Strawberry Fields Cottage Wamberal in Wamberal, New South Wales | Childcare service

Strawberry Fields Cottage Wamberal

Locality: Wamberal, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4384 6090

Address: 29 Pylmouth Drive 2260 Wamberal, NSW, Australia

Website: www.strawberryfieldscottage.com.au/about

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25.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC week at Pippies. A celebration held across Australia each year observing the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Over the coming two weeks children will have the opportunity to engage in different experiences and activities to support awareness and education of the Indigenous Australian Culture.... Various art and craft activities, creating flags, painting rocks and drawings of traditional dream time stories are just some of the things we will explore. Providing the children with these experiences allows them to develop their understanding and empathy skills by responding to diversity with respect. Learning about the culture of Indigenous Australians always excites the children and keeps them interested in learning about diversity and Aboriginal Australian history.

25.01.2022 Learning about when to leave our pets be with Miss Michelle! #whenheiseating #whenheissleeping #whenheissick #whenheistiedup

22.01.2022 Friendship Day tomorrow- Thursday 13th February. Children are invited to bring along their favourite Teddy to join in the fun!

21.01.2022 **IMPORTANT** The work phone is down at the moment, please contact Jemma if needed. 0449 642 248 Thank you

21.01.2022 Spreading the Coastie love ... 104.5 Star FM have come together with Strawberry Fields Cottage to support us within the local Central Coast Community! Come and meet our dedicated staff, see our centre and feel all we have to offer. ... We welcome all people within our community to join the mini family at Strawberry Fields Cottage Wamby https://www.star1045.com.au//this-central-coast-childcare/

21.01.2022 Through this experience children were able to explore science as we talked about the flow of gravity and the mixing of different ingredients. Children were able to choose which colour they wished their volcano to promoting childrens sense of agency. Together we problem solved as children asked questions and were seeking answers such as how to keep the lava flowing. Vinegar was our active ingredient in this process and acted as the gas in the volcanoes. ... Children were able to extend and practice their numeracy skills as we measured out our ingredients. Children applied use of both big and small muscle groups as we carefully and slowly carried our volcanoes to the bark area outside and to create a mould around our volcanoes. Children were intrigued, fascinated and extremely engaged watching their volcano erupt. Together we concluded that, volcanoes have many different shapes and sizes, some look like steep mountains, others look like bumps and some are flat with a hole in the centre and filled with water. The shape of the volcano and how explosively it erupts depend largely on how sticky and how fizzy (how much gas) the magma is that is erupted

20.01.2022 This week at Pippies, we have been celebrating NAIDOC week providing meaningful experiences to enhance childrens knowledge of the world we live and give them exposure to develop cultural competence which is: being aware of ones own world view developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences gaining knowledge of different cultural practices and world views developing skills for communication and interaction across cultures.... At Pippies children have engaged in a variety of experiences such as Dreamtime stories, dot art, using our hands to replicate the Aboriginal flag, finger painting, sensory experiences- exploring wattle and enjoying orange and wattle seed muffins, kangaroo sausage sangas, listening and participating in traditional Dreamtime music, sensory rainbow spaghetti snakes and so much more! Not only do these experience engage children in the appreciation and exploration of culture but the activities promote and extend on many developmental key areas. But most of all the children at Pippies have so much fun experimenting and exploring in a safe and nurturing environment.

19.01.2022 Dear Parents, Please read this NSW RFS Alert!

17.01.2022 We have spaces available NOW for children between 6 weeks to 6 years. For a tour Call: 43846090. Email: [email protected]

17.01.2022 Today is Early Childhood Educators Day! I thank each of our amazing Educators today and every other day for their tireless commitment to our Pippies community.

16.01.2022 Continuing on from our NAIDOC experiences from last week - Today at Pippies we loved reading the Dreamtime story The echidna and the shade tree. Children loved participating to help make salt dough echidnas and their creativity in painting their own echidnas. DONT FORGET PJAMAS for pj week tomorrow & Friday!

16.01.2022 A big thank you to Michelle from the Responsible Pet Program who came out today with golden retriever Tilly! Michelle used pictures and songs to help reinforce being responsible around dogs and taught the children some wonderful safety tips!

15.01.2022 At Pippies we believe creating interest areas within our service that are beneficial to both children and educators. For children, interest areas guide play, exploration and discovery which are all used to foster childrens holistic development. Interest areas enable educators to think intentionally about how to organise the space and involve the children to provide accessible materials that engage children and enhance their play experiences.

