Smiling Children Early Learning Centre in Yarrambat, Victoria | Childcare service

Smiling Children Early Learning Centre

Locality: Yarrambat, Victoria

Phone: 94361211

Address: 553 Yan Yean Rd 3091 Yarrambat, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Today our children took part in an interactive story with puppets and fresh produce. The Very Hungry Caterpillar. As the puppet show ended the children took turns in creating their own stories with the props and created their own caterpillars using beads, fresh leaves and their own fine motor skills.

25.01.2022 R U Ok? Be kind to yourself; Be kind to others. Have courage and talk about it. There’s a lot of love out there. Who will ask? R U Ok?

24.01.2022 For all those asthma and hay fever suffers stay indoors if you can and make sure you have your medications near by. Today is a High risk of Thunderstorm asthma in many parts of the state. Please Take care http://go.vic.gov.au/x8Kfj6

23.01.2022 May Not Help! May Help A Lot !

23.01.2022 Today lunch is always a hit with the children! Butter chicken, rice and pappadums.

23.01.2022 Hummingbird Coffee Van Tomorrow morning from 8.15am coffee van in the carpark! Eftpos available ...

23.01.2022 Next Monday 19th October is BOOK WEEK! Don’t forget to get out your favourite child’s costume! Book week will be on for 3 days Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.... We can’t wait to see all our lovely children dressed up!

23.01.2022 To all our families, An important email has been sent out to you all today about the Covid-19 stage 4 restrictions! Under stage 4 ‘STAY AT HOME ‘ Restrictions ... Please make sure you read this information that has been sent to you all. From Wednesday 5th at 11.59pm children whose parents are permitted workers- as announced will be the only children permitted to attend child care services In homes where there are two parents, both parents must be deemed permitted workers for a child to attend. We need a letter from both employers for your child to attend our service on Thursday morning. Thankyou Smiling Children ELC

23.01.2022 For those who leave never to return. For those who return but are the same. We remember

22.01.2022 Important message ! It’s that time again! Foe re enrolment for 2021.... Please contact the centre on 94361211.

22.01.2022 If you are interested in cute little Smiling Children Uniforms please follow the link to our uniform supplier. https://eduthreads.com.au/collections/smiling-children-elc

22.01.2022 A big Thankyou to all our Kinder Room families for attending the graduation over the last 3 days! 2020 has been such a hard year and we are very grateful that we were able to create something special for our beautiful kinder children. Big special thank you to our amazing Kinder room teachers-that worked so hard to make this gradation happen!... Well done graduates of 2020 we are so proud of you all

21.01.2022 The Kinder Children at Smiling Children have been so very busy the past few weeks. It all started with some amazing paintings that were put on display at our local cafe Tancks Corner. While there the children noticed all the yummy and delicious looking treats and asked if they could have some. This sparked a discussion about how they ‘needed money’ and how they ‘could make money’. After some more brainstorm the group came up with selling things..... So we planned MARKET WE...EK; with handmade scrunches, hats, art, cakes, slices, pizzas, milkshakes and more Market week was an absolute hit, our hard-working Kinder group made over $500 in just one week. To all the educators and families who participated and purchased one or several things throughout the week, you have aided in helping our children further develop their sense of accomplishment, teamwork, pride and purpose. A special thank-you to Tanck's Corner for supporting the Kinder Children’s community involvement throughout this project. The children will be popping back into the cafe this week to purchase themselves something special.

21.01.2022 To all our families As per last announcement by Dan Andrews we are all going into stage 3 mandatory lockdown for 6 weeks as of Wednesday 8th at 11.59 pm. We will continue to provide our service to all families, we will keep you all updated with what is happening and will notify you of any changes advised by the department as soon as we know.... Please take care and stay safe Love Smiling Children ELC Team

21.01.2022 Don't forget its RED NOSE DAY!!! Monday 10th August! Please join in for some fun by dressing your child in red and placing a gold coin donation in the bowl provided at the front desk!!

20.01.2022 Something fun for the children to see! Here is the link to watch the Penguin Parade tomorrow night! https://facebook.com/events/s/watch-penguin-parade-live-from/2646661732317655/?ti=as

19.01.2022 Here is some fun to have on Saturday! With the children

19.01.2022 On Friday 30th October, we will be celebrating Halloween So come dress in you Halloween costume

19.01.2022 To our Kinder Room Parents ! Please check your emails for all details time and day your child will be graduating

18.01.2022 To all our parents as of last nights announcement from the premier, We are back to wearing face mask when entering our service. Everyone over the age of 12yrs Thankyou ...

