Li'l Achievers in Gunnedah, New South Wales | Childcare service

Li'l Achievers

Locality: Gunnedah, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6742 6892

Address: 211 Bloomfield St 2380 Gunnedah, NSW, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Over the past week the children have been learning about World war 2 and what life would have been like for the children in the war. When they researched it further they discovered how different life is now and how thankful/ grateful they are to not be living through a war. Here are some of their amazing responses when asked "what are you grateful for?"

24.01.2022 Welcome to 2021 We hope that all our families are beginning to settle back in to normal routine after hopefully having a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. It has been so great to see so many children back this week, settling into their new rooms and making new friends and to be introduced to some of our new families that have just started. ... Below is the staffing arrangements for each room, although at times there may be some slight changes due to ratio needs, these are the educators that will predominantly be in each room each week. Staffing arrangements for 2021 Mrs Gallagher (Director) Miss Emma (2IC) Miss Emma (2IC) Miss Courtney (Administration) Mrs Zoe ( Learning Support Officer) In our Kitchen Miss Lorraine Miss Maya Miss Bronwyn Preschool Room Mrs Michelle (Room Leader) Miss Sharmaine Miss Hannah Miss Steph Miss Alyssa Miss Sam (also in Junior Preschool Room until she goes on Maternity Leave) Junior Preschool Room Miss Lara ( Room Leader) Miss Sky Miss Kirstin Miss Bronte Miss Charlotte Toddlers Room Miss Bella ( Room Leader) Miss Karen Miss Sami Miss Jamila Miss Sarah ( will assist with toddler room) Babies Room Miss Sam ( Room Leader) Miss Martha Miss Georgia Miss Jacinta Miss Alex You may also see our newest staff member Miss Brooke floating around to each room to assist with ratio. Our staff have been very busy in organising a very productive year filled with great learning opportunities and we look forward to see it all unfold. We hope that 2021 is a much smoother year than 2020.

22.01.2022 This week the Junior Preschool room are learning self help skills. Today the children cooked their own afternoon tea... what clever little people you all are.

22.01.2022 Here are some of our beautiful toddies waiting patiently outside the kitchen until their lunch trolley is ready stocked to go. Well done little ones.

22.01.2022 The children have made some lovely art to celebrate and learn about Anzac day.

20.01.2022 I have loved watching the children learning over the past few days! Our educators do such an extraordinary job, preparing, researching, planning and teaching! Thankyou so much for everything you do for our little people!

18.01.2022 Junior Preschool Colour run and slip and slide.

18.01.2022 Look what the Preschool children have been learning this week.

18.01.2022 Yesterday 4th August 2020 was National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day. The children celebrated the day cooking an Apple and Cinnamon Damper - which was a bush tucker recipe supplied by SNAICC. The children ate the damper's for afternoon tea, we heard positive reviews from staff and children on the taste.

17.01.2022 Yesterday was Albert Namatjiras birthday, (born July 28, 1902, Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australiadied August 8, 1959, Alice Springs) who was an Australian Aboriginal painter noted for his water colour landscapes of desert-like central Australia. Todays craft activity was for the children to recreate Alberts painting on their own using oil pastel crayons and paper. They really enjoyed doing this experience. Here are some of the budding artists in the making.

17.01.2022 Our very clever Preschool room children are entering the art show at the Civic. Here is their amazing canvas. The exhibition starts next Friday and runs for four weeks. So go down to the Gallery and see the wonderful work our children have done. Well done to everyone involved. Fingers crossed Xx.

17.01.2022 Even though we are in a pandemic we are still able to provide beautiful nutritious meals for our little ones. Check the yummy burger lunch today.

16.01.2022 Here are some of our gorgeous mums who where so thrilled to receive a yummy muffin and coffee sachet from us to say that we appreciate all you do. Hope you all had a wonderful day.

15.01.2022 Good morning everyone, There seems to be a lot of confusion for parents in regards to school closures. Our Centre is Governed by the Australian Early Childhood Care sector and we are listed as an essential Service. We are operating as normal and we have put in every precaution to ensure our children are hand washing frequently and our Centre is being diligently cleaned several times throughout the day. If you choose to keep your child at home, could you please notify us by email or a phone call. We will continue to communicate to you about any updates ACECQA send through to us. This is a troubling time for many and our heart goes out to everyone. Please stay safe and well and lets hope this passes very soon. Kind Regards Mrs Gallagher XX

15.01.2022 Late last year the Explorers Room began learning the key word sign for 'Finish'. The children have quickly picked it up. Here's a video of our gorgeous Bentley communicating that he had finished his bottle before rest time. Well done to our fabulous Educators, it's never to early to teach the children these wonderful life skills.