15.01.2022 FOOTY COLOURS DAY TOMORROW!!! Fight Cancer Foundations Footy Colours Day is a national fundraising campaign held during the month of September to support kids living with cancer. Every dollar raised supports Fight Cancer Foundations education programs to help kids with cancer continue with their education during treatment and recovery. Gold coin donation is appreciated! See you all in your fav footy colours tomorrow

14.01.2022 Exploring childrens interest on bugs and insects - watch this space for updates as we continue to explore Children read about honey bee and learnt that in a hive the females are worker bees, the males are drone and there is one queen bee. We looked at the pictures of the honeycomb and discovered these not only hold the honey but also where the bees lay their eggs. The children found it quiet disgusting that the bees create honey out of nectar and their spit. Today in our shopping order arrived a piece of honeycomb. We closely inspected the honeycomb and could see the wax hexagons. The children used their senses to further learn about honeycomb, this included smelling it and tasting it.

14.01.2022 Dear Families, Please note that that if this is applicable to you then we are following these guidelines as set out from the Department of Health.

13.01.2022 Dear families and friends of the Centre, Our preschool has been well-known to the local community over the last 15 years. Today, we are proud to announce that the Centre is operating under a new name and management, Strawberry Fields Cottage at Wamberal and we are eager to offer our children a unique world of learning and adventure!... Our newly painted and renovated rooms are fresh and bright. The playground and equipment have been rejuvenated and we have many more plans to build a fun and exciting learning environment. Our team of educators provide care and love that brings smiles on little faces as soon as they step into a playroom. Our attention to each child allows us to create a unique program which supports each childs learning and development. Strawberry Fields Cottage is now open for new enrolments, please give us a call on 4384-6090 to arrange a visit! We are committed to ensuring a secure and hygienic Covid-safe environment for children. Places are filling fast because the service is currently free, so make sure to secure your spot ASAP. Watch this space for more news!

13.01.2022 The Rainbow Room started the month of June with the discovery of ocean life! Blue swimmer crab, rainbow trout, baby octopus what shape are they? What is hiding inside a shell? Our inquisitive preschool children made many discoveries when they took a closer look underneath the ocean waves. And at the same time everyone enjoyed participating in group activities when taking a close look at sea life.... Children worked collaboratively throughout this experience and developed new appreciation and respect for all forms of life in the water and enjoyed the teamwork!

13.01.2022 RED NOSE DAY TOMORROW Red Nose is Australias leading authority on safe sleep and pregnancy, and bereavement support for families affected by the sudden death of a child. Be silly for a serious cause! Children are invited to wear RED noses and dress in their favourite RED clothes - we will be doing lots of fun activities including face painting!

12.01.2022 We are lucky that Pippies families do verbalise their appreciation of our Educators. This story is a lovely insight into our Educator World.

11.01.2022 Welcome to our Clever Caterpillars room! We wanted to give you a glimpse into our busy daily routine, packed with stimulating and engaging experiences! Children happily participate in small group exercises and learn through exploration and play. All in a safe, hygienic and nurturing environment. Clever Caterpillars room is specially designed to provide a home-like environment planned with consideration for each child and their family!

10.01.2022 Dont forget our open day this Saturday! Whatever the weather we will be there

10.01.2022 Book week next week - This years theme is Reading is my super power come dressed as you favourite superhero all week and bring your favourite books to share!

09.01.2022 We have received a health warning from NSW Health regarding the current Measles outbreak. Please take the time to read through this great information.

09.01.2022 Strawberry Fields Cottage is a family owned long day care centre in Wamberal. Our Centre Philosophy reflects the Early Years Learning Framework and is in line with the National Quality Standards. We provide a full School Readiness program all year round.

09.01.2022 Go Blue for Autism is an initiative to increase greater understanding, acceptance and inclusion of people on the autism spectrum. At Pippies we will initiating this by having a Go Blue Day on Tuesday 2nd April! We encourage all of our children who attend on Tuesday to wear something blue and participate in a variety of blue themed activities! Throughout the entire week we will be doing lots of activities that are focussed on inclusion and teaching the children while we are all different we are all special!

08.01.2022 Good news power back on!

08.01.2022 Each child is amazing and should be valued and respected not only for who they will be but who they already are

05.01.2022 International Fairytale Day this Thursday 20th February- dress up as your favourite fairytale character - No superheroes please

03.01.2022 Pippies is currently experiencing a power outage due to a fault within our area. We will continue to monitor the situation and will advise of any changes as it comes to hand.

03.01.2022 Dear Pippies Community. Please read invaluable advice on protecting yourselves with our current smoke situation. Please take care

01.01.2022 A great read when considering school start https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/is-your-child-ready-fo

01.01.2022 Dear Families, We are following advice from the Department of Education that due to catastrophic fire warning for tomorrow (Tuesday 12th November) and our little centre being in a declared Fire Prone Zone to close tomorrow for the whole day. All schools locally have been listed as closed too. Please follow advice from RFS and download the app "Fires Near Me NSW" and look out for messages from fire authorities. Stay safe! Pippies at Wamberal