia

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

Likes: 1174

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Education
• Childcare service

25.01.2022 Look at the flowers on our lemon tree! Over the last few weeks we have been learning about how the buds on our vegetables plants and fruit trees turn into flowers and then into fruits or vegetables for us to enjoy. It is a pleasure to watch each day with the children as we observe these grow and change

25.01.2022 This morning Bohe and Frankies Mum, Jodi brought in some 4 day old chickens for us to look at. We were able to pat them, they felt very fluffy. They also made very sweet chirping noises.

25.01.2022 In our Toddler room children engaged in some sensory play with the dinosaurs outside. Two containers were filled with shaving foam and some glitter added for extra texture and a bit of colour. From the moment it was brought out, until the moment all of the shaving foam had disappeared the children loved it.

24.01.2022 Our Christmas week celebrations continued today with a visit from the Christmas Fairy. We also made Reindeer Food and Reindeer poop (healthy balls full of fruit and goodness to enjoy with our families)

24.01.2022 When children practice self-help skills such as feeding themselves , serving their own food and dressing themselves, they practice their large and small motor skills, gain confidence in their ability to try new things and build their self-esteem and pride in their independence. This afternoon Lucas independently served himself his afternoon tea with support and guidance from Jacqui.

24.01.2022 " A babys smiles is so powerful that it can make you forget all your troubles in the world" Our Nursery children sharing their beautiful smiles with us, they definitely make our days brighter

24.01.2022 Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. -Pablo Picasso

23.01.2022 Thursday 10th September 2020, is National R U OK day? Its our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with lifes ups and downs.

23.01.2022 Thankyou for sharing with us Janine

23.01.2022 Marley has drawn a beautiful picture of our mandarin tree that is growing in our orchard. She shared with me today that the mandarin tree is her favourite. Marley and her friends are doing a great job of caring for our new fruit trees every day.

23.01.2022 Our vegetable garden is continuing to thrive. We have been watching our snow peas grow bigger and bigger, they became covered in flowers and now those flowers have turned into peas. This has been a wonderful learning opportunity for all our children. Not only have they been able to learn how to care for plants but also the process that takes place as the vegetables and fruits are forming. Charlie was very excited to show me the peas hiding amongst the greenery

22.01.2022 .Today our Junior Kinder children pretended to be paleontologists searching for hidden fossils just like when they search for dinosaur bones

22.01.2022 Today in the Toddler room we explored what happens when water colour dye is added to bicarb soda mixed with powder paint. After a few attempts it didnt take long for children to discover how to use the syringe to suck up the coloured dye. They were then able to squeeze the dye onto the bicarb soda, delighting in the fizzy reaction and the mixing of colours that occurred.

21.01.2022 Today Adelaide and her Mum, Rowena, took home our food scraps to feed to their 21 chickens. We cant think of a better way to dispose of our left over food from the day. We hope your chickens enjoy their dinner Adelaide

20.01.2022 Exploring is normal and important for children to do. Exploring is one of the first steps in learning about objects and in learning how to solve problems. Children are fascinated about how things work, what they look like from the inside, and how they are made. This morning Parker in our Tiny Tots Learning Space was exploring all the objects and everyday items on their new busy board that their educator Angeleena created for them.

20.01.2022 Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! We are so excited Chef Anelle and Nikki are preparing us a wonderful Christmas eve feast of traditional maple glazed ham and roasted chicken served with cranberry sauce, gravy, roasted vegetables and baby peas Followed by delicious fresh fruit platters and custard

20.01.2022 In our Pre-Kinder room, we are exploring and learning about Australian animals. We set up some habitats with natural objects to create a home for our animals. We used sand, pine bark, water and some plants from our room. What animals did we have in our habitats? I see a platypus- said Henry.... Elijah pointed to an emu Kangaroo, but they dont live in the sand they live on rocks.. The kangaroo has a Joey, the joey is living in the mummy kangaroos pouch. They are from Australia- said Joshua. I see a kangaroo, a tiger and an emu. Emus live in Australia - Stella shared Emus live in the country- Shared Ava I stood up the log so its a tall tree- said Harvey Kangaroos live in Australia. So do hyenas- platypuses live in the water- said Ayaan R Dinosaurs definitely dont live in Australia- Said Genevieve I see a kangaroo- they dont live in sand. Where do they sleep? What do they eat? -Hamish questioned We are going to explore these ideas and questions in more detail next week.

