Sesame Kids Early Learning Centre in Ballarat, Victoria | Childcare service

Sesame Kids Early Learning Centre

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5384 5232

Address: 89-93 Albert Street, Sebastopol 3356 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Today our Kangaroos and Possums have enjoyed story time with our educators. What a perfect day to read a book!

25.01.2022 Today is National Sorry Day. It's a time to recognise and acknowledge those who were forcibly removed from their families as part of the Stolen Generations. Below are some great ideas to help everyone learn and explore the meaning of this significant day in a really creative way! https://www.teachstarter.com//sorry-day-activities-for-t/

25.01.2022 Shout out to our Cook Sara who created a NAIDOC inspired menu this week for our children to enjoy! Take a look at a couple of the delicious dishes that Sara has made and the full menu for the week

24.01.2022 Our Wombats and Koalas got super creative today in acknowledgement of National Sorry Day. Look at the wonderful masterpieces they made as the learned about colours, culture and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags!

23.01.2022 HAVE YOU SEEN WHATS FLAPPED INTO SESAME KIDS THIS WEEK? Take a chance to have a look at our new, adopted friends who will be living in the foyer until they are big enough to go home! Our children have been learning all about how to care for the chickens - feeding them and helping with their bedding. Were also learning all about chicken life cycles, how big they will grow and where eggs come from. Photos to be posted soon!

23.01.2022 The Kinder children in Dingos have been exploring their colours with these wonderful group hand paintings! Children took turns picking out a colour, stamping their hands and using their fingers to make these creative masterpieces

23.01.2022 Our Possums LOVE bubble time and this week is no exception. The children loved watching them float about and reaching out to pop them was the best!

23.01.2022 Our Wombats are getting ready for World Space Week by building their very own spaceship. Using recycled materials and foil, the children will be blasting off to space in no time!

22.01.2022 This week our new bikes for our Kangaroos and Dingos arrived! We are all so excited to use them and we took every opportunity we could to get outside. They have been such a hit with the children who have been madly pedalling them around the yard!

22.01.2022 Check out the Koala children’s activities for NAIDOC week last week with room leader Glenda! They explored some Aboriginal artwork puzzles before they tried to make their own inspired artwork using cotton tips and paint

21.01.2022 The children enjoyed getting the chickens outside in the sunshine today while they get their cage cleaned. Teaching children independence and responsibility is so much fun at Sesame Kids.. great Job Maddie !

21.01.2022 The kindergarten children have settled into 3rd term nicely, busily engaging with their friends.

21.01.2022 Our Kinders in Dingos enjoyed a game of snakes and ladders with some help from their teacher, Mengyan. The children took turns rolling the dice, counting the numbers and moving their pieces on the board. They had so much fun playing and helping each decide if they were going up a ladder or down the snake!

21.01.2022 Today was such a beautiful day that our educators and under 3s took advantage and enjoyed the sunshine with story time outside!

21.01.2022 Parent Teacher Interviews for the kindergarten Children, please see Tina or write your name down in a time slot if you are wanting one, the form is on the kinder room window. Thank you

18.01.2022 Sesame Kids are still taking enrolments. Call the dedicated team at Sesame kids for further information on enrolment 03 5384 5232

17.01.2022 Check out this awesome experience set up by Kim in the Joey’s room! The children have been taking turns with this wonderful sensory experience, working on their gross motor skills as they go

16.01.2022 Our little chicken friends have been causing quite the stir since their arrival last week! The children are all very excited to learn about them and are loving their visits throughout the day. Our younger children are enthusiastic to come have a look, while there is no lack of volunteers to care for them with our older children!

16.01.2022 Some of our children from our older rooms came together to share the experience of an erupting volcano! There were so many excited claps and squeals as the volcano bubbled over that we just HAD to do it again

15.01.2022 THANK YOU!! One of our AMAZING parents has just dropped off lunch for the educators We are so blessed and humbled by this gesture - thank you so much!!

15.01.2022 Our busy boards caught the attention of all of our Joeys today! They happily explored the moving parts, turning the door handles and clasping the latchs together

15.01.2022 The kindergarten children are having fun with the learning Tv while they discover and learn about colours and shapes. ICTs is an important part of learning for children.

14.01.2022 The Possum and Joey children enjoyed visiting with our fluffy chicks this morning, there was lot of excited squeals and claps from the children as they enjoyed their time with them.

