Journey Early Learning Centre Wallan in Wallan, Victoria | Childcare service

Journey Early Learning Centre Wallan

Locality: Wallan, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8746 6955

Address: 156 Wellington Street 3756 Wallan, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Butterflies are a popular and safe insect that all children can relate to. The Kindergarten children explored the butterfly life cycle from egg, to larva (caterpillar), to pupa (chrysalis), to finally the adult butterfly.

25.01.2022 Today our Toddler 2 children explored the basics of cooking. They gathered around the table and tried their hand at making Damper. This experience was a great opportunity for the children to understand the structure and the use of a recipes, while making positive connection to food.

25.01.2022 Journey Wallan are currently exploring how we can further embed culturally inclusive practices. We have since begun our journey into exploring how we can achieve this with the resources we have and external connections we are making. We have some exciting times coming up for both the centre, children, families and educators.

24.01.2022 Making choices, identifying preference and strengthening hand/eye co-ordination was all in a days work as the Kinder children created their own beaded necklaces and bracelets. Great work Kinder room!

24.01.2022 The Nursery children enjoyed our 'Journey Inspire Program', where they got to dress up in their favourite 'Halloween' outfits!

24.01.2022 The Toddler 1 children explored the functioning of the water turbines. They learned that pressure and flow of the water can result in the rotation of the turbine. They further explored water flow through water tubes, "which way will the water flow?"

23.01.2022 The Toddler Two classroom continues to explore the community with regular outings to our local 'Danaher reserve'.

22.01.2022 The Pre-Kinder One room made apple cinnamon cupcakes! The children took turns adding the ingredients, stirring the mixture and filling up the cupcake trays. We were all excited to eat them for afternoon tea!

21.01.2022 What a special moment it was for some of our children today. We joined our community in a minutes pause to honour those brave men and women who fought for us. We were lucky enough to meet some members of the Kilmore & Wallan RSL who proudly raised the flags and displayed their medals for us all to see.

18.01.2022 The children in the Nursery showed great interest in the helium balloons we brought in. There was lots of excitement as they pulled at the strings and watched in amazement as the balloons floated back up quickly.

16.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. The children explored NAIDOC week with pictures and symbols, paintings, stories and dramatic play. Fun was had by all ages.

15.01.2022 Our Pre-Kinder Two classroom have been exploring the life cycle of a Butterfly! The Children have really enjoyed learning about Butterflies through different play spaces around the classroom.

14.01.2022 Sat Sri Akaal Today the educators and children immersed themselves in a day of Diwali Celebrations. There was music, traditional food, Diya making, Rangolis and body art. From Journey to your homes, Happy Diwali

14.01.2022 What does Harmony Week mean to you? To us, it’s about ensuring everyone feels a sense of belonging at our centre. #harmonyweek

14.01.2022 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!

13.01.2022 Our Pre Kinder Two class celebrates diversity!

13.01.2022 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

12.01.2022 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

10.01.2022 It may seem messy however self feeding is one way our toddlers develop their fine motor skills like holding a spoon. It is also a great opportunity to explore taste, texture, smell and temperature.

10.01.2022 Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as "festival of love", the "festival of colour" and the "festival of spring" The Kindergarten children celebrated this exciting day with traditional music, dance, stories and painting.

09.01.2022 What a beautiful day for our Nursery children to take a stroll in the sun around our wonderful community

09.01.2022 Light and shadows enables children to explore their natural curiosity. The Prekinder 1 children were eager to explore shadows, patterns, shapes and colour through light play.

08.01.2022 Our littlest of learners are becoming environmentally aware

08.01.2022 As Harmony Week draws to a close, we thought we’d share a bright orange recipe from Wholesome Child! Copy this link into your browser for a delicious Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup! www.wholesomechild.com/recip/sweet-potato-and-coconut-soup/ Wholesome Child is an invaluable resource to our centres and has a range of culturally diverse food perfect for celebrating our vibrant and multicultural country. #harmonyweek

08.01.2022 It was Journey Wallan's 3 year Anniversary today and we celebrated with good food and great company. What an amazing team and beautiful families we have here at Journey. All this would not be possible without your passion, commitment and friendship.

07.01.2022 Our Toddler One room had great fun exploring sensory play using a range of different materials.

05.01.2022 Save the dates for next weeks fun and games...

05.01.2022 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.

05.01.2022 After reading "How the Bird got its Colours", which promotes Aboriginal cultural awareness, our Pre-Kinder Two children had fun extending on their knowledge by creating a large Aboriginal cave with dot art painting inside!

04.01.2022 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

04.01.2022 Each year our lives are touched by the word, Cancer. Either by someone we call family, friend or simply someone you know in your life. Last week it was all Fluro leg warmers, big hair and all things 80's. The children launched an 80's day to raise money for the Cancer Council in honour of one of our special families. We were able to raise $240 dollars on the day, for the Cancer Council Foundation. Thank you to all that participated or donated their gold.

03.01.2022 Thursday was an exciting day full of fun with egg hunts and a special visitor from the Easter Bunny! Journey Wallan wishes all of our families a safe and magical Easter

03.01.2022 The Nursery classroom enjoyed their home corner experiences with a mini tea party.

02.01.2022 Journey Early Learning Wallan are building pathways to an exceeding service, come be part of our energetic team. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Early Childhood Teaching to run our Government Funded 4 year old kindergarten program. https://www.seek.com.au/job/51733510

02.01.2022 In the Toddler Two classroom, the children got busy baking vanilla and mixed berry muffins. What a delicious afternoon tea!