The Gums Childcare Centre in Clare, South Australia | Childcare service

The Gums Childcare Centre

Locality: Clare, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8842 1249

Address: Maynard Rd 5453 Clare, SA, Australia

Website: http://thegumsccc.com.au

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25.01.2022 #NAIDOCWeek2020

23.01.2022 Dear families, We are aware of the Government’s latest announcement that Childcare will only be available to children of essential workers from midnight tonight. We will be contacting all families this afternoon, to discus their childcare needs over the next 6 days of lockdown in SA. Jackie

20.01.2022 Get behind this great cause - One of our families is taking part in Ski for Life 2021. Skiing 450km in 3 days to raise money and awareness for mental health and suicide prevention. See the link below to donate!

18.01.2022 What learning looks like in our Toddler Room. Play is a great way for a child to learn. Play can help a child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development. In the first three years, play helps children learn about the world through listening, looking, touching, tasting and smelling.

14.01.2022 It's National NAIDOC Week! To help celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture, this week we'll be sharing the traditional weather knowl...edge gathered by Australian communities over thousands of years. SeptemberNovember is Laju (the hot season) in the seasonal calendar of the Yawuru peoplethe native title holders of land and sea in and around Broome, Western Australia. From October to November is the build up to the wet season, when the days are very warm and the humidity is high. The first rains indicate the end of Laja. It is a time when the seed pods of the various acacias (soap tree, pindan wattle) have split open. The wild pear and cocky apple are bearing fruit but it is not ripe yet. The white gum trees are flowering and attract the honey fly. The honey fly makes honey nests in the Jigily tree and Inland Bloodwood which is collected and eaten. Wood and bark from the paperbark is collected for shelters in preparation for the wet. Explore our Indigenous Weather Knowledge website at http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/ #NAIDOC2020

14.01.2022 NAIDOC week 2020 - Always was, Always will be.

13.01.2022 Today as part of NAIDOC week we invited Clare Valley Children’s Centre Kindergarten to join our ELC children in the Bush Block. -Each group of children shared the individual sites Welcome to Country. - We shared fruit and conversation at our ‘meeting place’ - We pointed out to our new friends the Aboriginal symbols that we have positioned around our Bush Block... - We listened to Dreamtime Stories - We danced to the didgeridoo music that we had playing - We used colours of the Aboriginal flag to paint on bark from the Bush Block. - Most of all, we enjoyed sharing the Bush Block with new friends. #NAIDOCWeek2020 See more

11.01.2022 During term time, ELC Wattle and ELC Banksia Monday groups love playing tennis in the afternoon with coach Sam Clayson.

06.01.2022 A big CONGRATULATIONS to Shirley who today found out that she has successfully completed her Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

05.01.2022 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. We will remember them.

05.01.2022 Explore Bush Tucker in Salisbury this coming Saturday. Book your free ticket below. #NAIDOC week2020# Bush tucker, also called bushfood, is any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native fauna or flora used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture. Animal native foods include kangaroo, emu, witchetty grubs and crocodile, and plant foods include fruits such as quandong, kutjera, spices such as lemon myrtle and vegetables such as warrigal greens and various native yams.

04.01.2022 RECYCLING BINS RECYCLING BINS Recently I have introduced small coloured bins into each room. My goal is to educate the children and our team on how to recycle and how to put waste materials in the correct coloured bins. ... These recycling bins bring knowledge about recycling into practice. Children learn which bin they should put their rubbish in the paper & cardboard bin, the glass & plastic bin, the general waste bin or the compost bin. This kit includes 4 recycling bins; a green one, a blue one, a red one and a yellow one. Caring for the environment is an important aspect of everyday life. Everyone has to do their part to try to make this world a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable place. Recycling is an important aspect to achieve this. The younger the children are when they are introduced to the concept of recycling, the more likely it is that they will continue to do so when they grow up. By introducing these recycling bins to our care environment, children will have to think about their waste management multiple times a day. It will make them realise that they can make good and bad environmental choices and decisions. I can’t wait to see these bins getting used in each room and find out how the children are engaging with the connections of the particular bins! Love Jessica (Environmental Leader)

03.01.2022 During our lunch time sessions this term in ELC Wattle, we are running a program called Seemore Safety. This program teaches children about safety in the home, outside and in the playground. Through a range of activities and stories, Seemore teaches us to use our eyes to identify hazards that may be around us.

02.01.2022 A great guide for when your child can return to childcare after illness.