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24.01.2022 SDN Linthorpe St, Newtown celebrated their 90th Birthday with a colourful party in the garden. Everyone enjoyed a birthday sing-a-long with a sausage sizzle and a variety of healthy treats for lunch. It wouldn’t have been a birthday without cake, there were lots of happy faces with the arrival of an SDN chocolate cakeyummy!

23.01.2022 Following their recent interest in snakes, children at SDN Batemans Bay had a visit from 'Slytherin', the non-venomous diamond jungle python. Children learnt about some of the wonderful qualities of snakes, including how they shed their skin as they grow and how they taste the air with their tongues. Also, learning safety around snakes and what to do if they happen to see one.

22.01.2022 Here is a fun activity for DIY wrapping paper for preschool children! This fun and creative activity is also useful to wrap presents for family and friends. To learn more about this and other activities visit the Family Activity Hub - https://www.sdn.org.au/family-activity-hub/create-your-own/

17.01.2022 This week was an important one as we celebrated National NAIDOC Week. Children were taught the significance of this week by participating in activities. Children learned about our beautiful land and set up wonderful displays of our native history at SDN Pyrmont. Children also engaged in dot painting using cotton buds on large pieces of bark. The bark is from our very own backyard at SDN Marrickville! We also had one of our parents come and speak to children about the Aborig...inal flag and enjoy dancing and story time with children. At SDN Marrickville they commemorated Remembrance Day on 11/11 and spoke about our brave soldiers as they fought for our country, and children made drawings to say thank you and pay their respects. Children at our Centres learned about culture, art, history, geography and much more throughout this momentous week.

17.01.2022 SDN Marrickville and SDN Pyrmont celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Diwali signifies the triumph of good over evil, represented by the brightness of lights and colour. Children created beautiful displays, made candle holders out of baking dough and decorated them, and they also watched a cultural dance performance by one of our educators.

16.01.2022 This week, we reflect on and celebrate National NAIDOC week and this year’s theme ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’, which recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. Here's a look back at NAIDOC Week in 2012 at SDN Redfern where William, who attended the centre in his earlier years, returned to perform the Willie Wagtail Dance with his mother. Children were delighted to watch the performance before being encouraged to perform as emus and kangaroos. #NAIDOC202

14.01.2022 This year we continue support of the Families Helping Families program, which supports our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship program. Through donations raised, this program enables children, currently on our waitlist to access quality early education, preparing them for the transition to school. We encourage support to give the present of a better future. To donate or find out more visit https://www.sdn.org.au/giving

14.01.2022 Today, it’s Happy Birthday for SDN Linthorpe St, Newtown as we celebrate 90 years of history. Centre Director Elleni shares, ‘I’d like to thank everyone for making our community what it is, from our children, families, staff and donors.’ Hear from Linthorpe St educator Nina and the children, as they share what makes their community special...

12.01.2022 The children from SDN Lois Barker at Waterloo visited the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence at Redfern yesterday to be part of the live audience for special National NAIDOC week event that was live streamed on YouTube. Actor and Play School presenter Luke Carroll read three books with the children one of which was written by Sally Morgan who wrote My Place. The children interacted with Luke acting as the various animals mentioned in the books.

10.01.2022 Meet Danielle, Clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy in our Children's Therapies team. Danielle shares her experience and passion for working at SDN. "It's a... wonderful opportunity to not feel like a number within a really large organisation but to feel a part of a team that is big enough to give you those opportunities you need, but small enough to feel like a really nice little family." We encourage candidates in the areas of Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology to explore our vacancies https://www.sdn.org.au/careers/

08.01.2022 The sense of fulfilment you get when you see a child achieving their full potential is indescribable. Meet Sharm, Speech Pathologist and Clinical Lead in our... Children’s Therapies team, who chose a career at SDN because our values mirrored her own. We encourage candidates in the areas of Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology to explore our vacancies https://www.sdn.org.au/careers/

06.01.2022 Meet Tom, resident Cook at SDN Ultimo. Tom enjoys taking a sustainable approach with food preparation, incorporating fresh produce from the centre garden and speaking with children about how different veggies help develop healthy bodies. He also loves the opportunity to get creative, exploring colourful food presentations for the children at snack time, making it an exciting part of the day.... SDN Ultimo is now enrolling, to book a tour visit http://ow.ly/N2dZ50CA4SJ

05.01.2022 Today at 2pm, children from SDN Lois Barker at Waterloo will be visiting the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence at Redfern, to be part of a special National NAIDOC week event that will be live-streamed on YouTube. Actor and Play School presenter Luke Carroll will be reading three books with the children from SDN Lois Barker as the live audience. You can find out more and watch the live stream by using this link https://ncie.org.au/naidoc-story-time/ which will be live at 2pm today.

01.01.2022 SDN Book Spotlight: Join Amanda from SDN Hurstville for a reading of ‘Kiss Kiss’, by Margaret Wild and Bridget Strevens-Marzo. This warm and affectionate story follows Baby Hippo on his walk through the jungle when he hears ‘Kiss Kiss’ from an assortment of parents and babies. https://youtu.be/bRIrGIKpYs0