Journey Early Learning Centre Templestowe in Templestowe Lower, Victoria, Australia | Childcare service

Journey Early Learning Centre Templestowe

Locality: Templestowe Lower, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9005 4650

Address: 271 Thompsons Road 3107 Templestowe Lower, VIC, Australia

Website: https://journey.edu.au/centre/templestowe

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25.01.2022 Children in the Toddler Room participated in Clean Up Australia Day. Educators placed clean rubbish in the yard for the children to collect and understand the concept of the day. We discussed what rubbish was considered general waste and what was recyclable.

25.01.2022 What a beautiful surprise! A huge thank YOU to the Kyriakopoulos family for this lovely gesture. It lifted all our spirits and put a smile on all the educators faces. We are so lucky to have such supportive families!

25.01.2022 It’s easy for children to get lost in the small world of puppets! We see them expressing themselves through role play and storytelling, all whilst delving into their creative minds to explore and socialise in the most unique way.

25.01.2022 The children LOVE making patterns and tracks in our sensory tub using different types of cars and trucks!

24.01.2022 The Pre-Kinder children have been embracing all things Italy this week by making some delicious pizzas and learning all about how they are made! Bellisimo!

24.01.2022 Finger painting is so much fun when using our edible paints!

23.01.2022 Eating fresh produce is important when trying to boost veggie intake, and enjoying fresh, seasonal produce is something we focus heavily on at Journey. Making fresh produce go the distance is so important to ensure you can get the most out of your weekly shop. Our Nutrition Week hack of the day is brought to you by Wholesome Child! We hope you find these tips on how to keep produce fresher for longer helpful. If you have more tips of your own, we’d love for you to share below!

23.01.2022 In Pre- Kinder the children created some colourful fish! We've been reading the 'Rainbow Fish' over the month and the experience of creating some rainbow fish of our own was a great extension!

23.01.2022 The children had a wonderful time furthering their fine motor skills whilst participating in our coloured link experience!

23.01.2022 Last week was National Nutrition Week so we’ve been exploring healthy eating and talking quite intensely about "awlays" foods and "sometimes" foods. As part of this theme we did a juicing experience using apples, watermelon, lemon, oranges and carrots for our juice making. The juicer was quite loud while it was squeezing all the fruit and veg juice out, but it was well worthwhile to have some delicious healthy juice afterwards.

23.01.2022 The Toddler children have been exploring their fine motor skills through a fun threading experience!

23.01.2022 One of our lovely families brought in some parsley from their garden! We took this opportunity to extend on Nutrition Week by making a scrumptious salad. Who said healthy and tasty don't go together?!

22.01.2022 We’re excited to kick off nutrition week with this easy recipe for healthy Mac ‘n’ Cheese cupcakes by our nutrition partner Wholesome Child. This week is all about focusing on supercharging our children’s meals with as much nutritional value as possible, and these are a brilliant way to get some sneaky veggies in, in a fun and child-approved way! Boosting children’s health and wellbeing through fresh, delicious and healthy meals is something we pride ourselves on at Journey, and we’re so excited to share some tips directly from our Paediatric Nutritionist, Mandy Sacher, with you this week. Stay tuned!

22.01.2022 For our final post of National Nutrition Week, we’re excited to share another Wholesome Child recipe with you. We’ve gone with an absolute crowd pleaser to finish the week off chicken nuggets! This chicken nugget recipe is gluten free, dairy free, nut free and can be altered to be egg free as well. It’s also easy to turn into a vegetarian recipe, but best of all, it’s packed with wholegrains, cauliflower and full of nutrition! Thank you for tuning into our National Nutrition Week posts. Have you enjoyed our handy hacks and wholesome recipes?! As always, please reach out to us if you have any questions regarding our Wholesome Child menu in the centre.

22.01.2022 Playing with ice isn’t just a whole lot of fun, it’s also connected to so many areas of learning!

21.01.2022 In the Pre-Kinder Room, the children have been very busy creating some beautiful Sun Smart door hangers to help them remember the five Sun Smart steps. Well done everyone!

