Magic Cottage Child Care Centre in Geraldton, Western Australia | Childcare service

Magic Cottage Child Care Centre

Locality: Geraldton, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9964 5668

Address: 236 Fourth St 6530 Geraldton, WA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Magic Cottage Child Care is currently seeking Casual Certificate 3 and Qualified Educators. We are a small privately owned Early Childhood Education and Care centre located in Wonthella. Our centre is currently rated as Meeting all National Quality Standards. The successful applicants must have a strong desire to provide high quality care and be a dedicated individual to the Early Childhood Industry.... Suitable applicants must be able to meet the following criteria; . Over the age of 18 years Hold a current Working with Children Check Hold a relevant Certificate 3, Diploma in Early Childhood or be studying towards Understanding of the National Quality Standards Have a strong understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework Excellent Communication Skills To apply for the above position, please send your cover letter, resume and two references, by emailing [email protected] or contact Sophie on 9964 5668.

25.01.2022 PLEASE NOTE: This warning has been updated. Please see the latest information at www.emergency.wa.gov.au A bushfire WATCH AND ACT is current for people in an... area bounded by Central Road, Place Road, Flores Road and Eighth Street in parts of WONTHELLA in the CITY OF GREATER GERALDTON. Publication time: 08:57 PM, 05/01/21. There is a possible threat to lives and homes as a fire is approaching in the area and conditions are changing. The fire started near the intersection of EIGHTH ST and FLORES RD in Wonthella. WHAT TO DO: - If you are not prepared or you plan to leave, leave now if the way is clear. - If you are well prepared and plan to actively defend your home, make final preparations now. - If you plan to stay and actively defend, do not rely on mains water pressure as it may be affected. You need to have access to an independent water supply, and start patrolling your property to put out spot fires. - At all times close all doors and windows and turn off evaporative air conditioners, but keep water running through the system if possible. - If you are not at home, do not try to return as conditions in the area could be very dangerous. - If you are self-isolating or quarantining due to COVID-19 and plan to leave: Leave now and find alternative accommodation with family or friends who live away from the area. - If you are unable to return to your quarantine location within one hour, telephone WA Police on 131 444 to advise them you have had to leave due to an emergency. - Regardless of your location, continue to follow COVID-19 precautions and maintain appropriate physical distancing. ---AND--- A bushfire ADVICE is current for people in the vicinity of North West Coastal Highway, Place Road and Eastward Road ain southern parts of WONTHELLA and northern parts of UTAKARRA in the CITY OF GREATER GERALDTON. Publication time: 08:57 PM, 05/01/21. There is no threat to lives or homes.Firefighters are strengthening containment lines and mopping up. There is a lot of smoke in the area. Although there is no immediate danger you need to be aware and keep up to date in case the situation changes. The fire started near the intersection of EIGHTH ST and FLORES RD in Wonthella. WHAT TO DO: - Stay alert and monitor your surroundings. - Watch for signs of a bushfire, especially smoke and flames. - Close all doors and windows, and turn off evaporative air conditioners but keep water running through the system if possible. - Read through your bushfire survival plan. - If you do not have a plan decide what you will do if the situation gets worse. If driving - Be extremely careful when driving through the area. - Turn your headlights on and drive slowly. - Watch for emergency services personnel and follow their directions. - If you cannot see clearly, pull over, keep your headlights and hazard lights on, and wait until the smoke clears. - If you have a respiratory condition and you have been affected by smoke you should contact your local doctor or call Health Direct on 1800 022 222. BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR: The bushfire is stationary. It is contained and under control. WHAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING Firefighters are patrolling the area and mopping up. ROAD CLOSURES AND CONDITIONS: Avoid the area and be aware of fire and emergency services personnel working on site. A number of roads have been closed including: - Flores Road between Fifth Street and Utukarra Road - Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Streets between Flores Road and Howard Street. - These roads are now open between North West Coastal Highway and Howard Street to local traffic only. Motorists are asked to avoid the area, reduce speed and drive carefully due to smoke. Road information may also be available from Main Roads WA by calling 138 138 or visiting travelmap.mainroads.wa.gov.au or by contacting the CITY OF GREATER GERALDTON. For more info visit: https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/

24.01.2022 This month our focus country is Fiji. We are going to spend lots of time doing activities to learn all about Fiji. All ready this week we have painted the flag and done a cooking experience making barfi. We can’t wait to learn more about this country.

23.01.2022 Just some of the amazing presents our educators have received from our wonderful families. We feel so lucky!

23.01.2022 Welcome to our Koala's Room, this room is for children aged 2-3 years! Here in the Koala's Room we love to play pretend in our kitchen, sing the colours of the rainbow and investigate different animals in our small world set ups

18.01.2022 Following a lot of family input and child interest surrounding colour, this week the Koalas children created a large rainbow out of card. We have also begun to decorate some colour displays for our ongoing project display. We will continue working on these adding more and more of each colour whilst speaking about the different colours and investigating different creative mediums to use - this week we have begun with texta. We always love to hear about any interests or things you have been working on at home with your children so that we can incorporate them into our curriculum here too!

