Willmore Kindergarten & Preschool in Ferny Hills | Nursery

Willmore Kindergarten & Preschool

Locality: Ferny Hills

Phone: +61 7 3351 2022

Address: 14 Irruka Crescent, Ferny Hills 4055 Ferny Hills, QLD, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Some of the children decided to make tea cups out of the clay which we are hoping will be strong enough to drink out of. They designed their cups first and then made them. Learning the technique of coil making helps the children to make a structure that is stronger. Between each coil the children scored and used slip to stick the coils together. The hardest part was making sure there were no gaps in the cup where water could escape.

23.01.2022 Have a look at our recently completed downstairs bathroom renovation. The works have transformed a very drab space into something far more pleasant for our children! We are very grateful for the community support provided by the Moreton Bay Regional Council to complete the works! Moreton Bay Regional Council

21.01.2022 LOCAL BUSINESS ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY We would like to extend an offer to local businesses in our community to advertise in our 50th Commemorative Willmore Kindy Recipe Book. The recipe book will feature delicious recipes from our current families that have been tried and tested it will be sold amongst our Willmore Kindy families and the wider community. For a nominal cost of $50, you will receive 13 of a page to feature an advertisement promoting your company. Your lo...go and contact details will also be included in a directory listed at the back of the book. If you’d like to support this community initiative and be a part of celebrating 50 years of our local kindy please email [email protected]. We’d love you to share this with your network to help us spread the word See more

21.01.2022 We’re on Instagram! If you haven’t already, we’d love you to follow us on our new Instagram account @willmore_kindy. We hope you’re having a wonderful break look forward to seeing everyone next week

19.01.2022 Keep an eye out for our 50th Anniversary flowers displayed around the Hills. They’ve been beautifully decorated by our current group of children. Willmore Kindy is built on connections with the community. We celebrate this incredible milestone with every person that has contributed to our story over the last 50 years.

19.01.2022 KINDY 50th ANNIVERSARY RECIPE BOOK A reminder the recipes and pictures for the book are due 31st JULY!!!! We would really LOVE families to participate in the Willmore 50th Anniv Recipe Book, so far we have only had a few responses. We would like to offer our book to the wider community, so it has been decided not to include photos of our children with the final product. Hopefully this makes it easier for you to choose a family favourite to send to us. ... One recipe is all we need from each family, please help us make this fundraising project a success!!!! If you are wondering what we are looking for, here are a few suggestions: Lunch box ideas - a day in a kindy box Drinks - smoothies & juices Snacks - savoury & sweet Breakfast / Brunch Dinners Slow cooker or Instant Pot If you are still unsure, please email or wonderful fundraising team [email protected] they would love to hear your ideas. Have a great day!

17.01.2022 Boys vs Girls.... Over the past few weeks, we have noticed some of the children playing games that either exclude the boys as a whole or exclude the girls. Last Tuesday, they discussed this play as a whole group. They wondered together how being left out would make you feel.... The children used words like: "It would make them feel sad." "Lonely." "Angry" "Frustrated." We talked about how these were bucket dipping things to say and do to our friends at Willmore. We discussed why they thought the boys or girls kept coming to their games. Someone said "Because they want to play with us." Another, "Yeah. but we just thought we'd give the boys a taste of their own medicine." We set the children a challenge. They boys had to do something bucket filling for the girls, and vice versa. Later, after our downstairs play, we came together to discuss what we did. We shared bucket filling stories. One of the boys said, "I'm going to make new signs up near my hideout that say, "Girls and boys can play here." Followed by one of the girls stating, "Me too, I'll put a sign near our hideout so the boys can come in if they want." Upstairs we read the story, "Friendship is like a see-saw." This was a great story explaining how to be a good friend. The children shared stories and examples of great things their friends had done to them and remembered many ideas to keep their friendship balanced. In the story, if one friend was sad and the other happy, then the friendship was 'unbalanced'. When the friends solved their problems together and were both happy, then their see-saw balanced again. We saw such beautiful bucket filling play after both of these discussions. How wonderful to see the children understanding how others were feeling and making changes to their play to be more inclusive. They way they were able to express their feelings shows a genuine understanding for themselves and others.

16.01.2022 We were very excited to be visited by Aunty Sharron Lindh this week who spoke with the children about what Australia was like a long time ago. She talked about how Australia was a beautiful land with no roads or cars or buildings. She described the aboriginals as inventors and said that they had invented many tools that are still used in some form today. The children played some clapping sticks. We then sang a song and pretended to be kangaroos and then emus. Overall, the experience with Sharron was wonderful. The children were so quiet and respectful as Sharron spoke and sang in her native language. It is our hope that the children really learn to appreciate the earth they are so lucky to live upon.

15.01.2022 The children are learning to respect and wonder about all aspects of their environment. This week we put two tea light candles at each table for lunch. We talked about how the candle was cold to start with, but that it will heat up. We watched the flame move and wondered how it could when there was no wind.

