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Montessori Early Learning Centre

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24.01.2022 Dear Families, We want to acknowledge the significant role of Fathers and Grandfathers that play a role in their families and celebrate Father's day this coming Friday at our service. Due to Covid Pandemic we are not able to invite you to celebrate at the centre but Fathers can pick up morning tea packs on Friday when you drop off or pick up your children. Have a fantastic Father's day with your families next Sunday. Thank you!

23.01.2022 Yesterday (24.4.20) at MELC, children took part in Anzac Day March. Children learnt about the importance of the remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars.

23.01.2022 Australia Day celebration @Melc A day filled with fun activities beginning with National Anthem and acknowledgement to the country followed by Australian fag coloring, making own Australia book, singing Indigenous songs and playing Aboriginal musical instruments and making their own sausage sandwiches.#Australiaday

21.01.2022 Children in the Explorers room developed knowledge about how the plants or flowers absorb water and if we put the color in the water, the flower will absorb the color as well.

18.01.2022 Happy Sunday Everyone, As you all know that we were preparing for our assessment from the last month and so far our assessment went really good. Thank you to everyone for their cooperation and assistance to this initiative.

17.01.2022 Late vaccinations put your child at risk of catching a serious disease. Get the free Save The Date to Vaccinate app to never miss an appointment. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisa//Pages/default.aspx

17.01.2022 Reconciliation is a journey for all Australians as individuals, families, communities, organisations and importantly as a nation. At the heart of this journey are relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To acknowledge their culture, children have been involved in variety of learning experiences.

15.01.2022 2/3/20 Clean Up Day Australia Children demonstrated care for their environment. All the children co-operated and worked collaboratively to clean outdoor area. Children used the cleaning tools well and ensured the safety of themselves and others

15.01.2022 Wishing all our families a Happy Eid!!

14.01.2022 How to communicate to your children about the Corona virus Every time we turn on the news we hear about another case of the Corona virus both aboard and at home. So how do we communicate to our children information about the virus in a way that does... not cause them anxiety? As Montessori teachers at Montessori Early Learning Centre, we would like to share our thoughts on this important topic. As always we learn on Montessori principles at times like these and remember that our children will learn more by how we conduct ourselves that what we say. In short, if we panic they will panic. How and what we communicate to children depends on their age. CHILDREN AGES BIRTH TO SIX The first plane of Development The first plane is the period of the absorbent mind, as Dr. Montessori said, and simply put, children absorb everything in the environment unconsciously. It is the adults job to prepare the environment for the child in this plane of development. Specifically, it is the adults job to prepare the environment with all the extra opportunities that is recommended by NSW health with hand washing and hygiene practices. Children at 1.5 years to 2 years of age LOVE TO WASH THEIR HANDS! They are at an age when they can receive short lessons on how to wash their hands, and they learn best by having an adult show them, not lecture them. One of the earliest lessons we give children at Montessori Early Learning Centre is hand washing. We analyse the steps, then show the children how to wash their own hands, which includes wetting the hands, soaping, scrubbing to song like wash your dirty hands for two minutes then rinsing and drying. The whole transitioning process takes about four minutes. At home be sure to have a little stool in front of the sink and plenty of soap and paper towels that your child can reach as well as a wastepaper basket nearby. This is the age of HELP ME TO HELP MYSELF,. Dont miss the sensitive period for hand washing. See more

13.01.2022 We reiterate our best wishes on this joyful day for you, us and all of Australia.

13.01.2022 Celebrating Holi was a great success as children enjoyed getting involved in the colorful festival Holi. Children demonstrated great social skills,language skills,physical skills and enjoyed dancing,singing,listening with their peers.All were curious to celebrate the occasion. They learned the importance and showed great respect for diverse cultural festivals.

13.01.2022 Shrove Tuesday is a cultural celebration - christian observance by British people. They used minimum ingredients during wartime in the past making a wholesome food for families without wasting. The children in Pioneers room made pancakes for afternoon tea. Children learned about measurements, quantity, counting skills, sensory skills, turn taking and fine motor skills.