21.01.2022 The children have loved reading the 'The Magic Hat' over the past week. We elaborated on the story today, by having the children make their very own wonderful Magic Hats!

21.01.2022 We’re always here for our families and want to ensure everyone has the opportunity remain connected during our time apart . We’re excited to reintroduce the Journey Home Learning Program , and hope you are too! More information coming soon. If you’re not currently a member of the Journey family, and would like access to the JHLP, please call our enrolments team on 9005 4650.

21.01.2022 Want to keep up to date with what’s happening at Journey Early Learning Templestowe or with your child's learning? Story Park has a notification feature that enables you to quickly and easily check for new updates. Simply click on the little duck, which can be found at the top centre of the Story Park website (access via web browser), select the notification and you will be automatically be redirected to the notification to read or comment. Did you know you can also edit when you get an email notification? On the top right-hand side there is a little cog. Simply click on the cog and a drop-down menu will appear. Select notification settings and edit to suit your personal preference. Don’t forget to press ‘save my preferences’.

21.01.2022 The Easter break and Term 1 School Holidays begin next week, and we understand this can be a very busy time of the year for families. This is a quick reminder that if you need extra care during the holidays, you can always quickly and easily see our upcoming vacancies and book an extra day using the KindyNow App. App Store: bit.ly/kindynowi Google Play Store: bit.ly/kindynowa

20.01.2022 This week the Nursery children took part in an exciting stamping experience exploring the colours yellow and blue!

20.01.2022 Celebrating Easter this week in the Nursery room by creating Easter hats with the children.

20.01.2022 The Nursery and Toddler children have been exploring different ways of transport and the different tracks they make using paint

20.01.2022 It’s the first day of our 5 Days of Christmas Treats with Wholesome Child and we have a delicious gingerbread granola recipe for you. Enjoy!

19.01.2022 As a friendly reminder, here’s what you can do with the KindyNow App: - view our school holiday vacancies at the click of a button, - book an extra day of care to help you juggle having school children at home, and - notify absent days in advance if your family is heading away on holiday. ... Let us help you these school holidays and manage your bookings today by heading to KindyNow: App Store: bit.ly/kindynowi Google Play Store: bit.ly/kindynowa

18.01.2022 We've been practicing our counting and numbers recognition!!

18.01.2022 As part of Easter we have offered the children in the Pre Kinder Room a range of art and craft experiences including making baskets and Easter wreaths.

18.01.2022 All the children have been enjoying creating our new vegetable garden! Once our new garden grows, we'll use the vegetables in our cooking experiences.

17.01.2022 This morning, we read a book about colours titled, ‘Elephant Makes A Rainbow.’ Following this, the children were engaged in an art experience, where they created their own Rainbow Trees using branches that had fallen during a windy day. Such a great way for the children to learn how to reuse natural materials. They look FANTASTIC!

17.01.2022 The children have been participating in some wonderful experiences to celebrate Diwali!

17.01.2022 The children in the Toddler room have loved cooking their very own Christmas Cookies! Yummy!

17.01.2022 The Kinder children engaged in the community this week, learning some soccer skills from the coaches at our local oval! It was a fantastic time!

17.01.2022 The children have LOVED experimenting with shapes and colours using the light table and torches!

17.01.2022 Spring has sprung in the Nursery room!

17.01.2022 Here's our first Nutrition Week handy hack! Switching to whole grains is the easiest way to make a positive nutritional impact to your children’s diets. This means swapping refined grain products for whole grain alternatives and is as simple as choosing brown rice over white rice, whole grain oats instead of processed oats, or wholemeal bread instead of white bread. Always read the nutrition label and look for the word whole in front of wheat or the grain. And watch out fo...r misleading labelling such as mixed grain. To find out more about how to read nutrition labels and make some simple swaps to boost your family’s nutrition, you can sign up to The Wholesome Child Academy for free, and go through Mandy’s complimentary Wholesome Shopping course. Click here to register: www.academy.wholesomechild.com/register/ Wholesome Child

16.01.2022 The Pre Kinder children have been practicing their yoga poses while watching instructional videos.

16.01.2022 The Pre-Kinder room children have been busy practicing their painting skills by face painting. They sure have created some beautiful paintings!