13.01.2022 A huge thank you to Boomerang Bags The Gap & Surrounds for their contribution of $500 to help us purchase our beautiful new rug. This rug was purchased as part of a wider initiative to reduce noise pollution and increase soft furnishings throughout the Kindy in consideration of students who may have hearing or sensory challenges. As you can see all of the kids are loving the new addition :)

13.01.2022 We have such a special community with so many willing to share their time and talents - here is one of our wonderful mums that came in to make some curtains. The kids loved watching and learning a new skill.

13.01.2022 Pulleys! Endless amounts of problem solving fun!

12.01.2022 Willmore Kindy is turning 50! Our ‘virtual’ birthday month kicks off tomorrow! There are so many special people that have been a part of our community since 1970. Two are pictured below - our current Director, Linda Meinicke and our first ever Director, Heather Kelly. Linda & Heather invite everyone to join us online this month to help celebrate 50 years of Willmore Kindy! We will be sharing stories from both Linda & Heather, as well as other members of our community, to ce...lebrate our beloved kindy. Party starts here Oct 1! See more

09.01.2022 ‘So sit back, grab a cuppa and enjoy this beautiful memory of Willmore Kindergarten and be inspired to create some beautiful food to share with your loved ones’ - Linda Meinicke. Don’t forget to order your copy of this special edition recipe book - a beautiful keepsake celebrating 50 years of Willmore Kindy. Order forms available at the Kindergarten or let us know if you’d like us to send you one!’

09.01.2022 We’re kicking off birthday month with one of our gorgeous Willmore boys, singing one of our favourite songs, playing one of our favourite instruments! Thanks for the shout-out Henry! If you’ve got a birthday message for Willmore Kindy, send your video through and we will post it on our page!

09.01.2022 We had lots of fantastic sharing sessions this week. We love hearing about the adventures in the children's lives and celebrate the special things that they bring in. It was exciting to hear so many interesting stories. Often the stories translate into play during the day. It gives us a small window into their lives outside of kindy.

08.01.2022 SNEAK PEEK - KINDY 50th ANNIVERSARY RECIPE BOOK Check out a few pages of the recipe book - isn't it STUNNING?! Get your recipes in so you can have a part in creating this gorgeous keepsake! Send your recipes to [email protected]... ALL RECIPES DUE 31st JULY 2020

08.01.2022 The mural continues to evolve ...

07.01.2022 This week we thought about what are our favourite things to do outside and drew some pictures to show this.

06.01.2022 Happy World Teachers Day to our wonderful Willmore teachers: Linda, Linda, Nikki and Sally. Thank you for everything you do for our children and community. You are incredible!

04.01.2022 ‘The children and families were the delight and the memories I take with me’ Heather Kelly shares some stories of her time as inaugural Director of Willmore Kindy...

04.01.2022 Do your kids love dinosaurs? Well we do here at Nature Play QLD and we've discovered the Australian Dinosaur Trail! A 5-day driving holiday that will take you ...on a journey from Queensland town Richmond out to Porcupine Gorge and back again. You'll discover dinosaur footprints, 500 million-year-old rock formations, and meet Hughie a skeletal Muttaburrasaurus at The Flinders Discovery Centre. If you're looking for a driving holiday of dicovery and wonder, look no further than the Australian Dinosaur Trail https://natureplayqld.org.au/plac/australian-dinosaur-trail

03.01.2022 We are very excited to be a part of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden foundation. This program encourages the children to prepare a garden bed, decide on the best seasonal plants to grow, care for the plants, harvest the plants and then cook with what they have grown. Due to all of the amazing rain we have just had our plants look amazing and we will have our first harvest and cooking experience next week. The children drew the plants to help them to look closely at them. We are really excited and know that this program will see growing food as a pleasurable and rewarding activity.

03.01.2022 We are very excited to be celebrating 50 years at Willmore Kindergarten this year. To commemorate this important milestone we are creating a mural in George Willmore Park that will represent 50 years of children in the Hills. Our current children drew pictures of what they love about living in our community and these will be represented on the mural. On our return to kindy after the holidays the children will be adding their own flower to the bottom of the mural so that ea...ch child has had an opportunity to contribute. Our two wonderful artists are Kim and Rebecca who were also the artists for our first mural about bees on the facing wall. If you are driving past the park look at the side facing the stage for our latest work as it evolves. Our thanks go to Claud from the Moreton Bay Regional Council for her support of our project. To Councillor Matt Constance MBRC for our funding and to Bunnings at Keperra for the donation of paint and materials. Thankyou so very much. #lovecandk #mattconstance #moretonbayregionalcouncil #thehillsecho #thehillsdistrict #qecsn #bunningskeperra

02.01.2022 We invited the children to draw the garden. We have been so amazed by the growth since the rain. The children enjoyed recording what they could see. Drawing helps the children to target their gaze and look closely at things and they usually see things that they didn't know were there.