11.01.2022 Children @MELC celebrated Chinese New Year, along with one of our parent who is from China. Emily explained to the children about the significance of Chinese New Year celebrations. Children also got involved in cooking experience with Ms Nelum. She cooked noodles with veggies and Tuna with children. Lots of craft activities as well such as rat, dragon etc. #Chinesenewyear

11.01.2022 Dear Parents We are all aware of the current situation with COVID-19 - Corona Virus and parent concerns regarding the safety of their children in childcare. We understand that most peoples first reaction is I need to withdraw my child. Please know that there are options available to you (as sent via email last week) and we are doing all we can to keep everyone in our Centre safe by implementing a range of measures and strategies as listed below:... * Hand sanitizing station at the front door * Hand sanitizing station inside the foyer * Foot prints sign in the foyer for social distancing * Regular cleaning and disinfecting of common surfaces (every 30 minutes) , bathrooms and nappy change area * Enhanced personal hygiene for children, staff and parents * Exclusion of unwell staff, children and visitors (service tours/ enrollment visits have been suspended until further notice) * Children are using our outdoor spaces, in shaded areas playing whilst keeping safe distances between themselves * Children are spread out throughout the rooms during meal times. We are also able to stagger meal times so that the children have plenty of space between them and others * We have reduced the number of items/equipment out (at any one time). This helps reduce cross-infection and contamination. This also gives us sufficient time to disinfect the used equipment each time. * All staff are completing Infection Control Training with the Department of Health See more

10.01.2022 This year celebration was canceled due to current situation. So staff at MELC created a TAKE AND GO station for all the mothers!!

10.01.2022 To all the mothers for their significant contributions they make in society. This time its different due to Covid 19. However, we are thinking of you all in a loving way and have a great Mother's Day with your families. Hope you like the gifts your children made for you.

09.01.2022 May you come up as bright as sun, as cool as water and as sweet as honey. Hope this Baisakhi fulfill all your desires and wishes. Happy Baisakhi 2020 to our Indian families

09.01.2022 Today the educators @MELC were overwhelmed by the nice gesture by Vridhi (Rishank's mom) for providing us yummy afternoon tea. It felt so special in these difficult times. A small gesture of appreciation like this is enough for us educators to keep up the great work we do!

08.01.2022 A special thanks to Raphael's mum for her kind gesture and the lovely words of appreciation!! From MELC Staff

07.01.2022 Quality Area 6: Collaborative partnerships with families COMMUNITY KITCHEN AT MELC - This is a new initiative at Montessori early Learning Centre to share food items with families who need them to feed their children. We are donating items that we do not need or not using at home to benefit another... family. If you have any food items that you like to donate to this shelf please do so. All you have to do is to just place any items you have and if you need anything that is here please help yourself. Please do not bring any items with nuts as free are a "Nut free" centre. Items you can donate should not be expired. If it is fruit please bring fresh fruit that can be enjoyed by the children. If any parent is working at the markets who have any spare please donate for this good cause. We believe this is a great way to connect with the service community. Thank you. Nelum,Gurpreet and staff

06.01.2022 Salad recipe Explorers made today: Pineapple chopped Apple chopped celery chopped... carrot chopped banana sliced orange sliced Cut the fruits into small pieces. Mix them together. Enjoy chilled!!

06.01.2022 To teach the children respect,care and appreciation for our natural environment and to extend on farm theme the children in Pioneers room had access to a range of natural and recycled materials to create a scarecrow for our vegetable garden

05.01.2022 Last week we were excited to send off our Pioneer children onto their journey to big school! Children performed well and parents were excited to watch as their children ended a big part of their lives. Children enjoyed their personalized cupcakes. The MELC staff wish all the graduating children all the luck in the world for their journeys at big school!

04.01.2022 To celebrate world environment day, Educators encouraged children to explore the natural environment and supported them to learn how to take care of our natural surroundings. Eventually children understood their initial responsibility towards taking care of the environment.

03.01.2022 Dear parents, Spring is around the corner and we would love for you to send us a photo of your child around the area of flowers or a garden etc. We will be sharing ideas, news, create craft items focusing on Spring and learn all about it. Please send to our service email - [email protected] Thank you!

02.01.2022 We are proud to announce that online learning sessions have commenced for all the children.who are staying at home due to current difficult situation. We have taken this initiative so that those children who are at home continue with their learning.