Wimble Street Childcare Co-Op in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | Childcare service

Wimble Street Childcare Co-Op

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9347 9103

Address: 18 Wimble Street 3052 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://wimblest.com.au

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25.01.2022 "Many climate scientists think we are already so far down the path of destruction that it is impossible to stabilise the global temperature at 1.5 above the pre-industrial average without yet to be developed drawdown technologies such as those that remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. On current trends, within a decade or so, stabilising at 2 will likewise be beyond our grasp. And on the other side of that threshold, natures positive feedback loops promise to fling... us into a hostile world. By 2100 - just 80 years away if our trajectory does not change, it is estimated that Earth will be 4 warmer than it was before we began burning fossil fuels. Far fewer humans will survive on our warming planet That future Earth may have enough resources to support far fewer people than the 7.6 billion it supports today. British scientist James Lovelock has predicted a future human population of just a billion people. Mass deaths are predicted to result from, among other causes, disease outbreaks, air pollution, malnutrition and starvation, heatwaves, and suicide. My children, and those of many prominent polluters and climate denialists, will probably live to be part of that grim winnowing a world that the Alan Joneses and Andrew Bolts of the world have laboured so hard to create." https://theconversation.com/the-gloves-are-off-predatory-cl

24.01.2022 Our annual fete is coming up! Saturday, 26 October, 10am to 3pm at 18 Wimble Street, Parkville. Head down for lots of activities for the kids and the star of the show every year - the bake sale bonanza! There will be delicious food for everyone and its a great opportunity to check out the Centre and our little community if you might be interested in enrolling your little one. A shout out also to our beautiful and iconic Wimble St Fete flyer designed by alumni Beci Orpin which is still going strong!!

24.01.2022 "So how can it be that working a compressed work week, working part-time or taking parental leave for a chunk of time is deeply unremarkable indeed, expected for women, and yet for men its a matter of privilege, luck or indeed in some cases flatly unthinkable? Its the same job. But the neural tissue weve built around these ideas makes those circumstances unrecognisable, one from the other."

23.01.2022 A lullaby from our favourite Kiwi copper (who's actually a kinder teacher in her day job) and a peek into the home of the Ardern-Gayford house.

23.01.2022 Lots of lovely little heart connectors at Wimble

23.01.2022 While society is chipping away at giving girls broader access to lifes possibilities, it isnt presenting boys with a full continuum of how they can be in the world. https://www.theatlantic.com//imagining-a-better-b/562232/

23.01.2022 Good enough is good!

22.01.2022 Our lovely team of parents sprucing up Wimble on this lovely Saturday.

22.01.2022 An interesting study that might make you re-think rewards charts and other extrinsic motivation strategies... https://www.edutopia.org//extrinsic-motivation-it-might-be

20.01.2022 A reminder for those of us at home. Go easy on yourselves and your kids.

19.01.2022 Our kinder kids message about looking after our world.

18.01.2022 Why why why!? Another one from the great resource of Curious Kids by the Conversation: What is Earth made of? https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-earth-

17.01.2022 Hooray for play-based learning. Our kids are curious little learners who surprise us every day with their new skills, ideas and questions.

17.01.2022 The lovely North Melbourne community are having a Yard Sale for Bushfire Relief! Come along tomorrow and give your support. Funds raised are for CFA and Wildlife Victoria. Tomorrow 16th February 11am - 4pm, Errol Place Laneway. <3

17.01.2022 Karen OLeary on the importance of early childhood education! If you havent watched Wellington Paranormal, get on to it. Best cop show. Might even beat Brooklyn 99... https://thespinoff.co.nz//the-most-interesting-woman-on-/

16.01.2022 For all you poo poo butts out there... https://parenting.nytimes.com/preschooler/kids-potty-humor

16.01.2022 For your own resident curious kid: who invented numbers! https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-was-maths-disc

15.01.2022 Relevant content

14.01.2022 From the Conversations great series for kids, Curious kids we have a kid-directed explanation of how babies learn to talk Great for families with an older child and a bub learning to talk and also interesting for adults! https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-do-babies-lear