15.01.2022 Black Bean Brownies from the Wholesome Child Menu for afternoon tea... Delicious!

15.01.2022 The Toddlers have been busy creating their a puzzle hunt activity, making their very own sensory rice! It was so much fun!

14.01.2022 The Pre-Kinder children have been getting into the Christmas spirit, practicing painting some lovely Christmas trees this week.

14.01.2022 The children have been very excited about this new cutting activity! Many decided to make a shopping list by choosing products from the magazine, cutting them out and then pasting them on paper. This activity is not only great fun, it encourages children to practice their cutting skills, which is an important skill to master!

14.01.2022 The Pre Kinders have been busy paying tribute to our soldiers, decorating some beautiful Poppies.

13.01.2022 It’s the third day of our 5 Days of Christmas Treats with Wholesome Child and we have a handy hack for you! When baking cookies with your children, make a hole at the top of the cookie and when it’s cooked, thread ribbon through and use them as delicious decorations for the tree!

13.01.2022 In the Pre-Kinder room, the children have been practicing tracing the letters of their names. To extend on this, the children took part in a scavenger hunt to collect some natural materials to trace their name with. The children had lots of fun using a range of different materials to paste around their names!

13.01.2022 This week, the Kinder children got to dress up in school uniform! There has been lots of discussion about what school is like and one main difference is that at school next year, many children will be wearing school uniform. This dress up experience is not only fun and exciting, it’s a good way to expose children to various aspects of school life.

12.01.2022 A huge focus in the Kinder Room has been learning about emotions and how to be problem solvers when we encounter an issue in the yard or in the classroom. We read a book called, When I’m feeling sad, by Trace Moroney. We then discussed what makes us feel sad and ways we can make ourselves and others feel better again. We also explored some social stories around ‘problems’ we might face in our everyday life and went through some solutions for them.

12.01.2022 The Toddler children have been busy exploring their fine motor skills through puzzles, learning to identify each animal they create!

12.01.2022 Connecting with our Journey Community is so important, especially during this tricky time. It was wonderful to connect with the Journey Pre Kinder and Kinder classes in Victoria, sharing stories and classroom projects with each other.

12.01.2022 Download the KindyNow app today to book extra care when you need it this holiday season. www.kindynow.com/download

12.01.2022 The Toddler children have been busy extending their literacy learning through letter tracing. Well done everyone!

12.01.2022 It's your final chance to register for our Wholesome Child Webinar this afternoon, beginning at 1:00pm. Click the following link to register if you haven't already: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC

11.01.2022 Happy Early Childhood Educators Day! Thank you to our lovely families and the Journey Management Team for making this day so special!

11.01.2022 Journey Templestowe would like to wish all of our amazing families a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

10.01.2022 Only two days left and we’re excited to share with you the recipe to a Christmas favourite fruit mince pies ! Thanks Wholesome Child! Swipe for the full recipe.

10.01.2022 The Nursery and Toddler children have been busy learning about insects and animals you find in the garden! This week the children have been busy creating their very own snails!

10.01.2022 The Nursery children have been busy exploring different native Australian animals and learning about Australian culture!

10.01.2022 Stuck on gift ideas? Here are 5 delicious treats you can make with your children to give as gifts this Christmas! Thanks Wholesome Child for the idea! Click here: https://www.wholesomechild.com/5-edible-christmas-gifts-ma/

10.01.2022 This week, we've been exploring animal habitats in the Toddler room! The children have been exploring if an animal is a land animal or a water animal.

