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MOC Children's Centre

Address: douglas drive 5115

Website: http://moc.sa.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Beach kindy was a wonderful experience for children and educators this term. Webb Beach provided the perfect environment for children to safely explore, wonder and enjoy the seaside. "Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. Thomas Berry Lots of children have been very curious about the different shells they could find at the beach. Tyler was describing his collection of shells: "It's brown, and that one... is black and pink with some grey on. That's all white... just out there next to the big river" [is where he found the shells]. Aunty Cherylynne and a small group of children used clay from the shore to make sculptures. Ariana was collecting shells. Ariana noticed how some shells were long and pointy - she said "It's a unicorn horn" Andrew and Vedansh were observing the depth of the water changing as they waded in the water. Andrew wanted to get wet so he sat in the water! He said "I'm sitting in the water, Vedansh is too!" "Woah, feels slimy!" said Norah, exploring the texture of the clay. "Look, I made a seahorse!" Xyla was very proud of her creation. See more

24.01.2022 Preschool Families - please give us your feedback on your childs first learning story here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHRTKKH

22.01.2022 Dress our little friends for cold and wet weather today! If your child has gloves send them along. Remember, we have rain suits and water boots for those who need them. We are hoping it rains today. The land needs a big drink. We look forward to speaking to our children about the importance of rain. Rain is a joyful weather event - particularly in our part of the world.

21.01.2022 Linda will start a new job next term, but will transition out of MOC gradually, ensuring the transition to school process is thorough. For new children starting next year, Linda will continue to support those families who have additional needs to ensure this process is also smooth, with a lot of help from the MOCCC team! We will keep you informed of the new Head of Childrens Centre as the appointment process gets underway.

21.01.2022 Toddler Land can be tricky territory!

20.01.2022 Families week is from May 15th -May 21st. With the theme bring Stronger Families, Stronger Communities we would like to know what your family experience's have been like over the past 18 months. Come along to a Coffee, Cake and Conversation morning on May 21st at the Playford Uniting Church.

18.01.2022 We are learning the difference between letters, words and sentences. We are developing 1:1 correspondence between written and spoken words.

18.01.2022 Welcome to all our 2021 children, their families and the community! We were so excited to meet new and reconnect with known children and families of our MOC Children’s Centre community this afternoon. For those of you who weren’t able to make it this is a quick video tour of our environment (or as it is often called our third teacher) and some of our educators. Some faces that are missing from this video are Sam and Hayley (who were both busily working in other parts of t...he centre), Jaimie (who is mentioned by Mary) and Lucia (who many of you already know and love) are both at home taking care of their health and wellbeing. We look forward to greeting and formally beginning our kindy programs for session 2 Thursday and Friday next week and for session 1 Monday and Tuesday of week 2.

18.01.2022 Our final Bush Kindy visit for 2020 gave us plenty of reminders of why we provide this valuable experience for our children. We noticed such growth in resilience, persistence, imagination, curiosity, confidence and collaboration. We also reflected on the growth in communication skills, with many reluctant talkers finding their voice, and the vocabulary of all children expanded. It has been joyous to hear rich dialogue freely flowing between children as well as between childr...en and educators. Childrens abilities to use STEM thinking when researching, hypothesizing, testing and concluding was highly evident, as they participated in bush walks, observed flora & fauna change and as they built cubbies and climbed trees. The opportunity to observe tadpoles gradually grow into frogs in their natural world has been magical. We have been researching this further back at Kindy. The tadpoles are just starting to grow legs now! More than anything, I was struck by the connection to land these children show. Children have been observed pushing their hands into the Earth to feel if the soil has enough water, and then dancing and singing their own songs to bring about rain. Grace - your efforts on Friday must have worked - lots of lovely rain last night. Children are aware of and respect the original custodians of this land, the Peramangk people, and are showing a sense of responsibility and love for Para Wirra. We are so proud of our childrens learning. We cant wait to see what they achieve in the beach environment.

17.01.2022 Invitation for families to attend the FREE Family Fun Event at the John McVeity Centre on January 22nd. The car park event will have games and activities with AFL Max and a free BBQ.

16.01.2022 To celebrate Mother's Day next weekend, we will be holding pampering sessions this week at the centre. The invitation is extended to any special people in your child's life. This could include: Mum, Grandma, Nanna, Aunty, special friend or anyone else that is special to your child. We look forward to seeing you all!