18.01.2022 Happy Friday everyone!

17.01.2022 A reminder that is Pyjamas week next week! Monday 27th to Friday 31st.

17.01.2022 Just saw this on the Yarrambat community page! If one of our children has lost this little toy, it’s now at the vets

17.01.2022 How to wear a face mask correctly https://www.facebook.com/NHW.Vic/videos/319140639242280/?vh=e&extid=SdQ7J2x41WgsRNIs

17.01.2022 Just a reminder that the centre is CLOSED TOMORROW! We hope you enjoy your day, look forward seeing you all again on Wednesday!

17.01.2022 November is Epilepsy awareness

15.01.2022 As part of our celebrations for NAIDOC week, the Kinder’s worked on this collaborative art piece. Each child worked on their own piece. Once it was all finished, we collated it together and discovered it made a map of Australia. To do these colourings they used crayons, pencils, pastels and watercolour pencils. The pastels and water colour pencils were a new art medium for the children and they all enjoyed exploring how these both worked. ... What a wonderful sense of achievement and accomplishment we all felt.

15.01.2022 Don’t forget to wear your PJs all week! Monday 27th to Friday 31st

15.01.2022 Enjoy your weekend!

14.01.2022 We are very excited to announce that our Kindergarten program has been accepted to take part in the Early Learning Language Australia (ELLA) language program. Through this program our kinder children will be able to learn to speak and understand Chinese (Mandarin), along with learning about different cultures. The children have already started to engage through this program and have really enjoyed trying to sing along with the songs provided and working out the words for different fruits and vegetables. If you feel that your child would benefit from this language program in 2021, please contact the centre to discuss enrolment in our 4-year-old Kindergarten program.

14.01.2022 Smiling Children ELC are very excited to introduce our two new Outdoor leaders Brydie and Brooke Brooke is our leader for our over 3’s outdoor play space Brydie will be leading our under 3’s play space. ... This is a new role we have introduced at our service and both educators have already begun implementing some amazing ideas into their new outdoor class rooms. Brooke has been apart of our family since 2012. She’s is diploma qualified and a mother of two teenage children. Brydie has been apart of family since 2016 and has her certificate 3 in early childhood education. Join us as we all watch their new classrooms and educational play based programs come to life with excited anticipation.

14.01.2022 Here is a great website for healthy ideas. Great idea for lunch boxes Please find below a website link that will take you to a website from Cancer Council Victoria. This website is a really useful resource for families who would like some suggestions for healthier alternatives/swaps for ‘sometimes’ snacks:... https://healthylunchbox.com.au/healthy-swaps/

13.01.2022 Reminder: Centre Closure - Tomorrow - Friday 23rd October - AFL Celebration Day P.H.

13.01.2022 COMMUNITY INFORMATION - WATER QUALITY Incident Location: Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Issue Date: Saturday 29 August 2020, 09:11 pm Next Update: Sunday 30 August 2020, 09:20 pm... This Community Information is being issued for Attwood, Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Dallas, Dorren, Greenvale, Meadow Heights, Melbourne Airport, Mernda, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, South Morang, Westmeadows, Wollert and Yarrambat. More details at http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ This Community Information replaces the Water Quality Advice message issued at 12.32 p.m Saturday, 29 August. - Water quality testing has confirmed that the water supply in these suburbs is now safe to drink. - It is recommended that your run your internal taps for 2 minutes to flush out old water and draw fresh water into your plumbing. - Information for https://www.yvw.com.au/ customers and https://mysupport.southeastwater.com.au//Drinking-Water-Ad customers is available on their websites. - Power outages overnight on Thursday 27 August, had caused undisinfected water from Silvan Dam to enter the water supply system, resulting in potentially unsafe water entering the system and customer taps. This issued has now been fixed.

13.01.2022 We have a busy week ahead! With book week for 3 days 19th to 21st October AFL grand final day on Thursday 22nd Don’t forget to dress up in your favourite character and you favourite footy team colours....

