Story House Early Learning Lara in Lara, Victoria | Childcare service

Story House Early Learning Lara

Locality: Lara, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5282 8876

Address: 31-33 Station Lake Road 3212 Lara, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.shel.edu.au/story-house-lara

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25.01.2022 Its finally here. Today is the day we hold our Careers Virtual Event. You have until 10am to register your details. https://app.smartsheet.com//de9a9bd9607c4bff9a73dfca9f7293 See you all later.

24.01.2022 The Octopus children love to spend time with Chef Irena.

24.01.2022 Exciting news! One of the Sea Lion stick insects has evolved! He has changed from brown to green and grown what look to be wings! He is quite large now, spanning a whole hand and moving much quicker than his two younger friends. We have been caring for these 3 for a while now and it is wonderful to see them grow and change!

23.01.2022 Our flexible indoor/outdoor program with a shared yard means that siblings have the opportunity to see each other, sharing and making some beautiful memories

22.01.2022 Bravehearts White Balloon Day is Australias largest campaign dedicated to preventing child sexual assault and exploitation. As a community its important for us to help break the silence and protect all our children.

22.01.2022 Loose parts play - Definition a type of play that supports invention, divergent thinking, problem solving and offers a sense of wonder to children. They are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways. What better way to do this than construction? Check out our outdoor loose parts play in the unders yard.

22.01.2022 Staying positive during these uncertain times

21.01.2022 Friendships support happiness, well-being, self-confidence and a sense of belonging

21.01.2022 This week we look to place the spotlight on National Child Protection Week, with the theme. "Putting children first". NAPCAN - Play Your Part invite all Australians to look at how they can prioritise children in their lives and communities and to engage in National Child Protection Week as individuals, and as part of families, organisations, communities and society. Putting children first means prioritising the safety and wellbeing of children. To grow up well children need to feel safe and loved, have a chance to play and explore, have a say in decisions that affect them, and access to essential things like food, shelter and healthcare. #childrights #childprotection

21.01.2022 Please remember from tomorrow you need a mask to enter.

20.01.2022 Science week in Sea Lion room has seen us engaged in a different experiment each day! Today we made a play-doh volcano and watched it explode This experiment demonstrates the classic chemical reaction between an acid and a carbonate. When exposed to acids, carbonate undergoes a decomposition reaction in which carbon dioxide is released as a gas! Wow!!

20.01.2022 Today we pause to remember those who gave their lives in service to their country, those who returned home injured or ill, and those who bravely serve our country today.

19.01.2022 The children in the jellyfish room created our own salt dough decorations to decorate our Christmas tree with the help of the starfish children today we were able to put the decorations onto the Christmas tree

17.01.2022 Starfish (3-year-old kindergarten) children are amazed by how bioluminescence works in marine creates. To learn more about this, we replicate the qualities of bioluminescence using glowing jelly and glowing artwork. Lets make and eat some glowing jelly! (recipe attached) To make your glowing art, youll need highlighters. Colours that work best are green, yellow, pink and orange highlighters. Usually, blue, purple or red highlighters dont glow, but you may get lucky with ...some brands. Enjoy and comment below your amazing experiences after trying!

17.01.2022 STEAM learning with recycled resources, inspired by kinder children’s much loved book Press Here. Kinder children coded a song with recycled jars using different colour counters to indicate the sequence, exploring the scientific concept : adding different amount of water to the jars causes the vibrations (sounds) to change.

17.01.2022 Our kindergarten children discovered the bottom of soft drink bottles looks like our back teeth (check it if you have a soft drink bottle at home!) In celebration of dental week (3/8/2020-9/8/2020), kinder children then engaged in moulding the bottom of soft drink bottle with plastering mix to create molars. When the teeth are ready, together we set up a dentist play area where children observed their teeth in the mirror, engaged in dentist role play, removing cavity, practised teeth brushing skills with our home-made molars and extended their vocabulary such as names of different teeth and different parts of the tooth.

17.01.2022 A HUGE THANK YOU to all of those who registered and attended our very first National Virtual Open Day. Through your participation the event was a great successes. Congratulations to the VIC winner ....... Molly - we will be in contact with you soon.

15.01.2022 Our Tree is up and ready for any gifts you might be able to give this Christmas to help make a difference or maybe this Christmas things are alittle tough please don't hesitate to reach out

15.01.2022 The Jellyfish classroom exploring identity

15.01.2022 Only 5 days to go until our virtual careers open day. Do not forget to register your details to receive the zoom link and come along to hear from some of our educators and learn what it is like to work at Story House. We look forward to seeing you there.

