Woodend Early Learning & Kinder in Woodend, Victoria | Childcare service

Woodend Early Learning & Kinder

Locality: Woodend, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5427 4309

Address: 72 East Street 3442 Woodend, VIC, Australia

Website: https://earlylearningandkinder.com.au/centre/woodend

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25.01.2022 Woodend Early Learning and Kinder would like to wish all of our wonderful educators a very Happy Early Childhood Educators Day! We are so lucky to have such a great team of marvellous and talented educators who are passionate about teaching and nurturing children. Today is about appreciating their efforts and commitment and to be thankful for all the amazing work that they do! Thank you to the families that voted for an outstanding educator and those who wished educators a Happy ECE Day.

25.01.2022 ATTENTION ALL FAMILIES: Welcome to the beautiful spring weather! This means that we now require all children to wear sun smart protective clothing. This includes a clearly labelled sun smart hat (wide brim or legionnaire) and tops that cover the shoulders. The centre provides and applies sunscreen to all children, however if your child requires a specific brand of sunscreen, please provide it to the centre and see office staff for the correct documentation.

24.01.2022 Hi Families, Our very own ALYCIA STUBBERFIELD from the Toddler Room has been nominated in the Herald Sun as Melbourne's Best Educator! We are so proud to have one of our own nominated in this category and to have Alycia recognised for her tireless efforts, enthusiasm and commitment to our children. We would love for families to get voting on the Herald Sun's website which we have included below. Good Luck Alycia! https://www.heraldsun.com.au//28d87a7c4ad2b6bb7aa3f3088740

24.01.2022 Hello Families, Our Children's Christmas Party will be held on December 11th between 6pm and 7pm at the Woodend Children's Park. All families are welcome to bring along a picnic rug and enjoy this event. There will be a sausage sizzle, music and entertainment from Hee Dee Ho and a special guest appearance from the BIG man Santa. (If the weather is adverse we will inform families of any changes.) Thank you!

24.01.2022 Hello Families, It has been a close one, but the winner of the 2019 Book Week Door Challenge is the TODDLER room!!! Thank you for everyone that voted for their favourite door and thank you for the tireless efforts of educators in decorating their doors in celebration of Book Week. We look forward to Halloween when we hold our next door challenge.

22.01.2022 Calling all creatives to shoot for the stars! Create a planet with your child out of any resource you have at home for a chance to WIN a $50 voucher! 1. Take a photo of your planet and post it on your Facebook page 2. Tag us in your post @earlylearningkinder with #playELK by Thursday 22nd of October... 3. 5 winners will be announced on of 26 October, 2020 See more

21.01.2022 Hello Families, Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is "Dress in Purple for Cancer Research" Day at Woodend EL&K. A gold coin donation is appreciated and will go to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Research Centre. #PeterMac #Woodend #Earlylearningandkinder #Camp4Cancer #community #findacure

21.01.2022 Happy Easter from everyone at Early Learning & Kinder We hope you have a safe and wonderful break!

19.01.2022 Hi Families, Just letting you all know that the twilight shopping in Woodend is on tonight! Great opportunity to grab some bargains and support our local community!

16.01.2022 During this unprecedented time, the Australian Government has announced that they are providing several measures and additional $74m funding to support the mental health and wellbeing of Australians as we face the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic. For more information: https://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au//covid19-mental-

13.01.2022 Dear Families Important Notice: COVID-19 As the rapidly changing situation with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to develop, we want to ensure you are provided with a clear understanding of how we are managing this unprecedented situation.... Over the coming weeks our focus is to continue to support our families and keep our services operating as normal. In our care, your children are in a safe, clean, nurturing, educational environment with expert educators, surrounded by their friends and routines that they know and love. Early Learning and Kinder services are working with health and education authorities daily and have implemented a COVID-19 response plan, follow the link below for more details: https://earlylearningandkinder.com.au/covid-19/

12.01.2022 Today at Woodend EL&K we were very fortunate to have special guests Kerri Douglas and Dani Speak from Koorie Engagement Support visit our Prekinder children for some fun ochre painting! We learned how to make the ochre paint and made some wonderful prints on the outdoor garden beds, as well as some face painting. We have included some info about ochre painting below. https://www.aboriginalartshop.com/ochre-aboriginal-art/

12.01.2022 With much excitement we celebrated Halloween today, a huge event for our families with the town participating in the Community park Halloween party tonight. We have attached the photos for our Halloween door challenge and would like all of our families to vote for a winner. We will put containers in the foyer with each room named and tokens for you all to vote. Thank you all enjoy the park tonight.

11.01.2022 Wishing all our Mum's a Happy Mother's Day and we hope you enjoy your day on sunday.

10.01.2022 MONDAY 29TH JUNE We are having a crazy hair day at Woodend Early and Kinder to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis. As a centre we would love to raise some money and donate on behalf our families, children and educators. If you would like to donate please see Glenda and Leah in the office or any of our wonderful educators in our care rooms.

09.01.2022 Hi Families, Thursday September 26th we will have a Footy Day in celebration of the AFL Grand Final. Children are encouraged to wear their team colours and we will have a menu change with a special sausage sizzle as a treat for lunch. Please note that the centre will be closed on Friday September 27th for the Grand Final Public Holiday. We hope all of our families enjoy the game and have a great long weekend.

08.01.2022 CONGRATULATIONS TO JESS!!! Jess is this years Educator of the Year for Woodend EL&K! Jess was ecstatic to receive her award and moved to hear all the kind words of appreciation from families. Well done Jess, we are so grateful to have you on the team and Woodend EL&K!!

06.01.2022 Our children’s Christmas party is on tomorrow night Wednesday the 11th. From 6pm until 7pm with Santa making an appearance at 6:45. We will be putting on a sausage sizzle we are asking for a gold coin donation for the sausages in bread. All money raised will be donated to the Woodend cfa. We have Hey Dee Ho performing and there will also be a coffee van there. Please like or comment if your family will be attending so we can roughly know numbers for catering please. We hope to see you all there.

04.01.2022 Hi Families, Great News! We have received the following news from our little joey's carer. Hope is now strong enough to be released into the wild! "Good morning to the team at Woodend ELC. Hope has grown into a strong and healthy kangaroo over the last month. Her carer has found her a beautiful property on which she can be released into the wild to enjoy her life with other kangaroos! ... The carer has sent me these photos of Hope and her buddy, just before they left in the car - to be transferred. This is wonderful news for Hope - We wish her all the best n her new life as a wild kangaroo! We think she will be very happy don't you?" Thank you to families who supported us in this project. See more

02.01.2022 WE ARE OPEN BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR CHILDCARE All Early Learning & Kinder services will continue to operate as normal.

01.01.2022 Hello everyone! Just letting you all know that our centre will be closed this Friday 10th and then Monday 13th for the Easter long weekend public holidays. We will reopen on Tuesday 14th at 6:30am. We wish you all a safe, quiet and wonderful Easter with your families!

01.01.2022 ANZAC Day 2020 Saturday 25th April will mark ANZAC Day 2020, a significant day as we pause and reflect on the service and sacrifice of all those who have served and are currently serving. ANZAC Day 2020 will not look like the ANZAC Day that so many of us are used to participating in.