20.01.2022 After cleaning out the shed, the Kinder children found an old white sheet. Today they worked together to create a visual masterpiece. They havent quite decided where to display it yet but we look forward to sharing it with you soon

20.01.2022 Manipulating clay assists children to develop their hand and eye co-ordination as they pound, pat and push the clay into shapes and objects. Through this manipulation, children can express their thoughts and ideas as they mould the clay to take on the form of their imagination.

20.01.2022 This morning I was greeted enthusiastically by children in the outdoor play area. They excitedly told me that our fruit trees had grown but not alot and that this morning they had given them a drink. Together we went over to take a closer look and to our suprise we found very tiny flower buds on our lemon tree. We decided that each day we are going to take a photo of the flower buds so we can see how they grow and change over time. We look forward to sharing our project with you ~Larissa

20.01.2022 Climbing frames can be tricky to navigate and often appear a little daunting for children at first. As children attempt their climb they are using their problem-solving skills by trying to work out how best to move and place their hands, feet and bodies to reach the top, proceed over and climb down again. They are also exploring their self-confidence, as they may be cautious, scared or unsure of climbing to such a great height. Once navigated and they reach their goal there is that exciting rush of excitement, joy and satisfaction building their self-confidence and sense of achievement.

19.01.2022 Happy new year everyone! It's been a challenging and different year but we made it together See you in 2021!

19.01.2022 Everybody rolling, rolling, rolling, Everybody rolling just like me! Look at the great patterns we were able to create...

18.01.2022 We have added an array of loose parts into our home corner area in the Pre-kinder room to enhance our imagination and play ideas. Together we all visited the creation station and found some resources that we thought would be good to add to the home corner. We found wool, paddle pop sticks, pipe cleaners and felt. We thought the wool made good spaghetti and the cut up pieces of felt made tomatoes. We made some breakfast for each other. Joshua made some bacon and some nutrigrain, whilst Harvey made spicy noodles. Genevieve and Ava H made some yummy spicy noodle muffins that were super hot when they came out of the oven. Aayan made some chocolate cakes with white, brown, green and red chocolate for dessert

18.01.2022 Every canvas is a journey all of its own ~Helen Frankenthaler

18.01.2022 Our Kindergarten Children have each planted a pea seed. Each day they water their seed and are watching them closely to see any changes that occur as they grow

17.01.2022 Sensory experiences encourage young children to explore and investigate. Today in our Tiny Tots room children explored rice, jelly crystals and cornflour, individually and all mixed together. They transferred the rice using scoops and explored the texture by squeezing the mixture with their hands and fingers. Have a lovely weekend

17.01.2022 Today we were very excited to welcome back Hey Dee Ho who haven't been able to visit us since earlier this year. We enjoyed singing and dancing together. Here are our Tiny Tots enjoying an action song

16.01.2022 Easter Competition TIME! Can you guess how many eggs are in the jar? Comment below and the first person to guess the correct number wins the entire jar of chocolate goodness! Good luck!

16.01.2022 Our beautiful Christmas lunch.. Thankyou Chef Anelle

16.01.2022 On Monday Chef Anelle implemented a culinary class with our Tiny Tots children. Together they made an ABC cake or Apple, banana and carrot cake to enjoy for their afternoon tea. ABC Cake Makes 12 muffins or 1 12 inch square cake. ... 500g self raising flour 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup caster sugar 1 egg 1 tsp cinnamon 2 carrots grated 2 apples grated 2 mashed bananas Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Combine all dry Ingredients Add all the rest of the Ingredients and mix well with a wooden spoon until combined. Line a cake tin with baking paper and pour batter into the tin. Or use muffin cases in a muffin tray. Bake for 25-30min until cooked through (note Muffins will need less cooking time) Dust with icing sugar and serve!

15.01.2022 Happy Diwali! Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika.

14.01.2022 In our Junior Kinder room children and educators worked together to make sure all their resources were clean and free of germs. There were lots of bubbles and lots of scrubbing. Have a lovely weekend

14.01.2022 There was lots of team work happening in our upstairs outdoor areas today. There was also lots of concentration, problem solving and determination

13.01.2022 A friendly reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for the Australia Day Public Holiday. We look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday!