17.01.2022 Magic Cottage Christmas Party Our Christmas party is next Friday the 4th December. Don’t forget to return your invitation rsvp, care for Christmas and next year form and wrapped book by Wednesday 2nd December.... We look forward to seeing you all there!

17.01.2022 For our world Wednesday lunch this month we cooked Chakalaka from South Africa. The children loved getting hands on in the kitchen and enjoying our yummy food at lunch time.

16.01.2022 Moving to Geraldton or looking for that sea change job where your contribution is valued every day? If so, maybe the following is for you? Magic Cottage childcare Centre is a privately-owned family business taking pride in our service, high quality care, staff and facilities. We are seeking casual Diploma and Assistant Early Childhood Educators who are nurturing, enthusiastic and experienced to join our team of professionals ... The successful applicant must - Hold a Certificate III or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care - Have a current Working with Children’s check - Be over the age of 18 If this sounds like you and you would like to join our family, we would love to hear from you! To apply for the above position, please send your cover letter, resume and two references to [email protected] or come see Sophie at 236 Fourth street Wonthella

15.01.2022 We love supporting small businesses but it’s even better when we can support one of our families! Thank you so much Evie for our Educator’s Day presents

15.01.2022 Welcome to the bilbies room, this room is aged for children 0-2, this is where the children learn and engage in play throughout the day!

15.01.2022 The babies have been loving sensory exploration. Last week we did several activities to explore sensory activities even more, we engaged with bubbles, goop (water and cornflour), rosemary paintings, water in spray bottles and gluing.

14.01.2022 URGENT MEDICINE RECALL Infants friend

13.01.2022 This week we have participated in science week. We have loved doing a different experiment each day. Our favourites were making volcanos, exploding coke and bouncy eggs. We have enjoyed researching the different experiments and thinking about what will happen next!

10.01.2022 Last week after one of our parents explaining how their child loves to crack eggs in the kitchen the Koalas children decided to bake a huge vanilla cake for afternoon tea. The children were very enthusiastic about baking our cake and demonstrated just how capable they are when it came to independently cracking the eggs, adding all of the ingredients and combining them together.

09.01.2022 Tomorrow we are having a ‘Special Persons’ afternoon tea to celebrate Father’s Day. We would love to see you all for some yummy treats at 2.30pm.

08.01.2022 The Koalas Room decided to make the most of the beautiful weather today by enjoying a picnic lunch outside! Our chicken, gems and salad were absolutely delicious. Now that the weather is starting to warm up we look forward to being able to spend even more of our day enjoying our outdoor environment!

08.01.2022 We are excited to announce that as of Monday 31st August we will be opening from 6.30am-6.00pm

07.01.2022 To all our wonderful families, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas

07.01.2022 We can’t wait to have everyone’s favourite teddy bears join us for afternoon tea tomorrow!

07.01.2022 Have you checked out the best 3 Child Care Centre's in Geraldton? We are currently rated as one of the best centres in town! https://threebestrated.com.au/child-care-centers-in-geraldt

06.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! We hope you all have a special day

06.01.2022 The elves have been busy this afternoon! One of our lovely parents challenged us to make a Christmas photo booth so of course we couldn’t say no! Make sure you come take a sELFie and email them to us at [email protected] and tag us on Facebook

05.01.2022 In the Bilbies room the babies love exploring textures and completing creative art activities, this week we have incorporated both within our daily curriculum.

03.01.2022 In the Koalas Room we are working on our family display, we'd love it if our families could send through some family photos for us to add to the area! Any and all photos will be appriciated! Feel free to send them through email [email protected] or Facebook. Thank you!

03.01.2022 This week the Koalas have enjoyed exploring through water play! As the weather begins to heat up we will be engaging in more water play and messy play experiences outside as we explore together and keep nice and cool. Just a reminder to please bring a spare change of clothes so that we are able to change our messy clothes before lunch. Thank you!

02.01.2022 Educators Appreciation Day We are so lucky to have such amazing educators here at Magic Cottage. Today we say THANK YOU for all your hard work and dedication to providing high quality care for all the amazing children in our service! We love you all

01.01.2022 Please be aware we are having difficulties with our phone lines. If you need to get in contact with us please contact us on 99645668 or message us through Facebook

01.01.2022 Please be aware there is currently an evacuation notification due to a bushfire in our area. All the children and educators are now safely at home. We will keep you updated as well as we can. We hope everyone is staying safe Please be aware there is currently an evacuation notification due to a bushfire in our area. All the children and educators are now safely at home. We will keep you updated as well as we can. We hope everyone is staying safe

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01.01.2022 This week in the Koalas Room we have added to our home corner by introducing a kitchen into the room. The children have loved choosing pretend food, cutlery and cooking equipment to add to the area. Our new play area has also inspired a new interest in cooking! This week the children enjoyed baking a chocolate cake for afternoon tea!