13.01.2022 Here is a cute idea to do with you children! A little count down for Christmas

12.01.2022 Carrot cake ! 4 ingredients Ingredients: 2 cups self-raising flour... 2 cups of grated carrots 1 tin of condensed milk 100g of pecan nuts or walnuts (replace with sultanas if you prefer nut free) Method: Combine all 4x ingredients together in a bowl. Mix well. Pour all the mixture into a lined cake tin. Bake at 180c for approx. 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when tested. Cool in pan for 5 mins then turn onto a wire rack. Cool completely before serving with a cream cheese frosting. Enjoy! See more

12.01.2022 To all our families Management have noticed that some of the cars entering the carpark are driving to fast so please slow down when entering our driveway and carpark for the safety of our staff parents and children that enter our service.... Thankyou

12.01.2022 If you are trying to watch the penguin use this link for sound Enjoy https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=mg8Iq-dKTlw

12.01.2022 Dear Families, This year has been exhausting for all, to say the least. Its been filled with ups and downs and trying times for everyone, parents, children, and staff inclusive. As a service, we would like to take the time to officially say Thank You. Thank you for wearing your masks and staying out of the children’s classroom’s when dropping off and picking up. Thank you for staying home and reducing your movements around the community and doing your best to reduce/sto...p the spread of COVID Thank you to those who have sent appreciative emails with such kind and lovely words. Thank you We would like to inform you all that due to the Stage 4 restrictions, we have made changes to our staffing. This too will ensure our educators are limiting their movement and exposure in our community. So together we can all proudly say that we have all done our absolute best to help stop the spread and can all be reunited back together as soon as possible. It also means, that your child’s favourite educator may not be rostered on the day/s your child attends. But please know that we have shared all important information about each child with our entire team, to ensure the best quality care is provided each and every day. We acknowledge that for those of you who are working from home at the moment, we know it’s going to be difficult and trying at times. We want to remind you all, that we are only a phone call away. Please don’t ever hesitate to reach out to us if needed. You can also keep in touch with us all via the OWNA app. In return our educators will be reaching out to the children through the app as well, because let’s face it were going to miss them like crazy. As you are all aware there are some significant fines for false or misleading ‘permitted worker permits’ with penalties up to $19,826.40 for individuals and $99,132.00 for businesses. With this in mind we hope that you all ensure that you are only accessing our services for emergency care only, as a permitted worker, because your child/ children cannot otherwise be cared for during work hours by the another responsible adult in the household. Please take care of yourselves, mentally and physically, be kind to yourself and to those around you. You are parenting through a pandemic and we applaud you all. It’s not goodbye forever- just for now, see you all as soon as possible. The Smiling Children ELC Family

11.01.2022 Smiling Children ELC are looking for an experienced, passionate, confident and reliable Diploma Qualified Early Years Educator to join our team of Room Leaders. If this sounds like you, please send your resume to [email protected]

10.01.2022 The NEW Aug/Sept MamaMag is live and it's an absolute bumper with over 60 pages of MamaMag goodness. Enjoy mamas. https://www.mamamag.com.au/read/

10.01.2022 Happy Early Childhood Educators Day. Thanks you to all our wonderful Educators for all that you do each and every day.

10.01.2022 We wish all our beautiful staff and families a very Merry Christmas and safe and happy New Year ! Our centre will be closed on Friday 25th and Monday 28th December! Reopening on Tuesday 29th December at 6.30am ...

09.01.2022 Today we say goodbye to our educator Bianca! We wish her all the best in her new chapter! Thanks you for working at smiling children for the last 8yrs! ... Love Management & Smiling Children Staff

09.01.2022 Don’t forget tomorrow is the start of book week! Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Dress your children then they favourite book character,... Looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up

09.01.2022 Thursday is footy celebrations at the centre! Come dress in you footy teams colours.

08.01.2022 To Our Smiling Children Families From 11:59pm on Wednesday, face coverings will be mandatory for everyone aged 12 and over in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire. Victoria's Chief Health Officer recommends a fabric mask made of at least three layers or a disposable surgical mask as the most effective ways to cover your face.... If you don't have either of those, the experts say a scarf or bandana is still better than nothing. And remember: face coverings are in addition to washing your hands, staying home, and keeping 1.5m from other people when you're in a public place not instead of. Please ensure when dropping off & picking up your child that you are wearing a mask. Face coverings are not required for children under 12 years old

08.01.2022 This week at smiling children! Our beautiful kinder room has a market stall happening in the front entrance of the centre. Lots of homemade goodies for sale.... Don’t forget to check them out !