12.01.2022 Each of the children in our Pre-Kinder learning space has completed a self-portrait. These are all displayed together, down low at children's level to create a sense of belonging to their learning environment. We love seeing the individuality that each child has shown in drawing their portrait.

12.01.2022 Janine is a Royal Australian Airforce Reserve member and today brought in her uniforms and head dress to share with the children in respect for Remembrance Day. LEST WE FORGET!

12.01.2022 By using tongs children strengthen their fine motor skills and hand/eye co-ordination, they also explore trial and error as they attempt to pick up objects using different grips and hand positions on the tongs. Today in our Tiny Tots learning space children explored using tongs to pick up different sized objects from a tub.

11.01.2022 Happy Fathers day to all the special men in our lives. We hope you have a wonderful day filled with lots of love

11.01.2022 Yesterday the Tiny Tot Children made muffins with Chef Anelle as part of our Christmas week celebrations. CHRISTMAS FRUIT MUFFINS Makes 12 large muffins.... INGREDIENTS 2 cup self-raising flour cup caster sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground cardamom 1 cup dried fruit mix (finely diced) Zest and juice from one orange 1 cup milk cup vegetable oil 1 egg, lightly beaten DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix until well combined. Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and gently mix together. Place into the prepared muffin tray and bake in the oven for 15-20 min until cooked through. Enjoy!

11.01.2022 Children in our Nursery room were exploring the different textures of tissue paper, cellophane, streamers, shiny bright paper and lots more . They used the different resources to create beautiful individual art works which are now proudly on display in their room

10.01.2022 Our Kindergarten children used their fingers to explore how certain different materials felt. We talked about our sense of touch, then wrote some words that were associated with our hands and fingers. Alicia our Early Childhood Teacher traced around each childs handprint, each child added the different materials to their handprint, one by one, describing to Alicia how they felt before gluing them on. Children used words such as rough, cold and soft to describe how each individual item felt.

10.01.2022 'Hello Mummy, Hello Daddy' Lucas was excited to share with everyone today that after school he was catching the bus and going to get a hair cut. He rang his Mummy and Daddy several times to remind them

09.01.2022 Our calendar of events for September focuses on building on areas within our service ensuring that they are reflective of childrens interests, making them engaging and meaningful. We look forward to sharing photos with you

09.01.2022 Look at todays delicious menu.. Yum yum! Have a great Friday

08.01.2022 We cant wait to celebrate educator day tomorrow to let our team know just how much we appreciate what they do each and every day

08.01.2022 Due to the regatta day public holiday on Monday 8th February 2021 our service will be closed. We will see you all again on Tuesday 9th February 2021. We hope you enjoy your day

07.01.2022 Jeans for Genes was established in 1994 by the Childrens Medical Research Institute to fund revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand, and find cures or treatments for conditions affecting kids, including genetic diseases, cancer, and epilepsy. Wear your jeans tomorrow to help us raise money for this important cause

06.01.2022 Fergus loved exploring the shaving cream in our Tiny Tots Learning Space. He squeezed it between his fingers and stirred it round and round with the small spatula. He even rubbed some into his cheeks, maybe mimicking how he had seen an adult use the shaving cream before? Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain's pathways, which lead to the child's ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem-solving skills, and social interaction

06.01.2022 Children have an immense capacity for concentration and hard work when they are passionate about what they are doing. ~ John Gatto

06.01.2022 Children in our Junior Kinder Learning Space enjoyed a painting experience outside with the easel. We used red, yellow and blue paint, and discussed the colour changes we could see when the colours mixed together. Charlie said it’s going green and brown! Green is my favourite

06.01.2022 Foster Carer week honours the extraordinary work of foster carers in our community who bring love, stability and hope to the lives of children and young people in our community. Thank you for being amazing!

06.01.2022 Look at this amazing structure that our Pre-Kinder children worked together today to create. When the children share with you the finer details you can see the many turrets that the castle has. It also has a mirror at the back so the Queen can see her pretty dresses, a throne for her to sit on and a flame to scare away the bad guys.

06.01.2022 In our Prekinder space children have been very interested and engaged in our new trough. Throughout the week the experience within the tough changes to adapt to the childrens interests. Today the troughs contained green coloured water and an array of different sized cylinders, containers, eye droppers and measuring cups. Children were able to investigate how the eye droppers worked, we all found these a little tricky at first but used our problem solving skills to achieve our goal

06.01.2022 Shoutout to Chef Anelle! Today, the children enjoyed these gluten AND dairy free bliss balls, packed full of healthy and nutritious ingredients. Our afternoon was certainly a happy one thanks to Anelle’s food creation! We are forever grateful that you fill our bellies with food and our souls with caffeine!

