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Play and Learn North Lakes

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23.01.2022 Our Early Childhood settings allow children to learn as they discover, create, improvise and imagine. Inviting classrooms encourage children to problem-solve, seek clarification, create and lay the building blocks for further learning. Educators will support the inclusion of all children, assist children to challenge play that is unjust while offering alternative solutions that foster a caring, fair and inclusive classroom environment.

22.01.2022 Our outdoor program is planned around each of our rooms intentional teaching and children’s interest. Today it just wasn’t Junior Kindy children engaging in their interest in transport but also all children out in the yard this morning. The children were able to roll the cars tyres into the paint and push them down the slide. The children were able to see the tyre tracks and tried to predict which way the car may go.

18.01.2022 Today the Junior Kindy children engaged in an art experiment with glue, salt and food colouring. The children squeezed glue onto their paper, then added salt on the top. Next, they used their fine motor skills to grip onto the cardboard and dipped the straw into different colours of food colouring and shaked it onto the glue and salt. The children observed the food colouring sinking into the salt as the colours expanded across the glue. Lastly, they added some glitter as an extra touch!

18.01.2022 Don’t forget tonight is the cut off for Boxed and Bowed (display in the foyer) to purchase from them for Christmas. If you visit their website you can purchase straight from there. Once at the check out if you use the code word North Lakes you’ll receive free shipping for you to collect this Friday from the centre. HAPPY SHOPPING!!

17.01.2022 Its safe to say that our amazing educators had a blast today with our onsie theme dress up!! Don’t forget tomorrow is Fairy and Pirate day

17.01.2022 Do you know why Role Play is important to a child’s development? Here is a list of the key benefits of role play in Early Years:

16.01.2022 Kia ora! Children experienced Maori culture as we acknowledge our New Zealand Families at the centre and within our community for Waitangi Day. Children engaged in weaving harakeke (flax), creating their own pounamu (greenstone) and bone carving. As well as an interactive haka and poi dance. This was furthered extended on in our outdoor space creating weaving the harakeke through our fences. Nga mihi to our whanau who brought in their special New Zealand/Toanga culture to s...hare with the children and the special treats they made to share. We are lucky to share our culture with you all. Ko tahi aroha Miss Shann Ngati Porou raua Ko Ngati Kahungunu See more

16.01.2022 Anzac Day has special significance to us as adults. But what meaning does it have to our younger generation? Educators have been invested in making this topic meaningful to our children by locking in real life experiences and creative experiences. A massive thank you to Alice and Aurora great grandad (Darby) who brought along his Army war car to share with us on Friday.

15.01.2022 Don’t forget tomorrow we will be closed for the Anzac Public holiday and will reopen on Tuesday 27th April.

14.01.2022 As we can’t host our annual Father’s Day afternoon tea due to covid restrictions. We haven’t forgotten about our amazing dads please help yourself to a special treat on your way to work tomorrow or an afternoon treat

13.01.2022 Families we will take be taking donations for the Breakfast club Need a Coat. Please see the post below on what donations they are taking for those in need.

12.01.2022 Don’t forget tomorrow is Educators day. Make sure you you pass along your thanks to our amazing girls!

11.01.2022 A massive welcome to Miss Jess and Miss Isabel to our North Lakes Play and learn team. You can find Miss Jess in our Junior Kindy Room acting as room leader alongside Miss Taylor, Miss Sue and Miss Sarah. Miss Isabel is our trainee who will be mentored and guided by her fellow educators. Feel free to introduce yourself and say hi

11.01.2022 Creativity is the freest form of self-expression. There is nothing more satisfying and fulfilling for children than to be able to express themselves openly and without judgment. The ability to be creative, to create something from personal feelings and experiences, can reflect and nurture children's emotional health.

09.01.2022 We had a blast for superhero day. We had so many hero and just not your typical hero. We had hero that mean something to someone. We had Steve Irwin, Army, Daddy apprentice, super man, wonderwomen, Batman the list goes on. We have had such a great day. Don’t forget tomorrow is dress dress day you choose!!

06.01.2022 After being inside due to the wild weather children were very excited to be outside this afternoon. Whilst outside children spontaneously worked together to create their on Puppett show. Children were able to use their social skills to interact with one and other and negotiate to one and other about who was next to put a show on for their peers.

06.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all! We hope you have had an amazing day and all have been super spoilt!

06.01.2022 What another fun day for our Dress-up week! Today theme was Disney day...we saw a lot of Minnie Mouse’s, Mickey Mouse, buzz, Disney princess and Lightning McQueen. Don’t forget tomorrow is Superhero day!

04.01.2022 What a lovely afternoon we had! Today marks our first event since Covid has hit. It’s safe to say Mothers Day afternoon tea was a huge success. Thank you to all our wonderful mums and grandparents who could make it this afternoon. For all our mums out there Happy Mother’s Day for Sunday.

04.01.2022 As book week has now been moved to October we asked our families for their input if we should still have a dress up day. From all the input we gathered we are going to have dress up week all Next week Monday 24th - Friday 28th. Please see below flyer in regards to what the themes are for each day

04.01.2022 Today the children discovered an insect in the yard this morning. Miss Taylor was able to come down to the children’s level and enter into a conversation about what type of bug it could be. There was lots of questions and answers shared by all involved.

02.01.2022 This year has certainly been different compared to others. We were still lucky enough to host our annual Pre-Prep Graduation. It has been a pleasure teaching, guiding and nurturing these beautiful children and we wish them all the best for next adventure!

02.01.2022 Day 2 - Pirate & Fairy day Another fun day with our dress up week! Children today were able to express their desires to either be a Pirate or a Fairy. We had plenty of children wanting to be the captain of the pirate ship constructed in the yard, and other children using their imagination to role play in the fairy garden. Overall we had a fun and expressive day! Don’t for get tomorrow is Disney/Pixar day

02.01.2022 Best of luck to all our big Prep children who started today! We can’t wait to see pictures and hear about all your first days below

01.01.2022 FYI - Families with school changed children

01.01.2022 Please remember that the service will be closed tomorrow for the Australia Day public holiday. The service will reopen as normal operational hours on Wednesday 27th January 2021.

01.01.2022 A massive congratulations to Miss Taylor who has completed her Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care. We are extremely proud of your achievement!

01.01.2022 Today we thank our amazing educators for everything they do for our children. Our educators have faced one of the hardsest times they may ever face in their career with caring for children during a pandemic. Some of the amazing things our educators do day in and day out include caring for the children, nurturing, engaging children in their learning, building bonds with families and the community, investigating children’s interest and extending on them but most important making sure all children feel safe and secure in their environment. Today we have had a lot of families express their thanks, we truely appreciate all your kind words. We love what we do and can’t thank our families enough for trusting and choosing us to care for your beautiful children. From everyone at our Play Learn and Family THANK YOU