07.01.2022 Don’t forget this is on tonight. On August 27th 7:00pm - 7:45pm FREE online webinar: Practical tips on how to help fussy eaters at meal times. FeedAustralia is proud to host Marie-France Laval for this event designed specifically for young families and the Early Childhood Education and Care sector.... Register now to reserve your place: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_M6ZmtZkDTD6uNKQjEPJzfA

07.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day! To all our wonderful Dads! We hope you enjoyed your day with your families!

07.01.2022 Don’t forget kids are back! So are the 40kms zones

07.01.2022 In the Rainbow Room the children have been showing an interest in colour mixing as of late. This experience taught the children about the primary and secondary colours. Encouraging them to guess what colour the two primary colours will make. Lots of guessing, lots of surprises and lots of fun.

05.01.2022 Happy weekend everyone! We hope you are all enjoying this beautiful sunshine

05.01.2022 Please beware!! Don’t drink the water today ! https://www.3aw.com.au/do-not-drink-contaminated-water-war/

04.01.2022 The Kinder’s have been lucky enough to continue their learning at home during this stage 4 lockdown. So far they have done singing, dancing, reading stories and a scavenger hunt. On Friday they enjoyed a cooking class together and made cupcakes. We carefully followed the instructions and ended up with some delicious treats! It was so wonderful to get together and do something fun! Thank you to all the mums, dads, aunties, uncles and older siblings who helped the Kinders and we hope you enjoyed the cupcakes too!

03.01.2022 Today is international day of people with disabilities

03.01.2022 Mums and Dads who will start the painstaking job of making lunchboxes from tomorrow, I hope this brings a little helping-hand. :-) It’s Sunday which means it’s the first day of National Nutrition Week! And what better way to celebrate than starting the school week right with these fantastic lunch box ideas from Australia’s own Lunchbox Dad George Georgievski (School Lunch Box) We’ve got a range of George’s delicious lunchbox bentos on the Try for 5 website! Building healthy,... nutritious, fun lunches has never been easier. Find more lunchbox ideas and great kids recipes to get them involved in the kitchen at https://buff.ly/2ElENya And don’t forget, today is the first day of our Recipe of the Day competition. All you have to do is cook up one of the delicious recipes or have a go at your own veg-inspired dish. Share a photo on your social media with #Tryfor5 and tag us Nutrition Australia for your chance to win a heap of great prizes. #Tryfor5 #NNW2020

02.01.2022 To our beautiful families! We have a coffee van coming to our carpark! This Friday 31at July! From 8.15 till 9ish ... He will be in our carpark serving coffees, hot chocolates! Please check out their Facebook page. Hummingbird Coffee Van

02.01.2022 On Monday the children made their own smoothies! We all sat around the table and we went through the names of each fruit and the colour of it. The children each individually had their turn and choose which fruit they did or didn’t want in their smoothie, to cater to their own taste. We explained that the fruit each contained different vitamins and minerals that help our bodies grow and stay healthy. Before blending we would have a discussion of what colour the smoothie would become once mixed. We then all sat around the table to drink our smoothies and finished with a cheers for all our work.

02.01.2022 To all our families that have fussy eaters! This webinar might help you ! Save the date and time ! On August 27th 7:00pm - 7:45pm FREE online webinar: Practical tips on how to help fussy eaters at meal times.... FeedAustralia is proud to host Marie-France Laval for this event designed specifically for young families and the Early Childhood Education and Care sector. Register now to reserve your place: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_M6ZmtZkDTD6uNKQjEPJzfA

02.01.2022 Online Dinosaur show ! On Tuesday 27th October https://fb.me/e/2ZHtWyVsv

02.01.2022 . Remember it’s Lunch box week! Monday 30th to Friday 4th November!

01.01.2022 We are looking for some passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated educators to join our team at Smiling Children Early Learning Centre We have casual and permanen...t positions available for this year and for 2021. If you have your Certificate 3 or any higher early childhood qualification and a current WWCC and are interested in joining us, please send your resume to [email protected]

01.01.2022 To all our families Please be patient with us! From Thursday children whose parents are permitted workers- ( essential workers) as it will be announced today by Dan Andrews ! ... Will be the only children permitted to attend child care. In homes where there are two parents, both parents must be deemed essential for a child to attend. More information will be provided to all families when we have it.