14.01.2022 This poem should be stuck to the wall of every household in Australia. Every parent needs to read this.

14.01.2022 Hi parents, quick reminder, get in your orders from Sol foto now if you want to have them for Christmas... Check your email if you dont know what Im talking about

12.01.2022 What matters most to kids: kindness, friends, family, the beach and ice cream!

11.01.2022 Proud to say we had quite a few Wimble kids at the climate rally. It was an amazing event to be part of and the 100 000 who filled the Melbourne CBD included lots of adults showing their support for our brave children who are demanding we do better for them and their future. https://www.theage.com.au//protesters-bring-city-to-a-stan

10.01.2022 In the category of weird science, Curious Kids explains why ticklish people are survivors! https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-cant-we-tickle

09.01.2022 Were fighting for our lives, for people all over the world who are being affected, for ecosystems and environments that have been here for millions and millions of years and are being devastated by our actions over only the past few decades. https://www.nationalgeographic.com//kids-climate-march-st/

09.01.2022 For those of you wondering where your little darling went! There is hope! https://centerforparentingeducation.org//developmental-s/

07.01.2022 NOT MY SON In seminars, I ask parents what their greatest fears are about sex and their kids. Without fail, parents of girls are worried about sexual assault an...d what they can do to stop their daughter from becoming a victim. And without fail, what I do NOT hear is parents of boys worrying about what they can do to prevent their sons from becoming the perpetrators of that violence. I can tell you right now, as a mother of sons - THAT is one of my greatest fears. For every girl that is sexually assaulted by a male intimate partner, there is a male intimate partner perpetrating that crime. No one wants to think that their son could be that person, hence no one is talking about how we can help our boys not become that person. But I want to. So, here are some of the things I have done, as a mother of boys, to try and raise good men.. Or at least raise men who will not be a part of this horrific problem, and will hopefully be part of the solution. I am blessed to know many many amazing men who have been such an integral part of my sons journey, and I could write volumes about the importance of having strong male mentors for boys, but this is about what every parent, especially mums, can do... right now. TOUCH THEM We dont touch boys enough. We roughhouse with them, we wrestle with them and somewhere along the line we stop touching in gentle ways. And this is pronounced when he becomes a teen. Dont get me wrong, its not easy cuddling up to a prickly hormone-fuelled, eye-rolling, hairy ball of boy, but this is exactly the time when we need to. We need to teach them the joy, the beauty, the ease and release to be found in loving touch. We need to show them how it is done, so they can, in turn, share that with their partner in the future. HAVE AN HONOUR CODE All kids need to know the rules, but boys need to be returned to the idea that they are, at their core, good, decent, capable and worthy, and above all else, that they belong to something- FAMILY. But just like belonging to anything, there is a level of behaviour that they need to maintain. An honour code can be led by you, but is best when it comes from all of you, collaboratively. Some of the things in the honour code of our family are: **Our home is a safe place for everyone **We never touch each other with violence **We fight fair, and with respect **We do not shame, and we honour mistakes **Take responsibility for what is yours - actions, words, body and belongings CALL OUT THEIR MATES Anyone who has ever set foot in our home is expected to honour that code as well - including all my sons mates. And if they cant, or wont, then it is up to me to help them do so. Do not be afraid to pull your sons mates up on behaviour that is just not good enough. Your son will need to do this in future (god knows just how much shitty behaviour he will witness - and it all needs calling out and dismantling) and he needs to see it in action, so he can work out how to do it for himself. Strong bystander behaviour is needed so much right now to change the societal gendered norms. TEACH HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BODY We show girls how to do their hair, their make up, their nails... we buy them bath bombs, perfumes and lotions... we encourage them to do self care in the form of beauty regimes. (SIDE NOTE: I hate this as a form of self care for girls - more on THAT another time) But we are sadly lacking some form of self care for boys. Teach them the joy of caring for their body, for feeding it nourishing food, for letting it get the rest it needs, for treating it to massages and baths and yoga stretches. Why? Because a man that knows how good a body can feel is much more likely to make a considerate and thoughtful lover interested in mutual pleasure. And much less likely to go in search of bodily state changes like drugs and alcohol. And he will smell pretty damn good too. ALLOW ANGER We all get angry and it is a damn scary emotion to have to deal with. But we need to be unafraid of our anger, and we need to start showing boys how to bring their anger out in safe ways. Ways that can result in integration, and learning, instead of the harm that comes when anger is subverted and made brittle. We need to create spaces and ways for them to express anger - to honour that it is a real and honest emotion, a worthy emotion. An emotion that has positive impact as well - healthy anger creates change, sparks resistance, makes us move. But we need to recognise it, move it through the body and then utilise it. Stop telling boys to calm down and start giving them spaces to bring their anger and work through it. DECONSTRUCT MEDIA WITH HIM Mainstream media has so much to answer for in regards to how our views about women are shaped. Dehumanisation and hyper-sexualisation of women is at the core of far too much advertising (still) as well as movie and sitcom plots. It is so hugely important for us to spend the (painful) time engaging in media with our sons and helping them to really see what is happening. Help them get curious, help them question the way sexuality, gender and relationships are portrayed. Help them get curious about the ethics of what they are engaging with and wether or not it fits their own belief system, and your family honour code. These media skills become the basis for how he interacts with pornography further down the track. We need to create critical thinkers. SHOW HIM WHO YOU ARE The worst advice I was ever given was to never show my sons my emotional self. Luckily, I ignored that advice. They have seen me totally broken, they have seen me utterly in love, they have seen me ashamed of my actions, and they have seen me accept awards for other behaviour. They have seen me fight men twice my size in competition, and they have seen me freak out about picking up a squiggly earthworm. They have seen me work my ass off for what I believe in, they have seen me give without thought, they have seen my heart break with grief and they have seen my heart break open with joy. And from all of that they have learned that a woman is an amazing thing. A multifaceted, deeply wild, emotional, strong, capable, vulnerable, beautiful being. One that deserves respect, acknowledgement, care, love, attention and above all else, safety. And they know, without question, that they are man enough to give her those things. Julie Clyde Creative