13.01.2022 Sesame Kids will be CLOSED on Monday the 8th of June for the Queens Birthday holiday. Have a wonderful long weekend everyone! And we shall see you all again on Tuesday

13.01.2022 The Wombats went on their very own Bear Hunt today! After reading the story together, they all took turns walking though the sensory tubs and experiencing the elements for themselves. The children kept lining up for more turns and the water was by far the favourite

12.01.2022 Would you like a Rooster?? Sesame kids are looking to re-home one of our white roosters that is ready to find a new loving home! If you or someone you know is interested, please message or call Sesame Kids to find out more. *Please also check your local council rules regarding rooster ownership, as some restrictions may apply.

12.01.2022 Group time in the Platypus room this week involved story time with Casey, followed by a discussion about room safety and rules. The children took turns talking about health and safety such as why certain rules are in place, what happens if we’re not safe and what to do when we need help.

12.01.2022 Our Dingos in Kinder have made themselves some very sticky play dough! They learned all about the ingredients, mixing and kneading to create the play dough. The colour of the dough also sparked good discussions between the children about other things that are green!

10.01.2022 Our Possums got creative and tried their hands (and feet) at some mess-free painting today! The soft and squishy bubble wrap over the paint had all of the children fascinated

08.01.2022 GET YOUR FREE ISO PACK & GO INTO THE DRAW TO WIN A $50 VOUCHER! *conditions apply, please read below The team at Sesame Kids have made up some ISO Packs for those children and families self isolating at home. These packs contain easy to follow recipes, worksheets and simple step by step instructions to entertain and extend on your littles ones learning! They are available in 3 different ages groups with various activities, ideas and resources included - but get in quick ...as numbers are limited! We are offering these packs for FREE to not only our enrolled families, but also to any family in our wider Ballarat community! Please message us on Facebook or email us today to secure yourself one - and you could go into the running to win a $50 voucher! All you need to do is like our Sesame Kids Facebook page, send us a picture of your child enjoying one of the ISO Pack activities via email or Facebook and you go in the draw to win! *Limit of 1 entry per family.

07.01.2022 Our under 3 children are loving riding these new bikes in the beautiful weather we’ve been having! Soaking in the sunshine, the children are working on their gross motor skills as they navigate the bikes along the paths

07.01.2022 Lunch time with our Possums is no easy feat so one of our new educators, Leia, got creative and managed to help four babies at once!

07.01.2022 Our Dingos are learning all about our bodies as they research whats inside them, whats outside them, whats private and whats not! As you can see, all the children were very engaged in the short video at circle time and afterwards they all talked about what they had seen and learnt.

06.01.2022 In honour of Remembrance Day, our children worked on some special projects like the Poppy biscuits in the Wombats/Koala rooms and painting patty-pans into Poppies in the Kangaroo, Wombat and Koala rooms. Great job everyone and Lest We Forget!

06.01.2022 HAPPY EDUCATORS DAY! Thank you to all our wonderful Sesame Kids educators and staff for all of your hard work, we greatly appreciate it!

06.01.2022 Today our Possums had so much fun playing with the bubbles with Glenda! There were a lot of smiles and giggles as they reached out to pop them, and watched them float about

05.01.2022 Pyjama Party!!! This Friday come to Sesame Kids dressed in your Pyjamas to support all children in care!

05.01.2022 The Kangaroos worked very hard on their Fathers Day/ Special Persons crafts last week! We hope our Sesame Kids families enjoyed them as much as the children did making them

02.01.2022 Outdoor play is key to childrens learning as they explore their environment and develop their motor skills. Some of our Wombats enjoyed their outdoor experience as they experimented pushing and pulling the pieces of our abacus!

02.01.2022 The children are all excited about this amazing snow we are getting. We Love Ballarat.

01.01.2022 Some happy snaps of the kindergarten children this week, Toasted Marshellows and hot chocolate to go with our camp area. Every day is a chance to learn

01.01.2022 Sesame Kids Kindergarten is excited to welcome our New Early Childhood Teacher Meghan to our team. She will be working along side Tina in the kindergarten program

01.01.2022 We would like to shout out to Ballarat Connected Communities for supplying us with these amazing books for our older children! Thank you so much for thinking of us and our families will love them