09.01.2022 Drawing is a form of art that allows children to materialise what they see in their minds eye. Providing children with plenty of opportunities for drawing is so important for their development!

07.01.2022 The Nursery Room have been very busy making Green play dough! They loved taking part in the process of making the play dough taking turns mixing and tipping ingredients in!

07.01.2022 The children really enjoyed the ice sensory play! What a perfect activity to do on a warm spring day!

07.01.2022 The children have been participating in some wonderful Naidoc Week experiences!

06.01.2022 The Pre Kinder children have recently been exploring the book titled ' Who Sank The Boat?' It encouraged them to hold their very own sink or float experiment!

06.01.2022 To celebrate everyone returning to Journey Templestowe, the centre held a fun dress up day! Everyone looked fantastic!

05.01.2022 Look at the delicious meals the children ate today! We provide a wide range of meal options from the Wholesome Child Cookbook, including Homemade Cornflakes and Choc Rice Puffs for brekkie, Supercharged Bolognese for lunch and Pumpkin and Zucchini Bread for afternoon tea!

05.01.2022 Everyone at Journey Templestowe would like to wish all our Dads a wonderful Fathers Day this Sunday!

04.01.2022 The children have been busy exploring our homemade Taste Safe Kinetic Sand!

04.01.2022 The Toddler children have started looking into the change of season's reading a book called Season come and Seasons go Tree. After reading the book we painted our very own Autumn Tree's. How fun!

03.01.2022 Today we had the fire service come around to check our fire safety equipment. We took the opportunity to teach the children about why the smoke alarm might sound and we also held a practice evacuation. The children all held on to rope and walked to the evacuation point. Well done everyone!

03.01.2022 Welcome back for our second handy hack of Nutrition Week! Cooking with children is a brilliant way to increase their willingness to try new foods. By turning cooking into fun sensory play with no pressure to try what is made, children often surprise you with their curiosity and enthusiasm to give new foods or textures a go. But we get it, it can be messy and so is often avoided! Paediatric Nutritionist and Founder of Wholesome Child Mandy Sacher, has the following advice, when cooking with kids at home, try prep ingredients in the sink to make the clean up a breeze! This is how I love cooking with my own children and it makes the mess no fuss at all. Another fun and easy strategy to encourage fussy eaters to try new foods is by using cookie cutters to turn things like cheese slices and sandwiches into their favourite shapes.

03.01.2022 The Toddler children have been busy working to create our new Worm Farm!

03.01.2022 The Kinder children have been exploring life cycles! Learning about life cycles gives children a view into the lives of other living organisms and the processes that occur in nature.

02.01.2022 The Nursery Room children have been having SO much fun with our water play experience!

02.01.2022 The Kinder Cafe has been transformed yet again! It's now a wonderful supermarket with lots of products for sale such as fruit, vegetables, snacks and so much more!

02.01.2022 A new activity, Tap-Tap, has been introduced this week. Continuing on from our lessons on shapes, this is a wonderful experience where children use pins to hammer shapes into cork boards and design pictures inspired by them.

02.01.2022 Yum yum yum! This Chickpea and Pumpkin Stew from our Wholesome Child Menu was very popular today. The children ate every last bit!

01.01.2022 On the last day of 5 Days of Christmas Treats Wholesome Child said to me here’s an easy Christmas decoration hack! Use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out cheese, fruits and veggies to create themed sandwiches, pizzas, crackers and more!

01.01.2022 The Kinder Children have been using Word stencils to explore the different letters of the alphabet!

01.01.2022 Planning a holiday? Let us know in advance via the KindyNow App when you’ll be away. It’s that easy! Download here: http://kindynow.com/download

01.01.2022 To support the many Journey families in lockdown across Australia, we’re pleased to announce two upcoming family webinars . Please see below information for each webinar and registration links. Thursday, 20 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarWC Thursday, 27 August, 1:00pm: www.bit.ly/JELWebinarQC