05.01.2022 https://www.mamamia.com.au/mia-freedman-school-holidays-20/

04.01.2022 Our fete was a raging success! Thank you all for braving the weather and supporting our little non-profit co-operative. Special thanks to the following supporters: @lamarzoccoau for the loan of the Linea Mini @marketlanecoffee for the delicious coffee and milk... @minorfigures for the organic oat milk @squareaustralia for our money takers @mtmoriacbeef for our barbecue support @lamannafresh for the fresh produce Neighbourhood Wine & Naughtons Hotel for our raffle prizes! See more

04.01.2022 For your little animal lover and in the genre of inspiring women, here is National Geographic Kids interview with legend Dr Jane Goodall https://www.natgeokids.com//genera/jane-goodall-interview/

03.01.2022 Without taking away from the lovely play-based ways of incorporating sustainability into childrens education and world view described here, the strategies seem only to be about placing the onus on individuals and households. In contrast, the recent global climate rally makes it clear our kids know what needs doing - its about time adults started making the big changes that might still mitigate the climate catastrophe that is fast coming. Wimble Street is committed to keeping sustainability front and centre in our ongoing mission to update and revise our Centre policies and practices. https://theconversation.com/children-are-our-future-and-the

03.01.2022 A lullaby from our favourite Kiwi copper (whos actually a kinder teacher in her day job) and a peek into the home of the Ardern-Gayford house.

02.01.2022 PSA: might be wise to limit your childrens rice-based snacks...

02.01.2022 Support children to grow strong, stay safe and remain courteous these holidays. Encourage them to offer a high five, a wave, a polite goodbye or thank you if they prefer not to hug or kiss relatives and family friends. (Image via Lulastic and the Hippyshake)