14.01.2022 Today in the Explorers Room, we have been celebrating Harmony Day. We have enjoyed creating beautiful orange hand prints, and Miss Dakota played some Dreamtime music for us all to fall asleep to. Please enjoy some of our photos.

14.01.2022 Our rainbow trail to spread the joy amongst the children and families at Lil Achievers

14.01.2022 Today marked our second Christmas Party for 2020 featuring our Toddler Room. Thankyou to all the parents that came to celebrate today and brought their children in for a play and for those that were unable to make it we certainly did miss you being there. The children all seemed to enjoy the morning and Santa was a much bigger hit today then yesterday. From All the staff at Li'l Achievers thankyou to all the parents of the Toddler room for being so supportive throughout thi...s year, it has been a tough one but we are finally getting to the end. We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year, if you are travelling away, safe travels. Bring on 2021. See more

14.01.2022 Our Prime Minister has just announced that EVERY person arriving in Australia from overseas, MUST self isolate for 14 days. The new measures start at midnight tonight. Thankyou, Brooke and Richard Patriquin- Owners Li'l Achievers.

13.01.2022 Lest we forget. Children were so respectful during the playing of The Last Post. Anzac day was celebrated today with some beautiful art works being made by the children. We were so proud of the children, they remained still and quiet the whole song.

13.01.2022 Lest we forget. Children were so respectful during the playing of 'The Last Post'. Anzac day was celebrated today with some beautiful art works being made by the children. We were so proud of the children, they remained still and quiet the whole song.

13.01.2022 Our Creators room have been very thorough in teaching the children about the importance of hand washing especially during Covid - 19 . The children have been singing two different songs to help with washing their hands and how long for. The two songs are "Everybody wash their hands just like me" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" which they have to sing twice so all the germs are removed from their hands. Lottie decided that today she would provide a demonstration whilst playing outside in the sand pit.

12.01.2022 Look how clever our toddlers are.... they helped Miss Bella build a boy and girl scarecrow for our veggie garden to keep those pesky crows away. Seems to be working.

12.01.2022 Today we celebrated Harmony Day in the Achievers room. We celebrate Harmony Day to promote diversity and acceptance of other cultures. The children in the Achievers room enjoyed sharing stories of their family and their cultural background, creating artworks and contributing to the art mural on our window.

12.01.2022 Yesterday was Albert Namatjira's birthday, (born July 28, 1902, Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australiadied August 8, 1959, Alice Springs) who was an Australian Aboriginal painter noted for his water colour landscapes of desert-like central Australia. Today's craft activity was for the children to recreate Albert's painting on their own using oil pastel crayons and paper. They really enjoyed doing this experience. Here are some of the budding artists in the making.

11.01.2022 Today in the Inventors Room we celebrated Harmony Week. Each child created their own colourful hand print to stick on our family tree. The meaning behind each child's hand print design, is "we are all one, different but the same". This activity was a great way to educate and provide an understanding to children that each individual belongs within the one community.

11.01.2022 Yesterday 4th August 2020 was National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day. The children celebrated the day cooking an Apple and Cinnamon Damper - which was a bush tucker recipe supplied by SNAICC. The children ate the dampers for afternoon tea, we heard positive reviews from staff and children on the taste.

09.01.2022 The children were lucky today to have Robyn from the Gunnedah Town library come and read them a story and do a craft activity. The children really enjoyed it. Robyn will come every week on a Thursday, all rooms will take turns having a story. This helps the children to engage in the community during this covid time. A great time was had by all.

09.01.2022 A month ago our staff decided to have a fun friendly competition between each room. The competition was to make home made resources that the children could play within in the centre. The criteria was: *Has to be from a childs interest *Has to be a resource which can be used in the learning environment by the children... *Every Staff Member needs to be involved in the process. *Had to be made from recyclable materials/natural. Today was judgement day, our judges were Miss Lorraine from the Kitchen and Miss Courtney from Administration. They went around to each room to have the children and staff display what they had made and see how the children interacted with the resource. Each room made some great resources that can be continued to be used. The Preschool room made puppets and a puppet theatre which came from when the children did a play on the Three Little Pigs. The Junior Preschool made a cow that they could milk after there excursion where a child mentioned they would like a cow of their own for Li'l Achievers The Toddlers made bird feeders after some children showed interest in birds from home The babies room made a song dice to continue their language development as the children have shown a great interest in nursery rhymes The winner was............... The Preschool Room and Runner up was The Babies room. Congratulations to all the rooms for the great effort that they put into the challenge.

08.01.2022 Look how super creative our Achievers Room children have been today. Check out them painting a masterpiece with their feet. Well done clever little people.