14.01.2022 Creating the rainbow serpent as apart of our NAIDOC week celebrations in the Jellyfish Room.

14.01.2022 Red Nose Day Helping to spread awarness and recognise such an important day and something close our hearts

14.01.2022 Finn and Levi were thrilled to see a tractor over our back fence a few days ago

14.01.2022 Happy Early Childhood Educators Day!!! Today is the day that Australia recognises the amazing work you all do in supporting the children and families who access early education. Enjoy your celebrations with your team and please know that we think you are all amazing! You are the face of Story House and reason why our families come to each of our services. Have an amazing day!!

14.01.2022 Don't forget to snap your elf photo here

13.01.2022 In celebration of National Tree day, the children came together and were involved in planting a Tree within our service. A very big thank you to Roraima Nursery Lara for supporting our Centre and donating the tree.

13.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day. R U OK? is a not for profit organisation founded in 2009 with a vision of a world where we are all connected and are protected from suicide, as well as encouraging and equipping everyone to regularly and meaningfully ask are you ok?. At Story House Early Learning, we continue to work with our services to focus on promoting and supporting kindness, mental health and wellbeing for everyone within our Story House Family and beyond so please take the opportunity to check in with and look after someone. If you have a nagging feeling that someone you know or care about isnt behaving as they normally would, trust your instinct and act on it. #ruok #mentalhealth #beyondblue

12.01.2022 While the sky was still beautiful and blue... Here are some more construction inspired areas. The trucks in the unders and the new and improved loose parts play in the overs!

12.01.2022 A science experiment every day for the Starfish (3-year-old kindergarten) children. Its been foggy the last few months and our little meteorologists have been predicting the weather. Children are fascinated by the morning fog. Some even referred to it as Lees fog after she showed them a video of foggy conditions just outside Lara. They took part in a fog in a jar science experiment.

11.01.2022 Happy Childhood Memories start with Story House Early Learning. Enrol by 31 January 2021 and commence attending by 28 February 2021. Ask our wonderful Service Manager for more details .

10.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful fathers in our communities. You are appreciated and loved more than you know. We hope you all have a great day.

09.01.2022 Last week our Kinder 3 and 4 children decorated some old jeans to represent Jeans for Genes day. The children had some discussions about why and what it represents.

09.01.2022 As part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander National Childrens the Dolphin room have a Family Kinship Tree outside the front of our room. The family is a very important part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, it enables children to learn who they are related to, and who they belong with in their community. As with Being, Belonging, and Becoming. We have extended our Family Kinship Tree to all children and staff of the Story House Lara community, to put their own leaf with their name on it on our tree.

08.01.2022 Many different people from different backgrounds, religions, beliefs and traditions make up Story House. We offer such diversity and provide such a multicultural society that it’s part of the unique qualities about Story House. When working with young children, it’s important to create an understanding that all families have their own traditions, beliefs and cultures and we should treat each other with respect and kindness. This creates an inclusive environment for families, educators and our community

08.01.2022 A shout out to all the Dads! We hope you have a great day

08.01.2022 Educators day! We planned a dress up day to celebrate along with some yummy treats and special gift for all of our amazing team Thank you to our families who sent in some treats and also left some beautiful messages of appreciation. #educatorsday2020 #EarlyChildhoodEducatorsDay #LoveMyECE #YouAreAwesome

07.01.2022 During our very hot day yesterday, The octopus children participated in a cool experience with Ice, teddy bears, tongs and cups. This experience helps promotes, taking in turns, hand eye coordination skills, communication between peers and fun!

07.01.2022 Messy Mondays! Green sea foam in the Sea Lion room. RECIPE: ... 1tbs dish soap, 1tbs corn flour, 1/4 cup warm water, food colouring. Combine in bowl, blend or electrically whisk until foamy. If the consistency is too thin add more corn flour and if youre after more bubbles, add more dish soap. Maybe take my advice and do this activity outside

06.01.2022 Beautiful blue skies here this afternoon!

05.01.2022 Appreciation time With all that is going on we thought the team needed a nice surprise and with the help of the families we had some beautiful messages to share with them too

05.01.2022 NAIDOC week celebrations in the JellyFish room - Nature painting using sticks and leaves.

04.01.2022 Do you have children who are fussy eaters and are a bit stuck on how to support them and their families? 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

03.01.2022 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

02.01.2022 Families - Please be reminded that to enter our service from Monday, you must be wearing a mask. Please keep our children, families, educators and community safe.

01.01.2022 Do you know how to recognise Thunderstorm Asthma? Here at Story House Lara, we are committed to keeping all children, educators and visitors safe this Spring/Summer Season by taking extra precautions daily. Here are some tips for you at home! ... Asthma symptoms include: - wheezing a whistling noise when breathing shortness of breath - a tight feeling in the chest - coughing Symptoms may be different from person to person. You can check out the daily pollen count using Melbourne Pollen Count App. The Vic Emergency App is another great tool to monitor extreme weather in the local area. There are many resources out there regarding Thunderstorm Asthma and understanding it better. Reach out if you would like to know more about where you can find these.