The Little Shepherds Family Daycare Schofields in Schofields, New South Wales, Australia | Childcare service

The Little Shepherds Family Daycare Schofields

Locality: Schofields, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 401 686 658

Address: 55 Antonia Parade 2762 Schofields, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 We just entered a Science Week! We prepared a Volcano investigation and children were fascinated to be involved in hands on experience followed up by dramatic play: Dinosaurs and Volcano. We explained what was behind the experiment and what ingredients we used to emulate eruption. Children expressed wonder and curiosity and were able to hear, touch, smell and see the Volcano erupting! We completed making stick puppets and "Three Little Pigs" show was a great success! Children are great actors! What is next? "Three Billy Goats Gruff"!

23.01.2022 The winter is really full of surprises, gifting us with sunny days to enjoy, a perfect opportunity to explore colours of the fallen leaves in the garden - a great ingredient for cooking in deed! We are learning about Seasons and this is a fantastic opportunity to witness the change around us! We reset few areas of the table activities and display: Polar Explorer table is to learn about animals living in the cold and Seasons Display Board to learn about seasonal change throu...gh pictures and words matching. Children continue having interest in Light Box and 3D shapes activity, learning attributes of different translucent geometric shapes through play. Children are engaged in the program, gladly interacting with the process of learning and each other, gaining confidence and sharing joy of being together. Don’t learn to do, but learn in doing. Samuel Butler See more

23.01.2022 We set up Three Little Pigs activity table and children were really fully engaged in the creating story using cards, building houses with straw, sticks and bricks, going through the book with educators and chatting about characters...Beautifully linked to this topic collage activity where children created 2D houses for Three Little Pigs with variety of materials displaying great interest and dedication. We continue supporting children in exploring and developing an understanding of the link between the written and spoken word; the link between written word and illustrations, an understanding of the language and lay-out of books i.e. fact/fiction, fantasy, characters and further supporting pre-literacy skills, predicting, memory, recall and concentration.

23.01.2022 We recently were conducting Emergency Evacuation practice and children had a great opportunity to observe big cranes lifting loads, diggers digging and trucks moving. Everyone was very excited! ! Children showed great recollection of events of evacuation which happened already this week and those who participated asked if they can do it again to say hello to the builders and watch machines at work. What a great link to our program!

21.01.2022 Few words can truly express how much you are valuable ...Children expressed their gratitude and love through art and craft ... Let us celebrate! You are the sweetest mum in the world! Have a peaceful and blessed Mother's Day!

20.01.2022 Construction with mini bricks, Lego and wooden blocks was a center of the interest for everyone for a while. Children continue using tools in some episodes of play to fix things and share ideas with another builder. Noah’s Ark continue to be a popular installation and dramatic play experience, so it inspired children to recreate Ark scaling it up dramatically, getting everyone involved and t be co - constructive - what a fantastic grand finale of the Build it Up! program of the month! Well done everyone!

20.01.2022 We to continue learning about mass, volume, weight and quantity concepts through variety of experiences and children continue to be very involved, gaining more confidence and knowledge to handle scales, balance and estimate heavy, light, full and empty and counting concepts. Play dough experience continue to be activity of the day to learn and have fun making prints of Australian Animals. Making "Bilby" was fun and educational ... it looks so cute! Great work children!

17.01.2022 From the 27th of May 3rd of June every year it is National Reconciliation Week. This year marks 20 years of reconciliation week. National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, it also gives us an opportunity to see how we can all play even a small role to achieving reconciliation. We continue exposing children to concepts, sharing with them what we know and finding out more together about Australian... and Aboriginal culture, life, storytelling and native beauty. We explored with the children Australian Native Animals, Collection from the bush of natural elements and printed Aboriginal art, took challenge in puzzles. Finger and stick drawings on the sand was the process of the exploration the way Aboriginal symbols tell story and children were very involved and curious. We planned and conducted Aboriginal Music and movement/dream time experience to further expose children to Aboriginal culture and life. We were all amazingly connected to the Dream time and Fire dancing by Koomurri Aboriginal music. Tap sticking music making was a great way to explore beat and tempo. It was absolutely fantastic experience we all enjoyed! See more

17.01.2022 We added a bit of a science to our program to further extend learning about colors, 3D shapes and Polar life. Children were active participants in learning. 3D shapes magnified by triple mirror and 3D pin boards alongside with liquid timers are explored. We are conducting experiments with water turning into ice and back letting children to play and investigate. Polar animals are added to make learning fun! Doing science projects helps develop a child's resourcefulness, particularly their skills at goal-setting, planning, and problem-solving. It also nurtures intellectual curiosity, helping children acquire new ways of asking questions and understanding the world.

16.01.2022 We are visiting Local Park recently from the very morning and it is becoming regular excursions for all children. What a blessing to have new park just opened across the road. It is fun and educational experience. Children are learning to safely cross the road, follow instructions to navigate through large area of the park, master Frisbee, ball and bat and other sport, wear hats at all times and have a pause for water important on a hot day. It is also a great place to find native flowers, beetles, bugs and butterflies!

15.01.2022 We are focusing on music making setting up Music Exploration area with variety of instruments letting children to experiment and learn with us main principles of sound extraction to handle range of percussions. Music is about relationship for children and it can be a strong part of the child’s growing identity. Music is a language that communicates safety, comfort or introduces play time. Marimba is definitely the most loved instrument to explore and share, followed by Xylophone with its mellow and sweet sound ...

06.01.2022 We are learning mass, volume, weight and quantity. Children are involved in experimenting: pine cones seeds, wood cuts, feathers, mini bricks and other things were weighed and outcomes discussed. We are learning to match numbers on the scales with numbers on the white board. We set up rice sensory box with pom poms, cups, bottles and tweezers to continue learning about mass and volume. Children continue confidently explore and engage in learning through play. We also set up n...ew table experience Loading Bay, where children continue learning about weights and loading process through this dramatic and constructive experience packed with loads, trucks, trains, big crane and little builders. Children continue to be interested in Australian animals and we have reset the activity center adding triple mirror and bush decorations to the activity table. We continue with Music group times, experimenting with variety of percussion instruments to make music, learning about timing, beat, pitch, loudness and tempo very excited times to learn and express feelings. We are trying to maintain good balance between indoor /outdoor play to make sure children stay active and healthy. Children are very excited to go and play outside, discovering water puddles to splash with Dinosaurs in, rain drops on the plants, snails and bugs, fallen leaves See more

05.01.2022 The best education you can give is your great example! Dad, you are very special! Happy Father's Day!

03.01.2022 Build it up! Children are fully involved and learning so much! Hand-eye coordination and visual perception skills are developed and refined through the activities. Children use language as ideas, knowledge & suggestions are expressed and shared. It is great to observe use of imagination in creation something from independent thinking. Children experiencing satisfaction of being able to persist and to create different things with nuts, bolts, and joint planks. Children have progressive learning about tools, meaning and implementation in the constructive play. Let us build it!

02.01.2022 We extended our shopping experience to outdoor as the weather is really nice and suitable to offer children more of outdoor play and encourage to be engaged in meaningful dramatic life based experience Café Shop. It was great to observe lovely episodes of social play! This experience also promoting and enhancing the math concepts of sorting, classifying, one to one correspondence, space and time, sharing, turn-taking, empathy and cooperation. Would you like some coffee?