05.01.2022 We hope this brings some sparkle to your day

05.01.2022 Throughout our service children of all ages are supported to develop their sense of autonomy, independence and self help skills by rinsing their dishes after they have eaten. The dishes are then sent to the kitchen for washing and sanitising. Our Nursery children are slowly being introduced to this by exploring dishes placed in warm, bubbly water with different types of sponges.

05.01.2022 Creamy Pumpkin and Parmesan risotto. 350g peeled and de-seeded pumpkin 1 small brown onion, finely diced 1 tsp minced garlic... 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 1 cups Arborio rice 3 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock) cup grated parmesan cup cream 1 pinch nutmeg Salt and pepper to taste Shaved parmesan to serve. Step 1- Warm the oil and butter in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Saut the onion and garlic until soft but not browned. Step 2- Add diced pumpkin and cook until pumpkin is soft. At this stage, it helps to put a lid over the pot and steam it slightly. Step 3- Once the pumpkin is soft roughly mash it into a smash. Add the rice and cook for a further 2-3 min. Add enough stock to cover the rice. Keep adding stock (1/2 cup at a time) as the previous amount is absorbed stirring slowly to make sure it doesnt stick. Step 4- Once all the stock is absorbed and the rice is cooked through, stir in the parmesan, cup cream and nutmeg. Season to taste. Serve topped with shaved parmesan and salad greens.

05.01.2022 Oh my goodness how adorable are these photos from our Nursery today. Red jelly is so much fun as we explore our sense of touch and taste.

04.01.2022 A new outdoor playspace for Bellerive! The children at Bellerive were excited to have their new outdoor playspace completed last week. We were lucky enough to have Ben, the site manager, visit with the children and talk about all the tools they used to build our fantastic new space. Ben explained what each tool was and what it’s used for. The children are loving their new playspace and are enjoying soaking up the sun.

04.01.2022 Children are naturally creative. It is our job to give them the freedom, materials and space to let their creativity blossom to its full potential. Our Kinder children have been busy being creative with plasticine. Ronan made sponge bob and Marley made a lolly pop

04.01.2022 Empathy grows as we learn. Alice Miller

04.01.2022 Yay it's the long weekend! A quick reminder that we are closed on Monday 8th March for the long weekend! Enjoy the extra day with your families

03.01.2022 We have strawberries and baby zucchinis in our vegetable garden

03.01.2022 "A child's world is free and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement." - Rachel Carson Whilst exploring the shaving cream, it was evident that children in our Junior Kinder Learning Space were curious about the feel of the cream and how the colours added to the cream interacted with one another to form new patterns and colours. There was lots of laughter and smiles and even at times, funny faces pulled as the cream felt funny on within their hands and fingers.

03.01.2022 Loose parts are any loose, tactile materials and found objects that children can move about during play and exploration. They are versatile, open-ended and can be added to any learning environment for children to adapt and to turn into anything their imagination allows. In our Toddler room Harvey used the wooden logs of varying sizes and thickness to build a tower.

03.01.2022 Today we planted new vegetables and herbs in our garden upstairs with chef Anelle. We also planted some pretty spotted flowers under our fruit trees. We planted snow peas, zucchinis , silver beet and coriander.

03.01.2022 For some time now we have wanted to start a little orchard in our upstairs outdoor area. Today we are very excited to share that we planted three new fruit trees. We planted a lime, lemon and a mandarin tree. We all helped to prepare the soil, dig the holes and gently plant each individual tree. We will all work together to care for our trees and cannot wait to see if we get any fruit. Next week we will be replanting our vegetable and herb garden and making some scare crows

03.01.2022 Our Kinder children are loving their new Green Leaves tshirts. Harvey was so excited to have a new uniform that matched his educators We will be sending a t-shirt home with all our Kinder children as a gift

02.01.2022 We are super excited and cannot wait to replant our vegetable gardens this week. We have done the research and now know what vegetables and herbs will grow best during spring. We look forward to using our harvests in our cooking sessions with chef Anelle.