16.01.2022 2 more weeks left of term!!!!! We welcome families in the Centre during drop-off times only at this stage. Please observe social distancing. Occasional Care families - please continue to enter from the side gate.

15.01.2022 On Friday, we saw some fairies in the bush!

14.01.2022 Urgent| Please read the current update from the school regarding access to our preschool grounds

14.01.2022 URGENT INFORMATION TO PARENTS As you may be aware, the Premier has made a significant announcement early this afternoon, We will be coming out of the hard lockdown on Saturday and school will return on Monday with all students (unless they were specifically asked to isolate through SA Health (e.g. Mawson Lakes School) Many of you would also be aware that our school did have a student Free Day scheduled for Monday. We have taken the decision NOT to proceed with this day. There...fore, Monday will be a normal school day (including Children's Centre) for all students. We will reschedule our SFD for a later time this year. Kindy and Occasional Care resume on Monday 23rd November.

13.01.2022 No preschool or occasional care Thursday or Friday!

13.01.2022 Parenting is a wonderful job, but it can be tough. We are here to support your journey always.

13.01.2022 Our week ahead..... Dont forget to check your email for our Family update sent home last week preschool families!

13.01.2022 Keep your eyes on your email inbox - our latest update will be sent shortly. Linda

10.01.2022 This week we celebrate our Support Staff. We are extremely blessed to have such very committed, passionate, caring and dedicated people as part of our team. Our children benefit greatly from their skills.

09.01.2022 Are you looking for school holiday activities. Join the Playford communities for children Facebook page for what's on in the community these holidays.

09.01.2022 Session 2 Families! A little reminder that the upcoming Family Bush Kindy Morning is happening this Wednesday 5th May. Come and join us at the Nature Play Space (Gawler View) at Para Wirra Conservation Park between 9.30am and 11.30am with lots of enthusiasm and a small morning tea snack to munch on in between your explorations and adventures.... Please remember that whilst this special event is occurring, the preschool will be closed. The preschool will open for the afternoon between 12pm and 3.30pm for the preschool children of Session 2. We hope to see you all there!

09.01.2022 Just a little reminder that Library visits will begin this week. Listed below is a roster of groups to visit and weeks they participate in this experience. Beginning tomorrow... (Week 2 and Even weeks) Monday - Session 1 Mukanthi with Amanda will visit ... Thursday - Session 2 Mukanthi with Mel will visit (Week 3 and Odd weeks) Monday - Session 1 Pingyanthi with Ashlea will visit Thursday - Session 2 Pingyanthi with April/Amanda If you can, please remember to pack a bag (named) to protect the library book from damage as you child carries it to and from kindy each fortnight :)

08.01.2022 This Wednesday January 20th will be great weather for a Baby Playgroup Waterplay session. This session is for children birth -2 years. Call or message Christie on 0424 856 904 to book.

07.01.2022 We are looking forward to this afternoon's visit with our 2021 children and their families today! This is a great opportunity to meet our new Head of the Children's Centre, Melissa, and our education staff. Please remember upon entry to sign in, sanitise your hands and maintain 1.5 meter social distancing practices wherever possible during your visit. We encourage you to use all the space of our centre and enjoy both our indoor and outdoor environments. We hope we see you today!!

07.01.2022 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2021 PRESCHOOL FAMILIES

05.01.2022 Happy Mother's Day for today to all the mums out there and others that play a special role in the lives of children.

04.01.2022 Time for Bush Playgroup!

02.01.2022 Canteen| Session one children will have the opportunity to visit the canteen tommorrow morning Session two will have the opportunity to visit the canteen on Friday morning ... Feel free to send in a gold coin on your child’s designated day

02.01.2022 Kids in the kitchen| This term we have been exploring the many different ways of cooking and have enjoyed making some yummy foods on our campfire Together we have made: -Cheese jaffle toasties ... -Smores -Pancakes -Billy tea We have been learning about the different processes involved in cooking and have loved stirring, pouring and measuring many ingredients

01.01.2022 Today we enjoyed playing with our story table for our focus book Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles and Illustrated by Rod Clement. We hope you enjoy our story table narrative production. We cant wait to see session 2 tomorrow!!

01.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day! Today we celebrate the men who play with, love, cherish, guide, protect, support, praise and honour our most precious children Thank you to all of the uncles, brothers, Dads, stepdads, grandfathers; the father figures in the lives our children.