07.01.2022 The children in the Preschool room have been busy learning about the season Winter, the days of the week, the shape Circle and colours.... Cody- Monday Layla- yesterday Sunday, tomorrow Tuesday Archie B- Circle Archie- The lights and Snowman have circles... Cody was given the role of classroom helper for his great behaviour Miss Michelle then asked the children one by one to look at themselves in the mirror and say what colour their eyes are. AJ looked in the mirror and told us his eyes were the colour Blue, he then pointed to the tag with the word blue and picture with blue eyes. AJ proceeded with telling Miss Sam and Miss Brooke their eyes were the colour blue also. Sophia Blue Archie B- Grey Here are some pictures of the mornings group time with the children and their Teacher Miss Michelle xxx LO2- Children are connected and contribute to their world LO4- Children are confident and involved learners LO5- Children are effective communicators See more

06.01.2022 Preschool Christmas Party - Colour run and Slip & Slide

06.01.2022 Our Junior Preschool and Preschool room made the most of a rainy Monday and decided to join together for an afternoon inside picnic. Miss Lara read a story to the group which was "Noni the Pony" whilst the other Educators were busy setting up the plates for afternoon tea.

05.01.2022 Our Achievers Room have been very busy this week, being fathers day this Sunday we decided that we would dress up like our most important male figures in our life, to celebrate the work they do for our families. Today we also participated in Indigenous Literacy Day which we watched a simultaneous story time. The 45 minute celebratory event went live on Youtube at 12.30pm. This fast-paced, highly visual celebration was designed to engage the nation in the value of Aboriginal ...and Torres Strait Islander peoples' first languages. ILF Ambassadors, Jessica Mauboy sang an Australian favourite and Anita Heiss, Andy Griffiths, Alison Lester, Shelley Ware and ILF co-Patron June Oscar AO were joined by kids and community members - from Tiwi Islands and Jilkminggan in the Northern Territory and Bidyadanga in Western Australia - sharing delightful stories and the value of language.

04.01.2022 The Explorers would like to share some happiness with everyone: The International Day of Happiness is an annual event organised by the United Nations to promote the idea that feeling happy is a global human right and is celebrated on the 20th of march. The theme for this year's International Day of Happiness is 'Happiness For All, For Ever' and aims to focus on what we have in common, rather than what divides us. To promote and support world happiness in our centre the explorers coloured in some lovely big smiles. Miss Jacinta was also able to capture our friends beautiful happy faces.

04.01.2022 As a morning activity the children in the toddler room prepared their own lunch- Pizzas!! Pizza making is a follow up from their music lessons, where they use their tapping sticks to make a pizza while they sing. During the song they use the tapping sticks to roll the dough, make the cheese, chop cabanossi and sprinkle spices and cheese! How fun! Thankyou Miss Bella

03.01.2022 Hello families, We are having trouble sending and receiving emails at the moment. We are working on getting them up and running as soon as possible. If you need to contact us, do so via the Xplor app or call the Center. We are sorry for any inconveniences. Have a lovely week.

03.01.2022 Late last year the Explorers Room began learning the key word sign for Finish. The children have quickly picked it up. Heres a video of our gorgeous Bentley communicating that he had finished his bottle before rest time. Well done to our fabulous Educators, its never to early to teach the children these wonderful life skills.

02.01.2022 Graduation Day Today we celebrated both our Preschool graduates and Preschool Christmas Party. It was a very busy morning starting with Graduation and ending in a Colour run and slip and slide. ... A huge thankyou to all that came to help celebrate. This year our preschool room has had a lot of changes and to go through COVID-19 in the middle of it all made the year very tough. We are so proud of all our pre-schoolers with how resilient they have been. We appreciate each and every Parent and Child that stuck with us and supported us throughout this crazy year, Thank you. We know that your little ones are ready and will love their new schools, however we are going to miss each and every one of you.

02.01.2022 New Hand washing Station We have made every effort to protect our children and staff by purchasing a hand washing station. The station is located near the sign in Ipad. We have had so many families already using the station, Thank you. Here at Li'l Achievers we will endeavour to ensure that the Centre is kept clean and sanitised to the best of our ability. Thanks for your understanding at this time. ... Our Educators have been very busy in maintaining our hand washing practices within the daily routine and emphasising the importance of personal hygiene and here is a little preview to see how well the children are doing.

01.01.2022 In an effort to raise spirits and brighten the streets during the covid-19 pandemic, the Achievers have been participating in the rainbow trail initiative. Yesterday the Achievers had a rainbow dress up day, which included bright costumes, rainbow science experiments, slime making and rainbow craft activities. The rainbow trail is a fun way to encourage the children to be creative, while spreading joy during a difficult time.

01.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all our beautiful Lil Achievers mums past and present. You all do a great job raising beautiful little people for the community of Gunnedah. Hope you all get spoilt with love and cuddles.